The Most Unique Levels in Every Mario Game

Hey guys welcome to another video where today I want to go over some of the most unique, weirdest and insane levels in the entire Mario franchise. I tried to find the absolute best while also including NSLU as that specific entry is absolutely wacky. I hope you guys enjoy and please like, comment and subscribe!

[@bobbyboswell13]

an interesting thing you could do for a special video is a “first appearance” video where you show of the first ever appearance of everything in the series like first goomba appearance or first brick stuff like that! it would be a very long video but would be a great homage to mario

[@fabrizioart1928]

You can make more videos by categorizing by type, like power ups, enemies, etc, and limiting length by only counting things that appeared at least twice. That can be capped off by a video about stuff that only appeared once.

[@bobbyboswell13]

@@fabrizioart1928 you misunderstood im saying make a video about each game and the point in it where something appears for the first time the video would be a collection of the first appearance of everything mario

[@Magical_Mic]

@@bobbyboswell13 That would take up way too much time because there’s so much to go through with each game, not to mention almost every new Mario game has something new to add to that list

[@bobbyboswell13]

@@Magical_Mic well he could do every first appearance for enemies and also goombas would only appear once as their first appearance is smb 1 i just think it would be cool to see the very first appearances of some iconic mario things

[@randomdandysworldfan5247]

not interesting

[@MrAntiAuthority]

In wet dry world in Mario 64, The water level will also change depending on how high or low you jump into the painting

[@Nosretep]

Real sh*t!?

[@arcticfluffyfoxy]

​oh cool

[@MagcargoMan]

In fact, jumping high into the painting is the only way to get the water level as high as possible, as the highest water level achieved from the switches doesn't raise it as high.

[@arcticfluffyfoxy]

@@MagcargoMan nice

[@greeper7339]

Cool

[@reviewer945]

I think the Paper Mario games should have been on this list because Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door and Super Paper Mario had some of most unique levels in the series.

[@Dashiell777]

Is chapter 3 your favorite chapter in the game in Super Paper Mario

[@reviewer945]

@@Dashiell777 No but I do think it's unique however chapter 7 is my favourite.

[@Dashiell777]

@@reviewer945 chapter 7 is pretty good too

[@samquik]

He didn't want to make the video too huge

[@reviewer945]

@@samquik I get that but it would still be cool.

[@jayceofspades7195]

I actually never knew about that gimmick in SMW. Neat. I always thought it was weird there was a bunch of mushrooms floating around in bubbles all over the place.

[@dermegger7733]

I feel like Ruined Kingdom in SMO is also worth mentioning since it just has such a different vibe from anything else in the series.

[@robertm5110]

Mario 3 has the unique level of the Kuriboh shoe that has only ever appeared in that one level of that one game separate from Mario maker

[@BinglesP]

I came into this video knowing full well what level New Super Mario Bros. U would be chosen and I’m not disappointed I wish there was a Mario game that looked similar to that the whole way through, they did art styles like that before with all of the Yoshi’s Island games

[@jjcool8183]

Thank you for including New Super Luigi U, it is one of the most unique games in the entire franchise and it’s super nostalgic to me.

[@gameswithpeachcord7498]

Hahaha You serious?!?!

[@sexiemochic14]

Surprised you didn't mention the sand bird level and the eel teeth cleaning level in Super Mario Sunshine

[@NintendoTherapyPodcast]

Fun fact about Pina Park, it was the original concept for the hub world. In early stages they planned the hub world to be an amusement park with the rides leading to the levels.

[@wegtgttg]

13:54 did you really just call fire piranhas venus fire traps?

[@mubzytv]

Also in Wet Dry world, depending on how high you jump into the painting will determine how high the water level starts

[@DKay-gl3hv]

Always mentioning that certain aspects are "weird" or "doesn't make sense", but when you think about it the entire SERIES is weird and doesn't make sense.

[@professorgobbles6301]

"Great gole pole" 💀 Fr though, amazing video

[@plentyofpaper]

The "Moo Fish" is almost certainly a reference to the real life sea cow, another name for a manatee, which may be one of the major contributors to the legend of the mermaid. It's nice to see a more literal sea cow.

[@derekliljequist1086]

For Mario 3 how could you forget 5-3? It's the only level not just in the game but in the entire series to feature Kuribo's shoe the sock with the winding key that Mario hops around in.

[@Pyro03333]

For nsmb2, one level I find really unique is 2-2 because I like the unique, tower like platforms that are only in that level. I also like 3-gh for it's unique ghost walls that are only in that level. There's also 6-5 for its unique ghostly aesthetic.

[@Glasshouse828]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention 8-3 for Mario 1, it’s the only stage in the game with a castle grounds level theme

[@pokepress]

Really drives home that you’re approaching the enemy base, without making it a lava world.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

What about 5-1 in Mario 1? It is the only X-1 level which has a small castle (instead of a large castle) at the beginning (besides 1-1, which doesn't have ANY castle at the beginning)!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@Gaming j What I heard is that it was originally going to be a different level - and then they switched it at the end.

[@NickNackItaliano777]

By far the most unique level in SM64 is Big Boo's Haunt as it's the only one asides from the courtyard that has Boos, is very different to other levels design wise (the sky for example) and even has not one, but two unique music tracks. I honestly can't think of any level more unique than that one in SM64

[@Atilla33]

Rainbow Ride was pretty unique too

[@GMUACW]

You forgot the Kuribo's Shoe level from SMB 3.

[@osmiumforge]

"The most unique" immediately mentions two similar levels

[@humanskull182]

7:05 you will be missed, but never forgotten 😔

[@Pinkio]

reminds me of that penguin on Super Mario 64, he got the same treatment but with different intentions

[@pokepress]

I do wish they had done more “artistically inspired” levels in NSMBU, maybe one per world. Perhaps that was the original idea and they just didn’t have enough time.

[@beanieweenie1349]

Man, if I had a dollar for every time this guy mention Mario 3 Giant Land...

[@brandonhelcher3691]

For Odyssey I thought you'd mention the Ruined kingdom because of how out of place it and its boss look for a Mario game.

[@chili675]

13:54 Man really called Piranha Plants “Venus Fire Traps”

[@brandonhelcher3691]

For NSMB2 I'd say the w8 castle. Having to hide in front of walls to stop the koopalings from turning you to stone stood out to me.

[@astheniceel13]

*W6

[@Historicutuber]

Mario 64 has so many great levels

[@bobsiddoway]

4-4 on OG is still one of my favs. 🙌

[@blackenedheart9592]

Chocolate island in Super Mario World always reminds me of chocolate pop tarts. Lol. Which I love! 🤣🤣 Lol.

[@EdwardBrown]

Dude you forgot super Mario land 2 space land level 2 with the unique, awesome techno soundtrack! NO Mario game has ever had a similar soundtrack!

[@supersonicx0497]

I feel really old after realizing the Wii U came out 10 years agos

[@Pinkio]

i'm 18 already and i have touched a Wii U only 2 times on my life and i still want to get one

[@lilypyrope4620]

for 8-6 in NSMB, I like to think that this was the way they decided to portray a cylindrical level design in 2 dimensions, as Mario could very well be climbing out of an active volcano

[@dereggman3248]

King Bob omb is underrated.

[@MCastleberry1980]

Nintendo sure loved making you raise and lower water levels in that era

[@WolfwoodRJ]

I was sure the Kuribo Shoe level would be there for SMB3.

[@haydenking3882]

5-3

[@jacobvanantwerp2001]

I'm kinda surprised you didn't include Trick Trap Tower from 3D World; it's a blast collecting the Key Coins from inside the tower and having to quickly get back out avoiding the poisonous fog!

[@jacobvanantwerp2001]

@mare2.0 Boo... Bad pun, bad pun...

[@jordannimz5180]

20:28 idk if it was intentional, but the way that Mario jumped on the taxi in time to the jump sound effect in the song was super satisfying!!!

[@tyrannosaurxx]

I must say, I'm surprised SMB's level 6-3 didn't make it onto the list. Though it's not mechanically unique, it was fully monochrome which we didn't see anywhere else in the game. As a kid, I always assumed it was a "snow" level.

[@williamconway6267]

i love that you call the enemy’s baddies

[@karlkestel1778]

For SMB3, honorable mention to the kuribo boot level.

[@roccoisdaman]

Yeah, I was about to comment that. A level with a completely unique power up not found elsewhere in the game would’ve been my clear choice for SMB3.

[@Dashiell777]

I don't know if this counts or not but new Super Mario Bros 2 has DLC and there good levels

[@scubasteevo7013]

Tick-tock clock has a range to depend on the speed of the clock. Stop is 5 to - 5 past the hour, random is 25 past - 25 to the hour and the others are the remaining time in between

[@schwarzwaldbrot8487]

Not mentioning the skeleton Rollercoaster in super mario bros wii is a crime

[@BigSlick98]

I think the castle in World 7 in SMB3 needs a mention. I was stuck on that so long as a kid. I had no idea there was a door on the ceiling and you also had to enter the room when there are no enemies in there.

[@rodrigobiasuz6198]

Nice list. I would include the SMB 3 "shoe" upgrade level and the Soda Lake "underwater torpedo" level from SMW

[@jamesmackay4913]

Who else thinks some of the enemies from SMB2 (Albatoss, Autobomb, Ostro, etc) need to come back?

[@jumentoqueanima]

Of course! :D

[@Link-to-the-Smash]

the autobomb does.

[@jamesmackay4913]

@@Link-to-the-Smash Really? Cool! What game(s)?

[@Link-to-the-Smash]

@@jamesmackay4913 Mario Odyssey 2 whenever that is announced.

[@riahlexington]

Sirena beach weirdest main level for me. Just a weird vibe. But the secret stages are … odd. The grass pipe, the giant turbo slide, the pinball machine, the Poison river…

[@Zappafantrust]

What about the Yoshi's Island Games? Especially the 1st one had special levels, like the boss fight with the frog...or better to say, IN the frog...

[@oberlin27]

No mention of Tubular in SMW is absolutely criminal

[@littleredpony6868]

I found that level to be the hardest level in the game

[@DetElliottStabler]

That's easy for a pro gamer as myself it was tough the 1st time but now I'm a pro

[@tedk89]

8:55 Nintendo creating a fun and unique level only for people in 2020 starting to call it spoopy and depressing

[@MasterMewtwo239]

Parabeetles were also in an autoscroller!

[@tacticaljunk1608]

I think the most unique level in Super Mario Bros. is World 4-1. You can hold down the run button and basically just play it like a rhythm game. You never need to stop or slow down or turn around. You can clear the piranha plants without waiting for them, just barely. You just need to keep running. It's my favorite level in the game.

[@liquidblue4]

"It turns into a 3-D person shooter." It was at this moment when I started to think this channel is read by an AI.

[@YesterdaysMoose]

If *_Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island_* counts as a Mario game, then I nominate *_Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy._*

[@kathrynclaire25]

so glad you talked about the van Gogh levels :)

[@Droobie03]

For Galaxy 2 you can also say the flip switch galaxy since it used platforms that changed when Mario spins or beat box galaxy where the platforms changed with the beat of the music.

[@Robahomusic]

I had my theories about Chocolate Island. Thanks for confirming them.

[@real-horse]

Thank you for not mentioning mario 2 being a reskinned doki doki panic. Though I would also respect it you kept doing it for the meme/just so ALL listeners know

[@konuralpyldzkan1495]

for me, 8-4 for smb level with wind and lots of trombolines for smbll angry sun level for smb3 tubular for smw tic toc clock for sm64 pinpall level for sms

[@03luigi14]

What about the mario wii levels in world 3 where you can play them with red blocks on or off? (I forgot which ones they were)

[@RemyMS]

I remember that one in nsmbwii where you have a platform and have to kill enemies because when it reaches 5 it stops

[@johnsesia9050]

I never even knew about that one variation of Chocolate Island 2 part 2.

[@SilveeYT]

Boo licking Luigi's back makes me act up. 😳

[@cheekiestgore1634]

No mention of Super Mario Deluxe for gameboy color. Also Super Mario Land 2 tbf every single level in all the lands are unique. The entire game stands out on its own for the whole franchise. My favorite was always the Halloween section.

[@identocidal]

the mario franchise is unique in general. who would come up with a plumber fighting a giant turtle to save a princess?

[@Eva86d]

4:40 They're not bonus stages. Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels is the original Super Mario Bros 2, as released in Japan. The game was deemed too hard for the American public and too similar visually, so Nintendo picked an already existing game (Doki Doki Panic), changed a couple things here and there, added characters, and done: Super Mario Bros 2 for America and Europe.

[@bakes1324]

In nsmb2 one of the secret words has a level that was entirely made of blocks. You could destroy a lot of the terrain and it was pretty cool. The cannon levels in that game were also really cool. You would get in the cannon but then had to to survive and non stop run to the end of the level.

[@bababooey6201]

I think it's weird that you have to introduce every single game with statements like "Nintendo would return Mario to his 2D roots with New Super Mario Bros for the DS"

[@Copycat_YT]

Lol it’s sorta a meme

[@Rukalin]

Shoutouts to Throwback Galaxy for being the LEAST unique level in the series

[@KaoruMzk]

All Stars wasn't the first time thejapanese SMB2 was released internationally. Before that, there was the DX port of SMB for the GBC which includes the levels of SMB2 as "SMB for Super Players"

[@anonconspicuous6910]

Why does this channel always omit the existence of Super Mario World 2?

[@danyhunselar9654]

In "Super Mario 64", there IS The final Rainbow Level with Magic carpets, wich are similar tonthe Times Blocks in "Super Mario World"

[@psycholuigiman]

That thing about 5-2 being a celebration of Zelda's 25th anniversary sounds like it was made up after the fact. Like they made the level in its entirety, somebody said "Hey, this kinda reminds me of a Zelda dungeon", and some big brain decided to roll with it despite all the levels for world 2 already being made and balanced for the early game.

[@nosferatu6385]

1:17 Super Mario Odyssey has a challenge in the wood kingdom with a similar concept!

[@omaruck5mx]

I was expecting you to mention Tubular from SMB

[@bababooey6201]

I like the level in NSMB2 where you're chased by that massive boo, or the bone/boat thing level

[@bababooey6201]

Oh, you already talked about them. (￣⁠³⁠￣⁠)

[@martinauld670]

World 9-7 in SMB Wii is brilliant

[@eraldmurati7697]

another contender for mario 3d world has to be hands on hall… awesome use of touch screen imo and wish it was on this list!

[@williamsmith666]

Any of the "Secret" areas in Sunshine...I know it's meant to play up to Mario's platforming strengths, but imagine the mind-fuck in knowing your sunlit paradise is resting on top of a dark twisted death trap of an unexplainable dimension...

[@CosmicKringle]

“Venus fire trap”💀

[@scubasteevo7013]

12:31 bubble breeze galaxy or bubble blast galaxy

[@talos86]

I miss Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island from the list.

[@quadpad_music]

Surprised you didn't mention that grey amd red overworld stage in SMB1.

[@cultimagination]

12:52,thats a weird way to say PARAnIA PLAnT

[@matthewnada913]

World 5-6 you mention that “you have to” use the parabeetles to complete the board. You can also use the P-wing to complete the level

[@BossCrazyRoss]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Special 5-5 from 3D Land, one of the most memorable levels in that game for me.

[@buciallstar]

I didn't even know that chocolate island from Mario world had different zones. I must have always played the level the same way

[@gameswithpeachcord7498]

My pick for Super Mario Odyssey would be the seaside kingdom because it’s a water level BUT GOOD!

[@ShaggyisMBM]

In SMW there is that level where you jump on the 2 platforms and they start moving and the background goes faster and faster. I always that it was cool and unique

[@dylan.t180]

Great list

[@leahrose997]

Also, the pipe level in world 7 in New super Mario Bros. DS!!!

[@nathanwaters1078]

16:03 That is not World 2 - Ghost House. That is World 6 - Ghost House.

[@jasonrashid1027]

You should do a video where you talk about the evolution of a particular enemy through the years

[@Luistube_54]

Other good levels are Sirena Beach from Mario Sunshine, Toy Time Galaxy from Mario Galaxy, Throwback Galaxy from Mario Galaxy 2, and level 7-A from New super Mario bros

[@kljhjklh4257]

There is no such thing as "most unique". Unique means one of a kind. A thing either is or is not one of a kind, so a thing either is or is not unique; a thing can't be more or less one of a kind. There are no degrees of one-of-a-kindness, and there are no degrees of uniqueness.

[@medusathedecepticon]

This was a good list. Personally I feel like every level in Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 64 are unique.

[@doncornuto3529]

wow great video, really enjoyed this

[@dangeiger9796]

I think Eely Mouth’s Dentist from Sunshine should be mentioned

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

16:31 maybe the GOLD BOAT ONE