Super Mario Maker 2 Adds Online Play With Friends (And More) In Newest Update

Super Mario Maker 2 might be an absolute gem of a game, reflected in both its reviews and its popularity among fans since launch, but it’s not a perfect game. Since its release though, Nintendo has been making occasional updates to the platformer-slash-creation toolset to make improvements here and there.

Back before launch though, when it came to light that, bafflingly enough, Super Mario Maker 2 would not let you play online with friends, there was a fair amount of confusion and backlash in response to the decision. In response to the backlash, Nintendo confirmed that playing online with your friends would eventually be made available in the game post-launch with a patch- and now, that patch is here.

Update 1.1.0 adds the ability to play both, Versus and co-op modes with friends online, including on courses in the Coursebot (both, those that have been uploaded and those that have been downloaded). There are also new options for local play as well as LAN play. Meanwhile, the game also adds other quality-of-life improvements, such as adding horizontal Joy-Con play in all modes, adding button controls in handheld mode, and adding a refresh button to the Courses Uploaded section.

You can check out the full patch notes below. Super Mario Maker 2 is currently available on the Nintendo Switch.

PATCH NOTES:

Course World

Network Play

• Added “Play with friends”
  • You can now play online with friends in either Multiplayer Versus or Multiplayer Co-op modes.
  • You can now select courses uploaded to Course World as well as courses saved to Coursebot.
  • The Nintendo Switch Online mobile app is now supported.
    • You can automatically match online with people that you were matched with via the app, and can voice chat with them.
• Added features to “Nearby Play”
  • You can now play in Multiplayer Co-op mode as well as Multiplayer Versus mode.
  • You can now select courses uploaded to Course World as well as courses saved to Coursebot.
  • When playing a course saved to Coursebot, the host system doesn’t need to be connected to the internet.
• Added “LAN Play”
  • Players connected to the same LAN (Local Area Network) can now wirelessly play together.
  • fter selecting Network Play, you can switch to LAN Play mode by clicking in the L Stick and pressing the L or R buttons.
• If the connection is unstable before Multiplayer Co-op or Multiplayer Versus starts, the match will be cancelled.
• In Multiplayer Co-op, when everyone chooses “Let’s start over!”, the timer will now be reset.
• Changed the look of the gauge for S+, the highest rank in Multiplayer Versus.
• If a player places Builder Boxes after a warp point, other players will now be able to break them and proceed forward.
• All players will take the same amount of time to move through a Warp Pipe, regardless of the state of their character.
• After updating to Ver. 1.1.0, you will no longer be able to match with players using Ver. 1.0.1 or lower in Network Play.

Course Info

• You can now select Play Together directly from any course uploaded to a player’s profile.
• Simplified the display of comments containing stamps in “View comments.”

Maker Profile

• Added a refresh/update button to “Courses uploaded.”
• Added a list showing a user’s 100 most recent First Clears.
• Now displays a user’s total number of First Clears.
• Now displays a user’s total number of world-record times.

Official Makers

• Added a list of Official Makers in Leaderboards.

Course Maker

• You can now use touch with button controls in handheld mode.
  • You can also go back to touch-only controls from Settings in the Main Menu.

General

• You can now play with a horizontal Joy-Con in all Game Modes.
  • You can change your controller grip from Settings in the Main Menu.
• Other issues have been fixed to make for a more pleasant gaming experience.