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What's the worst Mario level?
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ThisIsMyDogKyle
Banned
Sunshine and the pachinko level, nothing else comes close, the controls themselves simply don't work like they seem they should.
cancerdancer
Member
The one in 3 with that damned sun that scares you as a 5 year old!
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Every level in Sunshine?
Belgian Dude
Member
Wing Mario Over the Rainbow
(if only because I was in a pannenkoek2012 binge and that damn course seems to foil the A-button challenge and others at every course. I think it's literally the only course you can't complete capless/cannonless too)
(if only because I was in a pannenkoek2012 binge and that damn course seems to foil the A-button challenge and others at every course. I think it's literally the only course you can't complete capless/cannonless too)
Velocity:Design:Comfort
Banned
Ding ding ding
QuixoticNeutral
Member
Sunshine has some of the highest highs in the series but several of the lowest lows. Most of the ones mentioned up the thread aren't that bad, but the worst offender for me was always the bottle stage. For a game oriented around water, the handling of underwater movement in SMS is the worst in the series, something that Galaxy went to great lengths to correct with its Koopa shell swimming mechanic.
ThisIsMyDogKyle
Banned
another one, while not technically a level, in order to access one of the levels in sunshine you had to take Yoshi on multiple slow as hell boat rides to an island, thing is, despite there being a lot of waiting you can't just stop paying attention and wait for the next boat as yoshi will run out of juice and die, then you have to start all over, and if you accidentally misjudge a jump and hit the water, you're also starting over because yoshi can't touch water for some reason. not only that but the level itself is horrible and one of the more frustrating levels in the game and if you get a game over guess what? time for another long boat ride!
Pachinko level is pretty shit.
For something different, I didn't like the level in Mario 64 where you get the wingcap, getting all the red coins there was pretty obnoxious since you have to be pretty precise with your new ability despite using it for the first time.
Worst level not best level.
For something different, I didn't like the level in Mario 64 where you get the wingcap, getting all the red coins there was pretty obnoxious since you have to be pretty precise with your new ability despite using it for the first time.
Champions Road from 3D World
Even with powerups galore it took me well over 100 tries to complete this level.
Worst level not best level.
Champions Road from 3D World
Even with powerups galore it took me well over 100 tries to complete this level.
Sounds like an awesome level.
GKSilKamina
Member
Super Mario Sunshine has a lot of contenders, but that pachinko stage gets my vote.
I love Sunshine but also agree on a lot of worst level contenders here, but man, that boat... I just wanted to fight Bowser and finish the game man, that's all I wanted
So, none of them?
Triforce141
Member
Gold Leaf Galaxy
It's just a recolored mirror version of Honey Hive Galaxy with very minor changes to the level design itself, so lazy
It's just a recolored mirror version of Honey Hive Galaxy with very minor changes to the level design itself, so lazy
Berserking Guts
Member
Bowsers maze/memorization castles in super mario bros/lost levels. Just annoying trial and error that require no actual skill to figure out.
Vanguard771
Member
Any level that automatically scrolls the screen.
Agreed. Takes all of the fun out of the level, imo.
Champions Road from 3D World
Even with powerups galore it took me well over 100 tries to complete this level.
As much as I hate Sunshine as a whole, I have to second Champions road. It is impossible.
Yoshimitsu126
Member
Oh god I hate that galaxy too.
lol wut? Git gudChampions Road from 3D World
Even with powerups galore it took me well over 100 tries to complete this level.
Champion's Road is objectively one of the best levels created for any Mario game.
This gets my vote. God that was obnoxious as heck.
Its always fair, and you can make it easier by playing with Peach and a friend. I wouldnt say its the best level
and dying probably close to 4000 times before i could get a near clean solo run made me hate the soundtrack.
This was the point where I gave up on Sunshine. Didn't even complete the game, let alone trying to get all 120 Shines.
I went through a phase of rebuying old game a few years ago, and bough Sunshine on eBay. Dreaded the fairground stage, and the Shine where you have to fight again the camera to get to the top of the stage. Found you could easily cheese it by getting to the top of the roller coaster and then just FLUDDing it over to the Shine on the other building. If only I'd figured that out back in the day.
panama chief
Member
ALL 3D water levels. shit. all 2D water levels after Super Mario Bros 1. they all fucking suck. yes, even the ones in 3 with the frog suit.
Davey Cakes
Member
Thanks for bringing up the Yoshi boat ride, Corona Mountain, and Piantas throwing Mario around.
Just about ruined my day.
Just about ruined my day.
Maybe I'm weird but I found the manta ray surfing to be fun.
crimzonflame
Member
World 7 in SMB3 was just full of the worst levels.
Godzilla's Left Toe
Member
Sunshine and the pachinko level, nothing else comes close, the controls themselves simply don't work like they seem they should.
So awful.
It's a masterpieceChampions Road from 3D World
Even with powerups galore it took me well over 100 tries to complete this level.
It's the stupid ass motion control ball levels in galaxy
MrSaturn99
Member
The only acceptable answer is Corona Mountain.