How are 100 Mario Challenges difficulty determined

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So anyone who has played enough mario maker probably has had their share of the 100 mario challenges. I'm wondering exactly what determines what difficulty an uploaded level gets.

Maybe the number of times it's skipped?
Maybe how many men it takes the people who finished it?
Maybe a combination of these and other factors?

I'm curious because my friends say my levels are almost impossible, but my notifications show people playing them, finishing them, etc. I wonder what setting they were on to even get to play them at all. A stat that is either missing or I haven't seen it yet.

Any thoughts?

Best Answer

I think Nintendo has never shared the way their algorithm determines a stage's difficulty. However, there is a discussion on reddit where a player shared his/her experience with his own stage.

Below is the conclusion and I suggest you to read her/his full story here.

[...] the difficulty rating system must be taking the typical number of deaths per player into account, rather than just tracking every single life used and dividing by the number of players.

So if 99 people complete your level without losing a single life, and then 1 player loses a thousand lives, in theory the level should still be classed as "Easy" in Super Mario Maker Bookmark.

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