NEWS | Super Mario Maker 2 update adds Link as playable character
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Today (December 5, 2019) Super Mario Maker 2 owners will receive a free 2.0 update which adds Link from Legend of Zelda as a playable character. The update also comes with new course parts, enemies and a new gameplay mode.
With the Master Sword power up - turn Mario into Link and gain the ability to use Link's classic moveset such as the sword to attack, guard with the shield, dash attack and down thrust to defeat usually protected enemies like spike-covered Spinies.
As Link, you will also have access to use the bow and arrow and bombs which is useful when you wanna blow up some walls.
As with the main game, the update brings are few new additions into the mix:
- Dash Block: Available in the Super Mario 3D World style, the Dash Block course part gives Mario a major speed burst when stepped on.
- Frozen Coin: These coins are surrounded by a block of ice and can only be released if melted by fireballs or other fire elements, including a certain angry sun.
- P Block: When a P Switch is hit in the course, invisible P Blocks temporarily turn into hard platforms, or vice-versa.
- Spike: This classic enemy coughs up massive spike balls and launches them at Mario. If used in the snow environment, Spike will toss snowballs instead.
- Pokey: The iconic stacked cactus from multiple Super Mario games joins Super Mario Maker 2 for the first time. Players can even edit the height of each Pokey.
For the speedrunners out there, a new mode Ninji Speedrun, tasks the player to take a timed challenge courses created by Nintendo.
Other players’ Ninji Ghosts will run alongside players as they compete against rivals from around the world.
The Ninji Ghosts that appear are selected from player data at a similar performance level, so players can gradually improve their performance by running the course alongside other players’ Ninji Ghosts. Players can also collect stamps by clearing courses and redeem them in-game to get special Mii costumes.
Each Ninji Speedrun event will run for about one week, with new courses distributed periodically.
During the event, players will be ranked by their play time in that course. Players can still run the course alongside Ninji Ghosts and collect stamps even after the event period has ended.
Check out the release trailer from Nintendo:
Super Mario Maker 2 is available here
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