Topic: Super Mario Maker - OT

I've seen a level start with a "mini-boss fight" with Bowser Jr. in the Clown Car throwing shells. You had to beat him to use the Clown Car to move on. It was in the Mario World style and I liked how Jr. looked in that style.

@NintyMan - Yeah, it's the closest thing to a mini-boss though; I mean even Bowser is treated as just a stronger enemy so actual boss fights can't happen. Which is a shame but I guess doing that would mean adding an event-list feature of sorts and that might be over complicated compared to the current simplicity of it all.
I love what I've seen so far but the things that Super Mario Maker lacks for me are checkpoints and Star Coin-type collectables. I haven't seen them anywhere in the game.

I expect a direct closer to the time showing off more/unseen features from the game before it's released, with that being said I doubt it would include Boss fights altough I'd love to see Birdo there even as a mini-boss.

I bet this is going to get a 3DS port. I still can't wait though for it on Wii U

I bet it isn't.

And regarding traditional boss levels, I guess that goes beyond what Mario Maker is designed to be. A good boss level needs unique AI, cut scenes, difficulty that increases in steps, dialogue, a cinematic end, etc.

I don't know their official names, the caterpillar blocks are those set of blocks that move a set path. The coin trail thing spawns from a ? block, it's basically a coin that travels a path that you control via the D-Pad. It also leaves a trail of coins.

The caterpillar blocks, are they similar to what John Numbers reaches at 4:12:40 in the NWC video?

Somewhat, but I think those just go in a straight line (they were originally used to float in the lava), the blocks I'm talking about can change directions and move in a complex path and all that.

I'm hoping that Luigi is playable in the game.

Eh, I'll just post videos, they aren't Mario Maker, but it shows you what I'm talking about.
(I can't remember what levels they actually show in the official game, so here's the Impossible Levels rom hack, lol)

Caterpillar Blocks

Coin Trail

I always loved watching those videos, at least some of them will be possible in Super Mario Maker. xp

With a Luigi amiibo, Luigi can be put in an item block. I've also seen footage of Luigis being shot through a canon as projectiles.

Don't know if Luigi will have any other jumping mechanics than Mario, though.

Super Mario Maker is like LittleBig Planet, but actually good

SOLD!!!

Upcoming Super Mario Maker footage on the Treehouse Live stream right now, according to the schedule:

Super Mario Maker looks stupidly awesome, its the game ive been waiting for

From the Treehouse stream: amiibo-supported characters are available in original 8-bit Mario mode only. Only changes appearance and sound effects, not movement.

Wow. This game is $59.99. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/super-mario-maker-nintendo-wii-u/...

Still getting it though, since you basically have unlimited levels. Well until the servers go down.

They really are putting a lot of effort into this game. That's great.

You can still have unlimited levels, as long as you have enough space. lol

At least 90:

BTW, the animations and sound effects for the Wii Fit Trainer were amazing!!!

Because there's a lot of situational stuff. Like a lot of levels from the NSMB series, they had a specific mechanic tied to each level, I don't think they're going to include everything. I'm sure they want to keep it simple, it shouldn't become a complicated level editor.