Got rid of my Wii U a long time ago, but couldn't resist the lure of Super Mario Maker. Best thing of all, I didn't have to buy a system again. Chris purchased one a few months ago to start a Virtual Console collection of his own and then promptly lost interest in the idea.

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SUPER MARIO MAKER & FREE WII U GET!  

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Past experiences with Level Creator games have been pretty negative. LBP series **meh!** never did it for me. Wario Ware DIY was purchased, never played and traded in. I tried tinkering with Blast Works to no avail. Even games like Minecraft; I play more practically than creatively.

I found it hard to believe Mario Maker was as user friendly as everyone claimed. It really, truly is! I installed the patch, but it seems to work in this way: If you place enough blocks, your shipment of new Items could arrive earlier than the next day. Apparently, I have not because they are arriving daily, as was originally intended by Nintendo. That is absolutely FINE with me! I am enjoying getting used to the items I have, tinkering with placement and combining items and enemies, etc. I'm making good use of what I have before more is piled on top. It allows even creatively challenged individuals like myself to ease into the creative process. It's brilliant!

I've had mixed experiences with other User created levels so far. Some are just plain dumb. They just throw hundreds of coins and dozens of lives at you as you simply walk from left to right, practically begging for a free 'Star' from whomever gets their course. Others are so busy and so cluttered you can't even see where you are going. I'd say one in ten were actually clever or required skill or thought. I, myself, am going for the more traditional Mario Level feel and so far I am happy with what I've produced! I'll be keeping the codes for my own levels in my signature here from now on! Guess this pretty much answers my WAYPTW question for today!

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**Now, I'd like to say this decision was based on interest in the game alone, but that would be a lie. Truth is, the problem with my spine hasn't improved at all. As a matter of fact, it's gotten worse. Every day I excercise and try to strengthen my back and muscle groups to take the burden off of it, but it doesn't seem to be working. All I've gotten for all my work is horrible quadricep pain nightly as my spine adjusts. It's actually worse than the back pain that I originally had that made me realize I had a problem. This has made me pretty badly depressed and VERY nostalgic for simpler times. There's almost nothing that brings me back to happier times than the original Super Mario Bros. Playing Maker distracts me and is a constant reminder of a time before I knew what REAL pain was! It's funny, but the game plays tricks with my head: I know every crack, crevice, corner, block, bad guy, warp pipe and hidden seceret of the original game. As I play Maker, I expect to know what's around every corner... but I don't! It's like I've found my way back to the 80's and found areas hidden in the original that no one else has before! This game is some of Nintendo's BEST work in years! If it can make me forget right now, that says A LOT! THAT'S why I simply HAD to have this game!**

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Maybe now he has the top job he can afford a tie:

Let's give the guy who was in charge of the Gamecube's massive success in the States the job of turning around the Wii U.

Yee-haw!

Okay, I was looking for a gif of a man on a bucking bronco and this came up. It's way better, but in no way adds to my editorial comment

Just for Edge:

edgecrusher said:

I can't say I have much faith in Nintendo's hardware going forward. Its going to be the same old out of touch guys using the same old gimmick over power philosophy.

It worked once so let's just keep doing it.

It has worked wonders for them so far:

Gameboy

DS

3DS

Wii

But yeah, it's not as effective a mantra for home consoles as it is for handhelds.

Been too exhaused to play anything this weekend.

I need a solid nights sleep. Watched lots of 30 Rock instead. Tracy and the EGOTs LOL.

So the director and chairman of Nintendo of America has been made the new director of Nintendo as a whole, surely that's a good thing as he will be more in touch with westerners wants and western dev needs.

Yeah, forgot to mention I played Metal Gear Solid V all weekend.  I'm might be halfway through with it at about thirty hours.

gamingeek said:

Disney creates 'Squid Wars', a Splatoon rip-off for Disney Infinity 3.0

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Guys look at the videos..... they recreated Arowana Mall. I have a hard time believing this is officialy Disney shit and not fan made.

If that's anything other than user created content, Disney is going a bit too far with this.  The stage even looks like Arowana Mall.