Super Mario Maker 2

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Template:Infobox Super Mario Maker 2 is an upcoming 2D platforming and level-editing game for the Nintendo Switch and the sequel to the 2015 Wii U title Super Mario Maker. The game expands on its predecessor with new features such as a level style based on Super Mario 3D World, which incorporates some gameplay aspects from the 3D platformer, including the Super Bell power-up; new level themes, such as desert, snow, sky, and forest; further terrain options such as slopes; and a nighttime feature, which alters many course elements. In addition to Mario, such characters as Luigi, Toad, and Toadette are playable in Network Play, a multiplayer mode which allows the player to compete against or co-operate alongside three random players online. A Story Mode is also featured in the game, which contains over 100 pre-installed courses made by Nintendo. Super Mario Maker 2 is set to be released worldwide on June 28, 2019.

A Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to share, download, and play courses online.

Gameplay

As in Super Mario Maker, along with the main contents of the level, each level is set with a style, theme, and time limit. The starting platform is no longer visibly separated from any ground tiles placed beside it, which are instead merged into the platform. A new mechanic known as Custom Scroll is introduced, which allows the player to set a level to auto-scroll, as well as the directions at which to scroll. In forest-themed levels, a body of water can be added and/or set to rise and fall at a predetermined speed. In castle levels and nighttime forest levels, the lava and poison respectively can also be set the same function. The player also has the option to add clear conditions to their level, such as collecting a certain amount of coins or reaching the goal as Super Mario. Vertically scrolling sub-areas can also be created.

Enemies that have alternate forms (such as Piranha Plants) can now have those forms selected by tapping the enemy to open up a menu, rather than shaking it. Additionally, that menu also includes the options to insert/remove a Super Mushroom, wings, and a parachute.

In editing mode, the basic functions from Super Mario Maker return, including Mr. Eraser and Undodog, and the player can quickly switch between playing and editing by pressing minus. As a new feature, the player can zoom in or out during editing mode to gain a different view of the level, the latter performed by clicking one of the analog sticks. If the player switches to Super Mario 3D World style, everything that has been placed on the editing screen will be erased, due to the style's course elements being vastly different from those of the other styles. Courses can now be edited cooperatively.

Story Mode

The Story Mode is an offline, single-player mode in which Mario must collect coins to rebuild Princess Peach's castle. To earn coins, the player can play through over 100 official courses produced by Nintendo in the form of "jobs" given by the taskmaster Toad. Other NPCs including Mr. Eraser and Undodog can also assign jobs for Mario. The main hub is set in and around Peach's castle in the Super Mario 3D World style, and the player can explore more parts of the castle as they progress through the mode.

Course World

Course World, the online hub in which players can access levels created and uploaded by other players, returns from Super Mario Maker. In addition to being able to browse popular courses, searching by course ID, and download courses, players can now search courses by specific parameters such as style, theme, difficulty, and region, similar to the search function on the Super Mario Maker Bookmark website. Courses can also be searched by tags that have been applied to them, such as "Puzzle-solving" and "Autoscroll." Feedback can be given to courses in the form of text, drawings, or one of 12 Mario-themed stamps, and players can choose to vote on courses positively or negatively by selecting the "I like it!" or "Boo!" buttons respectively. As in the first Super Mario Maker, the clear rate and world record are recorded for every course.

Each player on Course World is represented by a Mii and has their own Maker profile, which displays their medals, Maker points, and Versus Rating. Maker points are earned if players react with "I like it!" to a course. The Versus Rating represents the player's rank in Multiplayer Versus matches based on their win-loss ratio; if the player wins a match, they earn points, and move up a rank if enough points are earned. The player can also dress up their Mii with various outfits and hats obtained by completing certain objectives in the game.

Network Play

Network Play allows the player to cooperate with three other players online to complete courses in Multiplayer Co-op, or compete against them to clear the course first in Multiplayer Versus. Each player is assigned to one of four characters: Mario, Luigi, Toad, or Toadette. The player can also connect locally to other players who own the game, though the players' Versus Ratings are not affected in this mode.

Endless Challenge

Similar to the 100 Mario Challenge in the first Super Mario Maker, Endless Challenge involves the player completing as many random courses based on their preferred difficulty as possible. Players that achieve a significantly high score are ranked on the leaderboards.

Course elements

This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

The interface for the element search function

Instead of displaying every element on a single screen as in Super Mario Maker, at the top-right corner of the screen in editing mode, there is a magnifying glass which, when selected, allows the player to search for course elements by category. Each category's elements are organized into one or more wheels, with the elements as the sectors. The top of the screen contains the most recently used elements, but elements can be pinned.

Elements formatted in bold are new to Super Mario Maker 2.

Styles

File:SMM2 style select.png

The style select menu.

The game styles are separated into two categories; game styles that were not present in the first Super Mario Maker are placed in "Extra Game Styles", which feature their own unique elements that are incompatible with other styles.

• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario World
• New Super Mario Bros. U
• Super Mario 3D World

Themes

Theme	Level inspiration (Super Mario 3D World style)	Night version effects
Ground	Super Bell Hill	Causes Goombas and Goombrats to float
Underground	Koopa Troopa Cave	Turns the screen upside down
Underwater	Pipeline Lagoon	Makes everything dark except for a short radius around the player, Arrow Signs and the Moon enemy.
Ghost House	Shifty Boo Mansion
Airship	The Bowser Express	Causes a thunderstorm to occur and causes Goombas to float
Castle	Bowser's Lava Lake Keep	TBA
Desert	Conkdor Canyon	Causes a sandstorm to occur
Snow	Snowball Park	Turns the floor into ice
Forest	Deep Jungle Drift	Turns water into poison water
Sky	Rolling Ride Run	Causes light gravity to occur

Terrain

The terrain category is represented by a Brick Block icon and colored blue.

Element	Icon					Notes
	Super Mario Bros.	Super Mario Bros. 3	Super Mario World	New Super Mario Bros. U	Super Mario 3D World
Ground
Steep Slope			File:SteepSlope-SMM2-SM3DW.png
Gentle Slope
Pipe				File:SMM NSMBU Warp Pipe.png	File:Pipe SM3DW SMM2.png	Appears in green, red, yellow, and blue
Clear Pipe
Spike Trap
Spike Block
Mushroom Platform
Semisolid Platform						Cat Mario can climb semi-solid platforms in the Super Mario 3D World style.
Bridge
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Rotating Block			File:SMM-SMW-RotatingBlock-Artwork.png
Crystal Block
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Rock Block
? Block
Hidden Block
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Note Block
Cloud Block					File:CloudBlock SMM2 SM3DW.png
Ice Block

Items

The item category is represented by a coin icon and colored pink.

Element	Icon					Notes
	Super Mario Bros.	Super Mario Bros. 3	Super Mario World	New Super Mario Bros. U	Super Mario 3D World
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Template:SMM2 Modifiers	File:SMM2-SMB-10GoldCoin.png
30-Coin						Alternate form of the 10-Coin
50-Coin
Pink Coin
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Big Mushroom	File:SMM-SMB-30th-Anniversery-Amiibo-ModernMushroom.png
Super Leaf
Cape Feather
Propeller Mushroom
Super Bell
Fire Flower
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Rotten Mushroom						Replaces 1-Up Mushrooms in Night levels
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Yoshi's Egg / Yoshis						Available in green and red
A hammer power-up					File:SMM2 3DW Hammer.png

Enemies

The enemy category is represented by a Goomba icon and colored green.

Element	Icon					Notes
	Super Mario Bros.	Super Mario Bros. 3	Super Mario World	New Super Mario Bros. U	Super Mario 3D World
Template:SMM2 Modifiers				File:Goomba - New Super Mario Bros U.png
Galoomba
Goombrat		File:SMM2 SMB3 Goombrat.png	File:SMM2 Galoombrat.png			Alternate form of the Goomba. Turns around at edges unlike standard Goombas.
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Behave as Beach Koopas in the Super Mario World style. Red variant turns at edges.
Template:SMM2 Modifiers				File:BuzzybeetleNSMBU.png
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Horned Ant Trooper
Spike Top
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Blooper Nanny / Blooper Babies						Alternate form of the Blooper.
Cheep Cheep
Blurp
Deep Cheep				File:DeepCheepNSLU.png
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Will jump in place when Mario jumps.
Spiny Skipsqueak						Alternate form of the Skipsqueak.
Stingby
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Can be placed on ceilings and walls
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Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Alternate form of the Piranha Plant.
Muncher
Piranha Creeper						Can be made either moving constantly or asleep.
Template:SMM2 Modifiers				File:ThwompNSMBU.png		Can also move horizontally. Safe to touch in the Super Mario 3D World game style, but can instantly take out players by squishing them.
Monty Mole
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Hammer Bro				File:Hammer Bro-NSMBU.png
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Enlarged form of the Hammer Bro.
Fire Bro
Sledge Bro-like Fire Bro					File:SMM2 SM3DW Fire Sledge Bro.png	Its fireballs resemble volcanic debris
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Can be placed without its stake. Has a longer chain when used at night.
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Wiggler
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Stretch
Peepa
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Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Can be placed in water.
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Can be placed on land but fall apart when not in water.
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Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Only three can be placed in a section.
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Replaces Bowser in the Super Mario 3D World style. Only three can be placed in a section.
Bowser Jr.
Template:SMM2 Modifiers	File:SMM2 SMB Boom Boom.png		File:SMM2 SMW Boom Boom.png
Pom Pom
Angry Sun				File:SMM2 NSMBU Angry Sun.png		Only one can be placed in a section.
Moon	File:SMM2-SMB1-Moon.png					Alternate form of the Angry Sun. Turns the level into nighttime, and can be touched to defeat all on-screen enemies.
Lakitu				File:Lakitu-NSMBU.png
Charvaargh						Can launch from either the side or the foreground. Only three can be placed in a section.
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Porcupuffer
Koopa Clown Car / Junior Clown Car
Fire Koopa Clown Car / Fire Junior Clown Car				File:SMM-NSMBU-FireClownCar.png
Koopa Troopa Car

Gizmos

The gizmos category is represented by a key and colored yellow.

Element	Icon					Notes
	Super Mario Bros.	Super Mario Bros. 3	Super Mario World	New Super Mario Bros. U	Super Mario 3D World
Burner
Bill Blaster
Bullet Bill						Launched from black Bill Blasters only.
Bull's-Eye Bill						Launched from red Bill Blasters only.
Cat Bullet Bill						Replaces Bull's-Eye Bills in the Super Mario 3D World style.
Banzai Bill	File:SMM2 SMB Banzai Bill.png					Can be launched from all four cardinal directions, and the background in the Super Mario 3D World style, where it can destroy bricks.
Bull's-Eye Banzai						Alternate form of the Banzai Bill.
Cat Banzai Bill						Replaces Bull's-Eye Banzais in the Super Mario 3D World style.
Cannon
Icicle
Twister						Can propel Mario and enemies.
ON/OFF Switch
Dotted-Line Block						Activated by ON/OFF Switches.
Snake Block				File:SMM2 NSMBU Snake Block.pngFile:SMM2-NSMBU-BlueSnakeBlock.png	File:SMM2 SM3DW Snake Block.pngFile:SMM2 SM3DW BlueSnakeBlock.png	Can be made into a faster, blue variant. Length can be changed.
Fire Bar
One-Way Wall
Conveyor Belt						Can be placed diagonally.
ON/OFF Conveyor Belts						Directions can be changed by ON/OFF Switches. Alternate form of the Conveyor Belt.
Track
Crate						Can float in water and lava.
Key
Warp Door					File:SMM2-3DW-Door.png
Vine
Warp Box						Can be changed to require a key to be used.
P Switch					File:SMM2-SM3DW-PSwitch.png	Can now be attached to ceilings.
Template:SMM2 Modifiers						Can be turned into Red POW Blocks in the Super Mario 3D World style.
Trampoline						Can be placed sideways.
Arrow Sign
Checkpoint Flag						Can now provide different power-up effects, such as a Super Star, instead of just a Super Mushroom effect when touched by Small Mario
Lift						Length can be changed.
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Lava Lift
Seesaw						Length can be changed.
Cloud Lift
Grinder
Bumper
Swinging Claw						Can carry enemies and objects that drop when Mario gets close.
Skewer
! Block
Blinking Block
Track Block
Tree						Can hold items that release when the player climbs to the top of them.
Mushroom Trampoline						Horizontal length can be changed.

Currently uncategorized

Element	Icon					Notes
	Super Mario Bros.	Super Mario Bros. 3	Super Mario World	New Super Mario Bros. U	Super Mario 3D World
Music Block
Stiletto Goomba
Buzzy Beetle Shell
Spiny Shell
Dry Bones Shell						Allows the player to safely swim at the surface of lava and become temporary invincible when playing dead
Key Door		File:SMM-SMB3-KeyDoors.png	File:SMM-SMW-KeyDoors.png	File:SMM-NSMB-KeyDoors.png
P Warp Door
Grab Block-like stone block

Differences from previous games

Original games

The following is a list of differences from the level styles' original games not present in the first Super Mario Maker.

Super Mario Bros.

• Fire Luigi has a distinct color palette instead of being identical to Fire Mario.
• Sky-themed levels now have new music based on the overworld theme arranged by Koji Kondo, unlike in the original game where the original overworld music is used instead.

Super Mario Bros. 3

• Thwomps have been given new sprites when attacking, while the original sprite is used while waiting.
• Snow-themed levels now feature their own original music composed by Koji Kondo instead of using the overworld or athletic theme.
• Small characters can now crouch, unlike in the original game where it was not possible.
• Airship courses during night receive a blue palette on the tileset, unlike the original game where levels like World 8-Jet have the normal brown palette.

Super Mario World

• Snake Blocks are colored green.
• The texture for the water in non-underwater levels is missing; the water now simply has a clearer, translucent blue color.
• ON/OFF Switches now have a more saturated color, and their letters flash between black and white.
• Banzai Bills leave some clouds of smoke behind when they travel.
• Forest-themed levels now have new music based on the overworld theme arranged by Koji Kondo, unlike in the original game where the original overworld music is used instead.
• P Switches have a flashing animation.
• Luigi has a new sprite, with his head resembling his appearance from Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, but his body resembling Mario's.
• Para-Goombas use their swimming sprites from Super Mario Maker, rather than using their front-facing sprites from the original.

New Super Mario Bros. U

• The snow theme has a blue/white backdrop like in New Super Mario Bros. Wii instead of taking place during the night like the levels in Frosted Glacier.
• Banzai Bills have a smaller design than in New Super Mario Bros. U to keep consistent with Super Mario World, as well as the other game styles.
• The background of the castle theme has clear windows instead of red-tinted ones seen in the castles with lava.
• P Switches have a flashing animation.
• Parabombs use the sitting pose when falling, instead of the front-facing walking animation.

Super Mario 3D World

• The entire level style is in a 2D plane like the other styles similar to how Super Mario 3D World has 2D sections, but some courses from the original game can be seen in the background.
• Banzai Bills now have a yellow exhaust as opposed to a purple exhaust, and they also spin when they come from the background.
• The size of the timer, score, and coin counter has decreased to be consistent with the other game styles. Likewise, the score is now placed to the left of the timer instead of beneath it to match the other styles.
• The Mega ? Blocks that produce multiple blocks in Super Block Land are now represented by ! Blocks, similar to Super Mario 3D Land.
• P Switches are now designed the same as they were in New Super Mario Bros. U and even share the same music, while they never had any music in the original game.
• The Thwomps in the Super Mario 3D World style use the same behavior as the other game styles, where they fall once the player is below them, as opposed to the behavior seen in the original game, where they fall in a constant pattern.
• The flagpole does not turn gold when the player touches the top of it.
• Fire Toad now has a blue cap instead of yellow.
• The snow theme, which appears to be based on Snowball Park, takes place during the day instead of the night like in the original level.
• Luigi and Toad have the same attributes as Mario to be consistent in multiplayer play.

Super Mario Maker

Multiple styles

• Grinders now have their cutting sound effect from Super Mario World.
• The Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World styles now show received points in the same font as their respective original games. The 1UP icon has also been changed in the latter.
• POW Blocks in the Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World styles have a flashing animation.
• Castle levels now have rising and falling lava like the forest theme's water.

Super Mario Bros. style

• Mystery Mushrooms were removed.
• The sound effect that plays when collecting a Pink Coin was changed to a more 8-bit one.
• Thwomps have been given a new appearance for when they are in a waiting state rather than using the same sprite as when it attacks.

Super Mario Bros. 3 style

• The underground theme now uses the brown palette for ground tiles in the day version, while the gray palette is still used in the night version.
• The background of the castle theme now features windows, instead of just being a black, featureless screen.

New Super Mario Bros. U style

• The HUD was given a small update: the coin counter now has a white/yellow gradient and lacks the "×" symbol present in all other styles, and the score counter is white as opposed to black.
• Spiny Eggs are now animated.
• The design for the Mushroom Platforms in the airship theme was changed to a mechanical one.
• The background of the underwater theme is different, with a bluer water and with more decorations, including a Cheep Chomp watching Mario (or the character that is being played as) in the distance. It also has a wavy effect.
• The background of the underground theme now has waterfalls.

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  Super Mario Maker's Airship Mushroom Platform

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  Super Mario Maker 2's Airship Mushroom Platform

Release

The stylus and drawing pad

In Japan, Europe, and Australia, the player can purchase a limited edition of the game that includes a 12-month Nintendo Switch Online subscription, and if they pre-order the game, they receive a Super Mario Maker 2-themed stylus as a bonus. In Australia, the pre-order bonus also includes a Super Mario Maker 2-themed A4 landscape drawing pad with 50 pages of grid paper used for drafting levels. For UK players, four bundle packs are available for purchase on the official Nintendo UK store: two limited edition packs both including the game, membership, stylus, and a themed SteelBook, one with the drawing pad, a pencil, and a sharpener, and the other with a Mario diorama set; and two regular packs with similar content as the limited edition packs, but without the membership and SteelBook.

North American players can also purchase the limited edition with the online subscription, but will not receive the stylus.

Pre-release and unused content

Debut trailer

• The icons for several of the Super Mario 3D World course elements either used their icons from the New Super Mario Bros. U style, their artwork from the Super Mario 3D World Prima guide, or a completely different icon than in the final game. These include:
  • Pipes
  • Clear Pipes
  • ? Blocks
  • Brick Blocks
  • Rock Blocks
  • Hidden Blocks
  • Donut Blocks
  • Cloud Platforms
  • Ice Blocks
  • Semisolid Platforms
  • Coins
  • Pink Coins
  • 10 Gold Coins
  • Super Mushrooms
  • Fire Flowers
  • Super Stars
  • Goombas (the Goomba's icon used artwork of a Mini Goomba instead of a normal one)
  • Koopa Troopas
  • Spinys
  • Bloopers
  • Cheep Cheeps
  • Porcupuffers
  • Piranha Plants
  • Fiery Piranha Plants
  • Thwomps
  • Piranha Creepers
  • Stingbies
• When Custom Scroll was shown off, the icon used for the scrolling points was more simplistic, consisting of a silhouette of a realistic-looking parrot instead of a more cartoonish one with a visible facial features.

Gallery

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  Early 10 Coin icon

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  Early Pink Coin icon

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Super Mario Maker 2.

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  Logo

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  Group artwork of Mario, Luigi, Toad and Toadette

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  Promotional artwork from Nintendo's official site

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スーパーマリオメーカー２[?] Sūpā Mario Mēkā 2	Super Mario Maker 2
Chinese	超級瑪利歐創作家 2 (Traditional) 超级马力欧创作家 2 (Simplified) Chāojí Mǎlìōu Chuàngzuòjiā 2	Super Mario Creator 2
Dutch	Super Mario Maker 2[?]	-
German	Super Mario Maker 2[?]	-
Italian	Super Mario Maker 2[?]	-
Korean	슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2[?] Syupeo Mario Meikeo 2	Super Mario Maker 2
Russian	Super Mario Maker 2[?]	-
Spanish	Super Mario Maker 2[?]	-

External links

• Official North American website
• Official Japanese website