Nintendo: Let the Games Play Themselves

[Angrist]

Hm... it made me think about my early years with Mario games. Maybe the tough parts were the best.

This might help produce a very lazy and unskilled gaming generation, but we're already seeing that happening anyway. And many kids will probably go back to the parts they skipped, just because they feel bad about it.

[KillerGremlin]

I agree with DyLFLon, if you use this feature the game should tell you it had sex with your mother last night in a Scottish accent.

[BreakABone]

Well it seems like it is somewhat reasonable,

- officially called the Super Guide
- allows the game to run through a level on its own
- players can take control at any time
- only available to players that die 8 times in a level
- when you start your 9th life, a green box will appear at the start of a level. This box will activate the Super Guide when hit
- Super Guide uses a game-controlled Luigi to show how to play
- demos are run in-game, and are not pre-recorded videos
- Super Guide doesn't show shortcuts or secrets
- Super Guide should showcase a level run without any deaths
- hit a button to take control of Luigi at any time
- the screen still shows that the level is being playing in Super Guide mode, just with user-input