Super Mario Maker should let go and learn from Lego

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Super Mario Maker should let go and learn from Lego

Added: 16.08.2015 14:18 | 5 views | 0 comments

Lucas: Nintendo's no stranger to quirky, experimental unlock systems, but Super Mario Maker has the most audacious one yet, forcing you to wait nine days before you can access all the level-creation tools in its playful toolkit. And even by Nintendo's idiosyncratic standards, it's a method that tips past novel and into nonsensical. It's a shame to see such a generous design tool - full of wondrous possibilities for layouts never before seen in a traditional Mario game - be drip-fed in such a needlessly stingy way.