Ostro on 15 March 2016
The internet, nuff said
Shoot'em ups regularly offer such a mode (granted: no high scores will be saved or they are on a separate list, nothing's unlocked, etc. and I don't know if Nintendo is doing the same thing) and just because this is Nintendo and a bit popular, all the "hardcore gamers" are going crazy about it while they never care about unpopular games and therefore don't know stuff about games.
If you don't understand the purpose of such a mode, no need to play it or even judge it (although it might make less sense in a game like Starfox that is a very easy type of shoot'em up). It's not like the devs spent weeks on this, it's done within minutes.
I love hardcore gamers and gamers who act like they know what they are talking about.
