I spent an hour playing the crazy upcoming 'Super Mario' game where you can play unlimited levels and create your own — here's what it's like

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• Nintendo's next major "Super Mario" game is headed to the Nintendo Switch in late June.
• The new game, "Super Mario Maker 2," is a long-awaited sequel to a cult classic Mario title from Nintendo's failed Wii U console.
• I got a chance to play "Super Mario Maker 2" at a recent event in New York City, and came away excited to play more.
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What's better than a new "Super Mario" game from Nintendo? An infinite "Super Mario" game that allows you to outright build your own levels!

That's the promise of "Super Mario Maker 2," the more fully-featured sequel to cult classic Wii U game "Super Mario Maker." 

The new "Super Mario" game is scheduled to arrive in late June, but Nintendo offered press an early hands-on of the game at a New York City media event last week attended by Business Insider.

Here's what it's like:

In "Super Mario Maker 2," you can play through levels that look and feel like levels from the original "Super Mario Bros."

And levels that look and feel like "Super Mario Bros. 3."....

And ones that look and feel like "Super Mario World"...

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