Lots of games are hard. Some of those are Nintendo Hard, and some games are simply impossible. And, every now and then, the dev team takes notice and decide to give the player a little help. These would be situations in which the Devs actually try to subvert Guide Dang It. Oh, wait? That is not the Game Over screen? Wait, why is the screen showing the spirit of The Obi-Wan now? What does he mean, I was supposed to use the Excalibur against the boss... Aaahhh, fuck. Contrast, naturally, with Guide Dang It. Compare Hint System, Notice This.