One of the neat things about the level creator is how you can toggle between the look of the original Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and the 2.5D New Super Mario Bros.

“The role of Super Mario Maker isn’t trying to recreate a course or compete against something that you would purchase created by a professional level designer,” Tezuka said, “It’s trying ...

If you’ve played a 3D Mario game in the past few years, you may have noticed how much detail and complexity are crammed into each level. From the water-filled planets of the Mario Galaxy series ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 adventure breaks new ground with its inventive level design and destructible environments ...

The meat of this package, the level creator, is sharply designed and intuitive. It expertly uses the Mario series’ familiarity to teach basic game design — the crash course tutorial involves filling ...

The Super Mario 3D Land and World games are, in my opinion, some of the best examples of successful platforming design in the industry. They’re varied, interesting and each idea never outstays ...

Nintendo's rolling out its first content update for Super Mario Maker, the Wii U game that lets you create and share your own Mario levels, on November 4.If you're expecting a huge bonanza of new ...

In this video captured by Eurogamer, legendary Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto walks us through the iconic game design of the first Super Mario Bros. level, World 1-1, with help from ...

This made the original Super Mario Maker for the Wii U a bonafide treat for me. Thanks to its game creation-tools combined with the old-school gaming sensibilities that I grew up on, it was like ...

Panga says: "Arguably the hardest level on Super Mario Maker as of now. Over a million attempts, and just under 20 clears. It took me five hours to make, and nine hours to beat.

There’s a beauty to a good Mario level. Level design in general is an art that can often be overlooked in favor of general direction, mechanics, or narrative. There’s no shortage of well ...