Everything about it has been shrunk down from TV and Gamepad to the handheld’s twin screens, with the top screen showing how the level will look when played and the bottom screen giving you everything you need to create with just a few taps of the stylus. If you’re familiar with the level editor on Wii U, you’ll feel right at home on 3DS as well.
These levels can also be edited and used as a way to learn how to get the best out of the game’s creation tools. Thankfully, as soon as you complete a level in Super Mario Challenge, it’s added to the Coursebot for you to replay and aim for the challenge medals outside of that mode. It adds a compulsive desire to go back and try again, and I’ve sunk many lives into replaying a level right after having first completed it. They can be as simplistic as collecting 50 coins or picking up a 1-Up mushroom as you play, or as ridiculous as running underneath five flying Piranha Plants or leading all of the level’s Boos to the finish flag. They even encourage you to think outside the box and play in different ways, thanks to each level having two medal challenges to aim for.
