Ranking All 120 Story Mode Levels in Super Mario Maker 2 

> wants fast-paced courses > hates anything with swimming Why is Sonic reviewing a Mario game?

42:26 this level, being shown in trailers, is what made us think we can overlap Arrows with Semi-Solids. But we can't :(

02:56 "the obstacles are easy to avoid" **proceeds to die from enemy**

This is one of the many reasons why I like Odyssey. He still makes Mario Maker 2 videos in 2022. True legend

The shape of the room in Underground Coin Collecting is the same as the original Mario Bros for arcade. That's a really neat reference (They even put the pipes!) that definitley moves the level up a bit.

yo that transition at 23:00 was sick. I really liked that it looked like mario was getting pushed up by a twister when in reality it wasn't there

"you get to execute an entire family of Twisters and I find that really funny" I'm worried about you, Odyssey.

As someone who speedruns the Story Mode regularly, I find some of your rankings quite interesting, when taking into account my personal experience with these levels. Some levels like "Dirty Donuts" and "Secret of the Dry Bones Shell" I fully agree with placement-wise, but there are others that shocked me when I saw where they were placed. For example, "With A Lantern" has a really cool strategy where you can grab a 30 coin halfway through the level much sooner than intended by hitting the very first P-Switch and combining it with super tight movement. It makes the level MUCH more intense, especially when you consider all the enemies lurking in the dark you have to maneuver around along the way. "Para-Beetle Transfer" is another level I appreciate, because you can bypass waiting through the entire last half of the level by leaving the Para-Beetles behind and precisely bouncing off of the two Goombas at the end. (It kind of makes me think that Nintendo knew people were going to speedrun the Story Mode, in all honestly.) On the other hand, "Red Yoshi's Highway of Flames" has my vote for the worst level, because even experienced players can die multiple times in a row to the towers of Munchers. I realize the challenge is intentional, but most of the time it feels like you die to that obstacle just because you were unlucky, rather than it being a skill issue. Not exactly a fun feeling, whether you're speedrunning or just playing through casually. :/ I realize that speedrunning the game puts me in a rather biased position with most of these levels, but I think that's part of what makes lists like these so interesting to compare and contrast. This was overall a good watch!

6:37 I feel like you would've ranked it the same or lower if it wasn't an autoscroller. The autoscroll is the only thing enabling the lava bubbles to be a consistent obstacle throughout the entire level, without it, you could simply wait at the start for them to pass and then follow after them, at which point it would just be a pretty standard water level.

suggestion for odyssey- ranking every SMO capture. i'm positive you've received this request quite a bit, and if you want to do it, i would enjoy it :)

17:43 “and even actvating exclamation mark blo-“ **VINE BOOM**

2:55 “The obstacles are extremely easy to avoid in this level” he says while taking damage (Also, this is easily the funniest odyssey central video yet. Nice Job)

Sea of sorrow is one of my favorite levels. The fact that underwater levels are (insert whatever synonym for boring) never occurred to me, it uses some well designed puzzle solving mechanics, and It’s just a solid level

3:00 “The obstacles are so easy to doge in this level” proceeds to take damage them dies

27:37 Mario is tactically breaking them, he knows that they'll be ok and they'll rebuild offscreen

4:52 that was the most silent "dry bones for smash" i've ever heard!!

Personally, I like darkness levels. I think they can be done well as long as there are lights to guide you.

I actually got scared by the bully jumpscare 33:21

27:23 you see how this level has you massacre dry bones? Well this obviously indicates combat against dry bones, so this is 100% without doubt foreshadowing dry bones getting into super smash bros.

What I personally enjoy about #50 (the dry bones shell smb1 castle one) is that every pipe that spawns a Dry Bones Shell, you have an option to enter them for a small challenge for some coins (usually big coins). It makes the level very unique

I thought 4:47 was a jumpscare lol

Bro has beef with autoscrollers 💀

What I got from this guy- Hates snake blocks Loves dry bones and puzzle levels Plays Mario maker way too much *Welcome my brother*

20:35, I thought I would be stuck here for really long but when I got there I surprisingly first tried it, I also did stone of destiny on my third try

33:21 is so awesome i love moments like these in your videos. Keep up the great work on your amazing videos!

Is it concerning that I actually got jumpscared at 17:45

oddysey : "these obsticals are so easy to avoid" , also oddysey : "dies after 3 seconds"

35:09 "The Thwomps and The Piranha Creepers both work weally well"

The only story levels I remember from this game were a desert one where you fall down a vertical sub area, and a really really cool puzzle level using the SMW sky theme. I also remember the stone and toad levels specifically because I kept wondering why I couldn’t use them in my own levels (don’t remember anything else about them though lmao) The only story levels I remember from this game were a SMB desert one where you fall down a vertical sub area, and a really really cool puzzle level using the sky theme. I also remember the stone and toad levels specifically because I kept wondering why I couldn’t use them in my own levels (don’t remember anything else about them though lmao) Edit: These levels were #9 Ancient Seesaw Fortress and… idk what the cloud one was, might’ve just not been a story level after all lol

Thank you for using the elytra minigame music for the cape level; REALLY good music choice!

Odyssey Central:*likes a level with a snake block* The first three: “and I took that personally”

4:03 I knew it. I knew he just had to do it. It was so predictable, and yet... It's still funny.

I really hope you rank every character in The Mario Movie when that comes out

"the obstacles are extremely easy to avoid-" *dies*

Great video🎉 I love watching rankings, especially well put together rankings like yours.

15:02 I give up, Mario swimming is just too funny 😂😂😂

I never even realized the on/off block reduces your vision in dark levels 🤦‍♂️

Hey, I'm glad to see the return of the Mario Maker 2 ranking videos, speaking of returning video series how about doing more Mario Maker 2 Tips videos, I really enjoyed that series and just incase you can't think of any ideas here are some suggestions: How to make a good first level, how to use Dry Bones effectively, how to make good auto scroll levels, and how to make good underwater levels. (BTW, you may have already done some of these my memory is a bit fuzzy).

2:50 Another bad thing about the level is that they didn't even fill in the ceiling.

17:45 almost gave me a heart attack. lol

1:14 "I like having full control over how fast you can complete something." It's a good thing Mario Wonder removed level time limits in 2D Mario games, then

POV: you like odyssey but he just said the frog suit level wasn’t the worst 👁👄👁

Odyssey central uploaded, Today is Gigachad day

This is such a cool idea! Awesome video, with an even better length: 47 minutes of quality content. 🍿🍿🍿Also how did snack blocks in the sky make it in I legitimately thought you were trolling us with how bad it is.

12:11 also the rooms in this level reference the original mario bros arcade game

Number 48, threat level porupuffer, had an infinite coins route where you can keep getting one ups then dying to get infinite coins

I absolutely love the color and humor Odyssey adds to the commentary, really entertaining to listen to.

Really happy that you started uploading Maria Maker 2 videos again they're so good

8:38 "it easily has the most creative method of murder yet" is there a murder tier list? if so, i wanna see one

I really like how story mode shows what you can do with the maker like it shows you creative ideas you can do in the course maker

I love when odyssey central posts 47 minute videos on ranking all the story mode levels in Mario maker 2, I wish he would do that more often☹️

Let's go, I agree qith your first place without a doubt, too me the reason it's the best levek in my opinion is it feels like a minigame sort of level, like you can do and try a bit of everything. When I first got smm2 I didn't have the nintendo online so I just played this and this is what got me hooked on the game, I love playing this so much, even more then smbud so far. Also, as for number 39 this is the only level that made look at a walk through cause I just didn't know that yoshi's tounge can break through walls lol. Anyways, great video.

Snake blocks in the Sky dev team be like: Welp, were out of ideas. you got any, little Timmy?

I like how the final level of the story mode ends with a reference to 3D world.

Awesome ranking!

I've really never understood why they added elements that are impossible for players to use in their own levels into the story mode. Like, the point is to show people what you can do with the game...

Thanks for making these videos i like them so much

Lets go! Hype ranking for sure! 🎉

This video reminded me of how much I struggled during some of the levels (mainly because I did the story mode very early and MM2 is my first MM game) and I didn’t need that. Good video though.

Amazing video!

love the transitions

Great video man also here's a video suggestion super Mario maker 2 on/off switch tips and tricks

The ranking we never asked for, but really needed Also, I love how I was able to predict the worst level in your ranking

I've had I idea from what you said about sail the sky without jumping, is in mario maker 3 it they brought back clear conditions and specifically the no landing one if they added a "soft landing" block that wouldn't fail the clear condition if landed on so doors can still be functional for situations such as where the had the twister elevator

Let's gooo I've been waiting for so long

28:37 Personally, I think Nintendo was going to add a desert underground theme at one point, but the idea was scrapped.

Great video!

Oh yes I’ve been wanting this for so long:)

Someone: [insert any Nintendo related stuff here] kinda sucks Nintendo: so you have chosen *D E A T H*

Love your vids❤

Unrelated theory: underground nighttime is upside-down because you tunnel to the other side of the planet where it's night

this was needed

Lava Bubble Limbo: The scrolling is actually probably what's keeping you from just leaving the lave bubbles off screen, so I feel it actually has a purpose here.

Everyone in the comments: Wow this video is so cool. Me: Cursed image of toadette using a sideways joycon in the thumbnail

Oddesy saying "no obbsticoles" for 120. us saying the VOID

That's wild and I love it😊!

9:04 Mario, why can't you swim properly 😂😂😂

Nice video Odyssey. 👍😁

this was awesome and your the only reason i still play this game ( Because im not creative enough to make my own ideas lol)

4:04 Yeah this happened to me when I played "with a lantern". Freddy jumpscared me and I wondered how nintendo thought someone could beat such a hard level.

I can’t wait for him to rank EVERY 2D Mario level.

The madlad himself, you actually did it

14 No jumping allowed, oh sorry 14 NO JUMPING ALLOWED! that gets me every time

2:56 “Obstacles are EXTREMELY EASY TO AVOID in this leve-“ Gets hit

The level in 5:42 references Super Mario 2 but Mario does wait for the donuts instead of digging.

I genuinely enjoyed every single level in this game, even though some were too easy and simple and others too difficult and frustrating, I still had a good time on every level. I was super surprised by the quality of the story mode

Nice one!

I just love your humor

new upload from odyssey central

This… *proceeds to slap Mario statue* …leads to what we in the industry call a “Little Timmy” level. It’s hard for no reason

4:03 O tolero. . . Chito Freddy Fazbear? AO, AO, AO AO-AO, AO AO-AO, AO-AO!

Save me snake block actually was one of my favorites before this video.

I love how the top 3 in this video all use the ghost house theme in at least one area

1:44 void:AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!?!

20:25 I'm pretty sure when i got to this part of the level i didn't even think of that and tried for a long time to slide under the chain chomp

odyssey i have a idea by 300k rank every spirit in super smash bros ultimate

I was looking through my SMM2 levels I made and saw you played and beat it...wish I knew if you recorded it or not. It was called USS. Mario BB-64. Hope you liked it. I am new at making level in SMM

7:45 THIS MUSIC (I recognize it from Maximum's Red Ball WR Progression video lol)

this video makes me want to play mario maker 2 again

I feel like 120 was a reward for the chaos you ensued during the other levels