Okay, obviously people seem to misinterpret what patents are trying to say, but I believe that the people at Neogaf have a good hold of what the thing is saying. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348177
The main misinterpretation people are getting is that you can have the game play itself if you are having trouble. Not quite.
There are three sections by the looks of one of the illustrations. Game, Digest, and Scene Menu. Game works like you would normally expect, Digest is giving you an example of how a section in the game was done, and scene menu is where you can relive moments from the game.
The obvious thing I can see Nintendo not forgetting is that you have to play through the game first. Since core gamers are the ones who will play the next Zelda game first, they're probably not gonna have all the digest and scene menus available from the start. As you go through the game, more is added to the digest.
How this "kind code' actually ends up working is that you are first given a video hint, giving you an idea of what to do next. This could obviously help those who may not know where to go next, or if you can't solve a puzzle, and so on. This is obviously gonna be different than Navi, as she forced you to press C Up to get a hint from her, so this looks to be optional.
And, if you check the video, but if one section you don't have the skill, you can skip it and head to one section. I believe the auto-playing whatever is saved for digest only, so it functions kinda like a mix of Youtube playthroughs and tool assisted speedruns
One big thing to note about the digest and scene menus is that you can not choose to make a save game out of that section of the game you selected, so there still seems to be motivation to play through the main game.
This whole thing is optional for core gamers, and is a very good way of letting Nintendo increase the difficulty for once while not discouraging the expanded audience.
I am actually in favor of this idea, because it's a good way of encouraging people to atleast get to the end, whether they play through the entire game, or only half with the rest of it skipped. People these days don't have the time or dedication to a single long epic game, and when they don't have enough skill to get past a section, it often discourages them from continuing. Sure, you could let a more experienced gamer play it, but than he or she wouldn't get to see the whole game with their eyes. This really helps solve the problem that Miyamoto has seen, and that was people being discouraged from beating a Zelda game. Not only that, but it could be a way of letting more than one person in the household having fun playing the game together. Have someone play the game, and everyone can watch and provide assistance.
If this is for sure gonna be the new gameplay system for the next Zelda, than bring it. I want to let my family enjoy video games as much as I do, and I have all my faith in Miyamoto that he will create the gateway game that can bring together all types of gamers.
I am looking forward to how this could be used.
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