It says a lot about the culture of games that 'skip cutscene' is standard but 'skip this challenge' is not.
@kevspace Most instances of the latter are a lower difficulty level, which I think is the best way of doing it - it makes the challenge trivial but still has you play through it. An alternate idea would be the Super Guide in modern Marios, where the level is beaten for you (although it skips special collectibles and ignores secrets).
@MeimuHakurei it's better than nothing but still does not help many who physically or mentally cannot perfom all the tasks required.
A good but not perfect compromise is the 'Mellow Mode' in Yoshi's Woolly World, which lets you retain control of an enhanced near-invincible flying Yoshi who can also have extra buffs or shields added with badges you can buy. Making it the first Mario branded platform game my girlfriend (who is not disabled) could ever beat. Which is why she bought it at all.
@kevspace @MeimuHakurei Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale Enhanched edition have the "Story Mode" which makes all your characters invulnerable and do very high damage, essentially letting you skip the combat portions. Afaik you can't die in NWN on very easy but I don't know for sure.
@kevspace @MeimuHakurei Sunrider has the "Visual Novel Mode" to a similar effect, Danganronpa: Another Episode has the Genocide Mode which allows you to summon a character at any time to kill all enemies present for you, MGS 3 gives you the EZ Gun which makes you almost invisible and has unlimited ammo and unlimited silencer. Fighting Game Toshinden has the "Stress Relief" easy mode which has enemies barely fight back at all.
@Shotagonist this is great stuff, thanks again! Do you know how many of those are available to the player from the start, as opposed to being unlockable bonuses?
@kevspace Those are all freely available. MGS 3 allows you to bring the EZ gun to higher difficulties as new game plus bonus however.
@Shotagonist @MeimuHakurei ah nice. PC WRPGs are a knowledge gap of mine so this is helpful, thanks!