Super Mario Maker Ultimate

Super Mario Maker Ultimate is a sequel to Super Mario Maker 2 released for the Nintendo Switch. It will be released on October 11, 2022.

## Differences Between Super Mario Maker 2

### Editor

* The editor music is now the bonus theme from *Vs Super Mario Bros*.
* Up to 4 subareas (with 1 main level making it 5) can be used in a level.
	+ Subareas can also change style when going into it, so a level can be many styles.
* There are 24 slots instead of 12. The 12 is on top, and 12 is at the bottom.
* The characters have abilities now, just like SMB2, NSLU and SM3DW.
* New Super Mario Bros U has been renamed to New Super Mario Bros, taking elements from all the games up to Cats.
* All the Night effects are now Sunset effects, while different Night Effects take it's place.
	+ Some, like Underwater, keep the original Night Effect in it's place, while a new Sunset effect takes it's place.

* You can also place any Liquid, just like in the Super Mario Maker stage from Super Smash Bros. (Wii U, 3DS, Switch)
	+ Liquid types are: Water, Lava, Quicksand and Poison.
* Quicksand is now an option. (in the Dessert theme)
* Turning off rising liquids built into the theme by switching it on or off.
* The sky theme got renamed to Athletic.
* Enemies can now be stacked in the 3D World theme.
* All the Story Mode exclusive items are now placeable.
* ? blocks are renamed to Lucky Blocks.
* Fuse Themes is a new option to combine themes (like a castle underwater theme).

### World Maker

* Up to 8 levels, 4 pipes, 2 castle levels, make up to 10 worlds, and upload up to 10 worlds.
	+ There are new world options, too.
* Instead of just having a Super Mario World style, more styles were added.
* Custom names are allowed instead of just "Super [person] World".
* The world is now 10x10 instead of 6x4.
* Space has been split into 4 themes: Star (using the space icon), Mushroom, Flower and Special.

### Bots

* You can now make 928 levels and upload 800 (in Worlds or Playlists) + 128 levels (invidually).

### Default

* 10 and 100 Mario Challenge came back along with the Super Mario Challenge (from the 3DS version of the Wii U game).
	+ The 10 and 100 Mario Challenge is now the Player Challenge and has 1-100 challenges from random levels made by Nintendo.

* The Unlocking Method returned, though it's different from the Wii U and 3DS versions of the 1st game. Some of the methods like Gnat Attack return from the first game.
	+ The game starts with everything from Super Mario Maker 2, though many things that's new to the game has to be unlocked.

## Gameplay

### Menu

The menu plays when you start the game. In a similar fashion to Mario Paint and Super Mario Maker, the title screen is highly interactive. A randomly generated stage will appear, and players have the option to choose "Create" to choose either makers, or "Play", to choose either Course World, either bots, or Super Player Challenge. Players can even complete the stage before starting. When pressed, each letter will cause a different effect on the game title screen.

### Course Editor

#### Game Styles

##### Sky Settings

1. Day
2. Sunset
3. Night

#### Liquids

You can put any liquids in Super Mario Maker Ultimate.

### Items

#### Bosses

In the 3D World style, if you drag a Super Bell to a Bowser, he will turn into a Meowser.
 Wario

### Stage Playlist

Playlist is new to Super Mario Maker Ultimate, allowing you to make a Stage Playlist, like the original *Super Mario Bros*. It is unlocked when you save your first super world, even when it's unfinished.

The playlist can be split into 1-8 worlds with 4 levels, and name the playlist something like this.

### Part Maker

This maker lets you make or customize maker parts like Game Style, Game Theme, Items, and more! The Scratch blocks also comes in this maker. Even strech the board for everything to "make room" for anything, and add photos from the Photo Channel or Painting Game. This is unlocked when you place every course part in SMB game style.

### Painting Game

The Painting Game is based off of Mario Paint. It is unlocked after beating Story Mode.

### Number of Lives Challenge

The Number of Lives Challenge is based off of the 10 and 100 Mario Challenge from Super Mario Maker, featuring levels Nintendo made. It is unlocked after the Gnat Attack mini game.

### Gnat Attack

By shaking a Muncher enough, King Watinga will spawn from it in addition to the flies, and hitting him will allow players to play a more difficult version of Gnat Attack from Mario Paint. Completing the hard version of Gnat Attack will unlock TBA Mystery Power-Up.

### Story Mode 3

Story Mode is different from Mario Maker 2, which the plot changed. It takes place after Super Mario Maker 2's Story Mode.

## Trivia

* A few things, like Sunset mode, is taken from many SMM fangames on this wiki.
	+ Most of the work came from Super Mario Maker 3 (Yamamura's Version).
	+ A few unlocking methods are from Super Mario Maker 3 (Ike Iguana).
	+ Alot of Sprites, Info and Course Parts are from Super Mario Maker Creative.
	+ Galoomba SMW sprite and Modifiers (traits) from Super Mario Maker Chi.
* The Super Mario Galaxy game style includes content from Super Mario Galaxy 2, This is because SMG2 was meant to be DLC for SMG.

## References

* The mountain and volcano theme icon is a reference to the famous Paramount logo.
* Some of the level's creators are references to:
	+ Kirby
	+ The Legend of Zelda
	+ SuperMarioLogan
	+ SuperMarioRichie
	+ L is Real 2401 easter egg
	+ Encanto