It looks like the short red and tall green plumber brothers upcoming builder game won’t feature online play with friends but with randoms. However, local multiplayer is still a thing if you don’t mind playing with three others in person. Super Mario Maker 2 is set to hit Nintendo Switch on June 28th, 2019.

According to a new report done by nintendoworldreport.com, we learn that the “addition of online multiplayer” in the forthcoming sequel to the first Super Mario Maker only allows for random play with others. The website notes that whether you’re “seeking out co-op or competitive play,” the only way to play online multiplayer specifically with friends is through one system or local wireless play:

“Nintendo’s reasoning is that, with global leaderboards, the matchmaking for competitive play would be compromised if you could play with friends. That limitation also extends to co-op play as well despite those not being leaderboard driven.

 

Multiplayer with friends can be done locally on a single system […] as well as through local wireless with up to four systems.”

The publication site in question closed its piece by saying that hopefully, the Super Mario Maker 2 online situation will change “via a future update.” Contrary to that, though, GameXplain followed up on the above report and reached out to the Big N and wrote the following:

“It’s true, Super Mario Maker 2 unfortunately won’t allow you to play online with your friends and will instead only match you with randoms. We reached out to Nintendo to verify NWR’s initial story and were met with a similar statement.”

The excerpt above comes from the following GameXplain video that is bite-sized in length while holding potent information regarding online and local play with friends and people around the Nintendo net:

You can look for Nintendo to release Super Mario Maker 2 on the Switch late June 2019.