It is close to the exit of Super Mario Maker 2 on the market, a title that will offer the sequel to the first Super Mario Maker on Nintendo Switch, which arrived in 2015 for Wii U. A winning team does not change and the winning formula adopted remains the same: go to propose a title where players can, in complete freedom, to give birth to amazing levels and scenarios related to the iconic world of Super Mario and its key chapters: the first Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, New Super Mario Bros. U and, from this last chapter, also Super Mario 3D World.
The experience collected goes to refine what were the characteristics of the first episode, presenting an extremely detailed tool of development able to produce, in this sequel, even more refined playful productions. The basic properties remain unchanged, with the Switch touch screen that can be used to place elements on the scenario in Editor mode where you can create your own custom levels.
Likewise the player will be able to test the creations of others, evaluating them positively or negatively and allowing particularly inspired productions to rise in the rankings to reach the top of the most popular leaderboards.
The innovations introduced from the creative point of view are numerous and go to distribute in an even more magnanimous way different freedoms to the players: it will be possible to create very steep descents, use a serpentine block deciding its movements, use the On / Off Switches to create intelligent puzzles and layered across multiple sectors and so on. There are so many elements and this is just a small appetizer: Super Mario Maker 2 provides the user with all the tools to create the ultimate Mario level, customized beyond belief and thought out in detail in every aspect.
Particularly important are now the ability to impose certain conditions to complete the level (such as reaching the end by carrying a specific item, or after collecting a certain number of coins, but the variety of selection of requirements in this case is very wide), as well as the ability to select speed and direction for the auto-scrolling of the levels: the detail for customization, once again, will really be the master.
Particularly It also seemed important to us the possibility of using the Moon - or a different version of the evil sun - to change the scenarios and propose a night setting: the change of setting, however, is not only reflected on the aesthetics of the title, but also on the mechanics of each type of level: the underground level will be upside down, while in the sky gravity will decrease, allowing you to perform suspended jumps and curious acrobatics; in a similar way each stage will see different modifications: it is up to the player to discover every possibility in his creative phase.
Super Mario Maker 2 also features a story mode where you will have to rebuild Peach's Castle from the ground up, earning tokens by overcoming the tasks proposed by the Toad workers: these tasks - or developer levels - they are useful for providing players with interesting ideas and brilliant game design tips, thanks to the skilful exploitation of the many characteristics of the numerous objects, in what becomes a sort of advanced and fun tutorial to understand what can be created, going to realize the creations of the development team in person.
The game also allows you to test yourself in the "Infinite Challenge": a kind of 100 Mario challenge revisited in which, starting with a very low number of lives, they must complete community levels in sequence - after choosing the level of difficulty - trying to earn as many 1-ups as possible in order to get to the game over after passing the highest number of levels possible, also going up in position on the world ranking.
Also, Super Mario Maker 2 winks at multiplayer: already in creation mode it is possible share the joy-con with a friend to create, in collaboration, their own level of Super Mario, halving the working time.
There is also a "Network game", Where you can play the levels together with other players - dividing the characters of Mario, Luigi, Toad and Toadette - in competitive or cooperative mode, thus trying to collaborate or fight to reach the end.
Super Mario Maker 2 basically re-proposes the formula of the previous chapter, making improvements, tweaks, and additions that will surely please those who fell madly in love with the first chapter. We can not help but postpone the appointment until next week, with the complete review in which we will give you our final opinion on the title.
► Super Mario Maker 2 is a Platform-type game developed and published by Nintendo for Nintendo Switch, the video game was released on 28/06/2019
Super Mario Maker 2 is a beautiful game that cannot be missing from your collection: we have decided to evaluate it with a 88%, if you are interested in learning more you can read the Super Mario Maker 2 Review
