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Super Mario Maker 1.01 day one patch will address item unlocks

While those that reviewed Super Mario Maker had to wait nine days to unlock all of the level editor's set pieces, it appears that Nintendo is about to release a day one patch that throws that idea out the window.

Ozzie Mejia

September 10, 2015 4:25 PM

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Super Mario Maker is set to arrive tomorrow, meaning the wait is almost over for a large number of would-be creators. Shacknews is very pleased with this new effort, with one of the few downsides of the game being that certain set pieces will only unlock over the course of nine days. However, that may not be the case when the game is released.

Ars Technica is observing the existence of a 1.01 day one patch that adjusts some of Super Mario Maker's more undesirable elements. Specifically, the level editor's set pieces will no longer unlock across a nine-day period. Unlocks will now arrive based on a user's play time. According to this report, pieces are arriving after sessions ranging from 15 minutes to 2 hours, with the number of existing pieces used possibly determining the unlock rate.

Super Mario Maker arrives on Wii U tomorrow.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?