Official "Mario Maker"!

[Zha Hong Lang]

This level editor is no good: it's going to be proprietary.

Post of the year 2014

(I mean seriously that's a good point)

Let's hope that statement about expanding the game will be truer than what it seems.

[raekuul]

This level editor is no good: it's going to be proprietary.

What, exactly, would be the benefit to Nintendo as a company otherwise? It's not like they're designing it to be run on your computer - it's going to be run on a gaming console that you probably don't/won't own anyway.

This is something that Nintendo probably could have done starting with the Wii/DSi, to be honest. The infrastructure has been there for a while, and there's been interest in one for years (especially with the redigit situation). Making an official one to sell will be a windfall for them, especially if it's comparatively inexpensive.

[Ometeotl]

Oh man, who would have ever thought that a game being released a year from now would have more features than are being demonstrated in its first public appearance.

[TiKi]

I wonder how Tall and Thin Mario looks like in the New Mario Bros. style.

Perhaps to prevent overwhelming first time creators, they can keep some elements locked until later. Hopefully, unlocking stuff will be in big chunks, rather than bit by bit.

Didn't everyone hate that locking idea in the "Super Mario Uprising" topic on here?

[Leet]

I wonder how Tall and Thin Mario looks like in the New Mario Bros. style.

Perhaps to prevent overwhelming first time creators, they can keep some elements locked until later. Hopefully, unlocking stuff will be in big chunks, rather than bit by bit.

Didn't everyone hate that locking idea in the "Super Mario Uprising" topic on here?

thats because that was a pc thing

an official nintendo product makes more sense to have that kinda thing

[darkychao]

I wonder how Tall and Thin Mario looks like in the New Mario Bros. style.

Perhaps to prevent overwhelming first time creators, they can keep some elements locked until later. Hopefully, unlocking stuff will be in big chunks, rather than bit by bit.

Or they could just give you a tutorial using only the simple items and then show you what you could do with that and then after that's done sorta show them that other palettes of stuff exists and leave it up to the players to experiment with how stuff works.
If they did a thing like have a (bi?)weekly "make this kinda level" contest thing like they did with Check Mii Out it'd encourage players to make dynamic, quality levels.

[BeatBoxingBoo]

If they did a thing like have a (bi?)weekly "make this kinda level" contest thing like they did with Check Mii Out it'd encourage players to make dynamic, quality levels.

Maybe they could reward people with nintendo club coins to inspire them to actually create good levels.

[Bryux]

But nintendo club doesn't exist everywhere :( It doesn't exist here

[Sebby19]

You're kidding, right?

[darkychao]

But nintendo club doesn't exist everywhere :( It doesn't exist here

Where does Club.Nintendo not exist?

[Sebby19]

Ignore my last post, I misread yours.

[Rixithechao]

For those who missed it earlier...



And Miyamoto mentioned the possibility of it becoming a series.

[Willhart]

Game looks way more interesting on that trailer. Hopefully the different games will have different mechanics and physics too. Not being able to switch between games during gameplay would help. It would ensure that players wouldn't need to design for multiple styles at once.

[Lunikyuu]

@0:26 in the trailer: looks like Nintendo recognized people's love of danmaku levels

but yeah, it does look a bit more exciting than it did at launch. Still probably not going to have the functionality of Lunar Magic or SMBX, but it's a step forward. The cannons being able to shoot different objects was something I didn't expect.

[Rixithechao]

Here's the full thing with the stuff leading up to it and the part at the end that was cut off on the Youtube vid.

Even if it won't end up rivaling SMW/SMBX/the bajillion and a half engines we're all working on, the editor is still shaping up to be pretty robust. So far we have:

- SMB, SMB3, SMW and NSMB skins with multiple themes/tilesets per game
- A seemingly decent selection of objects, items and enemies that aren't tied to individual themes
- A music composition feature a la Mario Paint
- Variations of certain enemies and objects (shaking koopas to change their shell colors, multiple terrain types, etc.)
- NPC modifiers (wings, size, projectile-swapping and who knows what else)
- Interactions between different elements (stack enemies, enemies and objects bounce on springboards, blocks that can be broken with shells)
- The possibilities of Youtube/social media integration, other playable characters, non-Mario game skins...

[Tenlade]

the cutoff part at the end also shows off the tanooki tail, so we're gonna get more then just small/big/fire mario, and maybe others. I wonder what smb1 tanooki mario will look like.

[Heraga]

Well that hints that maybe the cape or acorn suite will appear in the game.

[WestonSmith]

Even if the game lacks a proper way to connect levels (whether it be through hubs, world maps, etc.) the kit seems super neat and I'm officially excited for a Mario game in the first time since... well, since I was a kid, I guess.

[Sorel]

Why did I only notice this just now and not earlier

I think I'll buy it once it's released, the most convincing point being music a la Mario Paint. Seriously.

[Leet]

I said they were going to expand this significantly but nobody listened

this looks amazing

[Sebby19]

@0:26 in the trailer: looks like Nintendo recognized people's love of danmaku levels

I'm sure some people here will be happy, I'm sure.

Since when could Spinies shoot our their spines? The only time I could think of was Mario RPG, but not any platformers... I call shenanigans!

[Zha Hong Lang]

I said they were going to expand this significantly but nobody listened

because nintendo doesn't like to give nice things if they don't say so

but

this looks amazing

I agree

[skyluigi2]

I'm definitely looking forward to this, but I wonder how they'll handle the physics and stuff? I mean, for example... you can only triple jump in New Super Mario Bros.; will they remove that? And what about the spin-jump? Either way, it looks super cool. And I really don't think it'll stop new Mario platformers from existing.

[Emmeth]

With this and raocow getting/already have gotten a Wii U, would a future 'Mario Maker' level design series still too much to hope for?

[Tenlade]

Best to wait to actually see how it turns out and how the level sharing works for a contest.

Plus people are going to need some time to see what they can make with it before they start making an actual contest.