Fans are trying to beat every level of ‘Super Mario Maker’ before server shutdown
nme.comSuper Mario Maker before Nintendo shuts down the servers.Super Mario Maker was released in 2015 for the Wii U and allowed fans to upload player-made levels to an online hub, as long as they could actually be completed.
In 2020, Nintendo confirmed it would be winding down support for the game, with the online hub closing on April 8.The group known as ‘The 0%ers’ started their task of completing every level of Super Mario Maker in 2017, with more than 40,000 fan-created stages to beat.Now with just over a month to go, ‘The 0%ers’ have 347 levels to go and have launched a dedicated website to track their progress.
As it stands, the collective believes they will complete the game by March 6.SMM1 daily countdown Levels remaining: 388 Days remaining: 40 Projected completion date: March 6th 2024— Team 0% (@Team0Percent) February 29, 2024Sharing their story on Reddit, Desantoos explained that the collective have already beaten some of Super Mario Maker’s most challenging levels, including tough precision level ‘Beast Needle’ and another that “literally requires a computer science degree” to complete due to players needing to create and utilise a complicated sorting algorithm.However, there are still plenty of challenges ahead including ‘Beat The Herbs’, which requires split-second jumps, and ‘Muncher Stairs’ which needs pixel-perfect swimming to beat.
Another unbeaten Time Attack level reportedly needs frame-perfect movements to complete.I got another clear for team 0%!!! 750 levels left pic.twitter.com/VlIvb3w8wa— Thabeast721.
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