The Weirdest Obstacles in Every Mario Game

[@INXSibleStones-ItaliaFTW74]

If they ever do another edition of the Super Mario Encyclopedia, they need to recruit Copycat to do a bunch of lists for the Appendix. Easiest/Hardest, Best/Worst, Strangest, etc. Basically, his videos but condensed down into list form. I could imagine getting stuck into that alone for days lol.

[@casualcorner199secchio]

13:16 The assembly blocks also appear in the prequel. Also, the footage is from the prequel

[@jayceofspades7195]

Thank you! I swear I remember when I was younger there were those lift blocks in Super Mario Land (specifically 1-3) and I'd run around on the score and coin displays. I recently played through it again and couldn't find the lift block so I thought it was some sort of dream. You have no idea how validated I feel now.

[@zephyrgames7418]

one thing about the grump lumps is that whenever you ground pound it itll get mad & move faster for a brief moment

[@matthewc4024]

I hate to be that person, but the “water bubbles” 15:03 actually originated from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, in World 7.

[@Drench_Bluff]

Same with the parabeetles

[@matthewc4024]

@@Drench_Bluff yeah, I thought that too but wasn’t as sure!

[@BabyMatiny]

same with the elevator lift thing lol edit: nevermind i forgot that the nsmbu version has that countdown thing similar to those rafts

[@B0ssguy]

@@Drench_Bluff parabeetles were actually smb3, there was a whole level around it just like nsmbw and u

[@StartouchArts]

I feel like you should have mentioned the yellow Juice Generators in Sunshine. It's so bizarre having these yellow blobs that undulate-but only if you get near it as if it's alive, and can only be removed with Yoshi's vomit, causing it to dissolve while shaking; again, as if it's alive. Also only used 6 times. Twice in Delfino Plaza, and once in Ricco Harbor, Gelato Beach, Pinna Park, and Pianta Village.

[@tuttboy9732]

Great video. One quick fact about the grumblump you missed though is that if you ground pound it, it speeds up and it's face goes from neutral to mad.

[@B0ssguy]

15:01 those water bubbles were first in nsmbwii in 7-2

[@ruskii_is_off]

Wait, didn't the parabeetles and the water bubbles in the sky started showing up in NSMWii, not in NSMBU?

[@JoeyWinsSometimes]

I love your videos. You've motivated me to go back and play different mario games occasionally. Mario is awesome!

[@pizzyzarc2695]

I would say that one of the weirdest obstacles(?) in 3D World is the Cat Ramps (idk if these are the official name). Basically, they just sit in front of a wall so that cat mario can run/climb up these ramps without jumping. To me, they just feel kind of odd, but maybe they were just used to get the point of the cat powerup across.

[@PhoenixAlaris93]

Makes me wonder what might have gotten added if the RPGs and Luigi's Mansion games were counted in these.

[@F.G_7even]

The assembly block were in SMG1 not SMG2

[@marcelopaulo446]

I think the weirdest obstacle in Mario games,is the floor.

[@johnnguyen9136]

How do?

[@johnnguyen9136]

So*

[@marcelopaulo446]

@@johnnguyen9136 ???

[@alessioux99]

wait, why did you put the bubbles and the parabeetles in nsmbu and not wii? i remember that they were also on wii.

[@alessioux99]

i just realized its on world 9.

[@AustynSN]

They were in Mario 3

[@Sableguy97]

I wish I could come up with ideas like this. It seems like every idea ever is taken

[@bio-jesus6967]

There is a real fish called a Cow Fish. They are adorable

[@TKnHappyNess]

Speedrunners can foil the endless stairs by abusing the Backwards Long Jump

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

What about the walking candle flames that kinda behave like Boos? (They’re in a SMB3 castle or fortress) Also in the Same Game, similarly only in one level, there’s these beetles that have arms who can throw these white blocks that you otherwise can pick up yourself. It’s just weird that this very animalistic breed of Koopa, the beetle, has another subspecies that seems more advanced than any other regular Koopa besides the Hammer Bro variations and maybe the Sumo Bros

[@daghanyilmaz9855]

1:50 That shy guy type doesn't appears only once?

[@WCircuit7224]

3D World: literally everything

[@jaivynjoseph4287]

I'm pretty sure the floating bubbles and giant parabeetles premiered in new super mario bros wii

[@goober4347]

Balloon Goombas are severely underutilized, appearing in skyward stalk and ONLY SKYWARD STALK

[@DeadlyDxvey]

every obstacle you mentioned for nsmbu also appears in nsmwii lol

[@aelrosmoth]

The last entry from Super Mario 3D World, if you ground pound on it, he'll become angry and move faster.

[@gamerboyfrecleface6157]

i Learned it the hard way a few days ago. while i was beating the game without power ups

[@luigimario5114]

The bubbles you swim in are from Wii

[@jamst5913]

I can't shake the feeling I've seen this before

[@falsehero2001]

Wrong out of the gate. The weirdest obstacle in the original Super Mario Bros was the endless halls in some of the castles. These halls would loop endlessly unless you went down them in a specific order. Much weirder than scale platforms.

[@Chippy_Sauce]

Pollenating Sandboxes

[@BurstFlare]

0:00~0:07 If you had said "series" here, you'd be correct, but you said "franchise", which the Mario franchise has Mario Kart, Mario Party, Dr. Mario, the RPGs (Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, and Mario & Luigi), Mario Tennis/Golf/Srikers/etc., hell, there's even a Mario Picross game.

[@jonny5alive123]

WTF is that version of Super Mario Land 2 that you're showing at 7:00 ? That isn't how the game looked.

[@the_real_tosterzy]

it's upscaled and added colors by emulation

[@INXSibleStones-ItaliaFTW74]

It's Super Mario Land 2 DX. It's like Link's Awakening DX, but never officially released. Rather, it's basically a ROM hack.

[@noahboat580]

Those auto scrolling levels on the ds new super mario brothers, those were tough as 8 year old me

[@identocidal]

sometimes weird is unique.

[@jasonrashid1027]

I'd be interested in videos about the Paper Mario series

[@locoludwin3228]

I'm curious to know what you classify as an obstacle? Most of these I found not as obstacles but tools for you to go forward. I'd classify an obstacle as something you have to work around to pass, not work with. Also something that can full stop your progress like a locked door or a lifted bridge. Most of the things you showcased don't do either of those

[@TundieRice]

Yeah, that actually really bugged me too, because a good majority of these aren’t obstacles at all. To me, and I’d imagine most people, the definition of an obstacle is an object that is in your way, preventing going any further. A lot of things on this list are the opposite of that definition, and actually help Mario to go further. I guess there aren’t enough notable actual obstacles to warrant a full list of them, but I really wish Copycat could’ve thought of a better word that encompasses pieces of the stage design that can either help or hinder Mario from progressing forward in the stage.

[@HoustonUchiha]

Aye my first new video. I seen all your old ones

[@noice5239]

Why did you do that to mario land 2? You've smoothed it, plus stretched it out to fill the screen. Why

[@ryanzmuda3167]

You forgot the jump to move platforms.

[@Jopo1226]

1:55 *4-2 and you get 4-3 right a minute later....

[@daghanyilmaz9855]

5:18 They are bricks

[@YesAmFrienD]

*shows swinging claw in thumbnail* *doesn't include SMM2*

[@אוריתנמימי-ז6ע]

W

[@the_real_tosterzy]

why don't you show super mario 64 ds?

[@marcelopaulo446]

Besides the extra stages,it's the same has sm64,if something that he wanted to mention came from that game,he would show sm64 DS.

[@petethompson721]

i think super mario bros 2 western version is worse than the lost levels

[@andreimcallister1365]

Happy Friday the 13th!

[@someonecalledeulogio2280]

Don't forget the tornado of mario 3, in the sun level, also parabeetles appeared in mario 3

[@owenmcgregor7436]

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[@kazz970]

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[@Mortablunt]

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