Should I ask for a Wii for graduation?

[Mordry]

Isn't Donkey Kong Country Returns the game that lets you autopilot through sections that are too hard for you? How exactly is that hardcore?

For me personally it's hardcore because of four reasons:

I haven't used that feature once, more interesting then (I'm an old-school gamer^^).
You don't get any rewards from using that level-helper.
You don't keep any items if you use it.
The game marks that level as "not finished" which is teasing.

But sure, you can use it however you want, that doesn't change any of the difficulty and also you need to die 5-7 times in that one level before you can use that helper. The game is hard as hell and if you are a 101%er then you'll bite your own lips off your mouth, just saying.