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Thursday18th Feb 2016
Random Super Mario Maker Player Clears 'Time for a T-Break' After 12 Hours of Practice
Totally worth it
We have a mild obsession with incredibly difficult Super Mario Maker levels here on Nintendo Life - not actually beating them, don't be silly, but watching others achieve the seemingly impossible. Occasionally we share videos of fiendish creators such as Panga battling through their own stages in order to upload them, but we've...
Friday12th Feb 2016
Video Climbing Vines Has Never Been so Tough Thanks to This Super Mario Maker Level
It's another Pit of Panga creation
Many of us may consider ourselves to be decent at 2D Mario platformers, but some of the more ludicrous creations on Super Mario Maker often cut us down to size. It's generally the case that they utilise mechanics and techniques not normally seen in the main series games, making attempts to beat these...
News The Original Pokémon Starters Have Been Added as Costumes in Super Mario Maker
I choose you!
The endless line of Super Mario Maker costumes continues to move at full speed, and naturally these next costumes fall in line with another popular Nintendo franchise. It's Pokémon's 20th anniversary and so Nintendo has opted to celebrate this in part by adding Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander costumes into Super Mario Maker...
Monday8th Feb 2016
Weirdness This Super Mario Maker Level is a Functioning Calculator
Yep, it actually works
We've seen some terrific creations in Super Mario Maker, but few are as downright clever as a creation by Reddit user Helgefan. Shared on the social network this past weekend, it's rightly being hailed as an outrageous achievement in level design. Utilising binary additions and decimal conversion this stage, effectively,...
Wednesday3rd Feb 2016
News Wii U Sales Show Promising Growth Courtesy of Splatoon and Super Mario Maker Success
Splatoon continues to beat Mario Kart 8 sales momentum
While current 3DS sales are rather disappointing, Nintendo's most recent financial reports did bring good news for the Wii U, with the system on track for its targets and outperforming the equivalent sales of the year before. In Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's briefing one game's role in...
News A Professor E. Gadd Costume is Coming to Super Mario Maker
*Cackles*
It's been several since we've seen the last new Super Mario Maker costume added to the game, but the drought has finally been broken. Following on the heels of the long anticipated Princess Daisy, we will soon have access to a Professor E. Gadd costume. Professor E. Gadd is most notable for the part he's played in the Luigi's Mansion...
Tuesday2nd Feb 2016
News Nine Nintendo Titles Pass One Million Sales For This Financial Year
The green and the evergreen
With Nintendo having shared its financial reports for Q3, therefore covering the first nine months of the financial year, we can get an idea of the year's notable successes, especially as these sales figures cover the all-important Holiday period. Overall Nintendo can point to nine of its games that have sold over one...
Monday1st Feb 2016
News Create Your Own Super Mario Maker Wallpaper Through This Official Website
Random but cool
Super Mario Maker is a fantastic creative tool for fans of the franchise, and Nintendo's promoted it through limited editions, plenty of marketing and neat extras like the pixel-style amiibo, along with New 3DS cover plates in Japan and PAL territories. It's not quite done yet, though. As plenty of fans around the web have spotted,...
Friday29th Jan 2016
Random Behold the Majesty of this Special Super Mario Maker Jacket
A jacket fit for Super Mario
We love our custom gaming clothing here at Nintendo Life; gaming themed novelty t-shirts are the order of the day in the office. We thought it didn't get much better than the Super Smash Bros. trainer jacket but that's now been surpassed by this looking Super Mario Maker jacket, as brought to our attention by Tokyo-based...
Thursday28th Jan 2016
News Super Mario Maker's Online Features Are Back
Quicker than expected
Earlier this week Super Mario Maker's servers went offline rather unexpectedly, with Nintendo outlining maintenance for a whopping 37.5 hours and stating that they were working to fix a 'bug' in the Create mode. Originally due to finish on Thursday 28th January at 5:00pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am UK (29th January) / 2am CET...
Wednesday27th Jan 2016
Video See How Super Mario Maker's Slow Motion Glitch Works its Magic
Condensed POW
The recently discovered slow motion glitch in Super Mario Maker isn't something we can take credit for, but we were able to dissect what we needed from InsaneMonte's original level to create our own. The glitch works by compacting as many items as possible into a small space, something t
News Extended Super Mario Maker Network Maintenance to Fix Create Mode 'Bug'
Down for 37.5 hours
Update: Nintendo has now provided an update on the extended Super Mario Maker fix, issuing the following statement: We are carrying out emergency maintenance to fix a bug that occurs in "Create" mode. During this time, Super Mario Maker's online services will be unavailable. We are currently preparing a software update to fix...
Tuesday26th Jan 2016
Random This 'Bullet Time' Super Mario Maker Level Uses an Awesome Slow Motion Glitch
Perfect for fans of The Matrix or Max Payne
The Matrix is old-hat now - they use big flip-phones! - and had sequels that tarnished its name (in this writer's opinion) but it set a standard for neat slow-motion action. It's a common feature now and was memorably recreated in Max Payne, but at the time it was totally rad, cool and other assorted...
Thursday21st Jan 2016
Site News Retiring Our Super Mario Maker Course Sharer
Super Mario Maker Bookmark takes over...
We were super excited when Super Mario Maker was finally released for Wii U last September. Whilst we were impressed enough with the final product to give it an 'Outstanding' 10/10 in our review, we felt there was one particular thing lacking - a place to share courses with friends online. In the spirit of...
Sunday17th Jan 2016
Video The Cape Escape is the Next Super Mario Maker Challenge from Panga
Falling with style
We rather enjoy being level tourists in Super Mario Maker, though in some cases stages are best left to the most dedicated and skilful of players. Those created by 'Panga' definitely fit that category. We've covered Panga in the past, as he's established a fan-base creating ludicrously tough levels that many are happy to watch...
Saturday16th Jan 2016
Random Eager Super Mario Maker Creator Shares Mario's Lost World, a 38 Stage Extravaganza
Time for an overworld feature, perhaps?
Super Mario Maker may have now been around for roughly four months, but many thousands of gamers are still logging on regularly to play and create stages. There's been some disquiet around stages disappearing with little explanation since the New Year - though the reasoning is likely 'low popularity' or...
Friday15th Jan 2016
News Super Mario Maker Joins Elite List of Wii U Games to Pass One Million Sales in the US
Making dollars
While the big picture and overall sales history may not be kind to the Wii U in generations to come, the qualities of the system and some of its exclusive games have ensured that fans have happily picked up some titles in significant numbers. Super Mario Maker, Nintendo's fantastic level creation tool of 2015, has now joined a list of...
A "video game fabricating system" with editing tools and data sharing
Super Mario Maker has been a smash hit for Nintendo, and has finally given players the chance to create their own unique Super Mario experiences. However, if a 1994 patent is anything to go by, Nintendo has been thinking about this kind of user-generated approach for quite some...
Thursday14th Jan 2016
News The Princess Daisy Costume is Finally Coming to Super Mario Maker
It's actually happening
Costume updates for Super Mario Maker are a fairly regular occurrence nowadays, it seems a new one pops up almost every week. Sure, none of them actually do anything special, but it can be much more satisfying to occasionally play through a Mario stage as a pigeon instead of just Mario. Nintendo of America just revealed the...
Wednesday13th Jan 2016
News Monster Hunter X (Cross) and New 3DS Continue to Lead the Way in Japan
Splatoon, Super Mario Maker and Wii U also continue decent momentum
The festive period certainly brought cheer for Nintendo in its homeland, as the New 3DS and Wii U enjoyed impressive sales while their key releases led the software charts. The latest Media Create Japanese charts show some understandable drops as January bites, yet the results are...
Tuesday12th Jan 2016
News Yamamura Event Course and Outfit Coming to Super Mario Maker on 13th January
Everyone wants a playable pigeon
Super Mario Maker has seen some peculiar - and fun - Mystery Costume unlocks through its regular Event Courses. Some have been beloved Nintendo characters, while others have been quirkier inclusions or even marketing tie-ins. The latest is unsurprising considering the game's cast, but should nevertheless be fairly...
Saturday9th Jan 2016
News Here are Nintendo's Nominees for the Game Developer's Choice Awards
Splatoon is up for three awards, Super Mario Maker is up for one
In a couple short months, it'll be about that time of year for the annual Game Developers Conference, one of the largest events in the industry. Rather than E3, which is centered around new announcements for greater audiences, GDC is primarily focused on the craft of game development...
Wednesday6th Jan 2016
Live Jump Into the Donkey Kong and 2D Mario Block of Awesome Games Done Quick
Wahoo!
Awesome Games Done Quick is picking up momentum, with all of its participants, attendees and viewers now well into a solid week of gaming. We're been hosting some blocks from the broadcast that feature familiar and fondly regarded games on Nintendo hardware, just in case you're not on top of the schedule. This time around we have the Donkey...
Tuesday29th Dec 2015
Video Super Mario Maker Gives Us That Excitebike Platformer We Always Wanted, and a Small Update
Birdo is shown off ahead of New Year's Eve release, too
Super Mario Maker is not only a terrific creation tool and platformer in its own right, but it keeps us on our toes with its quirky updates. Next up on 31st December we'll have new Course Events that'll unlock Excitebike and Birdo costumes, with the former certainly tickling our fancy. The NES...
Thursday24th Dec 2015
Video Watch Captain Toad Gleefully Jump in Super Mario Maker
The backpack's a bit lighter in 8-bit
Earlier this week Nintendo showed off some new Event Courses and Mystery Costumes coming to Super Mario Maker, so we shouldn't forget that Captain Toad will join the ranks on 25th December. As anyone who's played Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker can attest, he's a courageous little chap. Nintendo's Japanese...
Wednesday23rd Dec 2015
Video Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka Show Off Super Mario Maker
Miyamoto-san is always a critic...
Based on some Game of the Year wins and its continuing popularity, we suspect that a decent number of gamers will be playing a bit of Super Mario Maker over the Holiday season. It's always nice to watch the masters show what the game can do, though, even when they're having an off-day. Nintendo UK has shared a...
Tuesday22nd Dec 2015
News Super Mario Maker Scoops Amazon Game of the Year Award
Now, if only Amazon US stocked the system properly
We're not sure what the 'thing' is between Nintendo of America and Amazon US, but the retailer in the region primarily sells Wii U hardware through third-party vendors, often at bizarre prices compared to other stores. Games are stocked and sold by Amazon, but not the systems directly; it's a...
News Prepare to Unlock Birdo and Excitebike Costumes in Super Mario Maker Soon
Two new NES REMIX courses coming up
Update: Oh, and Captain Toad is coming too... [tweet Original Article: Super Mario Maker truly is the game that keeps on giving, as today brings us an update which adds P Warp Doors, the Fire Koopa Clown Car and more to be used when creating levels. But what fun is an awesome level desi
News Takashi Tezuka on the Importance of Super Mario Maker and of Modernizing Mario
Evidently, Super Mario Maker was designed to be like a toy
It seems like you can hardly go a week nowadays without Takashi Tezuka or Yusuke Oshino - the Producer and Director, respectively - participating in some interview about Super Mario Maker. Not that we're complaining of course, as they almost always reveal more interesting information about...
Monday21st Dec 2015
Rumour Data Miners Discover Another Costume for Super Mario Maker
Guess what it is?
Nintendo has certainly made some rather unforeseen choices when deciding what costumes to add into Super Mario Maker. We've seen one that combines Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario, one that has three Toon Links standing in a totem pole formation, and even one of a random Japanese game show host. These don't really seem out of place,...
