Super Mario Maker News
March2016
News Super Mario Maker and Splatoon Pick Up BAFTA Game Awards Nominations
3DS games miss out entirely
The BAFTA Game Awards aren't far away, with comedian Dara O'Briain once again signed up to host the extravaganza on 7th April at Tobacco Dock, London. With plenty of awards up for grabs Nintendo will have a chance to walk away with a few prizes, though does miss out entirely in one key category. Let's start with the good...
Video Take a Tour of Super Mario Maker's Key Update and All its New Features
The pun train keeps rolling
Super Mario Maker version 1.6 has arrived on all our Wii U systems, and what a delightful update it is. We decided it was so lovely that it was worth showcasing everything that's new this time around and what better way to do it than an unscripted video where the host stumbles over his words every nine seconds? Check out...
Video The Mashiko Mystery Mushroom Outfit in Super Mario Maker is Evidently Self Aware
We have a special Zelda-themed idea for the next outfit...
We love Super Mario Maker. We love free stuff. So the regular Event Courses and unlockable Mystery Mushroom outfits are a nice treat. We don't necessarily mind that some are Japanese characters we haven't really heard of, because they look cool and they cost us nothing. Yet still, the...
Video Nintendo Details Super Mario Maker's "Key Update"
Get it? 'Cause there's keys.
Super Mario Maker just keeps on giving. With the next update planned for 9th March, even more tools and bits will be added to the mix, providing savvy creators all the more opportunities to force players through the products of their gorgeously twisted little minds. Right next to when the update is scheduled to arrive,...
News Nintendo Warns It'll Block Rule Breaker's Access to Super Mario Maker's Online Features
"We hope you understand"
After all the hubbub of the Nintendo Direct, which included confirmation of a major update for Super Mario Maker, Nintendo rather quietly provided a reminder of some key rules that, if broken, could lead to bans from the online 'Course World' component of the game. The notification came on Miiverse, outlining three key...
News Super Mario Maker To Get Major Update On March 9th
Spike pillars, keys, pink coins and more
We've said it many times already, but Super Mario Maker truly is the game that keeps on giving. On 9th March a free software update will add a Super Expert mode to the 100-Mario Challenge; it's unlocked after players clear Expert mode. Super Expert Mode dishes out six extremely tough courses - additionally,...
Video Check Out the Tanooki Statue Mario Costume in Super Mario Maker
How stealthy
The regular costume updates for Super Mario Maker keep right on rolling, with Barbara the Bat and Chitoge Kirisaki being the most recent additions. Though many of you will soon be able to scan in the Wolf Link amiibo, one more classic costume has just been added ahead of the canine hero's appe
Video Nintendo's Super Mario Maker Showcase of the Wolf Link Costume is Rather Cute
D'aww, look at the heroic puppy
As discovered recently, in an article that also had 'cute' in the headline, the Wolf Link amiibo unlocks a rather charming mystery mushroom outfit in Super Mario Maker. It might as well, too, as there seem to outfits for every other darn thing Nintendo and its partners can think of - that's not a complaint, but an...
February2016
News Barbara the Bat Costume Comes to Super Mario Maker
Jam out
Jam with the Band was a brand new rhythm game released by Nintendo as a launch title for the Nintendo DS way back in 2004, though it was released as a Japan exclusive. It was followed up a few years later by one more game on the DS, and one on the 3DS; with the only localised game being the first sequel on the DS, which came to Europe...
News Wolf Link Looks Extra Cute in Super Mario Maker Sprite Form, Confirming amiibo Support
What a beast
Super Mario Maker has a dizzying range of Mystery Mushroom characters - some are unique as part of the game and others can be accessed quickly by scanning compatible amiibo. Well, the Wolf Link amiibo that caused quite a ruckus for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD will have another use when it arrives in early March. Nintendo...
News Super Mario Maker Picks Up Family Game Of The Year Award At DICE 2016
Satoru Iwata also honoured on the big night
The 19th annual DICE Awards took place last night, and Super Mario Maker was the only Nintendo release to score an accolade. The Wii U create-'em-up won Family Game of the Year at the event, which is organised by The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. While Nintendo might not have come away with...
Video Check Out the Chitoge Kirisaki Costume in Super Mario Maker
Well, that came out of nowhere
It seems that the semi-regular updates for new Super Mario Maker costumes are still continuing at full force. The last few costumes have been pretty well known Nintendo characters, such as the first gen Pokémon starters or Princess Daisy, but the newest one will likely be most gamers' first experience with the...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
January2016
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
December2015
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...
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...
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...
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...
Talking Point Each Super Mario Maker Update Promises Much for the Future of the Franchise
Flying levels, helmets being vital to gameplay - the game has changed
The latest major Super Mario Maker update is live, being the second of its kind (outside of minor Mystery Costume additions) at the time of writing. The first notable update was, in some ways, focused on fixing perceived shortcomings of the launch code - it included stacked...
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...
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,...
News Super Mario Maker Director Shares Details About the Upcoming Update
Still no slopes, though...
As many of you are aware, a new update was recently announced for Super Mario Maker. The update seems to be fairly meaty; it'll be adding a clown car that can spit fire, bumpers, P-Switch doors, a world record leaderboard, and functionality with the new website. Of course, this is all completely free of charge, and it'll...
News Mr Saturn and Master Belch Are Heading to Super Mario Maker on 19th December
The Mother lode
In recent times Nintendo's been upping the ante with Super Mario Maker Course Events, with unlockable Mystery Item outfits related to first- and third-party games, TV shows, magazines and even cars. The next two are, we suspect, going to be rather popular among retro aficionados. Both Mr Saturn and Master Belch, of EarthBound fame,...
Video Check Out the Nintendo Badge Arcade Rabbit Costume in Super Mario Maker
He's right at home in a platformer
Nintendo Badge Arcade launched about a month ago in the west, finally giving western gamers an opportunity to customize their screens even more than before. The free to start game has drawn some criticism for being a little cheap when it comes to value per play, but it nonetheless remains an infuriatingly addicting...
Gallery Gawk at This Super Mario Maker Infographic and Its Impressive Stats
Nintendo Badge Arcade event course coming on 18th December, too
Nintendo's keen to make a fuss about Super Mario Maker today, outlining details for a neat update that's coming on 22nd December. There's more, however, including an announcement for the next Event Course. That next goodie will be a Nintendo Badge Arcade course, which will arrive on...
News Upcoming Super Mario Maker Update Adds P Warp Doors, the Fire Koopa Clown Car and More
World record times will be shown for courses
Nintendo continues to improve and enhance its biggest Wii U releases, and Super Mario Maker is now all set for its next major update on 22nd December; it'll add three new items and a neat feature in the course selection area. To start with the latter, each course entry will now display who completed it...
News Mercedes-Benz Representative Explains the Company's DLC Deals with Nintendo
Appealing to nostalgia
In a rather strange turn of events, the first DLC ever released for Mario Kart 8 was all themed around Mercedes-Benz cars. Understandably, this put many gamers on edge and many saw it as a sign that the company was 'selling out', though this was perhaps an unfairly harsh criticism. At any rate, Mercedes-Benz DLC struck again...
Video New Super Mario Maker Costume Adds a Dash of Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter X Super Mario Maker
It seems that new character costumes for Super Mario Maker are becoming more and more of a regular thing. Sure, they don't actually do anything, but it's nonetheless a welcome addition, if only for variety's sake. The developers have expressed interest in the past in introducing costumes that will be more widely...
