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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...
Random Check Out the Latest Stage From Panga, Super Mario Maker Creator Extraordinaire
Skyway to Shell, yatta!
It's been a little while since we've covered Panga, one of the most hardcore Super Mario Maker creators to be found, so it's time for another dose of platforming insanity. Panga has developed a sizeable Twitch and YouTube audience for his extremely complex creations, which typically require pixel-perfect jumps and moves to...
News Accusations of Plagiarism Directed at Popular Super Mario Maker Level Creator
Copies, similar concepts or coincidence?
Courtesy of its nature as a level creation tool, Super Mario Maker will be a title that can intrigue and keep us interesting for months and maybe years to come. Its popularity is evident in the sheer mass of stages to be found and played, and naturally some demonstrate similar ideas and approaches. One of...
Live Watch the GameCenter CX Super Mario Maker Special
Shinya Arino tackles fan-made courses
Here's a little Saturday treat - a special episode of GameCenter CX that's going to be broadcast live for the whole world to enjoy; it should be a fun watch with host Shinya Arino taking on fan-made courses, so join us to watch it live...
News Mercedes Arrives in Super Mario Maker With a Course and Mystery Mushroom Outfit
Yes, really!
Yes, that is a Mercedes 'outfit' in Super Mario Maker. No, we haven't faked this in Photoshop. Yes, this is actually happening. Mario Kart 8 fans may recall when free Mercedes DLC - with three karts in total - arrived in the racer; it was a bit tacky, but ultimately you could ignore the cars and pretend they didn't exist. After all,...
News GameCenter CX Takes on Super Mario Maker this Weekend
And it looks like we can watch!
If you've been playing the Event Courses in Super Mario Maker, you've probably seen the two courses made by Shinya Arino, host of the long-running Japanese gaming series GameCenter CX. You might've even snagged the character costume of the kacho (chief) himself! Of course, that means you likely had to deal with a few...
News Splatoon And Super Mario Maker Honoured At The Game Awards 2015
Satoru Iwata gets a special tribute, too
The Game Awards 2015 took place in Los Angeles last night, and while Nintendo didn't choose to show off any new games or make any groundbreaking announcements, the company did come away with three (and not two, as we previously reported) awards. Super Mario Maker was awarded Best Family Game, while Splatoon...
News Triple Power Coming to Super Mario Maker With Paper Mario Costume
Created by the Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam team
Super Mario Maker is the platformer with endless content, naturally, though the batch of 'Event Courses' developed by Nintendo and its chums continue to add some nice little treats. A number of these add Mystery Mushroom costumes, some that are quirkier than others; we've have totem Links to celebrate The...
Feature Super Mario Maker’s Weekly Course Collection - 27th November
North America, step up
Nintendo has hand-picked another selection of stages from the highest-rated Super Mario Maker courses, but this week it's North America's turn! Give them a spin and let us know what you think by posting a comment at the end! Teamwork! 9D93-0000-00D6-B85C Hard Difficulty Designed
News NES Remix Event And Frog Mario Costume Hop Into Super Mario Maker
No, not THAT Toad
A special NES Remix event has been added to Super Mario Maker, with the reward for completion being the Frog Mario costume from Super Mario Bros. 3. The course is designed to mimic the creative chaos of the NES Remix series, offering a fresh view on familiar features. Here's the official overview: Become the world's greatest NES...
News Super Mario Maker Developers Discuss the Difficulties of Adding in Yoshi
Good thing Tezuka insisted
Super Mario Maker is a wonderful conglomeration of various elements from the series' rich history and one of the elements included is Yoshi, Mario's faithful dinosaur companion. Though he's gone on to successfully star in his own series – most recently in Yoshi's Woolly World – and is very much his own character at...
Feature Super Mario Maker’s Weekly Course Collection - 20th November
In need of a fresh challenge? Look within
Nintendo has once again hand-picked a selection of courses from the 100 highest-rated Super Mario Maker courses across Europe. Give them a spin and let us know what you think by posting a comment at the end! Fun and fair Challenge! 94CA-0000-00A1-3DF7 Medium Difficulty Designed by {ñ²}Nuki from Germany...
Video These Charming Japanese Commercials Highlight Festive Wii U Bundles
Splatoon and Mario Maker get a big push
Christmas is an important time of year when it comes to selling video game hardware and software, and over in Japan Nintendo is giving the Wii U a festive push with special bundles. The company has given recent hits Splatoon and Super Mario Maker their own hardware bundles, and has rolled out some TV...
News Tune In Today For a Nintendo UK Super Mario Maker Broadcast With Comedian Imran Yusuf
Mario Maker chuckles
Nintendo UK is still waving the flag for Super Mario Maker and will be doing another Twitch broadcast today for viewers eager to see more of this excellent game. This time the guest appearance will be from none other than comedian Imran Yusuf. Who is Imran you ask? Aside from being a Edinburgh Festival Best Newcomer Nominee and...
Video Did You Know Gaming? Dives Into Super Mario Maker History
New episode details game’s origin, facts, and easter eggs
A new video in the popular YouTube series Did You Know Gaming? recently premiered sharing many neat details surrounding Super Mario Maker, such as the game's origins and technical secrets. This episode touches on many details such as amiibo easter eggs, cancelled levels, and origins of the...
Feature Super Mario Maker’s Weekly Course Collection - 13th November
Which is your personal favourite this week?
Nintendo has once again hand-picked a selection of courses from the 100 highest-rated Super Mario Maker courses across Europe. Give them a spin and let us know what you think by posting a comment at the end! No EscaPeach! E03B-0000-00B0-5EE1 Medium Difficulty Designed by Fabio from Italy What would...
News Yoshi's Woolly World Secures Top 10 Spot in US NPD Charts
Super Mario Maker also maintains decent momentum
It somewhat passed us by during Nintendo Direct madness, but the October NPD results are out for the US. Though they only account for new copies sold of physical retail games, and exclude bundles, they nevertheless give us an idea of current sales trends. To kick off with the all-format top 10, an...
News Super Mario Maker Web Portal Arriving in December
Discover levels online to play in-game
The success of Super Mario Maker continues into the Holiday season with a brand new feature arriving in December. A new online portal will allow players to discover levels through a more detailed search function than the built-in search on the Wii U, as well as filter levels based on interest and level type...
News Here's How the Development Team of Super Mario Maker Brainstormed Ideas
Tearing up the Super Mario rulebook
Super Mario Maker has been out for a couple months now and it definitely stands out as a very unique game within the Super Mario canon, if it could even be considered part of it in the first place. The open ended nature of the game allows for players to try out whatever ideas come to mind, no matter how...
News Super Mario Maker Developers Talk About the Recent Update and Other Potential "Maker" Games
Looks like Zelda Maker won't be happening anytime soon
As most of you are aware, an update recently went out for Super Mario Maker that added several new features. Players are now able to place checkpoint flags as well as conditional power-up blocks that dispense power-ups according to Mario's current status. Additionally, a new concept called Event...
News The Super Mario Maker Update Has Cleared Up Some Glitches
Less fun for random videos
Super Mario Maker may be a well polished product, but like any game with some weird and wacky features it has a few glitches and quirks for gamers to exploit. Actually, in some cases, that should be had a few glitches. Our own video man and Super Mario Maker superfan Alex Olney has been trying to recreate some of the...
Video Check Out The Super Mario Maker Door-Knocking Easter Egg
I am the one who knocks
The much anticipated Super Mario Maker update v1.2 is now live. Key new features include the ability to add checkpoints to levels, which had been much in demand, and you can now 'stack' items in blocks. More exciting additions have arrived through 'Official Makers' and Event Courses, both found in the Course World section of...
News Super Mario Maker's First Major Update is Now Live
Checkpoints. Sweet, sweet checkpoints...
Well, it's here, the Super Mario Maker update is live. A teaser for a new Totem Link Mystery Mushroom item gave an early idea of some of the extras included, and now your copy of the game should automatically update when you start it up. Key new features include the ability to add checkpoints to levels,...
News A Little Bit of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is Coming to Super Mario Maker
It's 8-bit totem time
Super Mario Maker is getting a big update, and it seems that part of that will be a fun new pixel animation for the Mystery Mushroom item. Like plenty of others this one isn't based on an amiibo, as it recreates the heroes from The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes. Nintendo of America has shared the following via Facebook and...
Talking Point Super Mario Maker's Update Continues Nintendo's Focus on Major Games as Services
Going beyond day one
Super Mario Maker is on the cusp - at the time of writing - of receiving its first major update. It solves one of the most notable quibbles that fans have had by adding level checkpoints, in addition to features such as dedicated areas for official Nintendo courses and 'event' courses contributed by companies such as Facebook...
News Crazy Super Mario Maker Level Creator, Panga, Has Produced Another Insane Level
Took a combined 50 hours to upload
Super Mario Maker is a wonderful release from Nintendo, giving fans the ability to share incredibly creative levels. Some specialise in producing hugely difficult stages, perhaps none more so than 'Panga'. In case you need reminding, Panga produced the downright ridiculous P Break level, regarded by many as the...
News Super Mario Maker Still Leads the Way for Nintendo in the UK as Tri Force Heroes Stumbles
Happy Home Designer leads for 3DS
The UK charts aren't always a happy home for Nintendo, though can give an indication of which titles have the strongest long-term momentum on Wii U and 3DS. This week's results, then, show which titles are finding an audience and others that are having a tougher time. The first Nintendo game in the all-format top...
News Super Mario Maker Developers Share Details on How Costumes and Cursor Variations Came About
Evidently, Takashi Tezuka has ten cats
Super Mario Maker has been out for a couple months now and by all accounts has been a massive success. One particularly interesting feature is the ability to scan in virtually any amiibo and have the character replace Mario's sprite on certain stages. While this may not have much of an impact on gameplay, it's...
Feature Super Mario Maker’s Weekly Course Collection - 30th October
How many have you beaten?
Super Mario Maker has been out for a while now and we've already seen an impressive number of user-generated stages for players to tackle. So many in fact that it's often hard to know where to begin, but fear not - Nintendo of Europe has taken the liberty of compiling a list of the 10 most popular courses this week. Check...
News A Level Made by Shinya Arino Will Be Included in the Upcoming Super Mario Maker Update
Who?
Games Center CX – known to many as Retro Games Master – is a fascinating Japanese show where a charismatic host plays through retro video games and conducts interviews with developers. It certainly seems like stuff that would belong in the realm of Youtubers and Let's Players, but the show has gone on to achieve a cult following both in...
News Super Mario Maker Gets Mid-Level Checkpoints and More in Upcoming Update
But no slopes or Chargin' Chucks yet!
We absolutely adore Super Mario Maker here at Nintendo Life, but as polished and wonderful as the level creating experience can be there is always room for a little improvement. Nintendo isn't resting on its laurels and a software update has been announced which will add a few requested changes from players,...
Random Someone Loved Super Mario Bros. Special Enough to Recreate it in Super Mario Maker
From when licensed Mario platformers were a thing
It's interesting that we often talk of Nintendo being cautious in licensing its IP - a trait it's currently moving away from - when considering some of the quirks in its history. For example, between Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels on NES there was Super Mario Bros. Special...
Random This Super Mario Maker Level Was Created on a Plane, With the Flight Crew's Help
Wigglers on a plane?
Back in 2013 we reviewed an in-car adapter for Wii U, a logical albeit weird step considering the console's ability to stream to the GamePad screen. Others showed it off as 'portable', too, taking it on trains and anywhere with a power supply. With that theme in mind we rather like this video by Nick Robinson, who took his Wii...
Over half a million Super Mario Maker sales in the US so far
Though a little later than normal this month, we finally have the NPD US sales for September; though these only represent physical retail sales of new games, they provide an idea of what's performing well in the US market. The big release from Nintendo's perspective was, of course, Super...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Super Mario Maker Maintain Decent UK Sales
Mario Kart 8 sneaks back onto the grid
The latest UK chart results are in and they represent a couple of things from our perspective - there are various new releases on other systems that are only modest hits, and Nintendo's two standard bearers (one each for Wii U and 3DS) are showing reasonable momentum. First of all, Animal Crossing: Happy Home...
Video Super Mario Maker Gets A Family-Focused Challenge
Mums and dads, get ready for a showdown
With millions of Super Mario Maker levels being created, the folks at Family Gamer TV are spreading the craze to mums and dads with a new family-friendly competition. A handful of families from all over the world will be going head-to-head to create their own levels and then battle each other to reign supreme...
News Yukio Sawada's Super Mario-Kun Is Coming To Super Mario Maker
In Japan, at least
Super Mario-Kun is a manga series which has been appearing in the pages of CoroCoro Comic since 1991. Created by Yukio Sawada, the series is coming to Super Mario Maker in the form of a special costume. In addition to allowing his own unique take on the character to appear in the game, Sawada will also be designing his own level,...
Video We Want Your Super Mario Maker Levels for Our New YouTube Series
Levels that require button inputs, preferably
For quite a while now we've been asking for your Super Mario Maker levels on our own dedicated page, with many of you joining in. We've also had some Nindies share and explain their designs to, hopefully, pass on some useful tips. We're now stepping up our efforts to share your creations on YouTube,...
Super Nindie Maker Curve Digital's P-Switcheroo and Déja Boo
Throwing a curveball
As you may have seen by now, we really want you all to share Super Mario Maker levels with each other; to achieve that we've set up a special level sharing page with some neat features - just for you. We're also teaming up with some 'Nindies' to share some levels from established and highly respected developers such as Image...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Super Mario Maker Continue Solid UK Form
Happy Home Designer holds top 10 place
The UK chart results have been updated for another week and bring a decent outcome for Nintendo; despite a small number of new arrivals on other platforms the current mainstays on Wii U and 3DS are holding good positions. For starters Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has enjoyed a strong second week in...
News Takashi Tezuka Gives His Opinion on Hard Levels Made with Super Mario Maker
"You need to take into consideration a wide range of users."
Super Mario Maker has been out for a while now and a nearly limitless amount of levels are already available to all players around the world. One popular trend among the countless armchair level designers is creating controller-throwingly difficult courses. More often than not, these...
News Super Mario Advance 4's e-Reader Levels Get Resurrected Thanks To Super Mario Maker
e-Reader attachment not required
When Nintendo launched Super Mario Bros. 3 on the Game Boy Advance under the rather misleading title Super Mario Advance 4, it included 30 secret stages - all falling under the banner "World-e" - which could only be unlocked by using the optional e-Reader accessory and a set of special cards. Given that both of...
Video This Super Mario Maker Player Captures The Frustration of Surprise 'Don't Move' Stages
Is this a joke?
Super Mario Maker is wonderful, at least in our humble opinion, and millions of stages have been created for us all to try. Naturally with so many people taking part there's scope for levels that are slightly peculiar of almost impossible to beat, yet it's the 'don't move' or 'keep running' stages that seem to be among the most...
Super Nindie Maker Choice Provisions' Paratroopa Pounce
BIT.TRIP POUNCE
As you may have seen by now, we really want you all to share Super Mario Maker levels with each other; to achieve that we've set up a special level sharing page with some neat features - just for you. We're also teaming up with some 'Nindies' to share some levels from established and highly respected developers. We kicked off the...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Makes Top 10 Chart Debut in UK
Quite Pleased Home Designer
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has now rolled out around the world, attempting to charm all-comers and to tempt them into buying amiibo cards. The spin-off entry appears to have made a reasonable debut in the UK charts, too, following the fairly impressive sales numbers that have been developing in Japan. Happy...
News GAME Sends Out £10 Gift Cards and Apologises for Super Mario Maker Pre-Order Issues
"We made a mistake"
When Super Mario Maker arrived on 11th September, some UK gamers that pre-ordered the title with GAME experienced serious issues. The major problem was that some were charged up to seven times for the order and saw hundreds of pounds deducted from their bank accounts; this took quite a few days to resolve fully. It was...
Video Catch Up With a Special Super Mario Maker Episode of GameCenter CX
GameMaker CX
When it comes to Japanese TV culture and gaming, GameCenter CX is well known and fondly regarded by plenty of viewers in the country and around the world. Host Shinya Arino and the show's unique style are familiar to many, so fans may want to take a look at a recent episode featuring Super Mario Maker. Nintendo has released two videos,...
News Super Mario Maker Back on Top in Japan as 3DS and Wii U Sales Increase
Building blocks for success
The Japanese Media Create chart results are out once again, and despite an absence of major new releases this time around there's good news for Nintendo. New releases in Japan have been on Vita, PS4 and PS3, though none have shifted significant numbers. In fact Nintendo system exclusives occupy the top three places, with...
News Super Mario Maker Passes One Million Sales
Over 2.2 million levels played nearly 75 million times
Super Mario Maker has now been available for around three weeks, keeping Wii U owners busy as they play and create clever, bizarre and fiendish 2D Mario levels. Nintendo has now issued some updated statistics on the title which make happy reading for Wii U fans. The game has now passed one...
