Super Mario Maker
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Box art featuring Mario in a construction worker outfit and several game assets for designing courses | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD Nintendo EPD (3DS) Nintendo Software Technology (3DS) |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Yosuke Oshino Yoshikazu Yamashita Mika Kurosawa (3DS) |
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| Programmer(s) | Rory Johnston (3DS) |
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| Series | Super Mario |
| Platform(s) | Wii U, Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | Wii UNintendo 3DS |
| Genre(s) | Level editor, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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.
Upon release, Super Mario Maker received positive reception from critics, who praised for its user interface and course editing tools. By May 2016, more than seven million courses had been created by players worldwide, which had been played more than 600 million times. A port for the Nintendo 3DS titled Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS was released in December 2016 without the ability to upload levels to the online portal. It received more mixed reviews compared to the Wii U version. A sequel titled Super Mario Maker 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in June 2019.
Sale of Super Mario Maker on the Wii U's Nintendo eShop was discontinued on January 12, 2021, and course upload support and the bookmark portal site was discontinued on March 31, 2021. The remaining online services for both the Wii U and 3DS versions of the game, such as playing levels uploaded before the portal site was discontinued, were shut down on April 8, 2024.