Extended Super Mario Maker Network Maintenance to Fix Create Mode 'Bug'

Please be a Direct tomorrow!

Slopes incoming!!!

If this was planned would they not normally give some notice?

I hope background themes are coming cause ive been wanting more of them the most compared to anything else

@SanderEvers No, a general Direct with some new SMM additions like slopes as a small part of it.

I suspect first paid DLC incoming, free ride is OVER!

Dayum, that's an awful amount of downtime. But as everyone seems eager to guess, hopefully the end result will be way more than worth the wait.

@Grumblevolcano Keep the faith.

That's a lot of time for a game that doesn't even really feature online play, just browsing really, it isn't Splatoon. Also a long period of time to know the end time, rather than - we are experiencing technical difficulties, please stand by. Maybe they are moving to new servers, and not adding anything new, so they didn't give us a heads up b/c if they did we would expect something major. And the only thing that should warrant 37.5 hours is online multiplayer. If Little Big Planet could do it 5 years ago with 3 layers, Nintendo should be able to pull it off now with one layer.

Man, I just uploaded a level last night and now no one can even play it. It's not like people like giving out stars anyway, even if it is a decent level.

@SanderEvers There's too many big unknowns for EU. For example:

• FE Fates still doesn't have even a decent release window (2016 is all we know)
• Smash DLC is a very vague February release
• This maintenance is suspicious
• Splatoon content ending last week instead of this week is suspicious

and many more things.

Well that's a rather long period of time. I know I'll just be setting myself up for disappointment, but...MAYBE it'll lead to something good?

If the NX has any chance of being released this year, a direct has to come tomorrow.

let me start the unfounded rumor that it's in preparation for super mario maker for 3ds and super mario player for mobiles.

We got some stuff
1.Corrin smash DLC.
2.Bayoneta smash DLC.
3.NX details
4.the paper Mario game that was leaked
5.games for the rest of 2016
6.Minecraft update DLC

@Jamotello yes

@Jamotello
I've given up hope for a 3DS version of Maker quite some time ago. A play-only version of SMM is even more unlikely to me.

Slopes, slopes, slopes. And water in nonwater levels.

@Whopper744
So it's not like my levels suck or something, contrary to what the stars I received suggest. People either have YouTube videos for their own levels or need to wait a lot of time to get stars.

That's disappointing. I played some people's levels yesterday and I was planning on playing more tonight.

Now I need to decide what to do instead. It's a tricky choice between designing the level I've been meaning to create, playing more Xenoblade, or doing some Bayonetta.

Let's cross our fingers for a content update.

@crimsontadpoles
I'd suggest designing the level. I was disappointed when I uploaded my first ten levels and couldn't upload more, until I figured out I could create a lot of good stuff while offline given the 150 star goal was still too far for me to rush levels. I could work on creating actually good levels instead, and I did.

@SanderEvers
The 3DS version of the SMM-related Smash stage would disagree with you. When the game's not paused, it looks like a proper 3DS version of Maker.

@SanderEvers Actually it was said about last new challenger video being Bayonetta, there could easily be a info section of the Direct where the release dates for the December Smash Direct's content are revealed (Corrin, Bayonetta, Umbra Clock Tower, Final Mii costumes wave, amiibo).

"Down for 37.5 hours"

I didn't realise it would take over 30 hours to add slopes into the game... O.o

If the servers are going to be down for that long, I would expect more than just a bug fix in that time, we need slopes and more themes like Snow, Desert and Volcano.

I wish for the SMW levels you could have a reserve powerup item.

Nah. Probably just a major bug discovered being fixed.

I bet there's no reason to get your hopes up... This is Nintendo and they do maintenance all the time.

@Whopper744 I give out stars, but rarely encounter anything that isn't autoplay, just run, trolling (i.e doors to death), or just a pile of random crap dropped into a level. I star levels that feel like an actual Mario level or do something creative (and there is a fine line between creative and Super Mario x Super Meat Boy for me).

Woah, with all that time I could create half a level... Yeah, I like to take my time.

Oh man, and just when I wanted to try that stage you had news about.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/01/random_this_bullet_time_super_mario_maker_level_uses_an_awesome_slow_motion_glitch

No direct is coming, there I said it. Just like every other maintenance, it does not mean a direct is coming.

@RandomBlue I think NX reveal wont happen until after TP, Star Fox Zero, and Zelda U have gotten their sales. I would estimate Sept.13th 2016 as reveal date.

@LetsGoChamp That's even if Zelda U doesn't pull a TP. We are looking at a game that was announced well before Star Fox with less information know on a year when the Wii U is looking pretty dead with nothing but delayed titles (except pokemon) and remakes.

I would like an all Super Mario Bros. 2 enemy pack DLC.

Well if we get a direct I'm calling wolf for smash it'd work with Star Foz Zero and it be the ultimate surprise I know it's near impossible but one can hope

Interesting....
I've been eyeing off the Mario Maker & Xenoblade Chronicles X console bundles, trying to decide which to buy today. This just made that decision alot easier!

So, no Direct, no DLC, no slopes, no 3DS version, no petting, no items, Fox only, Final Destination.
Jokes aside, I hoped there was something cool coming our way. Too bad this isn't the case. What I'm hoping for now, instead, is that the bug isn't the bullet time one covered in that one article. Couldn't they at least explain which bug they were talking about?

They've likely found a bug that can be exploited and are shutting down online capabilities until they patch it. They probably just discovered it and so don't actually have a patch yet, but can't have people discovering it while they work on it.

Just my 2 cents.

I'm thinking the bug could be a homebrew exploit.

@MrCanzine Was gonna comment on this also. Since they shut everything down without having a patch ready, it's probably a discovered exploit.

Related to the Paper Mario rumour from last week that was supposed to be dropped on Monday?
Paper Mario toolset? Come onnnn yeahhhhh

What happened to that story anyway?@ThomasBW84

@ThomasBW84 That's fine with me, a little wild speculation. I'm excited to find out what the details of that rumour were anyway, though I suspect there's been a gag order put in place because if the lack of news.

For crying out loud! Can we PLEASE get some Athletic stages??!

This is a showcase for a future servers down which will probably happen in a 2-3 years. It's sad to see how some N games (cought Splatoon cough) are useless without online and we have no possibility to switch to our own servers. Thanks to Wiimms who saved Wii/DS multiplayer, but i'm doubt same will happen for WiiU/3DS.

Maybe it's to fix that slow down glitch!

Well, mine just updated to 1.32 and I managed to get online.