Nintendo Reportedly Removes Super Mario Maker 2 Courses Over Creator Hashtags

Reported course removals put Nintendo's community rules under the microscope

Gamereactor reports that a new debate has broken out around Super Mario Maker 2 after multiple well-known creators said Nintendo removed some of their user-made courses because of hashtags. The article says the issue surfaced through community discussion on ResetEra and through messages shared by creators such as DGR, PangaeaPanga, and Ryukahr. In other words, the current story is being driven by creator notices and player reporting rather than by a formal Nintendo announcement.

According to the report, the levels were not allegedly taken down for cheating, offensive material, or technical exploits. Instead, the cited reason was “advertisement rules.” In practice, that appears to mean hashtags like #DGR or #TeamShell were treated as promotional language rather than ordinary community labels. If that interpretation is accurate, Nintendo is drawing a much harder line between fan identity and marketing behavior than many players expected.

That distinction matters because Super Mario Maker 2 lives or dies on community circulation. Creator tags, challenge tags, and recurring event labels are part of how players discover levels and follow specific designers over time. Removing courses for that kind of labeling could make long-tail community activity feel riskier, especially for creators whose identity is closely tied to streaming, challenge runs, or collaborative events.

Gamereactor frames the story as a report based on creator notices and community discussion, not as a formal Nintendo policy statement.

The outlet says creators were told their levels conflicted with advertisement rules.

The examples discussed publicly involve hashtag usage rather than cheating or explicit content moderation.

Because Nintendo has not been quoted giving a broader explanation, the full scope of enforcement remains unclear. It is not yet obvious whether the removals target all branded hashtags, only certain naming patterns, or only a narrow subset of cases. That uncertainty is part of why the story is resonating so quickly across gaming communities today.

Gamereactor also notes that Nintendo has faced similar criticism before in other community-driven games, including Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For players, the immediate concern is not only the deletion of specific stages. It is the possibility that a platform built on user creativity may now be interpreting normal community signposting as advertising. If that reading holds, Super Mario Maker 2 creators may have to rethink how they label, archive, and promote their work even inside Nintendo's own ecosystem.