The Mario madness never ends in ...
Super Mario Maker Make your own "Super Mario" levels, and play through levels designed by others, in
Super Mario Maker. Using a
Mario Paint-inspired interface, drag and drop blocks, bricks, Goombas, and more to create the ultimate
Super Mario Bros. challenge -- or try playing with power-ups and graphics from
Super Mario Bros. 3,
Super Mario World, or even
New Super Mario Bros. U! Once levels are published, they can be individually downloaded, or players can challenge them in the 100 Mario mode -- try to clear as many levels possible with just 100 lives!
While players can always play through the stages as Mario, the game features special support for amiibo figures. While creating a course, amiibo figures can be scanned to put special Mystery Mushrooms into stages (although only while using the classic
Super Mario Bros. theme). Mystery Mushrooms transform Mario into different characters -- changing sound effects, background music, and the graphics, but retaining Mario's standard running and jumping powers. Still, it's fun to play as Peach, Luigi, Bowser, Goombas, a ? Block, the spring/trampoline object, Toad, Bowser Jr., Silver or Gold Mario, the Super Mario Maker builder outfitted Mario, Yoshi, a Shy Guy, Wario, Rosalina, Sidestepper, Shellcreeper, Mario from
Mario Bros., Dr. Mario, Mario in a kart from
Super Mario Kart, Waluigi, Yarn Yoshis (green, pink, light blue, or "Mega"), Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Ashley, Fighter Fly, Cat Mario, Cat Peach, Frog Mario, the "Mario Trio" from
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Mario in Sky Pop from
Super Mario Land, Captain Toad, Birdo, Daisy, E. Gadd, Statue Mario (from
Super Mario Bros. 3), Toadette, Nabbit, Baby Mario, the Undodog, or many, many, many others (including Mega Man, Pac-Man, and Link.) Mystery mushrooms can be unlocked through normal gameplay, and some Mystery Mushrooms can't be unlocked by amiibo figures at all -- you'll have to get them by beating the different difficulties of the 100 Mario challenge.
Super Mario Maker was one of the Wii U's best titles, and was later ported to the 3DS as
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS ported lost the Mystery Mushrooms and online level sharing, but gained a special 100 level challenge consisting of stages made by Nintendo staff.
