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1. 8-2

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

Aside from the fact that this is a very late stage, if you want a stage that maximize the impact of both the challenge of the level itself as well as the enemies you can send from it, 8-2's your level. It's got Lakitu, so that automatically propels it near the top, but unlike 4-1 and 6-1, it has other enemies like Buzzy Beetles and Bullet Bills (don't sleep on Buzzy Beetle - its immunity to fire can be a bit of a pain in the ass for fireball spam), and it has a ton of death-defying jumps that you'll have to do towards the end, which really solidifies its 3-star villainy rating (although Lakitu already gives it that by default), assuming that anyone can ever actually get there. I think this is one of SMB1's most challenging and interesting stages and the fact that it has Lakitu makes it a strong contender for the most impactful stage you can add to the SMB35 rotation... well, again, assuming anyone ever makes it there. But if enough people picked later stages, it wouldn't be a problem, so you should definitely add 8-2 to the rotation.