19 Predictions For This Fall's MetaCritic Gaming Scores

19. Super Mario Maker

MetaCritic Score: 84 What To Expect: Exactly the sort of game every Mario fan worth their salt has been asking for since forever. You can finally build your own Mario games of all different shapes and sizes, and going by the extensive play-tests granted to journalists, it likely more than lives up to the hype. SMM isn't merely settling for the art of creation, though: players can also share their masterpieces (or monstrosities) online, ensuring the game is likely to endure for years and years. Given how much Nintendo have mastered simple but fiendishly addictive gameplay over the decades, expect this to be one of the most accessible mainstream creation tools in recent video game history. Gamers have wanted to know what it feels like to be Shigeru Miyamoto for years now, and finally, they're going to be able to find out, so it's hard to imagine this one scooping anything but strong reviews across the board, and being another reason to pick up a Wii U. Release Date: September 11