I think cheating makes you bad at games. Here is my anecdotal evidence.
My brother plays age of mythology: the titans expansion. He used cheats to instantly get free heroes and resources to build a wonder. Then he managed to lose after that. The difficulty of the other computer he was playing...
minish cap is hard. I have it from the 3ds ambassador program and I got stuck between the first and the second temple because I forgot where to go. :ClosedEyesCrying: