Dating back to December, Nintendo revealed a slew of new additions and features that level creators can utilize in the Version 2 Update for Super Mario Maker 2. Tools like the ability to play as Link from the Legend of Zelda with the sprite’s respected elements and handful of level-designing props to diversify how you already craft your custom levels.
Now recently, Nintendo announced that the Final Major Update for the July-released title is scheduled to arrive this coming Wednesday, April 22. And along with the title update slated for this week, the company has showcased a dozen new implementations to continue to bring incentive for returning players.
Unique to the Super Mario Bros. game style, players can find the Super Mario Bros. 2 Mushroom which allows the player to double in size, as you would expect. However, for those who remember, you can use this power up to ride enemies alongside pick up your platfroming foes like small, large, and flying enemies; the same applies to chain chomps as well. A new part dubbed the ‘Cursed Key’ when obtained will unleash a Phanto to attack the player.
As for the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style, our plumber protagonist can finally equip the Frog Suit and take advantage of water-based obstacles. Intuitive features like more traversal swimming, running on water, and jump like the amphibian the suit takes its look from. Super Mario World game style will receive the Power Balloon which allow Mario to fly alike a helium-filled balloon through levels. The Super Acorn arrives to the Super Mario Bros. U game style, alike the other mentioned suits, dresses him like a squirrel allowing him to fly.
Super Mario 3D World game style takes on the most in new additions like the Boomerang Flower which will continuously be thrown until Mario catches the tool alongside five new wearable for our red-wearing hero. The Cannon Box to shoot said cannonballs at enemies and coins, the Propeller Box to fly to unreachable heights with complementing descent, the three-use Red Pow Box to implode when impacting hanging blocks, Goomba Mask to deceive nearby enemies, and the Bullet Bill Mask to fly horizontally alike Bullet Bill himself.
The same game style can also expect the On/Off Trampoline part which triggers platforms to become bouncy surfaced with the hit of a switch. The Koopalings finally make their debut for the plethora of opposing game modes. The same can also be applied to the Mechakoopa as certain iterations will not be supported in the Super Mario 3D World game style as well.
Lastly, Nintendo reveals that players can create their own journey with the newly added World Maker. Placing routes and filling the landscape with your own custom levels and decorating the terrain. Icons can be altered and world themes can be applied to truly breath your own life into the world. Players can essentially create their own game with Super World which consists of 8 worlds and 40 courses in total.
What addition are you most excited to test out first with this approaching update?
Super Mario Maker 2 is out now for Nintendo Switch.
