Ranking Every World in the New Super Mario Bros. Series
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Hello and welcome to a 3 hour video in which look back on, and rank parts of a game series that had, in the past, made a large impact on me, despite its flaws. The New Super Mario Bros. series lasted for a fairly short amount of time in the grand scheme of things, but resulted in 4 decent-sized games, all of which have resulted in...mixed opinions from people in the years since. Have my opinions on these games changed? And what stands out to me in retrospect? What was good? What was....not that?
The majority of the content in this video is based around my own opinions, so if you disagree, cool! Different people are bound to have different views on this kind of stuff.
This is also my first time making a fully scripted video, and first time working with this setup, so...things are not 100% perfect yet, but I still think this video turned out great!
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As the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder approached, I wanted to look back at this series, and see how I felt about it a decade later. As I mention in this video, this video was scripted, and recorded, before Wonder released. Yes it did take a while to get this out, October and November were rough :/. As such I decided not to try and shoehorn in any mentions of Mario Wonder, preferring to leave the video as it would have been for the most part.
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0:00:00 - Intro
0:03:13 - New Super Mario Bros.
0:46:03 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
1:30:03 - New Super Mario Bros. 2
2:09:20 - New Super Mario Bros. U
2:54:08 - Retrospective and Outro - Hry
I absolutely love nsmbds to death but the fact that world 3 doesn't actually have a beach level will never not annoy me lol
Yeah the beach level is in W6, what :p But unlike Amber, I really like how W6 is a weird world
@@metawarp7446 same ngl
Me too
There is technically a tiny stretch of sand present in World 3-A where the third Star Coin is located.
Also, NSMBU simply does not have any beach levels at all outside of its bonus content (World Coin-3).
I thought this was just a livestream that I had missed but then I hovered my mouse over the thumbnail for a few seconds and saw there were actual editing cuts
1) Why would you do this to yourself
2) fair play the level of quality in this video is already blowing my away 16 minutes in
Is it that crazy considering that Amber has made a six hour fully edited video looking at almost every season of Taskmaster?
Amber has at this point proven her dedication to insanity
TJ Henry Yoshi,,,
OMG HHHHAAAAAIIIIIII TJ-HENRY-YOSHI!!! :3
No way it’s him
i will not say it it's been 8 years
Damn, the Mario community is EATING with this extremely high-quality 3 hour long video!
Where did you come from?? No really, the editing and professionalism of this video is so top notch I'd expect it to come from a CZcamsr with at least 50K subs. I love the in-depth analysis you give for each level, I definitely see each level in a different perspective now with your dissection. There's even some really cool details like the custom icons for each world, it's all very impressive! Hope to see more stuff from you! Would personally love to see you cover the worlds in Mario Wonder, but whatever content is next, I'll be watching! Cheers :)
when you break down the levels like this, i realize how we take these games for granted. the new soup franchise is so well made and fun. the fatigue did them dirty
What I love about that first level in World 5 is that not only are all the multiple new mechanics tied to the theme of snow, but the background elements also interact with Mario, as in these trees that drop snow on him. Same goes for the deeper snow that hinders your movement, which is a specific ground tile with a distinct function. It makes the level feel more alive if these background and foreground elements aren't just for visual variety but actually do something, it's neat.
Which World 5?
I get a longform amby vid to listen to while I draw, bless
My god, this video is edited so well, and it's a very enjoyable watch for three hours. This will definitely be going in my "bingewatch a couple times in the next week and come back to it a year later" playlist.
I personally think the New series is fun, but a bit... samey and basic. Wii is my favorite, and I have a bunch of nostalgia for it, and even DS. But Mario Bros. Wonder blows all New titles, even other 2D Marios, out of the water. It's become my favorite 2D Mario, and I hope to see some sort ranking like this from you!
AMBERRERRRR I'm not even close to done with the video yet but I've loved it so far and I can seriously see how much effort you've put into it here. You deserve the world and I'm rooting for this video to reach everyone because it just needs to be watched. Genuinely entertaining and you've made me laugh a lot and shown me a lot more about these games than I ever knew :)
I have always had the same theory about DS World 6, definitely feels like a depository for leftover levels with how it reuses old themes and has 2 towers. Although I dont think it's a bad thing since rock has always been a pretty lackluster theme to me.
It is one of the more high-quality NSMB series analytical videos. The editing and format look phenomenal. Logics are sound without over-generalizing, much so going deep into individual levels and their strength and weaknesses instead of mindless, opinioned ranting. It also comes very lighthearted with a sense of humor, even putting the perspective of the player/designer and offering alternatives. Rarely do those other analyses offer similar viewpoints and conclusions. Playing the games back-to-back develops such a bias to expect a lot more during a time of stableness, the result could be different if they are played out of order, looking back then.
Very underrated video with few views. It is long but filled with enjoyable content. Sets an example of what other analytical videos should be. Great work!
This video must have taken SO LONG to make, and I'm here for it!
Got some things to say about the nsmb series myself
world 6 in nsmbds was originally gonna be a mechanical/machine world which explains the inconsistent theming.
theres 4 levels in nsmbds that has naturally spawning mega mushrooms, 1-1, 1-2, the wiggler level on world 4 & that one bomb level in world 7.
some of the bosses actually change up when your using both the mini mushroom & mega mushroom in the original nsmb, go fight the mega goomba as mini mario/luigi as an example. I’m not sure if it works in the other games.
nsmb ds blue shell actually makes you swim faster.
Theres a few cheat codes / secrets in nsmbds, & other nsmb games.
a reason on why the nsmb series is easier compared to classic mario that most levels give a desired item at the start of most stages in the series like a flying powerup for a higher level or a flower powerup for a castle level. This actually makes the item storage system of every nsmb game redundant if you ask me. Nsmbds doesn’t really have this issue due to the pink ? Blocks/over world hammer bros giving you random items & the 3 items introduced in nsmbds appearing as often as stars.
Still wished they did the trend of introducing new bosses like in nsmbds for the other 3 nsmb games.
a way to do coin battle, if you have the time is to do it as a minimum coin challenge against your friends. In order to win a round you need to have the least amount of coins. (The way to break a tie is simple, see who has less lives.) however getting the most coins isn’t the only way you can lose, you can also lose if you lose all your lives which is what makes the tie breaker have a risk/reward aspect.
I’m surprised they didn’t bring back any of the powerups from wii in nsmb2, since nsmbwii brought back the mini mushroom. Imagine they bring back the ice flower. To be fair on nsmbu’s case for the same situation it was basically in the sonic 2/cd situation where both games were being made at the same time.
nsmb2 cannons are basically beta versions of mario run levels.
nsmb2’s 4-3 kinda feels like an okay 3D world level if it got the gens 3ds treatment.
best way to describe nsmbu is the nsmb to take concepts from other nsmb games & other 2D mario games. Such as some items being rare, overworld concepts from wii & world, bowser Jr fights from wii.
nsmbU’s ice piranhas I believe were in wii but are unused
The enemy encounters are easier to avoid compared to wii.
I kinda wished you talked about luigi U & mario run, since kinda like nsmb2 it has 6 worlds & its 2 different takes on bonus worlds.
One thing to note for mario run is that it has different characters that can be unlocked in different ways such as peach, toad, yoshi & even daisy.
A video like this will last me a few days. This is a great idea, because you can really highlight what is (or isn’t) different between each game and find the diamonds in the rough. I’m looking forward to working my way through this video for a while!
This needs more views, the quality is immeasurable!
Good shit, Amber. I’ve yet to actually sit down and watch the whole thing but once time frees up believe me- I will. I enjoy arguing with incorrect opinions far too much to let this pass 💪🏼🔥
sorry to break it to you but my subjective opinions are 100% infallible and also it's my birthday everyday so you can't say i'm wrong
Amazing video. Watching it was a great way to appreciate these underrated gemes! I would *LOVE* to see your ranking of worlds in Mario Wonder tbh.
I might have to give that idea a try someday!
I would love a whole video on New Super Luigi U. Props to the production value on this one it was great
Got this randomly recommended and wow im glad i watched it, it was amazing!
Would love to hear your thoughts on more mario games levels
this was so nostalgic to watch!! great video, great critical reasoning with your reasonings behind the tier list. loved this video!!
I’ve always been interested by world 6 on the ds version, specifically because of the variety of themes. I know it’s pretty off putting to most but I actually kinda like the idea of combining themes. I know the game didn’t do much with that idea other than layering the backgrounds over eachother and the levels being slightly harder, and I also realize these levels were most likely just scrapped from being in their respective worlds for being too difficult, but if they had gone further with it it could’ve been a pretty cool idea. Like for example imagine a tropical themed level with a volcano and lava, or a forest with snow (kinda like 9-7 on the wii version) which would make more sense than say the underwater or jungle levels being in the mountains. I think one of the worlds was even meant to be tropical volcano themed at one point in the beta
As someone whose first game they ever owned was the original NSMB, this video was an absolute *treat* to watch. Incredible stuff, with really great editing and effects, and I wholly agree with the thesis at the end. Nintendo played things safe during the DS/Wii era, and when things went south for them with the Wii U, they didn't really experiment nearly as much with their big franchises, almost like biding their time for their next big console. NSMB2 aside, the 3DS is generally praised for breaking from that sort of plain, unoriginal slump, and I'm hopeful that this means good things for Nintendo, Mario, and the rest of Nintendo's catalogue of fun, inventive franchises.
Some stray thoughts I had while watching:
- This video did a pretty great job of illustrating your fair point: while these derivative levels are almost never bad, they're seldom *great*, and the repetition even with good, reused mechanics are still properly called out as "last seen in NSMBWTF in World Number-#". It makes me think of how very few other games really do this, and so close to each other in terms of release; the closest I can think of is the Shovel Knight games, having elements unique to each level that reappear with each campaign, each released 2 years apart at most. But even then, each character's controls are so wildly different, you interact with everything in totally unique ways; a simple airborne enemy for one character would have serious consequences to take out the same way as another character, from different ways of attacking or moving. We only really see this with NSLU, and even then, rarely does Luigi's slippery boots create a massive difference in kind for the repeating mechanics.
- Your point about the wider screen in the console games is exactly how I feel - it's the same reason for the jump from NES/GB games to the DS. More real estate, more mechanics and enemies to show at once, and when multiplayer is thrown in, it just makes sense; NSMB2's multiplayer feels really tacked on, after looking at it like that.
- I was initially unsure why you didn't squeeze the Mushroom and Flower worlds in next to Worlds 2 and 4 in the NSMB2 section, like how you handled split paths in NSMB and NSMBU, but with the benefit of having seen how enjoyable those worlds are, I think it worked out for the best this way. This game is general was a lot less surprising than I thought it would be.
- Seeing the editing and transitions in this video suddenly has me wanting to learn how to edit for myself - this is superbly well done!
- I think my favorite parts of your humor and the tone in your voice is when you get to be snarky yet very clever; it's why I enjoy BALL so much, bouncing off of Quote's surprise and confusion, and a part of how you bounce off of other people in a group project. This video felt very different from both of those, and I'd say it was a pretty great success, seeing you handle such a thing directly to the audience and all on your own.
- This is my first time seeing you and I don't think I've seen someone rock a leather jacket and bright green sunglasses this naturally
The production quality of this video was great, keep at it.
When you were talking about Spikes I realized that wonder introduced a fire Spike variant that acts like the SMB3 one lol
a few months ago i looked up this exact concept and saw that theres no video. i tried to make one of my own but ended up giving up.. its a big task. good job making this and whether i agree with your list or not im sure it will be awesome!
Good video giving mostly in-depth reasons and great editing!
In NSMBU i actually played the full game without finding any secrets and this was before i googled things i'd play every level in a world until i found a secret (i never did)
1:55:25 actually, I don't think the theme is entirely out of place.
I think it's supposed to be volcanic ash that's falling from the sky. It's actually a very underused theme in games, only Pokémon RSE and ORAS, and the Basalt Nether biome in Minecraft come to my mind when I think about this trope.
i definitely worded that part a bit badly. what i meant was moreso that the level probably would've fit better in an earlier world due to how mellow it was, and if the theme was changed away from 'volcanic ash' and such, then it wouldn't be out of place at all
@@amber_okaythen yeah, it did feel a bit too "lax". That denim colored background does NOT mesh well with what they're trying to set us up for in that level.
Honestly, NSMBWii is so amazing to look at and well produced. I still love the music to this day, especially the map themes, considering how fitting they all are to the theme of the world. Also, the world maps are fucking GORGEOUS? It blew 11 year old me away how 3D models could be used that well in a mostly 2D game! The world chooser always reminded me of cakes. Very nice to look at, as well.
52:30 That music is from Mario Kart Wii’s “Dry Dry Ruins”. It can be a bit confusing though since Double Dash has a track called “Dry Dry Desert” with a similar theme but drastically different obstacles and music.
ah damn, I knew it was the Wii one but i just wrote down the wrong word there lmao
wowow, youve got great editing, delightful commentary, AND it lasts 3 hours?? really awesome stuff! really enjoy the music selection throughout too, especially the touhou jumpscare
I was thinking about World 6 in the DS game. I wonder if the reason so many of the levels are off-themed is to give a retrospective of the past Worlds before going to World 8. This would be due to World seven not being automatically available.
Fellow Huckit Crab enjoyer. Peak
Great video! I really do feel the NSMB series does get a bad rap, as none of the games are bad at all, even my least favorite of them all, NSMB2, is at worst, forgettable and unoriginal, but not bad.
Also, side note, Unagi, as of Super Mario Odyssey, have been renamed to Maw-Rays.
my headcannon when i was a kid for world 6 ds, was you start with a rocky climb before reaching a small rainshadow environemtn in a desert, before crossing the rainshadow into the wetland and jungle, before returning to the mountain and reaching the icy peak before battling the tank mole at the summit, then jumping either into the clouds or rolling down the mountain to world 8
You make some amazing content!!
Incredible video, hope to see more 2D or 3D Mario Tier lists in the future
Damn this video is great. Hope this video gets in more people’s feed
As I said before, I loved this video! I love how you made a retrospective of the entire series by going level by level and giving good criticisms and reviews of each!
If you ever want to make a sequel-type video to this, I have a couple of suggestions:
Ranking every world of the classic 2D Mario Games (SMB-SML2:6GC)
Ranking every world in Super Mario 64
Ranking every world in Super Mario Sunshine
Ranking every world in Super Mario Galaxy/Galaxy 2
Ranking every world in Super Mario 3D Land & 3D World
Ranking every world in Super Mario Odyssey
Ranking every world in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
(For fun) Ranking every world in Super Princess Daisy (series of levels in Super Mario Maker, though with Nintendo discontinuing support for course world in a few months, you don’t have much time to do that unless someone’s remade the levels in Super Mario Maker 2)
Overall, I really enjoyed all this! Can’t wait to see more!
And I forgot to list among them:
Every world in New Super Luigi U ranked
damn how do you not have at least 100k subs yet? Let’s get this lady her play button! ^_^ subbed!
i absolutely adored this grand video!! thanks for the incredible content ❤❤❤
I can't wait for you to do a Mario Wonder! Heck I'd watch a tier list where you'd rank each level ;D
I really hope you follow up this with Wonder rankings cause man it will feel like such a breathe of fresh air after playing these games back to back
I appreciate putting the song titles in the video. It’s always so annoying trying to find them in the comments, thanks!
This is such a great video! I'm so glad CZcams recommended this to me, an easy subscribe for sure.
Awesome video! You sure played a lot of NSMB for this!
A video on NSLU would be amazing. This video was so good. Definitely earned a sub.
I'm not ashamed to say that I watched the whole video.
Great video this is the longest youtube video I ever watched and it was well worth my time
awesome vid!
scuttlebug hrt
Wow, that was an excellent video.
Awesome detailed video
Beloved and beloathed are my favourite antonym duo to use in succession
ik you grew up on the 'new' series, but i'd love to see your world ranking of the original games (incl world e!) - even as a one-off tho, good vid, very well-paced
amazing video, nice job
Honestly, for World 6 the background and rocky tileset isn't even unique to this world, the Volcano setting in World 8 looks awfully similar, they just removed the lava on the tips of these peaks and tweaked the hue of the ground tiles...
Great video!
just found your channel from this video and found you do taskmaster as well so theres my sub , im obsessed with it
I’m so fucking excited to watch this
53:40 the only people who found this coin without help are Donkey Kong Country players
Oh man, this will be interesting. Will ypu do one for rom hacks?
The background music choices.... immaculate...
"balls can be troublesome" so true bestie ✊😔
I misread this as wholesome😭
Great ranking! I like the way how it was approached, going level by level. I agree with most points, though 6-6 in the wii version is kinda underated. At least you're not forced to go on the raft. You can, as you said, swim in the water, or use the mini mushroom to run over the water. Also, 8-4's concept is shit, and it's execusion is even more shit. I guess it is a fair challenge for world 8, but still, it's shit. The WiiU version of this level was better, but not by much. Also, the motion controlled platform used in the red-hot elevator ride in NSMBU and that was before used in 7-tower in NSMBW was not as well utilised in the WiiU version as it was in the Wii version. The bullet bills were much more of a dynamic challenge than the WiiU version. Then I have to mension wolld 6 of NSMBDS. I do think the level selection in this world is better than world 3's. At least the world 6 levels were mostly fun, while world 3 was mostly ok or shit. The only levels I really liked were the tower and castles, but hey, I have a soft spot for spiky dildos. And finally, the world 8 final castle on the Wii was kinda underwhelming. Though the boss was amazing, the level itself was pretty boring. The other NSMB games did a much better job preparing you with the confrontation, with either the NSMBDS or NSMB2 version being my favourite.
That said, you do make a lot of good points.
Also, Quick question, have you ever played the games made by the Newer Team? I mean Newer Super Mario Bros Wii, Newer DS and the Newer Wii specials? If not, I definitely recomend them. They are fun.
Sorry for the bad spelling, I am in a bit of a rush, but I wanted to write this comment down.
Have a nice day, bye.
I have actually played both Newer Wii and DS, both were fantastic!
Cool! Do you think you will ever make video's on those games? And also, do you think you will make (ranking) videos on other games? I'm a huge sucker for ranking and review videos.
@@lukasvanpeski3369 I'm not sure if I'd make videos on those games specifically, but after the reception this video has gotten, I'm surely gonna be making more videos like this
I'd love to see you take a shot at a LEVEL tier list at some point
This video was really good
You missed something in New Super Mario U: The secret levels don't have midpoints, which makes them more of a challenge than others.
oh that's really cool actually. i noticed the lack of a midpoint in a few of them, but didn't realise it was the case with them all
Wait how does this only have 1k views this need 1mil it feel like a 1 million view video
I unapologoetically love the NSMB series. I feel people overdramatise the levels of similarity and boredom between the games. Each has various distinctions and I wish the series was still going (they only made 4 games, the most recent of which came out in 2012). NSMB DS is the most unique and fun, but each of the games have great levels, enemies and fun little touches.
I found this at 2 am and I love it
ok but she ate with this video, just gained a new sub from me!
I remember someone i watched who called super mario bros wii, New super mario bros fallout edition because of how empty it was
(im kinda suprised you didnt talk about iggy slapping his ass at mario since everyone else seems to talk about it)
Scott the Woz was the guy who called it NSMB WII fallout edition
where did you get the leather jacket it looks sick
bruh. that same toxic fog at 1:21:12 is also in the mario 3d world level “trick trap tower” and i like that one better than this because ITS ELECTRIFIED !!!
52:04 was when I knew she's too funny to not sub to.
@@thesardonicrenegade3065 It must be a devastatingly sad life to lead if you can't be kind to other people just out of the goodness of your heart, and will rather disrespect them and make them feel bad just because being a dick is so near and dear to you. And out of all places you choose to do it in CZcams comments, literally the saddest place right after 4chan to have a debate in.
Wait is this guy an Australian and good video really good
She may live in the upside down world but her content is always quality bc she works super hard! Hardest working Australian woman I know 💪🏼
In youtube in my opinion @@protontoad
Good video
I just wanted to say that world 4 in new smb Wii is in fact A tier. No need to fret.
Subbed
Love how she mentions that by the time she releases this video, Wonder already was released, but then said that while she's editing the video, she's probably playing Wonder. It seems she already saw that she wasn't actually going to release the video until the game released XD
this is my ranking of each game from best to worst.
1: nsmbw.
2: nsmb ds.
3: nsmbu.
4: nsmb2.
Ngl I like the games but every time I try play them I end up closing them bc I get bored
Video idea rank every world 7 this include. Smb1 world 7 smb the lost levels world 7 smb2 world 7 smb3 world 7 pipe land smw valley of bowser nsmbds world 7. Nsmbwii world 7 nsmb2 world mushroom nsmbu world 7 sm3dl world 7 sm3dw world castle smbw world bowser yes world 7 is world mushroom world 8 is world flower world 9 is world star and why mushroom-1 is a sky level and flower-1 is a volcano level
Based Flower World enjoyer. That’s all I have to say (asides from good video)
1:11:22 nice voicecrack
Leaving a comment for the algorithm.
Say what you want on the new super Mario series but you can't say that the games are bad unoriginal yes but not bad.
59:30 DGR makes that mistake practically any chance he gets
did you miss the secret exit in the world 5 tower for wii?
I don't believe there is a secret exit for the World 5 tower in Wii
wait that text at 23m or so said she is dangerously aware. . .THERE A GIRL!?!?!?
New super Mario bros 2 is not a mid game, it’s the best new super Mario bros game.
what’s wrong with “it’s giving”?
Enter world 7... Sky tower music :)
THREE HOURS
i thought nsmb world 6's theme was theme bashing lolol
letting the days go by
ITS FINE ?
You love blooper too?
of course! he's just a little guy
@@amber_okaythen what about kamek?
Kamek is cool, but i've never really gravitated towards them that much
@@amber_okaythen ok
Why do you sound like CG5 but with an accent?
there banzai bills, not king bills
you should play newer super mario bros wii and rank the worlds (newer super mario bros is a fanmade version of the wii game and its so good)
I have actually played that hack before, as well as the DS version, buuut idk if I'd ever make a video on it
@@amber_okaythen well if your ever out of video ideas you can make one on that
Hell yeah lol