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4. 4-1

Excitement: **
Enemies: ***
Items: **
Novelty: **
Villainy: ***

Yeah, you know why. It's Lakitu. This is both the earliest stage in which you can find Lakitu - and also, the lowest stage on my list that has Lakitu in it. You could rank this #1 and I would totally understand - this is a great pick if you just want to create maximum chaos, as much as possible, as fast as possible. Lakitu is this game's marquee enemy without question, IMO - zipping around, following you everywhere, creating more and more Spinies, which are themselves a pain in the ass to deal with, and you can send those as well. Lakitu is probably the most frequently reciprocated enemy, seeing as it's generally hard to deal with him without killing him, as hitting the flagpole at the end sends him away also, and it takes a while before he leaves on his own - the only other way to get rid of him are pipes and dying, pretty much. So, when you kill Lakitu, he STICKS, and that's going to make your SMB35 session pretty crazy, especially if you have a lot of people alive still, or even better, you can send multiple at once - make sure you have Attackers set before you kill a Lakitu, because that's both the only way to send multiples, and also the best way to make sure they get sent back to you so you can keep them going. I only rank 4-1 this low because the stage itself is not that exciting aside from this, and since it's one of the canon stages of SMB1 I feel like I've seen it enough, but without it being one of those W8 stages that are exciting enough to always feel fresh. You'll see this one picked fairly often without you, as well, but doesn't hurt to ensure that it's in the rotation. SMB35 is just a more hilarious game with Lakitu in it.