That's partly because the design itself is rooted in this rich history that we all spent decades familiarizing ourselves with, but I think it's equally because the tools themselves are so well-made. The act of laying down a level is almost as much fun as actually playing one. In the case of Super Mario Maker, it's the brilliant (and brilliantly executed) idea of making creation itself a game.

I've said it before: Nintendo takes its time adopting new ideas, but when it does enter an arena it has a unique spin that sidesteps some of the pitfalls of its predecessors. Steve Watts, Editor-in-Chief:В User-generated Mario is what we all thought about when Sony first showed off LittleBigPlanet almost a decade ago. It's endless Mario! It's ALL the Mario! There's enough here to last years and it's only getting better with the more support that Nintendo is giving it. It's been three months later and while that still feels true to an extent, this truly feels like enough Mario to last me forever. So in some ways it felt like the end of an era. Really, once you put the tools in the public's hands, there's nowhere left to go. Ozzie Mejia, Senior Editor:В I walked into Super Mario Maker with something of a sense of dread, because it felt like we finally hit the saturation point. This week Shacknews is counting down its top ten 2015 Games of the Year, as tabulated by both staff votes and input from our own Chatty community.В Coming in at #2 we have the joy of 2D Mario spreading its creative juices to the masses, Super Mario Maker.

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