- in a recent interview with Takashi Tezuka, he explains the reasoning behind the time locked content for WiiU's Super Mario Maker:

"This decision was part of our basic policy. We wanted the rewards to increase as you became more familiar with the game and to look forward to what would unlock the next day. From our testing, we learned that if too much was available all at once many players weren’t sure what they should do and didn’t have as much fun with the game."

- content was locked for less than 9 days after a patch by Nintendo

http://nintendoenthusiast.com/news/tezuka-explains-why-content-is-time-locked-in-super-mario-maker/

Does this strategy makes sense to you? For those who played the game, did this approach affected in some way your experience?

I very much liked this approach. The only thing I wish was unlocked from the start was the Mario trail.

I disagree. I actually had a harder time trying to make a good level only with the tools I had from the beginning!

It should have been something that you could skip. For newer/younger players to the series I can see this making sense, but not for people who have experienced the mechanics & gameplay of the series for over a decade. Options are always nice Nintendo, start giving people some :/

More or less. Nine days may have been a bit much for people, but unlocking stuff while playing seems pretty basic. I don't see a way to unlock outside of it being timed.

It's a good thing they decided to decrease the time substantially though.

There should've been a "Recommended" setting for beginning and a more "Advanced" setting for people who knew what they were doing. That way both sides won

Definitely not ideal, but I cannot see any malice in their choice so I dont really care.

Of course it makes sense, but 9 days can turn some people off that´s what they changed it and now you can unlock everything just spaming blocks in less than 2 hours.

Nah, this type of attitude from them has been around for a long time. Just becomes more jarring as other devs continue to give more options and listen to feedback.

It's fine, since it was shortened, but imo, I would like to have an option to skip this if I could