Super Mario Maker is down for maintenance tonight

Someone hand Nintendo that hammer from Donkey Kong, because it needs to do some work on its Super Mario Maker servers.

The engineers at Nintendo are heading into what I’m sure is a twisted underground cavern filled with pipes and goombas to fix up its servers for the Wii U’s Super Mario Maker this evening. This will ensure the level-making game’s online features continue to function properly, but it also means that you may have trouble getting online to play. The maintenance window begins tonight (Monday, October 5) at 5 p.m. Pacific (8 p.m. Eastern). Nintendo plans to finish working on the servers at 7 p.m. Pacific (10 p.m. Eastern). Nintendo has also regularly performed maintenance on its games like Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, which is one of the reasons fans can’t get enough of it.