The initiative hopes to make the game even more accessible to new players.
Nintendo has confirmed that their recently unveiled New Super Mario Bros. Wii will feature a help system in which players can let the game take over for them during difficult parts.
Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed this. "In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, if a player is experiencing an area of difficulty, this will allow them to clear troubled areas and take over when they're ready," said the famed developer.
This not only broadens the game's appeal towards inexperienced players, it also eliminates the need for cheat codes and strategy guides. Miyamoto also confirmed that this feature will be available in future Wii titles.
A few months back, a patent for a help feature by Nintendo was discovered. It illustrated a help-and-hint feature in which players would be able to skip a difficult part of the game if they weren't able to pass it. This announcement is the official reveal of that feature.