Trivia / Super Mario Maker 2

• Ascended Fanon:
  • Toggleable ON/OFF switches to make blocks solid or not have been a mainstay in Super Mario World ROM hacks for years. With this game, they officially become part of the series. (ON/OFF switches existed in SMW but had a different function, while a switch that functions the same way existed in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for the Game Boy Color but did not use the ON/OFF sprite.)
  • The Heavy Fire Bros, which previously appeared in fan-made games such as New Super Mario Bros. Omega and Super Mario Evolution, make their official Mario debut in this game and are created when giving Fire Bros. a Super Mushroom in the 3D World game style.
• Banned in China: In June of 2020, this game was suddenly taken down from Chinese e-commerce websites for unknown reasons. However, as was reported across Chinese language media, it was alleged that the ban was due to user-made levels full of mockery and satires of the Chinese government, especially the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. However, this means that Chinese gamers can still own or play the game, but other Chinese gamers who don't have the game are out of luck now. Also, this incident was unknown to non-Chinese people until the YouTube channel "Censored Gaming" covered it.
• Dummied Out: The "Dizzy" sound/visual effect was removed from this game... but for some reason, you can activate its music distortion effect in the story level "Just a Normal, Everyday Castle".
• Meme Acknowledgment:
  • The Switch's News bulletin for the announcement of Super Mario Maker 2 references the game's addition of slopes after the first game's infamous lack of them:
  Create the Super Mario™ courses of your dreams in the brand-new sequel to original Wii U™ game. In this game, players will have access to even more tools, items and features. Just watch your step: those slopes can be steep.
  • This game's internal codename is "Slope".
• Milestone Celebration: Like how the original celebrated the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., this game celebrates the same anniversary for Super Mario Land by bringing back the Superball Flower, complete with Super Mario Land music and turning your player greenish-monochrome.
• What Could Have Been:
  • In the Super Mario Maker 2 Direct, a new, orange palette of the Super Mario Bros. 3 underground was shown, but was changed back to blue before release.
  • The Twister◊ (the "enemies" that blow you upwards) was originally designed◊ differently◊, looking more like Foos. This design was seen in the reveal trailer in the February 2019 Nintendo Direct, but was changed afterwards for unknown reasons. The original design isn't present in the final game's data, so what it looked like in the Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario 3D World styles remains a mystery.

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