Super Mario Maker 2 is more ambitious than first expected

Now that Nintendo has finished their Super Mario Maker 2 dedicated Nintendo Direct, we can sit down and compile each of the new features the upcoming game has has in-store for players.

Yesterday I reported on Nintendo announcing that there would be a Direct dedicated to the upcoming sequel of Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2. We previously have had some new features showcased to us but now Nintendo has done a deep dive into what is new about the coming game and what has been improved since the last one.

Just to summarize things to make it a bit easier, Super Mario Maker 2 will comes with a ton of new features, some include; Super Mario 3D World style, a multitude of new building and customization options, co-op and versus multiplayer and many more online tools. A full features list has been compiled within the entirety of this post, for more information head on over to the official Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo eShop listing here.

Super Mario 3D World style:

• The ability to play as Cat Mario
• Transparent pipes
• Warp box
• Spike block
• ! Block
• Blinking phase blocks
• Tracking blocks
• Mushroom trampolines
• Piranha Creepers
• Skipsqueaks who time their jumps with Mario
• Charvaargh lava monsters
• Pom Pom
• Banzai Bills that can fly towards the screen
• Cat Bowzer
• A Koopa Troopa car, because why not?

Multiplayer: 4 people online/local

• Multiplayer Versus mode which challenges you to get to the goal first. Winning will raise your versus rating.
• Multiplayer Co-op mode - one person gets to the goal and everybody wins!

Course World:

• Browse by popular courses, or use tags.
• Comment on courses
• New Maker profiles you can dress up with various cosmetics.

More Features:

• Slopes
• That goddamn Angry Sun
• Snake Blocks
• Red and Blue Switch blocks
• On/Off switches
• See-saws
• Swinging Claws
• Changing water or lava levels
• Set scroll rates
• Vertical sub areas
• Banzai Bill
• Dry Bones shell
• 10 Coin
• New Sound effects
• Twister enemies
• Icicles
• Parachutes
• Boom Boom
• Desert, Snow, Forest, and Sky themes
• Day/Night system. Gameplay will change in subtle ways during the night.
• New music from legendary original Mario composer Koji Kondo!

Super Mario Maker 2 will be launching on June 28th exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.