The rumors were true: Nintendo games can now play themselves!

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Avinash_Tyagi said:

Pineapple said:

So, essentially, you can't save the game after using the plays-by-itself feature?

If I understood that correctly, you will eventually have to beat it yourself. You have to option to be told how to do it, but still have to do it youself afterwards. That sounds nice, as it can open for some platforming in which it isn't obvious what to do.

No, according to miyamoto, the game plays for you, until you tell it to stop and from that point, you take over

Pineapple's right.  Read the part of the patent that NoName found about halfway down the thread.  If you use the feature, you can't save from that point on.  Basically, it teaches you how to do something, then you go do it yourself.