I'm going to assume they will mishandle. This is Nintendo they never get everything right.
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Super Mario Maker 2 | Review Thread (UPDATE: accolades trailer, see threadmark)
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I'm going to assume they will mishandle. This is Nintendo they never get everything right.
I believe story mode is single player only. Local multiplayer can be done but unless you're doing 2 player co-op building (joy con only limited to 2 players), you have to upload your level first and then download from the game's servers, you can't do it in coursebot for some awful reason.
Yep, locally on multiple Switches and one Switch and online co-op
But now they have hundreds of thousands of Nintendo Online subsribers to pay for the servers costs of those kilobytes levels, so it won't happen again....... right ?
It will.
I hope the ma8n 4 styles gets new enemies in patches
need fire bros, boomerang bros, ice bros, sumo bros, charg8n chucks, spikes, fuzzies, big bartha, cheep chomps, the sleeping fish. koopalings
need fire bros, boomerang bros, ice bros, sumo bros, charg8n chucks, spikes, fuzzies, big bartha, cheep chomps, the sleeping fish. koopalings
Thanks for confirming. I guess they don't want my money.
Limits and issues of multiplayer mode:
- Only random levels online multiplayer, you can't select a specific one.
- That means there will be levels that just aren't designed for multiple players.
- You can play couch multiplayer but there's a catch: you need to download the level first (the play button on the stage browser is only for single player). So you need to exit course world, go to your downloaded courses and then select multi player. Of course that means you will be filling your download spaces all the time.
- Even for local wireless multiplayer, the console needs to be online to get random levels.
- And of course, you can't play with friends online.
That sounds very Nintendo, i mean stupid and limited for no reason.
This doesn't sound too bad other than the second point. Now that's just baffling.
Oh my bad, I meant for the game in general. Forgot that he mentioned story mode
It would be nice if before online match you can vote for like few courses something like with Mario Kart 8.
The third and fourth points make sense, and the fifth one will eventually be patched, but the first two are baffling. In particular, the second bullet point seems like a terrible oversight - why would you allow stages that weren't designed for multiplayer in multiplayer? I thought they would've just picked stages that used the 'Multiplayer Versus' tag (although you still run the risk of people making stages that don't fit the tag).
I'm guessing they really only cracked the code on how to make SMM2 online multiplayer work fairly late in development, seeing how none of these issues seem to be for a deliberate lack of trying. The couch multiplayer seems to be the only egregious oversight here, that seems like a decidedly unoptimal way to set up multiplayer get-togethers, and I hope they patch it.
With enough luck, the friend matchmaking update will allow you to enter random stages online or to propose custom levels.
The first two point sound almost like dealbreaker, especially when you want to try a specific well made level with a friend. But maybe they'll adjust those things in multiplayer with friends.
What does download spaces mean in this context? Do you have limited space for downloaded levels?
I don't think there's ever going to be any real way to foolproof stages not being entirely tailor made for multiplayer. If I'm not mistaken, they confirmed in the Direct that stages can be tagged and that there are tags for stages that are designed or "work well" for multiplayer, maybe it's possible that the matchmaking prioritizes stages with those tags?
Yes. You have limited download spaces and you need to delete levels once you reach the limit.
MC is currently sitting at 89 with 40-odd reviews. Good work on the guesses everyone, we got it!
IGN seemed to really like the new controls
Alex over at NintendoLife also liked controller controls, he thought the learning curve was steeper though, but geared toward power users.
GameXplain may be the odd man out on this one
Alex over at NintendoLife also liked controller controls, he thought the learning curve was steeper though, but geared toward power users.
GameXplain may be the odd man out on this one
I guess you're not meant to download and store a bunch of levels but still sounds weird to me. Do you know what the limit is?
Do we know the limit on this one ? Hoping at least 1000, but could be 100 I wouldn't be suprised
Interesting that it's a significantly better game than the first one but score wise it's only 1 point above the original.
Well, you'd expect a sequel to expand on the ideas of the original. Especially for a new IP, the novelty has gone and so the game must perform on its own merits. SMM2 is doing that, hence why it can hit scores as high as it is.
The limit has to be pretty lenient though, right? Can't imagine Mario levels taking up much space.
GameXplain aren't power users, they're goober Nintendorks and we love them for it
I'm glad most reviewers weren't complacent with Nintendo just removing the controller options in handheld. Most reviews I've seen so far call out how randomly limiting that is. Even if you don't like it, it's weird that you can't do the same thing you were just doing on the TV with the same controller
Andre put more hours into Mario Maker than anybody so I think it's fair for him to be more critical tbh
I honestly cancelled my preorder after getting disappointed with all the cut features from the original and the multiplayer limitations. Online, multiplayer, and story mode are great additions, but as someone who enjoyed the original, but didn't play it too much, I can wait for any updates to come out and then make a decision down the line. It's a shame 2 isn't the definitive sequel.