Super Mario Maker (2015)

Super Mario Maker lets people’s imaginations run wild. For the first time ever, friends can have fun playing through levels they create for one another. The Wii U GamePad controller makes it so easy for anyone to create levels; it may feel like simply sketching out ideas on paper.

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Giant BombJeff GerstmannSep 20155/5 stars
Super Mario Maker lets you create as many Kuribo's Shoe-focused levels as your heart can take and then some. The pipes work and you can make giant goombas and stack them up as high as the screen. You can press play and get served up an endless array of user-created levels of varying degrees of quality. If any of that sounds even slightly appealing, you'll probably love this thing to death.
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KotakuPatricia HernandezSep 2015
Finally, I can make the hellscape Mario levels of my dreams.
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Nintendo LifeThomas WhiteheadSep 201510/10
Whether creating, exploring or just playing, Super Mario Maker provides an exceptional experience. If you've ever enjoyed a 2D Mario game and have a creative, playful spirit, then you should have already decided to buy this. It has plenty of tough competition, but this is the definitive Wii U game.
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Metro GameCentralDavid JenkinsSep 20157/10
If you accept its purposeful limitations this is one of the few successful attempts to ensure creating your own games is as much fun as playing them.
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NZGamerHannah DouglassSep 20157/10
Super Mario Maker is a beautifully crafted and unique game and it feels like Nintendo have put honest time and love into creating it. Other than the fact that timing a jump on the springboards is still horrifically challenging (but it has been for as long as I've been playing Super Mario), you simply cannot fault the meticulous production quality. The simplistic charm and fabulously colourful world will keep you coming back for more, but for how long is really dependent on the player and the reasons they love Super Mario in the first place.
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About the game

Platforms: Wii U
Developer: Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.4, Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: September 10, 2015
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 60 h rushed · 200 h main story · 600 h completionist

IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 215 ratings.

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