as one of the originators of the genre
the Super Mario series include some of
the best platforming level design ever
seen in gaming welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down the top
10 2d Mario levels for this list we’ve
picked the top 10 most fun challenging
and memorable levels in the 2d Mario
series for 3d levels be sure to check
out our list of the top 10 3d Mario
levels number 10 world 6 6 new super
mario brothers week
mostly known for its frantic and
epically fun 4 player co-op a first for
the mario series new super mario
brothers we also introduced some cool
gameplay mechanics to take advantage of
the Wiimote world 6 6 has you riding a
raft through a pitch-black cavern and by
using your Wii mote you can move the
boats light around and illuminate the
level it’s fun but also challenging as
hell
especially if all four players are
wrestling with the limited standing room
on the raft
number nine chocolate Island to Super
Mario World confusing the hell out of
everyone upon the release of Super Mario
World this level changes every time you
play it there is a method to this levels
madness though depending on how many
coins Mario collects throughout the
level and how much time is left on the
timer the layout of the map differs from
section to section if Mario reaches the
third area while there is at least 250
seconds left on the timer you can gain
access to a secret key exit how you are
supposed to figure this out when you
were 10 years old and didn’t have the
Internet is anybody’s guess
number eight touch fuzzy get dizzy
Super Mario World to Yoshi’s Island
otherwise known as world one seven this
is probably the only level in mario
history where you can get stoked in
games where your jump a needs to be
pretty perfect it really throws a wrench
into your plans when the entire screen
is shifting around chaotically and all
of the colors are psychedelic here the
more fuzzy Zeo she runs into the more he
trips balls the beautiful art style and
sound design in Yoshi’s Island helped to
make this one of the most memorable
sections in 2d Mario history number
seven world two one Super Mario Brothers
2 filled to the brim with perils such as
quicksand snakes and sometimes
infuriating sand digging sections
throughout the depths of a pyramid world
to one is a challenging but cool level
in the oddball Super Mario Brothers 2
here’s a little tip to make your life
easier pick toad as your playable
character he’s by far the fastest digger
and that can make the second screen
exponentially easier number six
vanilla Secret three Super Mario World
at first this level seems ridiculously
easy it’s just Mario and an army of
friendly dolphins frolicking around in
the water then that buzzkill porcupine
to ruin all the fun imagine if you were
swimming with dolphins at SeaWorld for a
while until a giant murderous pufferfish
showed up to impale you with its spikes
that’d be lame right once porky popper
appears it’s best to stop swimming and
start using those dolphins as platforms
but if you’re a real jerk you can just
eat all the dolphins is Yoshi number
five meringue cloud’s boarding the
airship new super mario brothers view
most airship levels in the Super Mario
Brothers series have you fighting your
way through the bowels of the ship until
you reach the mas character but boarding
the airship switched up that convention
this time Mario is running alongside the
airship trying to avoid baby Bowser’s
giant mechanical hand as it slams
towards the ground eventually more
traditional airship elements come into
play with lots of platforming and
projectile dodging
finally by using his trusty green pipe
Mario can blast himself onto the ship
itself to square off against Baby Bowser
number four world for one Super Mario
Brothers 3 when you first encounter the
giant forms of all the enemies you’ve
been stomping into the ground so far
it’s pretty terrifying however it turns
out that these super-sized goombas and
Koopas are actually just bigger targets
for Mario to ruthlessly head stomp Super
Mario Brothers 3 was full of innovative
ideas and creative worlds that played
with the series’s conventions but as the
saying goes bigger isn’t always better
number 3 world 1 1 Super Mario Brothers
this is the level that started it all
introducing legions of gamers around the
world the beloved traditions and
gameplay mechanics that still exist to
this day in 2d Mario games playing it
today world 1 one seems astoundingly
straightforward a couple of goombahs
here a couple of bottomless pits there
however at the time this level was
downright groundbreaking and ultimately
Nintendo has been building on world one
ones foundations for decades now if
simplicity and elegance still make it
one of the best levels of all time so
much so that it’s even made appearances
in other iterations of the franchise
number two sunken ghost ship super mario
world haunted castles and houses are
fairly commonplace throughout the mario
series but there is only one instance of
a sunken haunted boat the son can go
ship used to be one of the airships used
by Bowser’s kids in Super Mario Brothers
3 teaming with booze and other spectral
adversaries this spooky level acts as
the Gateway to Bowser’s home world by
swimming your way to the levels crystal
ball an event is triggered where a
mountainous Bowser cavern rises from the
ocean giving Mario a path to his final
showdown with the king of Koopas before
we unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one world 8 airship Super Mario
Brothers 3 by the time you reach world 8
otherwise known as dark land Mario has
already seen his fair share of Koopaling
captain airships each previous airship
level is a challenge in its own right
but this is the fastest auto-scrolling
level in the game
the fleet of airships are really narrow
and the rocky wrenches are everywhere
ensuring that flying wrenches fill the
sky it’s no surprise then that most
players end up using a P wing for this
stage and if you don’t have a P wing get
ready for a world of frustration agree
with our list did we forget any classic
2d Mario levels for more Goomba stomping
table 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
the Super Mario series include some of
the best platforming level design ever
seen in gaming welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down the top
10 2d Mario levels for this list we’ve
picked the top 10 most fun challenging
and memorable levels in the 2d Mario
series for 3d levels be sure to check
out our list of the top 10 3d Mario
levels number 10 world 6 6 new super
mario brothers week
mostly known for its frantic and
epically fun 4 player co-op a first for
the mario series new super mario
brothers we also introduced some cool
gameplay mechanics to take advantage of
the Wiimote world 6 6 has you riding a
raft through a pitch-black cavern and by
using your Wii mote you can move the
boats light around and illuminate the
level it’s fun but also challenging as
hell
especially if all four players are
wrestling with the limited standing room
on the raft
number nine chocolate Island to Super
Mario World confusing the hell out of
everyone upon the release of Super Mario
World this level changes every time you
play it there is a method to this levels
madness though depending on how many
coins Mario collects throughout the
level and how much time is left on the
timer the layout of the map differs from
section to section if Mario reaches the
third area while there is at least 250
seconds left on the timer you can gain
access to a secret key exit how you are
supposed to figure this out when you
were 10 years old and didn’t have the
Internet is anybody’s guess
number eight touch fuzzy get dizzy
Super Mario World to Yoshi’s Island
otherwise known as world one seven this
is probably the only level in mario
history where you can get stoked in
games where your jump a needs to be
pretty perfect it really throws a wrench
into your plans when the entire screen
is shifting around chaotically and all
of the colors are psychedelic here the
more fuzzy Zeo she runs into the more he
trips balls the beautiful art style and
sound design in Yoshi’s Island helped to
make this one of the most memorable
sections in 2d Mario history number
seven world two one Super Mario Brothers
2 filled to the brim with perils such as
quicksand snakes and sometimes
infuriating sand digging sections
throughout the depths of a pyramid world
to one is a challenging but cool level
in the oddball Super Mario Brothers 2
here’s a little tip to make your life
easier pick toad as your playable
character he’s by far the fastest digger
and that can make the second screen
exponentially easier number six
vanilla Secret three Super Mario World
at first this level seems ridiculously
easy it’s just Mario and an army of
friendly dolphins frolicking around in
the water then that buzzkill porcupine
to ruin all the fun imagine if you were
swimming with dolphins at SeaWorld for a
while until a giant murderous pufferfish
showed up to impale you with its spikes
that’d be lame right once porky popper
appears it’s best to stop swimming and
start using those dolphins as platforms
but if you’re a real jerk you can just
eat all the dolphins is Yoshi number
five meringue cloud’s boarding the
airship new super mario brothers view
most airship levels in the Super Mario
Brothers series have you fighting your
way through the bowels of the ship until
you reach the mas character but boarding
the airship switched up that convention
this time Mario is running alongside the
airship trying to avoid baby Bowser’s
giant mechanical hand as it slams
towards the ground eventually more
traditional airship elements come into
play with lots of platforming and
projectile dodging
finally by using his trusty green pipe
Mario can blast himself onto the ship
itself to square off against Baby Bowser
number four world for one Super Mario
Brothers 3 when you first encounter the
giant forms of all the enemies you’ve
been stomping into the ground so far
it’s pretty terrifying however it turns
out that these super-sized goombas and
Koopas are actually just bigger targets
for Mario to ruthlessly head stomp Super
Mario Brothers 3 was full of innovative
ideas and creative worlds that played
with the series’s conventions but as the
saying goes bigger isn’t always better
number 3 world 1 1 Super Mario Brothers
this is the level that started it all
introducing legions of gamers around the
world the beloved traditions and
gameplay mechanics that still exist to
this day in 2d Mario games playing it
today world 1 one seems astoundingly
straightforward a couple of goombahs
here a couple of bottomless pits there
however at the time this level was
downright groundbreaking and ultimately
Nintendo has been building on world one
ones foundations for decades now if
simplicity and elegance still make it
one of the best levels of all time so
much so that it’s even made appearances
in other iterations of the franchise
number two sunken ghost ship super mario
world haunted castles and houses are
fairly commonplace throughout the mario
series but there is only one instance of
a sunken haunted boat the son can go
ship used to be one of the airships used
by Bowser’s kids in Super Mario Brothers
3 teaming with booze and other spectral
adversaries this spooky level acts as
the Gateway to Bowser’s home world by
swimming your way to the levels crystal
ball an event is triggered where a
mountainous Bowser cavern rises from the
ocean giving Mario a path to his final
showdown with the king of Koopas before
we unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one world 8 airship Super Mario
Brothers 3 by the time you reach world 8
otherwise known as dark land Mario has
already seen his fair share of Koopaling
captain airships each previous airship
level is a challenge in its own right
but this is the fastest auto-scrolling
level in the game
the fleet of airships are really narrow
and the rocky wrenches are everywhere
ensuring that flying wrenches fill the
sky it’s no surprise then that most
players end up using a P wing for this
stage and if you don’t have a P wing get
ready for a world of frustration agree
with our list did we forget any classic
2d Mario levels for more Goomba stomping
table 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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