New course uploaded this weekend and updated to OP. For a long time, my NES games compilation "Mario Plays NES Games" was by far my most played course in Super Mario Maker 2. It held the top mark of all my courses in the most sizeable categories (Players, Likes, Attempts) almost immediately after being uploaded. At it's peak, on one magical weekend, it was once played by 500 players in a single day (532 players on 12/7/2019), and Liked by 100 of them. A feat that has never been matched by any of my other courses. Over time though, another of my courses that I had actually worked on and uploaded around the same time garnered its own fair share of attention. Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash was uploaded (11/29/2019) 4 days before Mario Plays NES Games (12/2/2019), but did not hit its own stride until a month later, reaching its own single day peak of over 200 players in a single day (229 players on 1/1/2020) and Liked by 29 of them. While its peak may have been 300 players and 71 Likes lower than Mario Plays NES Games had achieved on its best day, Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash became an evergreen course that continued to add players and Likes in chunks over time. I thought that this may have been because the course was specifically designed with multiplayer in mind, but in actuality, it has only been played 4 times in Multiplayer Versus mode, in contrast to Mario Plays NES Games having been played 28 times. However, Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash is a much shorter and easier course boasting a higher clearer rate. It has also been getting a boost recently by appearing earlier in my Super World which is made of all of my retro and modern reimagining of games. For all of these reasons, Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash eventually surpassed 700 players and went to eclipse Mario Plays NES Games as my most played course of all time.
In commemoration of this event, I decided to make a "Greatest Hits" course combining both of my most played and liked courses into a single course called "Greatest Hits: The 700 Series". I waited a little bit until Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash also reached the 100 Like milestone before crafting and uploading the celebratory course. Rather than just do a "copy/paste" of the originals, I gave both courses a remastered "facelift" with Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash being completely redesigned. In addition to the theme of Mario Plays NES Games receiving a 3D upgrade, the Donkey Kong Jr first screen game was replaced with Donkey Kong Jr's 2nd screen for reasons detailed below.
Greatest Hits: The 700 Series
Course ID: 3VV-H4G-0RG
Description: Celebrating 2 Courses that achieved the milestone of having been played by over 700 different people. Greatest Hits: The 700 Series combines Mario Plays NES Games with Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash into a single course. Mario Plays NES Games maintains the core of Mario going home to play a level from "Mario Bros.", "Donkey Kong Jr.", and "Super Mario Bros.". But, the theme has been upgraded from 8 bit to 3D in order to combine with the Super Mario 3D World theme of Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash. In addition to this upgrade, the first screen level of Donkey Kong Jr. has been swapped out for a rendition of the 2nd screen with the spring and moving platforms. This was mainly due to the unavailability of vines in the 3D World theme, which the first screen of Donkey Kong Jr heavily utilizes. Most of the vines in this rendition of screen 2 have been represented by Twisters. After finishing the three levels of Mario Plays NES Games, the player is transported to the back of Mario's house to obtain a Koopa Car and then enter the final level, Mario Maker Kart Quadruple Dash. This version has been completely reinvented, but stays true to the spirit of the original and can still be played in multiplayer.
Likes: 1
Played By: 6
Clears: 1
Attempts: 21
Clear Rate: 4.76%
World Record: 2:57.866 (mikagic)
Uploaded: 11/15/2020
Last edited by Mandalore76 - on 17 November 2020
