Super Mario Galaxy 2 , a.k.a What I’ll Be Doing All Summer Until StarCraft II Arrives , will come with a bonus DVD designed to show players how to control Mario. This is, to my knowledge, the first time a game has ever featured such an extra.
The DVD will form a guide for beginners, showing how to use the Wii Remote and nunchuk together, and explaining Starbits and other in-game details. Basically, it’s designed to make everything easy for the Wii’s predominantly ‘casual gaming’ audience, so there are no tears of frustration at the rest home.
“But a tutorial DVD?” you might ask. “Is that not what in-game tutorials are for?” Well, previously, perhaps. But Nintendo looks like it wants to make learning how to play a game even easier . The solution? Sit people down in front of a DVD and let them watch.
“Isn’t this just spoon-feeding and patronising people like babies?” you might also ask. Perhaps it is, but I think lowering the accessibility barrier does no harm. If you’re an 82-year-old who’s never seen a videogame in action before, these things probably seem pretty damn intimidating.
Oh, and amusingly enough, the DVD (like all other DVDs) won’t be playable on the Wii itself. Arf.
See also: Papercraft Mario is blocky, totally awesome
[Via Cubed3 ]
