The 3DS version will allow players to make Super Mario courses with all same creation tools as the previous Wii U version, except the Mystery Mushroom costume tool.
Nintendo announced during its live-streamed Nintendo Direct presentation on Thursday that Super Mario Maker is in development for the Nintendo 3DS.
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS will launch on December 2, 2016.
Nintendo released Super Mario Maker for the Wii U on September 11, 2015, and the game had sold more than one million copies by the end of the month.