Top 10 2D Mario Levels 

The first Goomba in World 1-1 in the original SMB has probably caused more deaths in any video game than any other villain ever.

Would of loved to see the "Angry Sun Level" on here. Not only did it scare the shit outta me as a kid, but it also made for a really cool mini-boss.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - World 8-7 :O

World 3-1 in New Super Mario Bros Wii was sooo fun. I absolutely love that level.

I Definetely agree with n1

5:20 did you really say BABY BOWSER!!!!???

5:22 Did he seriously say Baby Bowser??

"How you were supposed to figure this out when you were ten years old and didn't have the internet is anybody's guess" Get the POWER! NINTENDO POWER! That's how.

I can actually complete level 1-1 of Mario Bros blindfolded. Took a lot of childhood though. Lol Haven't tried it for years.

On number 3 (maybe others; my Mario knowledge is limited), you could have at least included footage from the original gane rather than a remake.

Believe it or not, World 7-4 from Mario 3 was one of my personal favorites. It was challenging. Swimming while autoscrolling, going through a field of electrified jellyfish, with Big Berthas and Bloopers floating around...just good times.

those air ships levels on mario 3 were pretty great!! :)

One level that I loved but was so hard, was 8-3 in the original with all the hammer bros.

The Special worlds from Super Mario World, anyone else remembers what happens after you beat those levels? I just wish they do that again with the new Mario games it was so dope.

What we used to do was to buy the Mario play books from Nintendo. It Showed you all the levels layouts and tricks. That's what we did before the internet hahaha! I had one for Super Mario Bros 3 😄👍

*It's obviously the first level of Super Mario!*

I may be wrong, but isn't his name Bowser Jr.? Not Baby Bowser?

4:54 that is not baby Bowser, that is Bowser Jr.

There are so many memorable Super Mario levels that you were going to miss some no matter what. Another very memorable level that comes to mind is the tower level in world 5 of SMB3. That level has always had a really mysterious and mystical vibe going for it. The area with the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling is pretty much unforgettable.

That World 8 Air Ship man. Great level design that really tests you on everything you have learned up until that point.

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Seeing this list just gets me even more hyped for Super Mario Maker. Hey Watchmojo, when that comes out you should do some Top 10's related to that game's stages.

One of the best lists I've seen in a while mojo, good job!

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Can't argue with #1 i loved that level from the music to how tough it was.

Anyone who also played too much of Yoshi's Island 2 knows how annoying baby mario's cry was 😷

Sorry, but your opinion is in another castle.

One of my favorites is 2-3 in NSMB Ds. It has a cool design and introduces the best power up ever.

I would have listed as n°1 the Bowser´s castle from Super Mario Bros 3, that is a masterpiece of architecture with many creative rooms, obstacles and different roads you can take according to how equipped you are, and also because of the amazing final battle against Bowser in which you have to make him dig his own tomb by making him jumping against you on the bridge floor, or just simply by shooting him fire balls if you are equipped with a flower, or another very interesting possibility: shooting just FIVE hammers at him if you arrive there as a Hammer Brother Mario :)

Wow this is a tough list. There are hundreds of greats to choose from

You forgot world 2-2 from the original Super Mario Bros.The first time Mario swam underwater.

Such high hopes for this. It did not disappoint!!!

Completely agree with number one. I recently played that world on my 3DS without the P Wing, and I honestly felt like a boss after I finally beat it. It's a great level!

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We figured out everything from Super Mario World WITHOUT the internet because we weren't lazy kids...we actually WORKED using the trial and error method! To be honest, it takes YEARS of practice to beat the "Fast Boat" in Mario Bros 3 World 8 without the use of a P-Wing...

The coin ship in Super Mario Bros 3 was an amazing hidden level.

This list was awesome! I do think that Mario 3 World 2 level with the "Angry Sun" should have at least been an honorable mention. :)

Did you know: Super Mario Bros 2 was not originally a Mario game. It was under a different name with different characters but reskinned when it was going to be released outside of Japan because it seemed more like a Mario game than anythign else (which is why its so weird)

Do a Top 10 Western RPGs of all time list. Here are some of my picks Fallout 3 Elder Scrolls Morrowind Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Jade Empire Fable Dragon Age Origins Mass Effect 2 Deus Ex Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn Neverwinter Nights Honorable mentions: Diablo 3, Dark Souls, Witcher 2/3, Torchlight, Ultima VII, Mount & Blade Warband

That brings me back. Good one guys.

I loved the sunken ghost ship in Super Mario World for that EPIC fall to the bottom. Another one of my favorites is 7-4 from Super Mario 3. This is the one where you're running across an entire level of those muncher plants and the ONLY way through is to keep collecting star after star to make yourself invincible.

There is a big difference between baby bowser and bowser jr. Baby bowser (seen in the yoshi's island games) is bowser when he was younger and bowser jr is his son

Not again watchmojo! I thought you guys could do better with your videos!

This brought me back to my childhood! Thank you! :) I was actually playing Yoshi's Island around Thanksgiving, and that was when I noticed "hey! You can get high in this game!" Not that I do drugs myself, but I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe.

There was one ghost house level in super mario world (SNES), in bowser's land I think, where there was a key hole at the top of a tall room that you needed a feather to get to, but was surrounded by blocks except an opening that was way was too small for you to enter as big mario. You had to hit a block that opened up a string of coins whose path would change depending on certain conditions, then hit a pow block and get up to the entrance and run/duck to get by, either that or fly and then duck and manage to land in the crack, then jump (while ducked) until you wedge yourself into the room. It was hard as balls to do but felt so great to do.

Though lots of us know can tell when it's mario all stars and original NES versions of the game, you guys should've stuck to the originals, just for those new generations that still don't know about the snes port of the classic games

How about using the actual NES footage for 1-1 etc

Personally, the most memorable 2D Mario level for me is World 7-7 from Super Mario Bros 3. In that level, you had to keep catching the invincibility stars as you ran across those damn chomping crops coming out of the pipes. It was so freaking challenging, which is why I remember it so well.

Knew they were going to put Space Zone in there. That level drove me crazy!

Top 10 smack down games? :)

Only 1 sunken ghost ship? I THINK NOT

Also Front Door from Super Mario World and Wario's castle from Super Mario Land 2 should've been on here. Front Door was the most magical house of horrors while Wario's Castle was infuriating as hell, but it was SOOO satisfying after you beat it!

Super Mario Bros World 1-1 was my first introduction not only to Mario, but to a video game. At the age of 4 on the regular NES back in 1989. Nostalgia galore.

Who else sorta thinks 1-1 should be #1?

Can you do Sonic levels next?

Boy, Mario 3 and Mario World got lots of love on this list!

The last level in NSMB for the DS was awesome!

The Sunken Ghost Ship is the only ghost level in Super Mario World that Yoshi will enter. SMB3's 5-3 is the only level you get to use Kuribo's Shoe. Why?

Um that's not the original world 1-1 from the first game

yep i definitely remember the "world of frustration" in #1. took me so long to finish that game.

Level 1-1 of New Super Mario Bros. (the one for the DS). That game brought 2D Mario games back from the dead. Level 1-1 in particular is memorable as it felt like the classic first level but with better graphics and because it let you use for the first time the mega mushroom.

With World 1-1, why didn't you show the original NES footage?

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very cool top 10!| the only thing is i would of like to see the "original" Mario 1-1 world... but all in all yup! good top 10!

Wow Chocolate island 2!!! I never even figured out how to find the secret path. I just played it a lot until it happened!

4:54 and 5:20 It's Bowser Junior you narrating nitwit!

NO NUMBER 1 IS WORLD 1-1 FROM SUPER MARIO BROS!

One of my personal favorites is the first lava level in Super Mario World. Don't remember the exact name but I think its in world 3. In side the cave/mountain.

Some other levels I would have picked: From SMB1: 1-2: Your first trip into and out of a pipe if you didn't know about the shortcut in 1-1. Also marked the first secret area with the Warp Zone past the exit pipe and also the entrance to the famous "World -1". 2-3: Run! Just run! 8-4: A fitting finale with the ultimate pipe maze (at least for that game). Go the wrong way and it's back to start for you! It really made you use your brain to reach the final Bowser and finally see Peach at the end instead of yet ANOTHER Toad. From The Lost Levels (SMB2 Japan): 7-3: Riding the wind after bouncing miles into the air off green springboards from platform to platform. Good times! B-4: Plays tricks on you by making you think you're in a never-ending maze and every possible route is wrong. From SMB3: The Angry Sun level: Run away from the sun! World 4 Fortress: Two words: Hidden Quarter. 7-5: Maybe it's just because of most of the games that my parents would play with me and my brother were puzzle games or games with puzzles in them (like Zelda), but I've always liked levels that made you use your brain. And this one did so without being overly difficult (World 8 Fortress, anyone?). From SMW: Funky: Those coins at the end of the level. Enough said. From Yoshi's Island: 6-7: I usually love levels that constantly keep you on your toes, and this one is no exception. Extra 2: See above.

WatchMojo.com Thank you for making me feel old as shit watching this...so many flash back of frustrations and fun of right to brag "oh I beat that level here is how" before internet was huge walk through....

thats bowser jr not baby bowser

You should have included the tower level in World 5 of SMB3. It was a classic bridging the two halves of the two levels, which was definitely a new thing as far as Mario levels go. Again, as you mentioned, there was lots of groundbreaking stuff in SMB3, but that was definitely unique. :-)

im so glad u put that at 1 cuz that was my fav out that whole game and for me the levels that cause the most anger are the ones i like the most the only other level id want at number 1 is 8-4 the lost levels that level made destroy one of my nes controlers and yes i played the japenese one on nes called 2 not the lost levels

Personally, I would have put ten stages all from Super Merio 3 in this top ten list. That game is simply awesome!! (and I must say there are too many stages from Super Mario World here, which is a too overrated game, funny but too overrated)

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On world 6-6 for the Wii, I had no problem getting through it because I had a mini mushroom saved from previous levels, so I just used that and ran across the level, took about 40 seconds to do it, so that's nice

What about the abandoned World 7 fortress on SMB3? You know, first room full of bricks and a hidden P-block? Great way to stockpile lives that you'll no doubt need for that World 8 Airship.

You used the Mario Bros from All Stars and not the original? Lol you gotta be under 25...

quit calling him baby bowser you bunch of ninnies this one is bowser jr.

it took forever for me to get the SMB3 air ship down. I can usually do it in one try now but I remember the struggle to beat it the first time. So many game overs.

Thanks for this video brought back child hood memories.

Great video. I'm curious though, in a video showcasing the levels, why not use the originals?

You forgot WORLD 7 in SMB 3. Any stages from that world is phenomenal. The music is really good too.

I think there's one of those speaker boxes in chocolate island 2 that tells you the stage layout changes depending on coins and time

Pretty good selection, but surely you could've found footage of the original games, instead of the "All Stars" remakes for some of the stages.

HOLY CRAP!! This must have been so hard to do XD HAHA i like all of them pretty much :) great video

When I saw that you didn't add in the Gameboy games I thought maybe it was just for home consoles and though well what about Lost Levels, but than saw you include Super Mario Land 2 and thought, what about the Egyptian Boss Level in Super Mario Land 1?

The Sunken Ghost Ship in Super Mario World blew my mind when I first played through it.

The 8 levels of special world in Super Mario World will always be my favorite. HALLOWEEN TIME!

Another tip for Vanilla Secret 3, if you get the halfway point and die, the puffer doesn't reappear making completing the level much easier

Another good one is level 4 in desert world 2 of mario3 on nes where you fly up to the left corner when you first start

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Super Mario World (1991) was the first video game I ever got and is definitely one of the games ive had the most fun with.

World 2-3 in SMB is one of my top favorites!

2:14 i love that sound!

I agree with Number 1 but you should've included World 5-3 because it includes in my opinion the second best power up in the 2D Mario games (my favorite is the Super Star).

I would've liked you guys to use footage from the NES version of SMB1, instead of the all stars SNES version. Especially when world 1-1 came up. It's and iconic level with an iconic theme and I thought the SNES footage you guys used really took away from it.