History Headscratchers / SuperMarioMaker

** Yoshi isn't actually rideable in the ''SMB'' theme; he's only playable as an amiibo costume. The costumes have certain size limitations (the same size as Small Mario), and the Yoshi graphics in ''SMB Deluxe'' are much bigger than that (about the same as Peach), necessitating the use of a new sprite. As for Boos, ''SMB Deluxe'' just used downgraded ''Super Mario World'' sprites, so they probably felt the need to create a more original version to match everything else. I wouldn't put it out of reason that they forgot about it, though.

* So it kinda makes sense for most of the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] characters to have NonDubbedGrunts, but why does [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles Shulk]] only speak Japanese? Would it really have been too much trouble for Nintendo to reuse audio from his home-series or VideoGame/SuperSmashBros ?

*** How do you know that checkpoints can they troll a player if used improperly if they [[CaptainObvious still aren't in the game yet?]]

** I assume that in some cases, new levels that not many people had the chance to clear yet might influence its percieved difficulty. A 1% clear rate for a level that only 20 people have played isn't the same as a 1% clear rate for a level millions have played. The level of said players is also a factor; lots of ''Mario Maker'' players are experienced adults who grew up with the series, but lots of other players are children who don't yet have this experience, and are prone to failing and/or quitting a level more often, influencing the clear rate, and by extension the difficulty.

** TheyJustDidntCare.
** Alternatively, they were going for model accuracy rather than hardware accuracy; a lot of characters would be unrecognizable at 16x16 pixels with 3 colors. Also, for Sonic and Pac-Man, they're using sprites from their debut games; ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''Pac-Land'' (Pac-Man's first appearance with limbs). Either way, it's better for characters to be recognizable rather than accurate; it's not like the other assets that're reimagined in an older style with the same limitations.

* Anyone have any idea how courses are sorted by difficulty? I observe them through the Super Mario Maker Bookmark site, and I notice they're all over the place between difficulty and clear rate. There's definitely a correlation, but it seems weird that courses with 0% clear rates and hundreds of tries can potentially be in any of the four difficulties, for instance. Some of my courses can drastically decrease or increase in clear rates without changing their classification, while I've had some that barely changed at all and got shifted up or down.

** They probably thought there was more level potential with the Propeller Mushroom.

* Why is the Propeller Mushroom from ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', a Mario game which the item debuted from, an exclusive power-up item for the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style instead of the Super Acorn? The ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''World'' styles have main power-up items, the Super Leaf and the Cape Feather respectively. And the Super Acorn is the main power-up item in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.

*** Additionally, levels have to be cleared from the checkpoint onward to sidestep that issue.

** There's also the fact that, as some people who work in game development have told me, slopes are very deceptive and apparently an absolute nightmare to program effectively, let alone one's that are variable and can be placed anywhere. An example would be how Sonic can sometimes glitch through the slopes of Chemical Plant Zone if he's going fast enough in ''Sonic 2''.

** Easter egg. This game is weird, even for Mario. :P