Mario Maker for Wii U

David Kenkel 14 Jun, 2014 at 5:10pm ET Article published in Gaming

Guys. You can build Mario levels. Srsly.

At a digital E3 event, Nintendo announced it would have its own take on Little Big Planet-esque game play with the release of a creation station for the company’s most iconic plumber. Building courses on the Wii U appears to be as simple as drag and drop with the stylus and gamepad. Bricks, pipes and Goombas are all displayed in beautiful 8-bit or Wii U 3D New Super Mario design as you use a Mario Paint-like mechanic to drop everything in place.

“It has to be something that is uniquely Nintendo. Where a beginner can easily make something and have a good time, and simultaneously, someone who is really into Mario can delve into it deeper and make something more complex,” said Masataka Takemoto, Nintendo game director. “So that is a challenge we will need to tackle in the future.”

As if Mario didn’t have infinite replayability already…

Comments

15 Jun 2014 ~ 1:10pm Thrax
I wonder how maps are made available? Must you always make your own? Is there a Steam-like store with a repo of maps?
15 Jun 2014 ~ 5:25pm CB
The level editor: The pinnacle of 1990's game features.
15 Jun 2014 ~ 9:08pm Bandrik
I'll get it, especially for all the Mario Paint references in it. But for true level editing and rich features, I'll prefer using Lunar Magic. Super Mario World is my favorite Mario game ever and making custom worlds is a real treat.
16 Jun 2014 ~ 3:32pm Cliff_Forster
The first time I saw Little Big Planet I thought to myself that Nintendo missed a huge opportunity to do that with their IP. Mario first, now who would like to make their own Zelda dungeon? Obviously they have to make some kind of exchange available online. It would be fairly pointless without it.
16 Jun 2014 ~ 10:33pm RahnalH102

@Cliff_Forster said:
now who would like to make their own Zelda dungeon?

This was an original intention for the very first Legend of Zelda.
See 1:00.