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What will be the biggest impact of Super Mario Maker?

The biggest hardware bump... 18 19.57%
 
It will delay the NX another year or two. 5 5.43%
 
It fill flop. 3 3.26%
 
It will be a decent bump ... 63 68.48%
 
3rd parties will return for Wii U! 3 3.26%
 
Total:92
Cream147 on 24 June 2015

The problem with the comparison between Minecraft and Super Mario Maker isn't anything to do with it being a level editor or whatever else anybody's saying. I think the game in and of itself really does have phenomenal potential to be a hit - it's not just a level editor, it's a level editor of the most iconic character in gaming and looks exceptionally easy to use whilst still having a good amount of potential.

The problem is that Minecraft was on a platform that pretty much everybody owns. When I bought Minecraft Alpha it cost me £6 ($10). You really think millions of people are going to make the $300ish investment to buy a Wii U and Super Mario Maker?



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teigaga on 24 June 2015

Even if it is massive I don't think it will provide a big hardware bump. Why would people buy a Wii U for this but not for the other 6 Mario games that have already been released?

I get that you have the unique ability to create but the end result is still a 2D Mario game.



teigaga on 24 June 2015
justiceiro said:
They will just port it to 3DS. No reason to not to.


I don't know why this skipped my mind. It should really be cross platform



teigaga on 24 June 2015

More specifically to the poll there is no way Mario Maker is changing the trajectory of the NX. A most it'd put on top priority as launch title



mofili on 24 June 2015

I still don´t understand how people can badtalk an infinite amount of various style 2d Mario stages only limited by the Wii Us playerbases imagination



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Dulfite on 24 June 2015
Xenostar said:
Dulfite said:


I don't say this to sound rude (ad many do) but it is startling how much ignorance is I'm your post. Of your logic was the case, something like mine craft would never have gotten even 1/20th of its size and people wouldn't demand for level editing features in games like mariokart and smash bros.


how much ignorance you have comparing Minecraft to a 2D level editor.

And yes people like level editing features, as part of their game. Not when a level editor is the game. This should of been part of a full blown 2D mario game, ala LBP. 


Minecraft is 3d, yes, but it was also completely new and unrecognizible to anyone (particularly children) when it first came out. Mario is a face that everyone knows, therefore more people will be aware of Super Mario Maker when it launches then those of us (including myself) that played it back in beta testing on pc only.

Minecraft is essentially a level editor. Most people create things so their friends can go on roller coaster rides or whatever. Minecraft can take days and even years to finally finish a project. The 2d Super Mario Maker will have the advantage of being able to create something quickly and share it with the world. It's gonna be popular (a lot more than Minecraft was when it FIRST launched). Whether or not it will be as big as Minecraft long term is something else (I suspect it may, which is the point of this thread) but it will most definietly have a better first year than minecraft.



Xenostar on 24 June 2015
Dulfite said:
Xenostar said:


how much ignorance you have comparing Minecraft to a 2D level editor.

And yes people like level editing features, as part of their game. Not when a level editor is the game. This should of been part of a full blown 2D mario game, ala LBP. 


Minecraft is 3d, yes, but it was also completely new and unrecognizible to anyone (particularly children) when it first came out. Mario is a face that everyone knows, therefore more people will be aware of Super Mario Maker when it launches then those of us (including myself) that played it back in beta testing on pc only.

Minecraft is essentially a level editor. Most people create things so their friends can go on roller coaster rides or whatever. Minecraft can take days and even years to finally finish a project. The 2d Super Mario Maker will have the advantage of being able to create something quickly and share it with the world. It's gonna be popular (a lot more than Minecraft was when it FIRST launched). Whether or not it will be as big as Minecraft long term is something else (I suspect it may, which is the point of this thread) but it will most definietly have a better first year than minecraft.

cant disagree more, there is a vast differnce between creating anything you want in a 3d world and creating a level for a platformer. Minecraft captured peoples imaginations on a vast scale, mario maker will never acheive this.



Ari_Gold on 24 June 2015

It will probably be as huge as Splatoon. I imagine it will grow a healthy youtube community like Minecraft.



Dulfite on 24 June 2015
Xenostar said:
Dulfite said:


Minecraft is 3d, yes, but it was also completely new and unrecognizible to anyone (particularly children) when it first came out. Mario is a face that everyone knows, therefore more people will be aware of Super Mario Maker when it launches then those of us (including myself) that played it back in beta testing on pc only.

Minecraft is essentially a level editor. Most people create things so their friends can go on roller coaster rides or whatever. Minecraft can take days and even years to finally finish a project. The 2d Super Mario Maker will have the advantage of being able to create something quickly and share it with the world. It's gonna be popular (a lot more than Minecraft was when it FIRST launched). Whether or not it will be as big as Minecraft long term is something else (I suspect it may, which is the point of this thread) but it will most definietly have a better first year than minecraft.

cant disagree more, there is a vast differnce between creating anything you want in a 3d world and creating a level for a platformer. Minecraft captured peoples imaginations on a vast scale, mario maker will never acheive this.

I guess we will just have to disagree then. What I saw at the Nintendo world championship was some of the most creative thinking I've seen in a videogame.