18th December 2019, 11:18 PM
The new, preset levels are okay, and there are quite a few of them. If you played the first MM for Wii U, this game has a lot more of them and they're in a full story campaign, though it's as much of a tutorial as anything, and really isn't the point of the game; playing other peoples' levels online is, or making your own if you want.
As for how having Link works, it's sort of Zelda 2-ish, so you move around as a platformer character, can fire arrows (with the shoulder buttons) at three angles, can throw bombs with up+jump, use shield by ducking, down-attack with down plus button while in the air, etc. It's totally different from the costumes in MM1 because while there costumes were just that, costumes which had no effect on the gameplay, this Link costume totally changes the way the game plays and it's amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvklIxqWEag
I don't know what you mean by "tedious" and "work" about Mario Maker, though. Making levels can take time sure, but again that is optional. A lot of the levels people have made are either badly designed or very hard, so sure if you want to beat every level you come across that might be tedious, but definitely don't do that. Seeing the massive variety of stages, the inventive ideas people come up with never seen in official Nintendo games, levels both good and bad, easy (and there are lots of easy levels too!) and hard... the Mario Maker games are some of the most amazing things ever.
As for how having Link works, it's sort of Zelda 2-ish, so you move around as a platformer character, can fire arrows (with the shoulder buttons) at three angles, can throw bombs with up+jump, use shield by ducking, down-attack with down plus button while in the air, etc. It's totally different from the costumes in MM1 because while there costumes were just that, costumes which had no effect on the gameplay, this Link costume totally changes the way the game plays and it's amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvklIxqWEag
I don't know what you mean by "tedious" and "work" about Mario Maker, though. Making levels can take time sure, but again that is optional. A lot of the levels people have made are either badly designed or very hard, so sure if you want to beat every level you come across that might be tedious, but definitely don't do that. Seeing the massive variety of stages, the inventive ideas people come up with never seen in official Nintendo games, levels both good and bad, easy (and there are lots of easy levels too!) and hard... the Mario Maker games are some of the most amazing things ever.