Demo Play gets new name and requirements

Dr. Furball · 10-05-2009, 01:40 PM

Remember Nintendo's "Demo Play" that showed players how to finish a level? Well, it's appearing in New Super Mario Bros. Wii as the "Super Guide". A lot of people started bawwwing about how players can jump in any time during the guide.
It turns out that Ninty's not letting it be that easy. In order to use the feature, one must lose all 5 lives on a level, use the continue option, then lose three more before the can request that a CPU-controlled Luigi show them how to do it, forcing players to actually try the level.
Nintendo says this their intent is to "offer Super Guide as a helper for its less skilled customers and to allow its designers to make some of the game's levels devilishly difficult."
Sweet. I think the last main Super Mario game to really challenge me was Sunshine. Most of Galaxy's really hard parts were optional.
"Kind Code" Demo Shows New Super Mario Bros on Auto-Pilot - New super mario bros. wii - Kotaku

**Loot** · 10-05-2009, 01:43 PM

See? Bitching on the internet DOES get us somewhere!

**Valigarmander** · 10-05-2009, 01:50 PM

I guess it won't be so Wiisy after all.

Rainbow Dash · 10-05-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valigarmander

I guess it won't be so Wiisy after all.

you're going to make me qwiisy with that pun

Luigiman7 · 10-05-2009, 03:32 PM

All these lame puns are making me diizy.

Rainbow Dash · 10-05-2009, 03:52 PM

no you see ours actually make sense

Luigiman7 · 10-05-2009, 04:00 PM

crap mine needs a w

all these lame puns are making me dwiizy

yay

Jesus · 10-05-2009, 04:27 PM

^You just lost the game.

Robotazy · 10-05-2009, 04:27 PM

haha. See, Nintendo is smart. They know what they're doing.

I'd still use it for evil purposes.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-06-2009, 07:55 AM

Ah thank god.

**NintendoNut** · 10-09-2009, 09:53 AM

I highly doubt it was ever going to be 'that easy', though it seems to be tuned just right so that it is only helping those who really need it.

10-05-2009, 01:40 PM	#1
Dr. Furball Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mad Science Academy, 12th Floor Gender: Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 185 Thanked 97 Times in 60 Posts	Demo Play gets new name and requirements Remember Nintendo's "Demo Play" that showed players how to finish a level? Well, it's appearing in New Super Mario Bros. Wii as the "Super Guide". A lot of people started bawwwing about how players can jump in any time during the guide. It turns out that Ninty's not letting it be that easy. In order to use the feature, one must lose all 5 lives on a level, use the continue option, then lose three more before the can request that a CPU-controlled Luigi show them how to do it, forcing players to actually try the level. Nintendo says this their intent is to "offer Super Guide as a helper for its less skilled customers and to allow its designers to make some of the game's levels devilishly difficult." Sweet. I think the last main Super Mario game to really challenge me was Sunshine. Most of Galaxy's really hard parts were optional. "Kind Code" Demo Shows New Super Mario Bros on Auto-Pilot - New super mario bros. wii - Kotaku

10-05-2009, 03:32 PM	#5
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	All these lame puns are making me diizy. __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

10-05-2009, 04:00 PM	#7
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	crap mine needs a w all these lame puns are making me dwiizy yay __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

10-05-2009, 01:43 PM	#2
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	See? Bitching on the internet DOES get us somewhere!

10-05-2009, 01:50 PM	#3
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I guess it won't be so Wiisy after all.

10-05-2009, 03:52 PM	#6
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,401 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	no you see ours actually make sense

10-05-2009, 04:27 PM	#8
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	^You just lost the game.

10-05-2009, 04:27 PM	#9
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	haha. See, Nintendo is smart. They know what they're doing. I'd still use it for evil purposes.

10-06-2009, 07:55 AM	#10
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Ah thank god.

10-09-2009, 09:53 AM	#11
NintendoNut PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,655 Thanks: 108 Thanked 85 Times in 56 Posts	I highly doubt it was ever going to be 'that easy', though it seems to be tuned just right so that it is only helping those who really need it.