Super Mario Maker 2’s versus play is hilariously unfair

Nintendo has a reputation for making multiplayer games that often disregard player skill. That’s a nice way of saying that the publisher is responsible for a lot of BS factories. You can try to get good at Mario Kart or Mario Party, but Nintendo is still gonna throw random junk at you. Well, now that tendency has filtered down to Nintendo fans as well thanks to the recently released Super Mario Maker 2. One of the best new modes in Super Mario Maker 2 is its online versus challenge, which pits you against three other people in a race to the finish. And as with most of the game, players create every level. And oh the horrors they have wrought.

If you’re spending most of your time in Endless Challenge, you might think that players have improved their overall level quality for Super Mario Maker 2. That’s wrong. The bad levels have all moved to multiplayer instead. I’ve played a lot of stages that are 3 seconds long and just about running 10 feet from the start to the end-stage goal. But most levels are just a parade of bullshit.