When comparing Splatoon vs Super Mario Maker, the Slant community recommends Splatoon for most people. In the question“What are the best Wii U first party games?” Splatoon is ranked 3rd while Super Mario Maker is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Splatoon is:
The game modes are not your standard kill everyone to win game modes. you can kill other players, but completing the the game modes task is much more important. This makes for a different experience from the normal FPS as the objectives are quite different.
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Pros
Pro Fun and innovative
The game modes are not your standard kill everyone to win game modes. you can kill other players, but completing the the game modes task is much more important. This makes for a different experience from the normal FPS as the objectives are quite different.
Pro Games to play while you wait for connection to multiplayer
While your waiting for enough people to join a multiplayer game you can play 1 of 4 mini games to keep you entertained.
Pro Living world
With lore, funny characters, and its own language, the world feels living thanks to the depth of design.
Pro Easy learning curve
The game eases the player into the action, with early levels being easy to grasp. Slowly the game throws more mechanics at you, making for a nice learning curve that never feels overwhelming.
Pro Swath of Mario themes from througout the years
From the original Super Mario Bros. to the new New Super Mario Bros the graphics contained in those games is available to use to create any type of level you want.
Pro Use Mario licensed graphics to create your own levels to play in
Mario Maker is about the user creating their own levels of Super Mario through the use of design tools and assets that can be found in a wide array of Super Mario games. This means one can mimic or expand upon ideas found in pretty much any Mario game that exists.
Cons
Con Not easy to communicate
Being that this is a Nintendo game (geared towards children), there is no available voice chat in the game, which makes communication and forming strategy all but impossible through the game.
Con Online discovery can be difficult
One can spend hours making a level, to then upload it only to see almost no one play it. The reverse of that is also an issue as browsing for levels is not that intuitive, which makes finding good user made levels to download and play difficult.
Con Levels can be randomly deleted
nintendo has stated that any level that is uploaded online may face deletion if found to be "unpopular" after an amount of time. How much time this is or what specifically "unpopular" means has never been defined by Nintendo, leaving users to see their content deleted at random.