History VideoGame / SuperMarioMaker

-->[-[[TheStinger New Mystery Mushroom costume unlocked!]]-]

* DummiedOut:
** Bizarrely, the game files contain lots of gear and weapons from an early build of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''.
** The initial version of the game included references to unused Mystery Mushroom costumes: [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland Baby Mario]], VideoGame/BalloonFight, [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion E. Gadd]], [[VideoGame/{{nintendogs}} a Golden Retriever]], [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Super Mario Bros. 2 Mario]], Mary O the manual guide, [[VideoGame/EarthBound Mr. Saturn]], a Muncher, [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU Nabbit]], the pink rabbit from ''Nintendo Badge Arcade'', [[VideoGame/IceClimber Popo]], VideoGame/{{Tetris}}, and, apparently, the UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows logo. These references were removed from v1.01 onward (though some characters' sound effects exist unused). Some of these were later re-added into the game as full fledged Mystery Mushroom costumes, making them no longer unused. While the 3DS version removed the Costume Mario powerup, the only remains are unused costumes of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Roy]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], and VideoGame/{{Rayman}}.

* UnwinnableByMistake: There are courses that relied on glitches that have since been patched out for completion, rendering them completely unwinnable after the patch. Nintendo has occasionally deleted such courses from the servers, however.

* BubblyClouds: The Airship course theme makes this setting possible as long as you rely less on the airship motifs themselves and more on the cloud blocks and mushroom platforms.

* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Happens in the 10 Mario Challenge and easy version of the 100 Mario Challenge if the final course uses the ''New Super Mario Bros U.'' style. After it's finished, music starts up while approaching the Princess, which slowly dies down upon meeting Toad instead. Like the majority of the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' soundtrack, this particular music was originally taken from ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', which played when [[spoiler:Princess Peach revealed herself to be Kamek in disguise]].

As of January 21, 2021, the Wii U version is unavailable to purchase from the Nintendo eShop[[note]]It's still available to those who purchased it previously[[/note]], and as of March 31, 2021, it will no longer be possible to upload and bookmark courses, although all courses that were uploaded prior to the closure will be archived online and remain playable.

** To VideoGame/Mari0, a fanmade level maker that shared many of the same aspects of this game, except the portals.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** If you look closely at Mario in the ''NSMBU'' game style after running into the "Dizzy" sound effect, you'll see that he has [[IntoxicationEnsues droopy eyelids]].
** The official level "Doghouse" has a ''literal'' example, in the form of a cat figure that "craps" out Goombas from a pipe on its backside.

* WidgetSeries: The game contains a number of subtly bizarre moments (i.e. the [[OverlyLongGag rare death sounds]], the Weird Mushroom and [[NoodlePeople Mario's corresponding transformation]], the ability to place ''strobe lights'' in levels, etc.)

Nintendo's [[MilestoneCelebration 30th anniversary celebration]] of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise[[note]]That is, the release of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', not ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''[[/note]] is a GameMaker engine for UsefulNotes/WiiU based around the 2D ''Mario'' platformers. The game provides an assortment of enemies, power-ups, and obstacles to make courses with, using an interface very reminiscent of ''VideoGame/MarioPaint''. Players can combine things to create new objects, enemies, and courses that would give even ''VideoGame/KaizoMarioWorld'' a run for its money. Above water big Bloopers with wings? That's one of the easier things to make. Mario in a giant stiletto with a Spiny helmet to match? Totally normal. Three giant Bowsers stacked on top of each other? ''Good luck.''

** Not all of the Mystery Mushroom costume are 8-bit characters. One of the most notable exceptions is Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, who uses 16-bit sprites based on [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 his first game]], a sharp contrast from the ''[=SMB1=]'' graphics. What makes it even odder is that Sonic already has [[VideoGame/SonicPocketAdventure a game with more appropriate graphics]]. He's also the only costume with more than two frames in his jump animation. Similarly, VideoGame/PacMan uses his appearance from ''Pac-Land'', which, while still 8-bit, is much larger than most other sprites--even Sonic's.

** Builder Mario's outfit is a nod to how he looked in ''VideoGame/WreckingCrew''. It also harkens back to the days when he [[Videogame/DonkeyKong used to be a carpenter]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OakG49Nv4OM&t=19s Pressing Up while wearing the Trampoline costume]] turns it into the original trampoline sprite from the original ''Super Mario Bros.''

* NiceHat: The new Buzzy Beetle and Spiny Shells, which respectively block and destroy anything that touches Mario's head, in addition to granting an extra hit.

* SturgeonsLaw: In ''full effect'': for every genuinely well-designed level, there are ''at least'' twenty or so that do nothing but throw gobs of enemies at you, make liberal use of FakeDifficulty (invisible coin blocks and [[LuckBasedMission random chance]] [[TrialAndErrorGameplay death doors/pipes]] being the primary offenders), [[AutomaticLevel play themselves with absolutely zero input from the player]], [[MostAnnoyingSound spam obnoxious sound effects]]... really, the list of bad design tropes featured in the majority of the levels could go on almost forever. The worst part is that ''Nintendo's own levels'' aren't even exempt from this.

** Event Courses rewards costumes of characters from other media. Here's [[Series/RetroGameMaster Shinya Arino]], Famitsu mascot Necky, a Mercedes-Benz GLA, Chitoge Kirisaki from Magazine/ShonenJump's ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'', Music/{{Babymetal}}, Kitty White and Melody from Creator/{{Sanrio}}'s ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' and ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' respectively, and Shaun the Sheep from Creator/AardmanAnimations' ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep''.

* RageQuit: Very rarely, if Mario falls down a pit, instead of the usual death tune, one can hear Mario yelp, hit the ground, scramble up, run out, ''hop into a car and drive off, shouting "Bye-bye!"''. This is followed by a dog chasing after the car, then a bird, ''then a fly''. If all this hasn't been skipped, ''THEN'' the death music starts up.

* SturgeonsLaw: In ''full effect'': for every genuinely well-designed level, there are ''at least'' twenty or so that do nothing but throw gobs of enemies at you, make liberal use of FakeDifficulty (invisible coin blocks and [[LuckBasedMission random chance]] [[TrialAndErrorGameplay death doors/pipes]] being the primary offenders), [[AutomaticLevel play themselves with absolutely zero input from the player]], [[MostAnnoyingSound spam obnoxious sound effects]]... really, the list of bad design tropes featured in the majority of the levels could go on almost forever. The worst part? ''Nintendo's own levels'' aren't even exempt from this!

A sequel, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'', has been announced during the February 2019 WebVideo/NintendoDirect and is currently scheduled for release in June 2019. It introduces new gimmicks such as slopes, new level themes, and a graphic style based on ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'', including the Cat Mario power-up.

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->'''Toad:''' Mario! It's terrible! [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Princess Peach has been taken to another castle!]]

Captain Toad [DON'T JUMP]\\

* The 10-Mario challenge has you go through a gauntlet of 8 randomly selected sample courses with 10 lives, and allows you to get three lives per course, but you need to complete the course to get them.
* The 100-Mario Challenge is much the same as the 10-Mario Challenge, except the levels are user-created, you have 100 lives, and the number of courses changes with difficulty level[[note]]8 courses in Easy mode, 16 in Normal and Expert, and 6 in Super Expert[[/note]]. At the end of a run, you are rewarded with [[AndYourRewardIsClothes a random Mystery Mushroom costume]], but there are only a finite amount of costumes that can be unlocked per difficulty level[[note]]20 costumes in Easy, 48 in Normal, 34 in Expert, and 5 in Super Expert[[/note]]. Given how many of the Expert and Super Expert levels have completion percentages in the single digits, [[LastLousyPoint good luck getting those last costumes]]...

* RealityWarper: Magikoopas retains their teleportation and object-transformation abilities, but now they can even ''make the goal vanish'' (which is fortunately reversible if you kill them).

** If you arrange the Coursebot courses so that they form an entire 4 course "world", you have the option to play the entirely of that world. In the Wii U version, this is the only point within the entire game where the 1-up mechanics working exactly like the mainstream Mario games.

* VideoGameLives: While 1-Ups can be earned anywhere, there are two game modes that specifically feature lives: the "10 Mario Challenge", and the "100 Mario Challenge". The 10 Mario Challenge is easily accessed through the main menu, while the 100 Mario Challenge can be found in the Course World menu. In these modes, extra lives earned in a course are banked with a {{Cap}} of three, and rewarded upon finishing the level. Otherwise, one can die many times without ever worrying about getting a GameOver.

* DeathThrows: Mario retains the classic "jump in the air and fall down" pose when he loses a life. Enemies have their own death throws by flying off screen and spinning as they fall while certain enemies retain the traditional GoombaStomp defeat animation.

* SturgeonsLaw: In ''full effect'': for every genuinely well-designed level, there are ''at least'' twenty or so that do nothing but throw gobs of enemies at you, make liberal use of FakeDifficulty (invisible coin blocks and [[LuckBasedMission random chance]] [[TrialAndErrorGameplay death doors/pipes]] being the primary offenders), play themselves with absolutely zero input from the player, [[MostAnnoyingSound spam obnoxious sound effects]]... really, the list of bad design tropes featured in the majority of the levels could go on almost forever. The worst part? ''Nintendo's own levels'' aren't even exempt from this!