The player needs to go through 88 of the 100 levels to rescue Peach. However, Princess Peach is taken to World 18. The 100 levels are divided up into 19 worlds. Each time one of the first 18 worlds is cleared for the first time, some course parts are unlocked. It has Challenge Medals to collect that come in handy for accessing the 19th world. The Super Mario Challenge (called Challenge Courses in the Coursebot) is a challenge mode containing 100 levels. A similar feature named Yamamura's Dojo would later be included in Super Mario Maker 2. The editing mode of the game also includes Yamamura's Lessons, an interactive tutorial guided by Mary O. Stages made in this way have a special icon marked next to it. Players can also send unfinished courses to other players, by way of Local Play, and they can team up, or collaborate, on stages.

The courses also include medal objectives, in which the player must fulfill certain criteria, such as collecting every coin in the level, to earn a medal. It is also possible to play courses made in the Wii U version, though not every course is compatible with the 3DS version due to version differences, such as the removal of Mystery Mushrooms and Big Mushrooms from the 3DS version.Įxclusive to Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, the game includes 100 new courses designed by Nintendo pre-installed.

The game includes almost everything from the original Wii U release, with the exceptions of the Mystery Mushroom and Big Mushroom power-ups (and thus the Costume Mario and Big Mario forms) and searching for courses by code.

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