Cue the bellyaching! Oh, wait. You say the bellyaching has begun? Good. This is the Internet, after all, and we will always need and have something to complain about. Take Nintendo, for instance. The company that practically revived videogames from the dead 25 years ago and then re-invigorated the medium to make it more appealing to newcomers just three years ago is once again taking flak, from its fan base, this time for its latest announcement.

Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed Nintendo’s plans to include a “demo play” feature in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and has hinted that this feature will likely be in future games from the company as well. The concept is simple: If gamers are having a hard time completing a particular level, they can go into a menu and choose to have the game finish the level for them while they, presumably, watch along to learn how it’s done. There’s a joke to be made here about Nintendo probably wanting to incidentally cut down on the number of Wii Remote-flinging incidents causing injury and/or property damage, but let’s try to approach this with a more serious mindset.

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