I think it's really terrible, Marios Bros. was always a challeging game and now they announce that the new mario wii players can skip puzzles if they can't solve them... I mean, everyone here had to play this for the first time and spend days through trying to pass challeging levels, Why those casual gamers can't have this experience, they'll feel better saying "It was hard, But I made it!!" or "ohh, let's just skip this part"? And If they announce something like this to the new Zelda? Just making a game that is knowed by it difficult easy. And they can't use the sales excuse, it's mario bros., this will sell huge amounts with or whitout this shit.

It is optional... I think it is quite sad, and I initially thought it was just a joke... but I am sure it might attract some people

Another???

Bahhh... stop the whining!! They actually can make it harder, now! And you'll only use it if you want!!

so, if they can make the game harder, it's bad?

I think it shows how quick some people are to demonstrate their lack of understanding of the feature.

Super Mario Bros isn't challenging. I could beat it when I was 5. Anyways, I really don't care about the skip option. I won't be using it so it doesn't affect me. If Nintendo can bring more users into gaming while still providing games that I enjoy, then I'm all for it. I'm not an elitist hardcore snob who things games shouldn't be played by anyone but other elitist hardcore snobs.

I think reactions to it are ridiculous. Games are about having fun, not serious business. I don't see how other people getting into gaming is impacting you negatively.

And it might even let them make games harder again, because they don't have to keep difficulty down with casual gamers in mind. You should love that. But you keep complaining, is it because you love complaining?

Who says they will make games easier?

No-one. But a few people are suggesting that the possibility is there.

On a related note: This could have been really useful in F-ZERO GX's story mode; I eventually beat that on all difficulties, but not before resorting to Youtube.

I think its a useless feature. Even the most casual of casuals (oi) will want to beat mario without hand holding.