

Nintendo mentioned some of these challenges in trailers before the game came out. The are two types of Challenge Medals that can be collect through the playthrough or Coursebot for each level. The number of levels start at four (Worlds 1-7, 10-12, 14-16), increases to six (Worlds 8 and 13), then increase to eight (Worlds 9, 17, and 18), and finally to twelve (hidden World 19) with the color of the world map background gradually changing as well (with the exception of World 19 which is exclusive to Coursebot). The Super Mario Challenge mode also features a map that has 18 worlds.

After rescuing Peach, the player can redo the whole entire thing again if they want to with altered text for completing World 19. Lives gained or lost in the Coursebot don't change the lives in the mode. If the player has a Game Over, the player has to restart from the beginning of the world that they are on. The actual mode has the player starts out with ten lives, but they can increase it to 100 lives. The first level in World 19 is dependent on collecting 40 Challenge Medals. World 19 is unlocked in the Coursebot when she is rescued. 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. 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. 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 stages from the Wii U version, though not every stage 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 exception of the Costume Mario and Big Mario forms and searching for courses by code.
