Super Mario Maker
Super Mario Maker lets people’s imaginations run wild. For the first time ever, friends can have fun playing through levels they create for one another. The Wii U GamePad controller makes it so easy for anyone…
Super Mario Maker is a platform developed by Nintendo, released 10 September 2015 on Wii U. The main story takes about 200 hrs to finish.
What Super Mario Maker is
Super Mario Maker is a platform game developed by Nintendo and released in 2015. It is available on Wii U only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Super Mario Maker is a 2015 platform game and game creation system developed and published by Nintendo. An entry in the Super Mario series, the game allowed players to create, play, and share courses based on previous Super Mario titles including Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. U. The game was released on the Wii U in September 2015 as part of the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Super Mario Maker is the 540th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing in 2015. Its critic score of 90 is 13 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Super Mario Maker holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 215 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 200 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 600 hrs, roughly 3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Super Mario Maker launched on 10 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Mad Max. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Mad Max.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Mario Maker yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Quick answers
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