When you said that you're going to rank them on being kingdoms, I honestly thought for a moment you would talk about their infrastructure, politics and the such.
@@HungryWardenand it most likely also has the best economy and definitely the best infrastructure, the only thing where it’s not at the top is defense, which probably goes to bowsers, but that’s still great
Ceave: "In my opinion. Objectively. Represents my opinion." Next video: "My opinion of what my opinion is on my objective opinion of what represents my opinion, objectively, in my opinion's opinion."
LostSoldier20 I had literal nightmares of capturing hundreds of sheep, in mario odyssey! (There were only six sheep in the game, but it's so frustrating getting them!)
Yeah he says it's not a kingdom and just a castle, but in my opinion the cloud kingdom is just as boring and doesn't have the great atmosphere to help it.
But it’s the potential represented by the atmosphere that just fizzles out. When I got there in game I was in awe of the setting. Such a jaw-dropping art piece with a difficult boss battle, only to find out that’s basically it for that kingdom. The cloud kingdom is just a cloud arena, boring. I didn’t finish the collecting, so I didn’t play dark or darker. But I had such high hopes for ruins, which Nintendo ruined
"Alright level, you get one fuzzy" "But butt but...I have penguins!" "I don't care, you still only get-" "🐧" "Ugh, fine, your penguins get a fuzzy too...>.>"
Cloud Kingdom was definitely a huge letdown. It is STUNNING and my heart just sank when I realized that there wasn't going to be this beautiful cloud world to explore.
Its also great how the "carbonated water" that makes up the sea in the Seaside Kingdom always makes the controler rumble a little when youre in the water!
My problem with the seaside kingdom is that once you defeat the boss, the kingdom turns from sunny and bright to a sunset theme, which feels a lot less exciting and fun. I wish there was a way to turn the sky back to normal
Yeah even though I do like the post bossfight version of seaside better, I do wish that you had the option to revert kingdoms back to their pre boss fight state. Like metro could go back to night and snow could go to blizzard, ect...
i think the ranking of worst was because it broke Ceave's heart with unfulfilled expectations, to which i kinda relate. I wanted to capture the epic dragon and getting inside one of those towers with edgy dark enemies would be epic.....still disagree with ceave's decision: I think the cloud kingdom was the worst.
I feel like it's kinda unfair to rate the kingdoms after the story ends. The kingdoms you rated the lowest were amazing, but not in an exploration kind of way. Cloud was the first time you fought bowser, ruined had an amazing battle with a friggin dragon and darker side had a challenge that took me weeks to complete. I get that you wanted to put every kingdom on the same field, but not including the purpose of the kingdom feels like such a waste...
Those kingdoms you named, he ranked them low because they were a let down, they are just used for boss fights, i wish they were boss levels and full fledged kingdoms
Cloud Kingdom is the worst for me. It's basically just an arena with a bowser fight and that's pretty much it. They could have made at least a bit platforming before the fight. (Nope that 3 hat clouds don't count)
Cloud and Ruins shouldn't count as "Kingdoms," since they just serve as boss stages and provide a handful of objectives. They're more like mini-hubs rather than fully fledged kingdoms.
I think the tease factor is what lowered its rating. I’ll admit I was disappointed with that one more than the cloud kingdom. At least the cloud kingdom can be taken at face value.
The Metro Kingdom is probably my favorite because I love platforming on top of and through the buildings, and I actually live really close to New York City, so it's cool to see it in a Mario game.
I apologize for disagreeing but I just don’t think Wooded Kingdom is all that memorable. I swear if you put a screenshot of it and asked me which Mario game it is in, I would think it was a galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy. I don’t know why but I feel like the objectives, atmosphere, and captures aren’t as fun and more tedious in this kingdom. (I still love the stretchy plant captures though). This still doesn’t change my mind that Mario Odyssey is by far one of the best 3D Mario game. (It is near perfect with a few less than noticeable flaws)
I know, right? The game has tons of unique, original versions of all the classic Mario settings, but the sky area isn’t even as exciting as New Soup sky levels.
Read the map descriptions for cloud kingdom. While it's really lackluster on content there's a lot of lore they put into it. The arena is a moon phase themed one and it gets it's name as a kingdom from being the host to an ancient civilisation. The overall aesthetics packed into it are really good as well. I just wish there was more to it.
Honestly I feel like I love all the kingdoms and each have their highlights. Honestly I can’t decide which is the best from sand, metro, wooded, or luncheon for me. I do think cloud is the worst as for me it’s really hard to see with my brightness settings and it’s look isn’t as interesting as ruined. The rest of the kingdoms I really Love
I liked snow stages because there is no snow here so the only times I see snow is if Im outside of my country which doesnt happen a lot so at least I can see snow in the game
“Cascade Kingdom is missing something at the top like a giant dinosaur skeleton.” Literally the next shot shows the dinosaur skeleton that is at the top of Cascade Kingdom.
I kind of don’t like how he did the Darker Side dirty, not counting the whole point of the stage. That’s like not considering the boss in a kingdom that is a boss arena. *Oh wait-*
I agree on Sand Kingdom. When I first played the game, I spent 3 hours collecting as many moons as I could in that stage before moving on to the next stage. Super engaging!
Man. I’ve been watching you for years, and I STILL love your overly eccentric tone and thick accent. You’re fun to listen to, dude. Keep up the good work. Edit: If you ask me, it seems a bit unfair to rank Ruined Kingdom as the worst based on what it _isn’t._ In my opinion, Cloud Kingdom is the worst due to it being just a completely empty, not very visually appealing space used for one Bowser fight. The Ruined Kingdom on the other hand is beautiful and is home to one of the most APESHIT bosses in Mario history.
The Accidental Hipster Mario goes to Egypt, the Bermuda, Easter Island, and China. I dunno, sounds like cultural appropriation to me. That's not very PC, Mario. No wonder Daisy has forsaken this cursed land.
This has to be one of my favorite videos by you. You rarely make videos about pure video game design, and this one is so well made. It’s polished, presents clear but intelligent analysis, and doesn’t shy away from criticizing design choices you disagree with. **please** make more videos like this. They are excellent.
Cap Kingdom: Small, yet simple. Each part is easily recognizable but also doesn’t feel boring. Favorite Part: The Town Least Favorite Part: Having to use the ParaGoomba a lot Cascade Kingdom: Bigger, and a lot more fun. Great music, fun boss, and just great to find secrets in. Favorite Part: Playing as a T-Rex Least Favorite Part: The Small World Levels Sand Kingdom: Amazing to explore in, many ways to get around, and very iconic. Favorite Part: Tostarena Town Least Favorite Part: The underground sections Wooded Kingdom: More Compact, but still great to explore. Awesome combination of forest and factory. Favorite Part: The well designed branching paths Least Favorite Part: The Deep Woods Lake Kingdom: Small, but still fun as no section feels unnecessary or slow. Favorite Part: The Underwater Dome Least Favorite Part: The frog poison mini level Cloud Kingdom: Barren and also small. Lost potential for a fun sky level. Favorite Part: Fighting Bowser Least Favorite Part: Everything else Lost Kingdom: Small, but still fun. The branching paths kept the kingdom from feeling too linear. Favorite Part: The tropical wiggler Least Favorite Part: The poison Metro Kingdom: Every area is great to explore, fighting the MechaWiggler is awesome, and jumping on the roof tops is thrilling. Favorite Part: The festival Least Favorite Part: Jump Rope Challenge Snow Kingdom: The town is cute, but the Main Land and Bound Bowl races aren’t fun. Favorite Part: The town Least Favorite Part: The Mainland Seaside Kingdom: Waaay too many areas and isn’t fun to explore. Even the boss is just alright. Favorite Part: The Beach House Least Favorite Part: Swimming Luncheon Kingdom: Amazing theme and fun to explore. The lava bubble capture is ingenious and all the areas are recognizable. Favorite Part: The cooking Carnival Least Favorite Part: The peak climb Ruined Kingdom: Lost potential and way too small. No fun to revisit either. Favorite Part: Fighting the Lord of Lightning Least Favorite Part: Everything else Bowser’s Kingdom: Great Theme and the linear design is great. Really builds up the final battle. Favorite Part: Pokio Least Favorite Part: The purple coins Moon Kingdom: The mainland is kind of boring but the moon caverns and final battle are awesome. Favorite Part: The ending Least Favorite Part: The mainland feels too barren Mushroom Kingdom: Great references and simple to get around in. The castle was awesome and playing as Yoshi was fun. Favorite Part: The Mario 64 callbacks Least Favorite Part: Toadette’s achievement moons
Actual love for lost kingdom?? Its one of my favorites. Very compact with so much to find, love the atmosphere and weird music. It also feels the closest to how stages would be in super mario 64. Something about it just works. Also, my favorite kingdom is luncheon.. mostly because the music is awesome and the level theme is just perfectly goofy.
my favorte is wooded i love the aesthetic and everything.. luncheon is my second favorite actually but i respect your opinion. sand is third its really good yeah i find cloud the worst because it barely has anything going for it. ruined at least has some pretty interesting lore even if there was Nothing done with it
The Sand Kingdom is my favourite kingdom because I'm absolutely in love with all the cultural panache they put in. From the Dia De Los Muertos styled inhabitants to all the ruins and the ice deity as the boss! The only bad part about is how badly some parts of the lore are handled. For example, who is Knucklotec? Why didn't they give him a little context? Like someone mentioning him in-game. He appears everywhere, meaning he is extremely important to the inhabitants. But he gets destroyed. Nobody questions it. He was the guardian of the FRIGGIN' RING. Not even the guide mentions him. All the things we know about him are from the art book and that's it. Other than that, it's such a fun atmosphere to explore. I finished it 100% just for that. I absolutely adore the SeaSide Kingdom as well. I despise Metro Kingdom tho. Y'all can kill me now.
Speaking from my experience, I LOVED Snow Kingdom. I loved its different take on the formula, its citizens and would rate it a 5/5 fuzzies. Its my second favourite kingdom in the game after all.
I feel like the most interesting kingdom themes were the ones delegated to boss arenas. Like a ruined castle & clouds would’ve been cool level times if they were fully explored.
Bowsers kingdom is my favorite though. The atmosphere, the way you climb up, the peaceful island halfway with crazy cap, the way the music and atmosphere gets much more dynamic near the main courtyard entrance, the hakama plus the Luigi cap are my favorite outfit combination, and that’s easily my favorite. Also the ruined kingdom is in my top 3 kingdoms despite it being empty. I just love it so much. I don’t even play games like dark souls or games with this type of art style. Also I kinda hate sand kingdom. It was the most annoying to 100% and every time I started 100%ing it, I abandoned cuz it was just so annoying. For me, ruined is better.
I’m really glad someone else disliked the luncheon kingdom. It’s probably my least favorite because of the reshuffling of the layout and just the awkwardness of said layout in general.
Luncheon was my least favorite level that I didn't finish until the very end of the game. I hated how the whole area is full of lava and there was no easy way to recover from a mistake. I spent too much time falling in lava, not being able to get back to safety, and just waiting for Mario to die. It's really alienating to people who don't play games very often.
Switch the four fuzzy levels with the 5 fuzzy levels and I’m perfect with this list. Bowser, Lost and Wooded just had so much atmosphere and fun, the best captures, the areas felt more dense and had a ton of variation to them and stuff hidden better. 4 stars > 5 stars for me.
My favorite is seaside because the seascapes are beautiful and I love how the boss fight takes place around the whole kingdom instead of having a little sub area for the battle
using your list, my least favorite of the kingdoms nominated is cloud. I always forget it exists until i need to fight bowser 1, and that speaks for everything. there is nothing to do, with, from what i recall, less than 10 total moons even with the moon rock. ruined is so aesthetically pleasing and surprising, i dont think anyone can forget it. Darker is safe due to the final challenge nature of it, mixed with all the feels in the beginning and end. excited going into it, and nostalgically sad leaving it. also, "no platforming challenges built into seaside kingdom"? i dare you to play "the water is lava" and make a lap around the outer ring of islands surrounding the central glass. it is possible, and quite a fun self-imposed challenge.
My favorite kingdom is the Wooded Kingdom. The rustic arcological aesthetics, the beautiful natural vista juxtaposed with the machinations, the sheer verticality and the different areas offering a slew of places and new discoveries while retaining their raw beauty, and the music echoing in the background for an oddly enjoyable if misplaced beach music. Really, the level is all over the place (pun definitely intended), and that's why I love it so much. There is nothing else quite like it for me, but Sand Kingdom and New Donk City are quite close. Now Snow Kingdom on the other hand... Hands down the absolute worst. Extremely boring, uninteresting palette and level design, nothing much to do, and very closed in without much personality to it. Had they gone with a full-scale sandbox Christmas-themed level, it could have been amazing, especially with how auroras and festive lights could have been implemented into the level's atmosphere. In terms of wide-open sandbox levels go, then Luncheon Kingdom is the worst in that regard. Very boring, uninteresting, and extremely disappointing considering the equally large levels that come before it.
@@theemblemhunter I feel like it's a half hearted excuse, honestly. Not everyone used community captions either, but they were essential to some. Even then, they still took it away. Maybe not so much an excuse as it is a stupid reason.
@@randomperson4254 Well, the dragon rematch is certainly more challenging, at least. None of the regular story bosses are tough. The final bowser fight is probably the toughest of that bunch, but even he will probably kill you two times at the absolute most.
I love the Wooded Kingdom for one major reason. It reminds me of Planet Wisp from Sonic Colours and Sonic Colours is actually the first ever videogame I remember playing, so it’s always held a special place in my heart.
The deep woods was a total surprise. I had no idea it existed until I went back after beating the game. So I really enjoyed it as a secret, mysterious area.
The intro music, Shunshine music combined with Ceaves voice makes these videos very relaxing. Like a Podcast almost. I love them you can just put them on while playing a game or going for a walk or even just chilling in general, since the video itself *basically* is not required, just his voice really. Very good videos, well done
Honestly I think that the mushroom kingdom is just so interesting and nostalgic that I think it’s the best But cloud is just so bad I wish that you landed on the ruined kingdom twice for the dragon fight and the first bowser fight
I personally really loved the atmosphere of Lost Kingdom, and the art style is super cute and appealing to look at too. For me that is the far best kingdom in game.
There's two big negatives about the Sand Kingdom that are why, objectively in my and others' opinion, it's not as good as Metro. First, you talked about how it's got a bunch of points of interest that are separated by vast amounts of sand. But that's the thing... it has tons of sand with very little of interest. On the other hand, Metro is jam-packed with jumping around, minigames, and other challenges no matter where you go, so even at the worst of times you can do much more. The second is the music. The sand kingdom's music isn't bad, but it's no Jump Up, Superstar. Which, even if you ignore the storyline parts, is still accessible. I rate this video 4 fuzzies. Plus 1 for the penguin. So a perfect 5. Hooray!
TheFinalChapters personally, they’re both great kingdoms, but you didn’t mention the downtown theme. Plus, it’s very easy to get around while Metro could’ve been bigger.
Sand Kingdom's music is better than Metro's tho, and Jump Up Superstar was...well, I literally muted my TV when I went through it. And I still think Sand is best because there IS a lot of different stuff to do, and yeah Metro's cool too but something about all the diversity of Sand strikes me. I mean, Metro's small in a way
I Agree with everything you said BUT Snow kingdom deserves 3 fuzzies for 2 reasons: the quote "MUSTACHE MAN, YOU'RE BACK!" The friendly NPCs being just TOO cute.
What is better: Cool boss arena with A DRAGON❌ The same arena, but uncool and boring and cloud ✅ Also I never even noticed that ,,big problem" with Luncheon. S tier for me.
The inconsistency between all the kingdoms is really just the strangest thing. Some are massive, and some are just boss arenas that get categorized as an entire kingdom for some reason. Some have a ridiculous amount of effort poured in to their atmosphere, and some are just absolutely bland. Some have really clearly planned structure, and some seem just haphazardly thrown together.
My favorite: New Donk City Least Favorite: Snow Kingdom Note: I don't count the Ruin/Cloud Kingdoms to be full fledged actual kingdoms, I just see them as glorified boss arenas.
You nailed the best stage. I told my friend right when I finished playing this game two years ago: "nothing quite lived up to the sand kingdom for the rest of the game"
All except Dark Side, because trying to get quite a few of the moons there made me want to rip all my hair out of its roots. Darker Side at least was mercifully just the one sadistic mission.
Ceave, when you showed the nominations for the worst kingdoms, the 3 kingdoms showed up on the screen in order: left, middle, right. And then the middle kingdom (Ruined) got chosen as the worst. But for the best 3 stages, you put them in the order middle, right, left. And the middle got chosen again. Did you switch up the order on purpose? Because you wanted the middle one to be chosen both times? Sneaky...
I don't think, you can say that the cap kingdom is boring, because it's simple. You have to calculate that, that is the first level. This stage is just to show the mechanics, not to have complex secrets.
Honestly Cap Kingdom is really not that fun, but it does have an amazing style. If there ever is an Odyssey 2, I hope that Cap Kingdom returns with much more glory. It deserves that.
The cap kingdom I feel like the criticism is slightly unfair, because it's just a simple introductory level where you get to grips with the game mechanics and the cap theme. I think that's where the simplicity comes from. It feels to me like the game doesn't truly begin until the Cascade Kingdom.
