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>>44003936
Only way to both get a good ending and unlock the Extra stage is to beat the game on normal or higher without continues, which is why the Normal 1CC is considered the bare minimum to most.
The Extra stages in particularly are usually considered to be among the most memorable stages in the series, with some of the most popular characters.
In EOSD you can't even advance to Stage 6 on Easy.
Nobody is forcing you to play on Normal, though. Beat all the games on Easy with max continues (barring EOSD) if you like. It'll just hinder you from unlocking all the content in the future.

>>44005142
I took another anon's advice and have been monkey-branching games instead of throwing myself at the same brick wall for hours, and it seems to help me sight-read patterns a lot better, especially on games I'm familiar with already.
If you're wanting to 1CC an older game with premodern bombing, I'd suggest running through something like EOSD to PCB to IN, using all your continues and bombs and whatnot, without being too concerned/getting too frustated.
Or ya know Mof to SA, whatnot, if it's modern bombing.
It's a really good warmup if you've got the time to devote to it.
Then you could really throw yourself at the later practice stages in your game of choice.
I personally recommend really focusing on your Stage 4s (Stage 3s first if they're also giving you a lot of trouble), as it's generally the biggest difficulty spike, and a bad S4 can really break your run if you burn too many live/bombs.
Then practice S5 to a moderate degree.
In essence, you want to try and save as many lives and bombs as possible for as late as possible, but you also can't be afraid to bomb even on an early stage if your asshole really starts clenching on a certain pattern, even on mobs.
A bomb is far less valuable than a life, and losing one can easily be recovered from. Losing one life loses you not only the possible bombs you have right then, but future opportunities to bomb as well.