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''Super Mario Maker'' has received generally positive reviews from critics. Currently, the game has an 88% average on Metacritic<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/super-mario-maker]</ref> and an 89% average on | ''Super Mario Maker'' has received generally positive reviews from critics. Currently, the game has an 88% average on Metacritic<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/super-mario-maker]</ref> and an 89% average on GameRankings and OpenCritic<ref>[http://www.gamerankings.com/wii-u/805618-mario-maker/index.html]</ref><ref>https://opencritic.com/game/1521/super-mario-maker</ref>. IGN gave the game a 9.6, praising the game's social elements and highlighting the 10 Mario Challenge in a positive light, stating that players would "see a genuine reverence for Mario’s history" in the online modes<ref>[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/09/02/super-mario-maker-review]</ref>. Destructoid, Nintendo World Report and VideoGamer.com gave the game an 8 out of 10, while Game Informer<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/super_mario_maker/b/wii_u/archive/2015/09/02/game-informer-super-mario-maker-review.aspx]</ref> and GameSpot<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-mario-maker-review/1900-6416236/]</ref> gave a 9 out of 10, and EGM<ref>[http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/super-mario-maker-review/]</ref> and Polygon<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/2/9190435/super-mario-maker-review-nintendo-wii-u]</ref> gave it an 9.5 out of 10. | ||
The game has been praised for its simple but well designed and expansive interface, social elements and highlighting the 10-Mario Challenge. Some criticisms towards the game include the lack of certain elements, with slopes being the most common, and the issue in finding courses from friends on the Course World feature. The game has also been criticized for its level-sharing organization and quality control such as Michael Thomsen from ''The Washington Post'', who lambasted the game by calling it "an engine for circulating bad ideas and broken gimmicks as if there weren’t already an overabundance of them."<ref>Thomsen, M. (September 15, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/15/super-mario-maker-is-an-engine-for-circulating-horrible-new-mario-levels/ “Super Mario Maker” is an engine for circulating horrible new “Mario” levels]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 4, 2015.</ref> Patricia Hernandez from ''Kotaku'', on the other hand, as a direct response to Thomsen's argument, has defended ''Super Mario Maker'', stating that "Mario Maker isn’t a worse game simply because all these shitty levels exist" and praising its simplicity of level creation, but has agreed that the content-sharing aspect of ''Super Mario Maker'' is highly flawed.<ref>Hernandez P. (September 16, 2015). [http://kotaku.com/crappy-levels-are-not-ruining-super-mario-maker-1731128413 Crappy Levels Are Not Ruining Super Mario Maker]. ''Kotaku''. Retrieved November 4, 2015.</ref> | The game has been praised for its simple but well designed and expansive interface, social elements and highlighting the 10-Mario Challenge. Some criticisms towards the game include the lack of certain elements, with slopes being the most common, and the issue in finding courses from friends on the Course World feature. The game has also been criticized for its level-sharing organization and quality control such as Michael Thomsen from ''The Washington Post'', who lambasted the game by calling it "an engine for circulating bad ideas and broken gimmicks as if there weren’t already an overabundance of them."<ref>Thomsen, M. (September 15, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/09/15/super-mario-maker-is-an-engine-for-circulating-horrible-new-mario-levels/ “Super Mario Maker” is an engine for circulating horrible new “Mario” levels]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 4, 2015.</ref> Patricia Hernandez from ''Kotaku'', on the other hand, as a direct response to Thomsen's argument, has defended ''Super Mario Maker'', stating that "Mario Maker isn’t a worse game simply because all these shitty levels exist" and praising its simplicity of level creation, but has agreed that the content-sharing aspect of ''Super Mario Maker'' is highly flawed.<ref>Hernandez P. (September 16, 2015). [http://kotaku.com/crappy-levels-are-not-ruining-super-mario-maker-1731128413 Crappy Levels Are Not Ruining Super Mario Maker]. ''Kotaku''. Retrieved November 4, 2015.</ref> | ||