My daughters are a part of the Nintendo Kid Reviewer program and that means that every once and a while we get to try out some very fun games that keep them jumping for joy. One of the games that they have been clamoring for has been Super Mario Maker and recently Nintendo sent this our way and boy were they excited about trying it out for themselves.

In Super Mario Maker you get to do what you want with the game. You can recreate the Mario Bros of the past or take your own imagination and make it into reality.

In talking to my oldest daughters after she played this game she said that the game “was so awesome!” She explained that “I loved that I could think about what I wanted on each level and then could have my character to exactly what I wanted.” She tried making many different levels and as she would finish making them (and playing them), I could see her mind working on how she could change and challenge herself on the next world and level that she would conquer next.

I asked her what she thought about creating worlds within video games like this and she told me that “more games should let you do this because it frees you to take control of the game.” I then asked her whether she would ever want to create games like this for other people and she said “no, but being able to do this by myself in my own home is cool and more kids should try this.”

As a father of girls I think it is also SO important for girls to try this. Why is it so much different than boys you might ask? Too many girls are turned off to the sciences at an early age. They are not encouraged to pursue the science, math and technology fields and that to me is too bad. I love to see my daughters’ mind working and love seeing what she can create. This combines her own innate sense of artistic creativity with logic and reasoning and even though she does not know it, she is learning so much by creating and playing Super Mario Maker.

If you do not know a lot about the game, some of the cool features include that you can:

• Play a near-limitless number of Mario levels created by Nintendo and players around the world
• Create your own Mario levels by using the WII U GamePad controller touch screen to add enemies, blocks, pipes and more
• Break the conventions of traditional Super Mario Bros. game play by blending enemies, traps and items into unexpected twists
• Touch control, instant editing and a robust online ranking and search system makes creating and playing and sharing a seamless process.
• Ease into creation by creating a number of course parts to help you learn and then watch the number of course parts and styles at your disposal expand more and more everyday.
• Insert fun sound effects into your courses, with some sounds even generating fun visuals, like fireworks or a cat punching the screen.
• Transform into different costumes at random with the new Mystery Mushroom item. You can even expand the costume options by completing 100 Mario challenge mode or tapping compatible amiibo.
• Tap a 30^th anniversary Mario amiibo figure to the WII U GamePad to add a Big Mushroom power-up to your course
• Learn even more fun ideas for designing courses through a special booklet that comes in every retail copy!

This is a game that my girls and I cannot say enough good things about and you will too. Pick up a copy of Super Mario Maker today and start creating your own worlds!

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