Super Mario Maker
Developer: Nintendo
Rated: E
Platform: Wii U
Nominations: Game of the Year, Best Family Game, Developer of the Year
We remember the plumber, his brother, and the quest to save the princess, but people largely forget that the quality of the Super Mario games throughout the years have come down to a very, very important feature: the levels are great. When you put Super Mario Maker into people’s hands to create their own levels, not only is it easy to grasp, but it’s also eye-opening to see just how much work goes into creating smart and intuitively designed levels to ensure the players have a good time playing for the first, or 200th, time. Shigeru Miyamoto shares his 30 year toolbox with the world to see what they come up with, and the result is an ever-expanding and improving network of levels that are anywhere from absurdly impossible, to creatively simple, and now with the event course additions, Nintendo, and any professional game enthusiast, can challenge fans across the globe with new designs. Super Mario Maker is a game that makes even the most casual player appreciate quality game design as they boggle their brain to come up with cool ideas to share with their friends at home and online, and if recent patches to the game show how much better the experience can get with age, this game will keep people’s attention for quite some time, and maybe even spawn interest in game designing for a whole new generation. – Evan Griffin
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