Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has created a lot of games over the last three decades. Some of them have been forgotten, but a lot of them will go down in history as some of the greatest game ideas of all time. After being in the game development game for so long, Mr. Miyamoto’s next idea was probably inevitable… he wants the players themselves to design the next great Mario game.
In Mario Maker, players will be able to create and edit their own Mario courses. And with the flick of an icon, would-be game designers will be able to toggle their course’s graphical style from Super Mario Bros. to New Super Mario Bros. U and back again:
Mario Maker offers up a Super Mario Bros. dream: the ability for players to use the Wii U GamePad to design levels from scratch. Place blocks and enemies anywhere and play through the level. With the tap of an icon, users can even switch the visual style between a classic 8-bit Super Mario Bros. look and the world of New Super Mario Bros. U in the E3 version.
Mario Maker is currently just a working title, but it’ll be available for the Wii U sometime in the first half of 2015.
