A title which continues Nintendo's trend of encouraging creativity from their playerbase that was also seen in titles like Mario Paint. Fittingly there is definitely a lot of Mario Paint's DNA in this title. The game provides the player with tools for creating not only their own microgames, but illustrations, comics, and music as well. These creation tools are simple to understand and explained well to the player. Plus if you're not afraid to tinker with your system a bit and look around online, you'll discover that the game still has an active community creating more content for the game long after the official servers were shut down.

The microgame creation tool is simplistic, but powerful enough to give the player almost infinite options and possibilities with creation Though with these games being limited to tapping the screen to perform inputs some fan created entries might seem a bit too simple, and others that try to work around this may seem a bit too tricky or unwieldy for the simplified input system mixed with the incredibly short nature of the games themselves.

As for the collection of Microgames already included with the title, though there are fewer than normal since the title was split between this and DIY Showcase on WiiWare, they do an excellent job showcasing what players can build with the tools provided, all while providing the same charm fans of the series have grown to love.

You might need to do a bit of tinkering to get the most out of this game now, but even on its own, this is an excellent experience that I still find myself constantly coming back to.

Reviewed on Mar 16, 2024


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