Super Mario Maker: 14 Most Creative Levels You Must Download

Torture, existential dread, psychedelic drugs - oh, and Mario Gear Solid.

Super Mario Maker is one of the greatest inventions ever. Sliced bread has nothing on this, Nintendo's latest is right up there competing with the original loaf and the smartphone. Giving gamers the tools to create their own Super Mario levels is like handing Jack Nicholson the keys to the asylum - with the resulting creative chaos being an awesome blend of unharnessed madness and ingenuity. With the brilliance shown by Mario Maker creators though, you do wonder if Nintendo is looking over its shoulder, thinking how the hell it's ever going to top some of the levels on offer going forward. The levels in Super Mario Maker range from surreal stories exploring the psyches of the series' more enigmatic characters, to deviously designed, trap-filled nightmares that demand a level of skill never required before in a Mario game. These levels also offer theories and insights into the Mario mythos that Nintendo would never have dared venture into. Have you ever wondered what happens to a Goomba after it dies, or imagined a Mario level in which shrooms are actually bad for you? Those are just some of the questions that get answered in this list of the best user-created Mario Maker levels to date.

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