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Why did Nintendo largely abandon Mario Maker 2 post-release?
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I dont necessarily care too much about new parts and styles, I just want them to fix searching.
I'm so sick of the popular levels just being a bunch of 20 second "speedrun" type levels. They're not exciting or creative whatsoever.
But then if you go on detailed search, it doesnt matter how you tweak your settings, you're always mostly gonna be getting those same speed run levels unless you go on super expert or sort them by clear rate (which means get ready for a bunch of shoddy levels.)
I knew SMM1 had an Auto Mario problem for a bit, but it was never this bad or annoying.
I'm so sick of the popular levels just being a bunch of 20 second "speedrun" type levels. They're not exciting or creative whatsoever.
But then if you go on detailed search, it doesnt matter how you tweak your settings, you're always mostly gonna be getting those same speed run levels unless you go on super expert or sort them by clear rate (which means get ready for a bunch of shoddy levels.)
I knew SMM1 had an Auto Mario problem for a bit, but it was never this bad or annoying.
I'm guessing they have better things to do. It's already a huge, well-polished game as-is. What's the point of sinking more resources into it?
I don't think NM is the one that decides whether Smash gets DLC or not, there's plenty of Nintendo games that do get support after launch, like MK8, the Splatoon games, Mario Tennis Aces, Xenoblade 2., Zelda BoTW.
SMM2 is the odd one out, it's a perfect type of game to add more content to.
I kinda feel bad I also abandoned the game after Fire Emblem and never touched it again.
They never promised anything for Super Mario Party and those games never had post-launch support.
Super Mario Party and Maker 2 are the only 2019 games I bought that were published by Nintendo. Both were a lot of fun but both had important missing elements that one would have assumed would have been fixed with updates or DLCs. Maker 2 added a thing or two, but none of the rumored stuff went anywhere. Party is even more egregious: the game simply lacks enough content for the price point, and they added a whopping nothing to it, probably already working in full force for another 60 Euros game instead. It's baffling.
Yeah, I figured they'd probably release a big update around Black Friday to boost holiday sales of the game, though that's looking unlikely now. Maybe we could still get something in December or early next year though.
I guess it's safe to say they just want to put out more substantial updates than we got for SMM1.
It does seem like they are indeed doing a sizable update scheme, different from ARMS and Splatoon 2 for Switch (although the latter got a full expansion, but that was paid and a year after release). One might expect another such a major update in H1 2020 I think.
I dunno, this doesn't strike me as anything bigger than what we got for SMM1.
The first update came with a new mode as well (Event Courses - which are actually a pretty similar concept as the Ninji Speedruns anyway), a new difficulty for Gnat Attack, the Checkpoint Flag, and the context sensitive powerups; alongside various new easter eggs (like the different Weird Mario poses when knocking on doors with the touch screen).
A later update also brought in Keys & Locked Doors, probably the single biggest addition ever made to the series so far; that was not a minor thing!
I get the feeling that this update was originally due to come out much sooner, but they had to delay it in order to accomodate the development of the Online With Friends option (which probably wasn't planned at all, until they heard the outcry from fans online).
I don't know if I am really on board with your theory, but I agree that this update feels stangely late. I would have expected it in September at least.
I hope the Link power up is only the beginning. If they got rid of the cosmetic NES costumes in the SMB1 theme so they could replace them with more substantial character-themed power ups that affect gameplay I'd be happy to make that trade. A Metroid/Samus one would be great, Space Jump, Spider Ball, Bombs, etc.
I'm still holding out hope that they'll add a Mario 2 theme.
I'm still holding out hope that they'll add a Mario 2 theme.
We already knew more content was coming.
What's funny is that the responses in first page don't mention the fact that Nintendo confirmed more content was coming, people will just ignore whatever is announced and just assume on their own.
LMAO this was the exact same situation as the previous update. Someone made a thread on Era about the lack of updates and shortly after Nintendo dropped the news.
people ignoring facts that go against their narrative? i can't believe someone on internet would do that
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