Super Mario Maker 2 News
October2019
News Escape 'The Impossible Layer' In Playtonic's New Yooka-Laylee-Inspired Mario Maker 2 Course
Celebrating Impossible Lair's launch
Having released Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair to great reviews just yesterday, we'd like to think the good folks over at Playtonic Games are sitting with their feet up, relaxing after shipping one of them there vidya games. Of course, as with all devs who have just shipped a game, they're probably still...
Guide Super Mario Maker 2 Version 1.1.0 Update - Everything You Need To Know
Play online with friends, finally!
A new update for Super Mario Maker 2 has landed with a whole bunch of tweaks and additions to improve your gameplay experience. Prime among them is the ability to play online with (and against) your friends, and here we've collected all the new stuff with information on how to access it. Nintendo promised the...
Guide How To Play Online Multiplayer (Or Local) In Super Mario Maker 2
Finally play online with friends!
An update for Super Mario Maker 2 means that you can now play online with friends - we're here to show you how to get it set up as painlessly as possible. There have also been tweaks to streamline how local multiplayer is accessed, and you'll find all the details below. Super Mario Maker 2 is a wonderful and...
News You Can Now Play Online With Your Friends In Super Mario Maker 2
Version 1.1.0 is here
A new update for Super Mario Maker 2 has arrived and it adds a number of new multiplayer features that didn't make it to the game in time for its launch. The most exciting news is that you can now play with your friends online in either multiplayer versus and multiplayer co-op. Apart from this, the Nintendo Switch Online...
September2019
Random Nintendo Releases Another ASMR Video, This Time For Super Mario Maker 2
Here we go again
Earlier this year, Nintendo jumped on the ASMR bandwagon when it uploaded a special "Sights & Sounds" video advertising The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that highlighted the great outdoors and the portable features of the Switch. Months on, it has now shared another video for this same series, and this time it's for Sup
News Nintendo Shares Zelda-Themed Mario Maker 2 Courses To Celebrate Link's Awakening Day
Eight courses to try!
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is finally here (well, again) and Nintendo is celebrating the big day in a number of different ways. Among them are these Zelda-themed courses available to play in Super Mario Maker 2. Nintendo has shared the following designs in a blog post, talking about how the designs have recreated...
Guide Super Mario Maker 2 - How To Beat ‘Secret Of The Dry Bones Shell’
How to complete job 84 in Story Mode
While the courses found in Story Mode in Super Mario Maker 2 feature some ingenious and immensely satisfying level design, arguably very few of them are real head-scratchers. Anyone who’s been playing 2D Mario for any length of time should have little trouble with the vast majority of the levels, provided...
Guide How To Add Water To Levels In Super Mario Maker 2
Or lava, if you prefer
Super Mario Maker 2 is out and has added a plethora of features to the solid foundation of the first game. One of those tasty additions enables you to change the water level in a course, and even have it rise and fall over time. Obviously the design implications are immense, with plenty of timing-based gauntlets now possible...
Guide How To Change From Day To Night In Super Mario Maker 2
Plus how nighttime affects your courses
As you've probably seen for yourself, Super Mario Maker 2 has a host of new themes besides the returning ones from the Wii U original. In addition to Ground, Underground, Underwater, Ghost House, Airship and Castle, the sequel also offers Desert, Snow, Sky and Forest themes. There's also a new Nighttime...
Guide How To Use All Power-Ups In Super Mario Maker 2
All the power-ups, what they do and where to find them
The sheer number of possibilities and combinations available to creators in Super Mario Maker 2 is a little mind-boggling. The deluge of options including terrain, items, enemies and gizmos can be overwhelming to new players, and there are likely properties inherent to certain elements that even...
Guide Where To Find Your Course ID In Super Mario Maker 2
Where's that little 9-digit alphanumeric hiding?
So, you've stayed up far too long constructing a masterpiece in the freshly released Super Mario Maker 2 and you're desperate to share your course. You've uploaded your level and you saw the Course ID flash up onscreen - lovely! But now you need to find it again to text your friends or tweet your...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 14th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Yet another week has flown by, this time full of Switch controller LED light revelations and stories of what might just be the very first time anyone has managed to reach the Switch's maximum playtime for a single game. We're feeling more than ready to sit down for some gaming over the weekend, and as usual,...
Guide Where Is The Poison Mushroom In Super Mario Maker 2?
The Rotten Mushroom is hiding in the Ground
So, you've heard that the Poison Mushroom that debuted in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is back in Super Mario Maker 2 and you're desperate to dupe your friends into consuming the deadly little fungi. However, you've searched the item dials and can't find the blighter anywhere. Yep, it's hiding but...
Guide Super Mario Maker 2 Story Mode - How To Unlock Items, Characters, Mii Outfits And More
How to unlock Mii costumes, find characters and collect coin
In addition to the suite of tools and elements contained in the level editor, Super Mario Maker 2 also features a substantial Story Mode in its own right. For those who don't have the creative urge, Story Mode features over 100 levels crafted to showcase the possibilities of the toolbox; a...
Guide Super Mario Maker 2 - All Mii Outfit Unlocks List
The full updated list of all achievements to unlock across all modes
Updated: Added tables and new discoveries. This is now the 'complete' list (unless Nintendo adds some more in the future, that is), including the ones we'll probably never be able to get. Enjoy - and good luck! As you may be aware, Miis are back in Super Mario Maker 2. When...
August2019
Japanese Charts Super Mario Maker 2 Still Top As Nintendo Takes Nine Of Top Ten
Hardware sales down, however
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 19th - 25th August, revealing that Super Mario Maker 2 is still sitting pretty at the very top of the pile. The game sold another 22,582 copies this week to stay ahead of newcomer Oninaki (although it's worth noting that Oninaki's combined sales across Switch and PS4 did...
Japanese Charts Super Mario Maker 2 Extends Its Stay In The Top Spot
Building up
The Famitsu Japanese chart figures are now in for 12th August - 18th August. Nintendo's Super Mario Maker 2 has experienced yet another week in the top spot. Fire Emblem: Three Houses has dropped to fourth place while Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has climbed up a spot. Bandai Namco's arcade fishing game is in second an
News This Super Mario Maker 2 Level Flips An Old Classic On Its Head
On the up and up
How many times have you played through the opening level of Super Mario Bros. on the NES? Considering how many systems it has been released on over the years, we're willing to be that it's more than just a handful. World 1-1 lays down the foundations for what has become one of the most famous video game franchises of all time, and...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 17th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Another busy week has been and gone, this time bringing with it hints at SNES games coming to Switch and the revelation that Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma teased the upcoming Zelda: Link's Awakening remake years ago! Well... As we've finally reached the weekend, it's time once again to sit back, relax, and chat...
Soapbox To Me, Mario Maker 2 Is Nintendo's Best, And Most Disappointing, Sequel Ever
Super Mario Paradox
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. Here Gavin discusses how Super Mario Maker 2 is giving him mixed emotions... The Nintendo first party flavour of the month may well be Fire Emblem: Three Houses, but due to my...
Video Is It Possible To Score The Maximum 999,999,990 Points In Super Mario Maker 2?
Level design at its weirdest
There are plenty of different ways to enjoy Super Mario Maker 2, be it creating levels, playing the best of other peoples' levels, or even blasting your way through the game's Story Mode, but some like to take the game to the extreme. CeaveGaming, a YouTuber who we've featured on the site multiple times in the past, has...
News There Are Now More Than 5 Million Courses In Super Mario Maker 2
And it's all thanks to the community
Nintendo of America's Twitter account has revealed the Super Mario Maker 2 community on Nintendo Switch has now uploaded more than five million custom courses in less than a few months. To celebrate, it's shared some codes for a couple of levels that are apparently worth checking out. The first is Thwomp's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 10th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
This week has been packed to the brim with exciting Pokémon news, angry Zelda fans, and pretty much everything in between, but we've finally reached the weekend. As such, it's time to relax, gather round, and chat about our weekend gaming plans. Feel free to read through our entries below, vote in our poll,...
Feature Rogue Legacy Lead Designer Makes A Super Mario Maker 2 Course
Answer the challenge of Cellar Door Games' Teddy Lee
Welcome back to our ongoing Super Nindie Maker 2 series where game developers create Super Mario Maker 2 levels for the pleasure of you lovely people. In the previous feature we received a bumper crop of crafty courses from Playtonic Games and before that we had a tight autoscroll A
News This Fully-Functioning Calculator Course In Super Mario Maker 2 Is Utter Genius
How? Just how?
We've seen some cracking courses in Super Mario Maker 2 over the past few weeks, but none have impressed us quite as much as this one. A player going by the name of Helgefan has shared a course called The Cluttered Chaos-Calculator 2. It initially has you choosing two numbers between 0 and 9 and deciding whether you'd like to add...
Japanese Charts Super Mario Maker 2 Knocks Fire Emblem: Three Houses Off Top Spot
Mario's-a-number one (again)
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 29th July - 4th August, revealing that Fire Emblem: Three Houses has lost its top place position. The internal rivalry between Nintendo mascots is fierce at the moment, as it was actually Super Mario Maker 2 which managed to sell enough copies to just take first place...
News Nintendo Reveals The Switch eShop's Most Popular Games For July 2019 (Europe)
From Mario to Monopoly
Nintendo has shared a list of the top 15 most-downloaded eShop games of July 2019 in Europe, and it's hardly surprising to see which two games have found their way to the very top of the list. Super Mario Maker 2, which released at the very end of June, has managed to top the list, with Fire Emblem: Three Houses following...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 3rd)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Here we are at the end of yet another week. The last few days brought us the inclusion of Dragon Quest's Hero in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the final major update for Splatoon 2, and a gas canister that has its very own pro
Feature Yooka-Laylee Devs Make Super Mario Maker 2 Courses
Play four levels from Playtonic Games!
Next up in our Super Nindie Maker 2 series, we're lucky enough to have a bumper offering from Playtonic Games. Following on from the opening gambit courtesy of Shovel Knight designer Mike Herbster, the developers behind Yooka-Laylee and its upcoming 2.5D sequel Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair have cooked
July2019
News Super Mario Maker 2 Players Have Already Uploaded More Than 4 Million Courses
In just one month
Nintendo has revealed that more than four million courses have already been uploaded to Super Mario Maker 2's online hub. How are we ever going to get around to playing them all? Yes, players all around the world have been designing, building, and uploading their creations for others to try out, creating a small universe worth of...
News Super Mario Maker 2 Sold 2.42 Million Copies In Just Three Days
Let's-a-go!
We all thought that Super Mario Maker 2 would be a pretty popular release, but new financial data from Nintendo has revealed that it's a little more than simply 'popular'. Nintendo has released its official financial results for the three months ending on 30th June 2019. In that time, Super Mario Maker 2 has gotten off to what Nintendo...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 27th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Yet another week has flown by, this time full of newly discovered Zelda: Breath of the Wild glitches and an awful lot of discussion surrounding Joy-Con drift, but now we can sit back, relax, and talk about our weekend gaming plans. Members of team Nintendo Life have done just that below, and we'd love for you...
News Nintendo Has Updated Smash Bros. Ultimate's Database With Dragon Quest Spirits
The Hero draws near!
At E3 2019, Nintendo revealed the 'Hero' from the Dragon Quest series would come to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as DLC this summer. So, when will this fighter actually be released? It seems the character's arrival could be near – with Gamexplain revealing Nintendo has updated Ultimate's spirit database with multiple Dragon...
News Super Mario Maker 2 Can Delete Your Glitched Courses, Even If You Don't Upload Them
So no funny business!
We already know that Nintendo is more than happy to remove uploaded Super Mario Maker 2 courses, usually for breaking the rules regarding glitching, abusive content, or sometimes for no clear reason at all, but it turns out that your levels might also be deleted when they haven't even been uploaded.
Japanese Charts Super Mario Maker 2 Loses Top Spot To Professional Baseball Spirits
Marvel Ultimate Alliance debuts in top ten
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 15th - 21st July, revealing that Super Mario Maker 2 has fallen from first place for the first time since it launched last month. The game shifted another 46,065 copies this week, but it wasn't anywhere close to reaching the 175,189 sales achieved by new...
UK Charts Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Sees Strong Debut As Mario Maker 2 Slips To Third Place
Nintendo exclusives performing nicely
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 20th July, revealing that new Switch exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has managed to secure second place in its debut week. The game pushes last week's winner Super Mario Maker 2 down to third position, but it's Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled...
News Nintendo Will Now Let You Upload 64 Courses In Super Mario Maker 2
And it will raise the level cap "one more time"
This just in: a Super Mario Maker 2 in-game notification has revealed the course upload limit has been increased from 32 to 64 courses per user. It won't end there, though. According to the same notification, Nintendo says it will raise the limit "one more time" in the future. This update follows...
Video Watch As A Father Uses Super Mario Maker 2 To Reveal Baby's Gender
Complete with dramatic pause
Designing your own courses in Super Mario Maker 2 can be pretty fun, especially when you can share them with your closest family and friends, but this particular level will no doubt stay in the minds of this family forever. Jonathan Steele has 1-Up'd us all by using the game's course designer to make a level which...
Feature Shovel Knight Level Designer Makes A Super Mario Maker 2 Course
Play a course by Shovel Knight designer Michael Herbster!
Welcome, one and all, to the first in our 'Super Nindie Maker 2' series showcasing developer-created Super Mario Maker 2 courses! Since the game released a little while ago some of Switch's finest developers have been beavering away on courses of all varieties for your delectation and we'll...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 20th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
What a week it's been! Nintendo revealed a Switch revision with improved battery life, locked in the release date for Luigi's Mansion 3 and announced two new sets of Joy-Con. On the third-party front, we found
Random Everyone On This Southwest Flight Got A Nintendo Switch For Free
Lucky sods
A Nintendo Switch can easily be your best friend if you have to hop on one of those aeroplanes people use to travel long distances through the air, as we're no doubt so many of you reading already know first-hand. But what if you don't own one? How are you supposed to enjoy the benefits of playing DOOM at 33,000 feet on a 7W beast of a...
Japanese Charts Super Mario Maker 2 Stays In Top Spot, As Switch Sales Slightly Drop
God Eater 3 debuts in second place
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 8th - 14th July. Nintendo's Super Mario Maker 2 has managed to hold onto the top spot, making this its third consecutive week in first! The game managed to shift another 54,720 copies, with sales now surpassing the 300,000 mark. Bandai Namco's God Eater 3 was the...
Video The Tiny Graphical Glitch We Can't Unsee In Super Mario Maker 2
A very minor issue
While there are a number of glitches that have already been discovered in Super Mario Maker 2, our lovely senior video producer Alex Olney has seemingly stumbled across another one. This is a very subtle graphical glitch that won't impact your gameplay experience. If you're using the New Super Mario Bros. U ground theme, look...
News Nintendo Inexplicably Deletes Popular Mario Maker Streamer's Level
A little bit of history repeating
GrandPOObear - popular Mario Maker level creator ever since the original game and general Mario speedrunner extraordinaire - has once again felt the pointy end of Nintendo's moderation stick and had one of his levels for Super Mario Maker 2 deleted for unknown reasons. The streamer (real name David Hunt) has had...
Random Super Mario Maker 2 Player Recreates The "Worst Ever" Level 1-1
Can you make it to the end?
This was as far as we got... A Super Mario Maker 2 player who goes by the name 'YTSunny' on YouTube, has created the "worst ever" version of the first level in the original Super Mario Bros. game on the NES. This recreation of Level 1-1 comes with a tiny twist. While it mimics the exact layout of the original, it's...
UK Charts Super Mario Maker 2 Holds Off Crash Team Racing To Stay In First Place
Dragon Quest Builders 2 debuts in fifth
UK chart data is now available for the week ending 13th July. Super Mario Maker 2 has managed to stay in the top spot after three weeks and a 38% drop in sales week-on-week. Right behind it for the third week in a row is the multi-platform Activision release, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. The retro racer...
Random This Super Mario Maker 2 Glitch Blasts Cat Luigi Into Space
Meow!
We've seen some weird Super Mario Maker 2 glitches since the Switch title was released, but this particular one is out of this world. All you'll need to do is create a custom Super Mario 3D World level, transform Luigi into a cat, crawl underneath a few blocks and then attempt to long jump. Once you've done this, Luigi will skyrocket...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 13th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Welcome folks to yet another weekend - and what a week we've had! The official reveal (finally) of the Nintendo Switch Lite kept the NL team super busy this week - you can catch up on everything you need to know right here - but now it's time for us to talk about our weekend plans. Which games will you be...
News Team17 And Playtonic Games Share Super Mario Maker 2 Levels For You To Play
Can you beat them?
If you're on the lookout for some new Super Mario Maker 2 levels to enjoy, hopefully these creations from Team17 and Playtonic Games will do the trick nicely. There are two courses on offer from Team17 - the studio behind Switch games like My Time at Portia, Overcooked,
Deals Get A Nintendo Switch, Super Mario Maker 2 And 12 Months' Switch Online For Just £300
And a £30 eShop voucher!
A new Nintendo Switch deal has appeared on Amazon UK that is well worth looking into if you're thinking about picking up a new console. The deal includes a Neon Red/Blue Nintendo Switch console with a copy of Super Mario Maker 2, but you'll also get a 12-month subscription to Nintendo Switch Online and a £30 voucher to...
