In-game help videos???

[the captain]

I just read this article on yahoo http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/nintendo-planning-friendlier-approach-to-game-difficulty/1278610 and apparently Nintendo is trying to make their games even more desirable to the non-gaming community by giving access to in game help videos so players never get stuck again.

Is it just me or does anybody else see a problem with this. Isn't one of the reasons why people play games to be challenged and this pretty much takes away the need for people to even have to try and solve puzzles or figure out clues.

 

[Audemas]

I have to agree, I don't see the reason for it especially if it is the point of the game.

 

[oni565]

What is the point? games are supposed to be challenging. If you are desperately stuck then just go to IGN or somewhere. This is pointless and I hope never prevails.

PS: Prevails means succeeding right?

 

[sequio]

I don't think games are so unintuitive that video guides are necessary. Some people just suck at certain games.

 

[The Great Fa]

Oh Nintendo! Why have you forsaken me!?

Man, I'm gonna go eat a bunch of ice cream, tell myself I look fat, and then buy a PS3...

 

[742]

yeah, theres a simpler solution: MAKE BETTER GAMES. dont make wacky stupid puzzles, and in game tips that dont quite tell you EVERYTHING, still giving you that little "yay, im smart" when you get it are a GOOD thing.

 

[ZeroMachine]

It's not THAT bad of an idea. If a very casual gamer wants to play through a game(we're talking casual as in going to work in your boxers on casual Friday), but they get stuck, and suppose they don't know that they can go to the internet for help, they can get help from the game itself. The rest of us can just ignore them.

Besides, they've been kinda done to an extent before. Tutorials, anyone?

 

[Calobi]

Oh Nintendo! Why have you forsaken me!?

Man, I'm gonna go eat a bunch of ice cream, tell myself I look fat, and then buy a PS3...

Don't do it! You could get a 360 for less money and then buy more ice cream!