Top Ten Hardest Mario Levels 

I have a Ph.D. in biochemistry, I'm a second degree black belt in karate, yet I consider completing the Perfect Run my greatest achievement!

The way you talk is so fucking addictive to listen to lol

hmm... *"corona* mountain" that aged well

"Fix the squishy head thing" That always cracks me up xD

Wanna know something funny? I finished the perfect run in my first try, but then I thought that, at the end, the platform I was standing on next to Rosalina was a planet. Long story short, I fell down without getting the star and only managed to complete it again after ~18 tries.

*FUN FACT:* The "Tubular" level in Super Mario World can be beaten while riding a Blue Yoshi. (It's not at all easy, but it _is_ doable.)

"What could be worse than instakill obstacles and precision jumping? A boat! From Hell!!!"

Hardest 2d mario level... untill Mario Maker comes out in september.

Another hard level: that mummy maze level from Captain Toad Treasure Tracker. I know it's not technically a Mario game, but I still think it deserves an honorable mention. The controls, camera, dead-ends, length (50 rounds of this crap), and over-abundance of enemies really makes it a tough one. The fire piranha plants are the worst, with Chargin' Chucks a close 2nd.

"I think Super Circuit [Rainbow Road] went a little bit overboard." nice real nice

I still have nightmares of that Grand Master Galaxy... I'm so proud to say that I completed the Perfect Run, but there were many tears, tantrums and screams along the way. I unlocked the final level in 3D World, but I haven't been able to bring myself to go through that level of torture again...

You may cry over champions road But i remember the sand bird...

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the trick where if you have extra controllers, just connect all of them at the end of a level in 3D World, jump on the flagpole with every character you chose including your character, and BOOM! the level only has to be played up to two or three times depending on how many controllers you have.

Corona Mountain made me quit the game for 5 years, I came back to it and finally beat it about 2 months ago. XD

Number 1: Everything in Super Mario Maker.

"The same way brain surgery sounds easy if you phrase it as 'fix the squishy head thingy'" True and hilarious.

I don't know why people have such a hard time with Corona Mountain. It's just as easy as any of the other worlds in the game, and the lava boat section is a breeze as long as you don't slam down the spray button and sending yourself hurtling. Seriously, you don't put the pachinko machine or the lily-pad level on here instead?

I can't be the only one who finds the way RabbidLuigi says "Merrio" somewhat charming. Right?

Even in a video from 2014, I already knew there would be corona jokes in the comments

a boat... FROM HELL!

Having played every single one of these (except for Super Circuit's Rainbow Road), I am so glad you gave the NO. 1 spot to what you gave it to. Beating that with all FIVE characters basically in a row one Friday night this January from hell nearly destroyed me mentally. I was shaking by the time it was over, and was pretty much ready to slaughter the gamepad when I was done. I have beaten The Lost Levels and would rather play through that entire game again rather than do Champion's Road once more. I think it's the hardest thing I've ever done in a videogame at all. But I did get 100%...and that's what matters...right? (sobs)

14:06 I'm sorry, is that A HOLLOW STAR ON THE PERFECT RUN??? What masochist did that nightmare AFTER COMPLETING IT???

SMS is glitchy? I never had a problem with glitches.

Watching luigi die at the same thing everytime makes me wanna cry

10. Wouldn't say "hard," more "annoying." 9. I never had an issue with Corona Mountain. I just don't get why people found it difficult. 8. Oooh. That level looks like fun. Difficult, but fun. 7. Yeah, especially since the rails are replaced with jumpers that preserve momentum. 6. Oh, wow. That one sounds pretty bad. 5. Bane of my childhood. 4. OOOOOhhhh dear. That looks hard. 3. ^ 2. Meh. Beat it first try. 1. Yikes.

10. Totally Agreed, this is the hardest Star to me in Mario 64, Heck even Bowser in the Sky isn't this unforgiveable 9. Corona Mountain really looks frustating, it's up there with the Lilly pad minigame 8. I really want to play that game as Luigi is one of my favorite characters in Mario 7. Agreed, Super Circuit's Rainbow Road is the hardest one with Double Dash being the easiest thanks to experience 6. I would never want to play that level 5. I fucking hated this level, it's the worst level in the game, I only beat it cause I got lucky. 4. My most hated mario game, and it's my favorite franchise no less. 3. Agreed, I like Yoshi's Island, but I don't like the bonus levels 2. Quite suprising, many proably thought this was going to be #1 1. One of the most recent games, being the hardest level rather fasicinating

This list has changed cause of Mario maker

What about World 9-7 in NSMB Wii ?

I have never beaten the Perfect Run. I can't even imagine what Champion's Road is like... I'm still yet to be play 3D World.

World 8-2 in Super Mario Bros. was the bane of my existence. Not sure why this didn't make it. World 8-3 is hard but nowhere near as challenging as 8-2. And 8-4 isn't too hard at all if you know the path.

Dude, that Rainbow Road medley thing. I want to listen to that just on its own

''Sir! This is my first time being a brain surgeon! What do i do?!'' ''Ah, it's easy'' ''How!? It's a human brain!'' ''Just fix the squishy head thing..''

Let's see how many of these levels I've played! 10) Oh yeah, this one's tough! And it blows that if you fail (which you likely will, a lot), you have to run allllll the way back. 9) Oh, the pain. First part isn't too bad, but the mud boat is a nightmare. Sooooo many deaths my first few times through here. 8) Haven't played this, but wow! 7) Oh yeah, this is one's one of the toughest Rainbow Roads, hands down. Took me lots of practice to master Super Circuit's courses. 6) Haven't played this level, but I've played some very similar levels in the secret worlds of Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's New Island. 5) I found this to be the toughest level in the Special Zone, mostly because if you get hit once, you're dead, no matter what form you take. 4) I have not played this game much despite owning it because of how difficult it is. Never got to that level. 3) I died sooooo many times on this level trying to 100% it. But I've gotten the hang of it now, and can complete it with relatively few deaths. 2) Have not played this, but dayum! 1) No Wii U, so I can't play this one. But wow, looks insane!

I remember playing The Perfect Run. Ah, it brings back short-term nostalgia.

Where do I find a video with that remix overworld mario theme at? (when it says number 1-10)

"a boat...FROM HELL" - rabbidluigi, 2014

Hope you do another Mario Month this year.

Can I feel special for actually beating Super Mario Galaxy 2 100% twice before I was even a teenager?

Luig thank u for reminding people how rough some of these levels can b; I'd love to c my nothing but first person shooter friends attempt these.

Does anybody know the name of the song he uses in between each number.

At 2:09 he did the roof glitch

Top Ten Easiest Battletoads Levels would be the opposite of this list

When I beat Champion's Run, I threw the gamepad across the room and ran out of the room with Rocky's face printed out on a piece of paper stapled to my face, with "We Are the Champion's" playing in the background.

Did you used some clips from wiiriketopray's Run For It playtrough?

I can honestly say that Champion's Road with Mario/Luigi and Toad is the hardest level in any Nintendo game I've ever played. Screw Lost Levels, screw Zelda II, this is it. I made a promise to myself, once I got to the level, that I would play for an hour every day until I beat it (with Mario/Luigi/Toad). That was back last December. I beat it in March. This may not seem like much, but that was an hour every day (minus days I couldn't play, so really 6 hours a week) for 3 months. That's almost 72 straight hours on that one damn level. Half of this was probably my adrenaline and anxiousness fucking me up, but it took so damn long. I spent a total of 3 straight days on this damn level.

MrBean35000vr's Perfect run mod called "Master quest" is harder then any of these, but it doesn't count because it's a custom level.

The Super Mario Sunshine bonus music in the interludes was enough to make me go through PTSD from the damn Village Underside level

RL: I bow down to you, oh God of Mario Kart. Me: You called?

Ohhh god, me and my brother spent hours on Champions Road and we died about 800 times, but when we completed it EEEVERYTHING was great... Until we found out that you have to beat every level as every character to get 100% completion. Nope.

Video killed the radio star.

Hey rabbidluigi, don't forget that in New Super Luigi U, Mario was replaced by nabbit, who is completely invincible to everything except one-hit-kill things.

I used to do those rainbow road shortcuts in Super Circuit when I was 4. It's been like 10 years and I wonder how I ever managed to do them.

What about "Don't Touch Anything"? That one's hard as hell

If you use a Blue Yoshi and a Cape, Tubular is easy without ever grabbing the balloon P, you just gotta learn the pattern.

"I'm sure you can do this without taking damage, but you'll often be using the invincibility frames"

I'll never forget finally beating that Perfect Run level, such a great game!!

Regarding Rainbow Road: Id defenitly go woth the Wii version, as this is literally the only RR i could NEVER finish first, never.

I finished Champion Road, now going to Super Mario Maker, OH God...

On top of the difficulty just to complete Fire Bar Sprint, you also need to remain big until the end in order to get the star coin. Great list! I agree with most of it.

I like when he says "oh god of Mario kart" on the rainbow road one lol.

See! I knew Corona was difficult to beat! 🤔 (Yes I went all the way back to make this joke, what about it?😏)

New Super Mario Bros DS: Impossible Pack

It took me tons of lives and weeks of hard work to beat Champions Road with all five characters, never been so happy being a gamer in my entire life.

For me the most hair-rending level in Sunshine was always that damned pachinko level, simply because they mucked up the physics in order to get the pachinko effect. It actively fights you from using your hover nozzle in a precise way, which either means you have to fight that the whole way (dying a lot) or let it shoot you randomly (dying a lot). Oh, and when you die you lose your red coin progress. Have fun!

3:16 LOL

Corona mountain! 😂😂😂 they knew! 😭

I remember my family buying Super Mario Galaxy 2, and my dad binge-playing every level. He never beat The Perfect Run, and he put 10 hours into it. There was also that level with chilli-Yoshi on the wall.

You earned yourself a subscriber. Very thorough interesting video. :)

Corona mountain. In 2020 that gives me depression lol

Corona Mountain huh?

Beating all these levels made me so good at platformers/life.

Took me two years to do that crazy one-hit run in Mario Galaxy 2, and when I beat it, I screamed so loudly, my neighbors heard me- BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT.

9-7 from NSMB Wii and Luigi's Goddamn Purple Coins from Galaxy are both harder than Corona Mountain or Wing Mario over the Rainbow.

Frankly, I think #2 & #1 should be tied. I played both of them. I completed neither. 241 Stars. 99% 3D World. Just. Why?

Its always nice to know that rabidluigi is a runawayguys fan

In Mario Color Splash, most levels does give the gamers and instant game over, after getting the Red Big Paint Star, especially in Level 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Bowser's Castle when rescuing Princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser and must escape from Bowser's Castle before it will collapse within the time limit.

What about THE IMPOSSIBLE LEVEL PACK, NSMB2? That is truly the hardest level of all time.

What about the Golden Flag level in the underworld in Super Mario 3D Land? That was pretty tough....

I've played Super Mario World so much that I have not died once in my last 3 playthrough of the game on Tubular. It gets to where it's so easy after playing through the game so much.

What system is super circuit in ?

2:47 super mario sunshine predictes the Corona virus

What about the secret level at the very end of super Mario 3D land? You had to 100% the game to get it, and it is exactly like the perfect run. While being like it, it puts you through puzzles and concepts all while fight extremely hard enemies. Whoever thought jumping on a toads head would be useful?

that metal gear ending totally surprised me lol

Fun fact: the spikes in Corona Mountain technically aren't insta-kill, they do 3 damage per frame. It actually takes them 1/10 of a second to kill you from full life (Sunshine is 30FPS). It's a minor difference, but it means it IS possible to survive the spikes, shown in AverageTrey's AGDQ 2018 run where he touches them at their last active frame by mistake and only takes 3 damage as a result.

Am I still a good player if I have beaten all of these except for #4?

Hardest level: Wing Cap level in Super Mario 64 Chaos Edition.

Great vid man, I agreed all the way through, (except for those ones that I still haven't played) You got a new sub

Tubular was definitely the hardest level of SMW. I remember beating the special world for the first time and feeling so damn accomplished

Ah yes, Lost Levels' C-3... I hated that level. In the NES version you have to beat the world in one go without a game over and oh boy, it caused trouble.

Uhh yes. Corona Mountain

intro song? (ik its the mario song, but what version)

Tbh you won my subscribe in under 2 minutes, and that may just be a new record for me

the perfect run was much more difficult than the champions road

Super Mario Sunshine predicted the corona virus interesting...

I have not eaten Champion's Road yet, but I have beaten The Perfect Run quite a few times. Even so, both those levels are very difficult and can test your skills to the highest level

Wario's Castle from SML2 was always killer for me.

Am I the only person that doesn't like Mario kart 8

Get halfway and fire bar sprint turns into a ROM hack level. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

I'm missing the airship level in world 8 of SMB3. Sure, much easier than some of the lower entries on this list, but it's still really hard, due to small platforms and really fast autoscrolling. Also, does that optional boss (can't remember its name) in Super Mario RPG count as a level? In that case, it should be here, because it's really hard.

The "balancing on a ball with the star inside it" level better be on this list.