What's wrong with free cheat codes? It's like everyone has gotten so use to being taken advantage of by corporations that now they get mad when they aren't getting taken advantage of.

This is for beginner not advanced and experienced gamers like the 10% of the community.

I can't count how many times my kids have quit playing a game because it was too hard or frustrating. Despite my encouragement and stories about how good it feels to finally overcome that challenge. It's so frustrating, but I'd rather them play then to quit. It's fun watching them succeed and their gaming interests grow.

With having easier modes, at least we get to enjoy gaming together and they can play some games they may not yet be good at.

Wow, I get that they're also adding a hard mode. Once again this is Nintendo so mostly everything they do or say people have to agree with or get attacked.

Now, I'm wondering how I even used to game back in the day because those games were pretty hard. I rarely used cheat codes and if I did it was after I beat the game. But, I guess in today's society, people have short patience and need some help. I'm going to say that this is aimed for the kids which is fine. I do feel this feature is just another one of the hand holding and everyone is a winner attitude that we are( actually "have") turned into.

I know I'm gonna get slammed for saying this but I'm just speaking how I feel and if you feel different then that's okay too. I guess this wouldn't bother me so much if it was a mode that you unlock after you beat the game. I don't know...what do I know?

Good ol Nintendo still believing their audience cant handle games because they get easily distracted by other technology. Why even be in the game if you lack the confidence in your audience.

They want to adapt and pretend it is the reason the Wii U was a fail but it failed for other reasons. The point of most Nintendo games is level design and gameplay you throw in an invinciblity mode the game would be a bore fest. They don't make games with some heart felt story that people need to experience even if that was the case they could just go watch the 'movie' on YouTube

Here to Nintendo understanding the point of games next gen on NX because things like 'easy' modes in games like this and especially platformers show how out of touch they are.

Call me a hater, I happily own the Wii U, stuff like this however really shows how out of touch they are

This mode is clearly designed for the kinds of casuals and dude-bros that underestimate games like DKC Tropical Freeze based on their looks, and assume it will be easy, then get their butts kicked by a difficulty your average CoD match can't deliver before giving up.

Good on Nintendo for making an option for those kinds of gamers; it'll give them the edge they need to actually get into the game and learn the ropes before taking off the training wheels.

As for me, I'll probably never even touch easy mode; I'll start on normal to clear all the routes and enjoy the story [apparently there's some differences this time, which intrigues me], then I'll switch it up to hard mode to earn all those medals and unlock all the secrets all at once.

The only way I'll touch easy mode is if there's some sort of unlockable or collectible to be had from using it once or twice.

A kid friendly OPTION. What's the problem?

This is really a non-issue.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau