Super Mario Maker Patch 1.0.1 Removes 9 Day Unlocking System

[clevbrowns94]

Good. It was a mild annoyance (if it was 9 weeks instead of 9 days, then it would have been awful), but it's nice that they listened. Now how can we get NOA to listen on publishing Fatal Frame physical version?

 

[Robin64]

Still nothing The patch is definitely installed.

This is really weird.

The first level I made wasn't especially big, though I did drop in and out a lot to test it. I guess it took maybe 30 mins and by that time I had day two's stuff and a notification that day three's was on the way.

 

[ZeroX03]

15 minutes is better than daily, but the overreactions to this were a world of stupid.

 

[Azure Dream]

Nice. I'm guessing they didn't like the idea of lots of people fiddling with their system clocks over and over, and then probably forgetting to fix them back. Either way, I'm glad they changed it so quickly.

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

Still don't think that the game needs time-based unlocks at all, but this is an infinitely better solution than the 9-day nonsense.

 

[Kouriozan]

Well, not for me, only played with the patch installed. (1.01)

 

[BiggNife]

Should of done it before review copies went out; quite a few reviewers knocked them out of the 90+ range due to that complaint. I don't care, but Nintendo is known to use Metacritic in their marketing and didn't do themselves any favors here.

Eh, the game still got plenty of rave reviews and the far majority of reviews are super positive so I don't really think it's that big of a deal. There's more than enough 9/10s and 9.5/10s from major review sites that Nintendo can use as promotion fuel.

It's cool to see nintendo reacting to criticism so quickly. I feel like they wouldn't have done this 2 or 3 years ago.

 

[Justified]

lol, it would be so hilarious if the 9-day unlock was to hold the reviewers' hands

It was specifically in the trailer as a element of the editor.


I had no problem with the unlocks, just that it was "time-based"

 

[Archaix]

Great! I'm looking forward to pick it up now. That was an uncharacteristically lazy decision for Nintendo. Rather than finding an appropriate solution or tutorial process for the unlocks, it was "Fuck it, wait a while". With the requirement to play on 9 separate days worth of sessions for the unlocks, I honestly wasn't going to buy it because that could be upwards of a month or more of actual playing for me.

 

[C.Olimar788]

Glad to see Nintendo listening to criticism in this way, even if I was one of those in favor of the 9-day unlock system. I hope switching it out doesn't hurt the online community, and I REALLY hope that they take a page from Splatoon's book and put out free DLC every once in a while to keep levels fresh.

 

[jholmes]

Hell yes! Now I don't have to set back my Wii U clock in anticipation of the game.

 

[Drilbit777]

Good on Nintendo removing this, it was an odd idea in the first place to restrict it just because they didn't want to "overwhelm" people.

 

[Porcile]

hmmmmm

have you used every item in the current set yet?

I just made a level which use everything. Kouriozan is having the same problem in the OT. I haven't got shit!

If it's because I loaded the game before the patch installed, then that's really dumb.

 

[phanphare]

Well, not for me, only played with the patch installed. (1.01)

how much did you mess around with the current set? did you use every item? did you shake things and combine them?

starting to seem like things unlock as you meet certain requirements with the editor

I just made a level which use everything. Someone else is having the same problem in the OT. I haven't got shit!

If it's because I loaded the game before the patch installed, then that's really dumb.

interesting..

 

[NotLiquid]

I liked the idea of padding unlocks and the idea of letting players get accustomed to what was there first due to the versatility. Unlike MGSV's arbitrary wait time which I've railed against quite a bit, the design here seemed to support the idea of getting accustomed to your current tools before you get a set of new ones. That said, 9 days was quite a lot to have to wait for the full experience, so I'd say this was a good move on their part. I'm not sure if 15 minutes is the sweet spot for this, but good move on Nintendo nonetheless.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

The funny thing is now it'll actually take slightly longer to unlock everything than just moving the clock forward.

Now you have to play two hours to unlock everything. Before you had to use the editor for five minutes, then exit the game, move the day ahead one and restart it.

You had to do this eight times but it takes less than ten minutes total as opposed to 15.

 

[massoluk]

I thought it was odd, but 9 days didn't really bother me that much. Too much backlash for them I guess.

 

[BiggNife]

IIRC there's a treehouse stream on twitch in about 3 hours so I'm guessing they're gonna clarify the new requirements there.

 

[Robin64]

Well, not for me, only played with the patch installed. (1.01)

The actual conditions seem a bit weird at this point. Were you in the editor a lot, or just playing levels?

 

[daycru]

Bad idea, I take Nintendo's ideas on game design over guku420's.

 

[Litri]

Wasn't bothered by it but it's good they have fixed one of the complains.

 

[Captain Europe]

Good, I let my sister play with the level creator with day 2 items and she commented that there were very few items, imagine dealing with that for a few days, bad idea. I already unlocked everything by changing the date, but good for Nintendo for listening.

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

There's a patch out for a game that releases tomorrow?

 

[NateDrake]

You have to play in the creator. So if the new time is, say, 30minutes it means you must be creating, testing, and such in the creator tool. You can't just play other levels, open the creator and expect new options to be there.

 

[AdanVC]

This is greaaaaaaaaatttttt

 

[Stoze]

Great! I'm looking forward to pick it up now. That was an uncharacteristically lazy decision for Nintendo. Rather than finding an appropriate solution or tutorial process for the unlocks, it was "Fuck it, wait a while". With the requirement to play on 9 separate days worth of sessions for the unlocks, I honestly wasn't going to buy it because that could be upwards of a month or more of actual playing for me.

Well with the original way, you could just play for 5 minutes, change the date on the Wii U settings, then play for 5 minutes, and then unlock everything in less then an hour, not a month of playtime. It goes by the system clock, not a server clock like Splatoon.

So now with the patch it does actually take a longer amount of playtime in the editor to unlock everything, but I doubt it's more than 3 or 4 hours (for those people not having it glitch out on them).

Not complaining though, I'd rather stay in the editor and keep unlocking stuff organically than have to back out every 5 mins.

 

[TheJoRu]

Didn't care, especially since it could be so easily bypassed, but hey, if it makes people happier then that's a good thing.

 

[Kouriozan]

how much did you mess around with the current set? did you use every item? did you shake things and combine them?

starting to seem like things unlock as you meet certain requirements with the editor

Definitely did all that.

If it's because I loaded the game before the patch installed, then that's really dumb.

Don't worry, started played after the update and nothing too.

 

[Regiruler]

Weak. Don't back down.

 

[M.D.L]

We need another one to confirm this, because it seem OP is the only one who got it.

 

[Porcile]

You have to play in the creator. So if the new time is, say, 30minutes it means you must be creating, testing, and such in the creator tool. You can't just play other levels, open the creator and expect new options to be there.

I swear I've been playing around in the course editor for at least an hour and a half. I'll just leave it a little longer I guess.

 

[JeffGrubb]

As I said in my review, I loved the 9-day delay. Limitations are the fuel of creativity. But whatever.

 

[Supermanisdead]

But Nintendo knows better than us.

 

[Nanashrew]

15 minutes is better than daily, but the overreactions to this were a world of stupid.

Yep. I mean, I found it kinda disappointing too but I chose to remain positive and wanting to utilize the 9 days to create and learn the basics of level design like Jeremy Parish did for his Super Mario Maker videos. That whole thread was crazy and some legitimately cancelling their pre-orders over it.

 

[Morts]

There's a patch out for a game that releases tomorrow?

This is actually more common than not.

 

[EPaul]

Great, the idea was dumb to begin with

 

[Sephzilla]

As I said in my review, I loved the 9-day delay. Limitations are the fuel of creativity. But whatever.

A lot of fuel doesn't matter when you have a tiny gas tank to put it into.

 

[JeffGrubb]

We need another one to confirm this, because it seem OP is the only one who got it.

I've seen this on Reddit as well.

 

[NateDrake]

I swear I've been playing around in the course editor for at least an hour and a half. I'll just leave it a little longer I guess.

Try leaving the course editor or upload a level and then returning to see if it prompts a new arrival.

As I said in my review, I loved the 9-day delay. Limitations are the fuel of creativity. But whatever.

I didn't mind it either. It made me think of new ways of designing a stage with limited options. The challenging and creative 'Don't Do Shrooms' stage was made with only Day 1 items.

 

[DR2K]

Good. It was dumb to do. Never do it again.

 

[BY2K]

There's a patch out for a game that releases tomorrow?

You never heard of Day 1 patches?

Are you new here?

 

[Supermanisdead]

I'm going to be overwhelmed with my options. How the hell can I make master level courses without the 9 day tutorial?

 

[Robin64]

We need another one to confirm this, because it seem OP is the only one who got it.

Oh I'm not.

More.

 

[Jotamide]

Good, it was a stupid idea in the first place.

Pretty much.

 

[UncleSporky]

We need another one to confirm this, because it seem OP is the only one who got it.

You're saying either OP is a liar or Nintendo made a bizarre special build of the game just for him that delivers things early?

That would be the strangest bug in existence.

 

[Ninjimbo]

I prefer getting familiar with the tools first instead of having everything dumped onto me. Oh well. As long as it shuts up the whiners, I'm all for it.

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

Was weird an overly controlling so glad to see that shit gone.

 

[Kouriozan]

Oh I GOT IT.
Made a super long level, filling with land and the truck finally came.

 

[cacildo]

Next step: removing animal crossing real time system because people just cant handle it

 

[Mesoian]

Now if only Konami would listen to the complaints about timers and FOBs...

I mean, hell, they want out the door as far as video games are concerned. Konami has console senioritis.