Editor Freezing is a glitch in Super Mario Maker that allows the player to freeze everything in a level, while still having full control over Mario by prolonging the Screen Freeze. Like the name implies, this glitch is only possible when playing in the editor.
How It Works[]
When Mario changes forms the screen will freeze for a few frames before returning to normal. Shaking Mario to change his form and dropping him into the setup likely freezes his animation and tricks the game into thinking the screen freeze is still active.
Activating the Glitch[]
This glitch is activated by shaking Small Mario in order to transform him into Super Mario and immediately dropping him into the setup. Alternatively, immediately performing a Spin Jump after dropping Mario will also cause this to happen. Mario will need to be dropped in a setup that will not allow him to move up or down when jumping.
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Small Mario[]
It is also possible to perform this glitch as Small Mario, by starting the glitch with Super Mario and performing the same steps. While in this state, Small Mario will appear as a Shrunken Super Mario.
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Mechanics Affected[]
Frozen Animation[]
Everything in the level will be frozen in place. This includes enemies and items that are in midair, the horizonatal autoscrolling and most interestingly, the timer will also be frozen. Mario will also be unable to throw any items he is carrying. However, the background animation and vertical scrolling in Airship levels will still function normally.
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Object Interaction[]
Even though everything in the level is frozen, Mario is still able to interact with certain objects, such as being able to activate ? Blocks, Note Blocks and POW Blocks or being able collect coins, pink coins and keys. However, the animation for these interactions will not happen until the Screen Freeze is de-activated. This also means that activating a POW Block during this time will not kill any enemies.
P Meter[]
Very surprisingly the P Meter will still function exactly as intended when in the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style.
Spawning[]
No new objects will be able to spawn even if Mario is close to them.
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Deactivating the Glitch[]
The glitch will be de-activated as soon as Mario leaves the setup and everything will return to normal.
See Also[]
| v • eGlitches in Super Mario Maker | ||
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| Gameplay | Enemies |
Beach Koopa Entering a Warp Door • Bowser Jr. Spin Glitch • Conveyor/Mole Projectile Glitch • Fast Muncher Launch Glitch • Flying Enemy Glitch • Frozen Enemy Glitch (Beach Koopa) • High Speed Muncher/Thwomp Glitch • Magikoopa Stack Floating Muncher Glitch • Muncher Hitbox Glitch • Phantom Bowser Jr. Glitch • Small Koopa Troopa Glitch • Wiggler Super Jump Glitch • Yoshi Shell Glitch |
| Items |
Anti-Gravity Glitch • Background Items Glitch • Bill Blaster Fast Item Launch Glitch • Bill Blaster Physics Glitch • Clown Car Momentum Storage Glitch • Clown Car Separation Glitch • Crouching With Items Glitch • Disappearing Items Glitch • Entangled Spring Glitch • Flying Cannon Glitch • Frozen Yoshi Glitch • Goomba's Shoe Duplication Glitch • Infinite Coins Glitch • Item Momentum Storage Glitch • Item Wall Clip • Items Into Uploaded Levels Glitch • Jumping Spring Glitch • No Bounce Spring Jump Glitch • Non-Interactive Spring Glitch • Null Sprite Glitch • Offscreen Coin Glitch • Pink Coin Duplication • Pink Coin Respawning Glitch • Power-up Physics Glitch • Spring Launching Glitch • Spring Momentum Glitch • Super Spring Jump Glitch • Teleporting Power-up Glitch • Winged Items Glitch • Wrong State POW Block Glitch | |
| Other |
Door Teleportation Glitch • Editor Freezing Glitch • Ending Sequence Delayed Note Block Jump • Fake Checkpoint Glitch • Fire Floater • Flutter Jump Refresh Glitch • Forced Crouch Storage Glitch • Hidden Crouch • Intangible Wall Glitch • Invincibility Glitch • Life After Death • Object Bypassing • Pipe Conveyor Glitch • Pipe Teleport Glitch • Shrunken Mario Glitch • Slow Motion Glitch • Small Jump Glitch • Spawn-Blocked Stack • Stack Displacement Glitch • Stack Flipping Glitch • Teleportation Glitch • Track Momentum Glitch • Walking Through Walls • Yoshi Eating Blocks Glitch | |
| Visual |
Air Twirl Animation • Bumper Sprite Glitch • Coin Lava Sprite Glitch • Frozen Shellmet Animation • Goomba Shoe Sprite Glitch • Invisible POW Block Glitch • Missing Shellmet Animation • Underwater Animation Glitch | |
| Crashes |
Blank Level Game Crash • Muncher Door Softlock • Offscreen Pipe Softlock • Title Screen Game Crash • Underwater Pipe Softlock • Yoshi/Fire Flower Game Crash | |