Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS is a platform game creation system that permits players to design and play their own custom Super Mario levels. It belongs to the puzzle-platformer genre, as it blends traditional side-scrolling platform gameplay with puzzle-solving elements found in level creation and manipulation. The game offers a plethora of tools, objects, and enemies from the Mario series to create unique levels, which can then be shared and played by others. It's a handheld version of the popular Wii U title, tailored for the Nintendo 3DS with touch-screen controls and on-the-go playability.