Nintendo officially announces partnership with Facebook for Super Mario Maker Hackathon

Earlier today, Nintendo prematurely announced a partnership with Facebook regarding the upcoming game Super Mario Maker. While details regarding the partnership were scarce at the time, the company officially made the announcement tonight.

Nintendo will host a special "hackathon" event at Facebook headquarters on July 28th and 29th  that'll see employees at the social media company design a level in Super Mario Maker for Wii U that'll eventually become available after the game's release.

"Hackathon events are a unique element of the Facebook company culture, and an opportunity for employees to pursue a project outside their day-to-day responsibilities to rapidly create something that interests them," the press release detailed. "The Super Mario Maker hackathon is exclusively for Facebook employees to design a special level in the game. At the event, participants will be using the demo version of the game that drew rave reviews at the recent E3 video game trade show to create levels using the in-game tools that will become available to a wider audience when the game launches exclusively for Wii U on the 11th of September."

Following the two-day event, the designers will present their creations to a panel of judges with the winning individual or team having the opportunity to make the level available for Super Mario Maker players after the game's launch. Nintendo will be making a video series documenting the event available for fans shortly after the event concludes.