Super Mario’s Invisible Difficulty Settings

🔴 Get bonus content by supporting Game Maker’s Toolkit - 🔴 From Super Mario Bros. to Mario Wonder, Nintendo has explored and experimented with a genius way to let players dictate their own level of difficulty. === Sources and Resources === - Sources [1] New Super Mario Bros: Volume 1 | Iwata Asks [2] Super Mario World – 1990 Developer Interview | Shmuplations [3] New Super Mario Bros: Volume 3 | Iwata Asks [4] Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto | Nintendo Channel [5] New Super Mario Bros: Volume 2 | Iwata Asks [6] 9 Things Shigeru Miyamoto Told Us About the New Star Fox | TIME [7] Super Mario Bros. Any% Speedrun in 4: *WR* | Niftski [8] Is it Possible to Beat New Super Mario Bros. U Without Touching a Single Coin? | Ceave Gaming [9] Super Mario Odyssey Nipple% Speedrun in 7: | Tyron18 [10] SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - A Presses | pannenkoek2012 [11] Ask the Developer Vol. 11, Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Nintendo - Additional resources Miyamoto and Tezuka on the struggle of balancing games for advanced players and beginners | Nintendo Everything Shigeru Miyamoto talks Game Design (1998) | Shmuplations === Chapters === 00:00 - Intro 02:34 - The Three Pipes 04:11 - Making the Game More Difficult 11:29 - Making the Game Easier 17:19 - Seamless Shifting 19:06 - Encouraging Players to Try 23:02 - Case Study: Super Mario Bros. Wonder 27:06 - Outro === Games Shown === Super Mario 3D All-Stars | 2020 Super Mario Bros. | 1985 Super Mario World | 1990 Super Mario 64 | 1996 Super Mario Odyssey | 2017 Super Mario Bros. Wonder | 2023 Doom Eternal | 2020 Final Fantasy XV | 2016 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | 2024 New Super Mario Bros. | 2012 Super Mario Land 2: The Six Golden Coins | 1992 Super Mario Galaxy | 2007 Super Mario 3D World | 2013 New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 2009 Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | 2016 New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 2012 New Super Mario Bros | 2006 Super Mario Galaxy 2 | 2010 Super Mario 3D Land | 2011 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island | 1995 Donkey Kong | 1981 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe | 1999 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels | 1986 New Super Luigi U | 2013 Super Mario Maker 2 | 2019 Super Mario Sunshine | 2002 Super Mario Bros. 3 | 1988 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | 2019 Super Mario Bros. 2 | 1988 Dead Space | 2023 Fire Emblem: Three Houses | 2019 Star Fox Zero | 2016 Super Mario Run | 2016 === Credits === Music provided by Epidemic Sound - (Referral Link) Music from Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario Odyssey, New Super Mario Bros. U === Subtitles === Contribute translated subtitles - TBA