I’ve previously only dabbled with the Wii U original, created a handful of levels while reviewing the 3DS rendition, and so coming to the sequel on Switch I was still finding my feet. It’s still intimidating to create a level for the first time, though. The right hand side then has editing tools like Undodog and the Reset Rocket, the left has level settings for the world theme, camera, and win conditions – newly, you can task people with only completing the level after collecting a set number of coins, defeating enemies, having used a power up, and so on. Either way it feels fluid and fairly intuitive as you learn the ropes.Īlong the top of the screen are a selection of recently used and pinned building blocks, with everything else hidden away in radial menus via the magnifying glass in the top right corner. For one thing, you can either create using the touch screen, a la Wii U Gamepad, or pop it in the dock and use a controller. The game’s creation tools might initially look very similar, but they’ve been thoroughly overhauled for the Nintendo Switch. Run out of all five lives, and you can have Luigi complete the course for you (which happens off screen), or simply back out and pick another of the dozens of levels you’ll have available to you at any one time.Įverything you see in Nintendo’s levels you can create yourself, and mercifully almost everything is unlocked for you from the get go (unlike the original’s daily unlocks). If you do run into trouble, Luigi will pop up and ask if you need a helping hand, letting you pause the game, drop a power up on Mario and place some blocks in the level. You’ll master wall jumping, learn how on/off switches can be used, meet different win conditions, complete levels without jumping, and so, so much more. As before, Nintendo delve into all of the different features available in the game, all of the different styles of side-scrolling Mario and build levels around so many of the possibilities it offers you. It’s a simple premise, but does a huge amount to make playing the singleplayer feel meaningful, and there’s enough quirky little twists and fun appearances from Undodog and the Eraser to put a smile on your face.
So Mario has to take on jobs and complete levels of all sorts to earn the coin to build a new castle from the foundations up. Just as Builder Mario, Chief Toadette and a team of coloured builder Toads are putting the finishing touches on a new castle for Princess Peach, it gets destroyed and they have to start all over again. Compared to the minimalist presentation of the first game, here there’s a little story to wrap around over 100 levels that Nintendo have created and packed into the game itself. Perhaps the most important change for those playing a Super Mario Maker game for the first time is the single player Story Mode.
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