I actually feel super attached to this game but will admit I didn't play Mario Maker 1. Judging from the reviews, many found that superior. I'll trust them on that, but this game still is nothing to sneeze at!

Mario Maker 2 ups the stakes by adding a new kind of level, the New Super Mario levels as a base, along with creating more innovative levels that don't even revolve around going from point A to point B, but creating fulfilling requirements like "collect this amount of coins" or "defeat x amount of this specific enemy."

These are all amplified with the wonderful levels in story mode that show the best this game can be: fun levels in which you're not allowed to jump, levels in which you hunt for coins and play something more like a Metroidvania, a level in which you don't even have to move and you'll still complete it!

This game is just perfect for creative people and for gamers alike. I think Mario Maker 2 is a Switch must-play, and really shows the creativity of the Mario community that isn't PC ROM-Hackers, even though those guys probably deserve more credit for how tough those Kaizo levels are.

Just a good, fun game!