But arguably, it's the original Mario Maker that had more meaningful cultural impact. Mario Maker was a happy accident; a case of a developer working with an internal tool and wondering if, perhaps, other people might have fun with it too. We may never get anything like Mario Maker again. By that same measure, the server shutdown means that none of us will ever be able to experience Mario Maker the same way again. Mario Maker 2 might hold the mantle now, but the reaper of online video game servers comes for everyone eventually.