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Mario Maker?

GOTY 70 21.81%
 
Insanely fun 146 45.48%
 
Looks nice 65 20.25%
 
Meh 22 6.85%
 
Looks terrible 5 1.56%
 
Are you kidding me? 13 4.05%
 
Total:321
Goodnightmoon on 15 June 2015
Hiku said:
Goodnightmoon said:

They did a rating system on Mario Vs Donkey Tipping Stars, it worked because you rate people with the stars you earn in the game.

I guess this would have some rating system too, I hope.

Ah, so the stars you use to rate stages would be limited?

In that game it is. But there is nothing similar to those stars in this game, so I guess it would be a different system. Probably we will have our answer in less than 20 hours



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aikohualda on 15 June 2015

omg those levels are insane!!!! i want to make a surival horror-esque level :P



 

gabzjmm23 on 15 June 2015
Hiku said:

After seeing that video, it looks like it could be a lot of fun.

I only have one problem with it. My own desire to make levels.
I'd love to play fun and creative ones that others have made. But I feel no desire making them myself. =/


Same here. I may not have the patience to create good stage levels. But would love to play other stages that people have created and please no DLC stages or so



cfin2987@gmail.com on 15 June 2015

I was mocked for saying this could have mine craft sized potential by dozens of people on here!!! Magic middle finger to all the haters!



zorg1000 on 15 June 2015
cfin2987@gmail.com said:

I was mocked for saying this could have mine craft sized potential by dozens of people on here!!! Magic middle finger to all the haters!


I've been saying Splatoon & Mario Maker have potential to be very big ever since they were revealed last E3.



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curl-6 on 15 June 2015
MoHasanie said:
Goodnightmoon said:

That´s because editors are usually boring and unintuitive, and many times the gameplay doesn´t stand up, but we all know Nintendo always try to do everything on the most intuitive and addictive way possible. And is mario, the gameplay is good for sure. Even if you don´t like to make levels, you can enjoy the crazy creations of the people.

I just don't see it doing well. It will appeal to the hardcore Nintendo fans but not that casuals. 

Because it's not as if MInecraft, a game built around user generated content, took the casual market by storm... :P



oniyide on 16 June 2015
patronmacabre said:
oniyide said:

well...what else do you want it to do? 

I think the install base is limiting it IMHO.

What I guess I'm trying to get at is that games like these are successful in part because of word-of-mouth advertising. I think it's why games like Minecraft and LittleBigPlanet have fantastic legs.

Say, for example, someone was able to somehow mess with the engine of the game well enough that they managed to make an 8-bit classic RPG in the game. That person could then upload it to Youtube so that a lot of people could see it. Those people then think, "Wow, that's really amazing. I didn't know you could do that with that game." And then they go out and buy the game.

I also think this game would benefit greatly from a twenty dollar price point -- or even a free-to-play model. At a lower price point, more people would buy the game and it would build a community that would be beneficial to the game in the long run. At 40 or even 60 dollars (which is what Amazon has it listed at -- yikes), the appeal is too limited for the investment.


Well you dont really know if this game will be able to do that or not. Its not even out.

Its not gonna be that cheap or free to play.



oniyide on 16 June 2015
MoHasanie said:
archbrix said:

2D Mario appeals to a great deal of people; it's familiar and simple to understand.  I think a lot of Super Mario Maker's success comes down to the tools and ease of use when designing and it really excels in those areas. 

But Nintendo needs to advertise the heck out of this title... and advertise it well.  WiiU probably won't get a price drop announcement tomorrow due to a lot of disgruntled Splatoon buyers so soon, but when SMM launches this fall they need to do a bundle/price drop to $249.  I think this title could do much better for WiiU than many people expect.

I know 2D Mario is very popular, I just don't think people will be that interested in making their own levels. But maye I'm wrong. 


Minecraft? Little Big Planet? Hell the entire PC modding community. 

Look at it this way, even if you dont want to make your own levels. You are technically playing a Mario game that could have infinte levels( or for as long as its supported). if that doesnt excite any gamer i dont know what will.