question

Anyone having problems with intent routing? I'm following this section from the cookbook: https://github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook/blob/master/ingredients/using-new-session-to-short-circuit-incoming-intent-and-launch-requests.md It says:

// This will short-cut any incoming intent or launch requests and route them to this handler.
'NewSession': function() {
      if (this.event.request.type === 'IntentRequest') {
          this.emit(this.event.request.intent.name); 
      } 
      this.emit('LaunchRequest');
}

Seems fair enough. So I tried it, and it's not working. I've console-logged everything, and it definitely is catching the intent.

'NewSession': function () {
            console.log("In newsession function within menu");
            if (this.event.request.type === 'IntentRequest') {
                console.log("got an intentrequest within newsession in menu of " + this.event.request.intent.name);
                console.log(this.attributes.STATE);
                this.emit(this.event.request.intent.name);
            }
            this.handler.state = constants.states.MENU_MODE;
            this.emit('MenuIntent');
        },

And here's my log output:

• got an intentrequest within newsession within menu: AMAZON.HelpIntent
• In menuintent function within menu

So it definitely catches it, but doesn't reroute UNLESS I change NewSession to LaunchRequest. Where am I going wrong?!