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- Cape Feather Tier
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Super Smash Bros. Melee: I mean, it's almost cheating to allow this, but I guess I have to. I'm not a Project M "Melee forever" person or anything, but I think it's hard to deny that Melee really raised the bar for video games in general. Absolutely EVERYONE was playing this game for years. Brawl's general disappointment was partly due to the fact that although it's still fun, it's not Melee. This is truly the SF2 of party fighting games, the one that all others must be measured against. And look at how many have tried and failed. PSASBR... Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble... Multiversus... that one Nickelodeon one... Uh, Fraymakers... Man, this genre kind of sucks outside of Smash, huh?
Mario Kart (Series)
Super Mario World
Cape Feather
Admiral Bobbery
Mario Kart 8
Mario Timeline
New Donk City
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario Odyssey
Nintendo (Company)
Super Nintendo
Donkey Kong Country (Series)

- Kuribo's Shoe Tier
Rosalina
Luigi Wins Without Doing Anything
Super Mario Bros. 3
Kuribo's Shoe
Paper Mario
Super Mario 64
Bowser (RPG Versions)
Mario Kart 64
Fire Flower
Super Paper Mario
Everyone is Here
Waluigi
Mario Tennis (N64)
The Grand Finale (Theme): A very appropriately epic final boss theme for a JRPG. Sounds nothing at all like Mario music, and more like PS2-era Final Fantasy, but I'll allow it. It's no One-Winged Angel (I'm sorry everyone, I like Sephiroth, I don't care how edgelordy and stupid he is), but it gets the job done. I do feel like having a heroic duel against a big monster listening to this.
1-1 Theme
Doopliss
Tick Tock Clock
Rainbow Road (General)
Yoshi
Watt
Super Mario 64 DS
Minus World
Stretchy Mario Face (Mario 64)
Culex
Count Bleck
Bowsette
There Will Be Brawl
Mario, the Idea vs Mario, the Man
Luigi
Sirena Beach: My favorite Mario level is New Donk City, but since I already ranked that, and since I'm going to restrict myself just to the mainline games, I guess I'll go with... Sirena Beach. I shat on SMS quite a bit earlier, but I did compliment that it makes any attempt at all to keep things diagetic, and a haunted abandoned hotel is a weird and unique concept for a Mario level. The awkward controls matter less in this enclosed environment, and the electric manta ray boss, while not especially fun to fight, at least looks cool. Again, I never once insulted SMS' theming or use of environments, and this is probably when they're at their strongest.
Bayonetta Nintendo Content
Thwomp
Charles Martinet
Hammer Bros.
Smithy
Mario vs Samus (2005): To this day, this is by far the most convincing evidence for rSFF's existence. Samus consistently outperformed Mario in every match up to this point, both in this contest and in prior contests... and he absolutely ravaged her. I remember my bracket was pro-Samus, I was a complete fool. We can talk about how Samus outperformed Mario against the same characters, but what it really comes down to, and what I refused to accept at the time, is that it's freaking Mario. This is probably also the single most X-stat-destroying match of all time, I can't think of any match of such importance that the stats got so wrong. Of all the matches I've ever gotten wrong, this was definitely the most memorable... well, that and Link vs Draven vs Shepard, but that's a story for another day.
Brawl in the Family
Rawk Hawk
Glitzville
Dungeon Duos (Mario Party)
Pirahna Plants on Parade (Level)
Super Mario Maker 2
Hexagon Heat
Mario vs Crono Rivalry
Koopa's Road (Theme): It's so ridiculously epic for Mario, but it still sounds like Mario music, and that's what's important. It actually does sound like you're leading up to something important, but it also sounds like a wacky platformer.
Poltergust G-00
Mario (Character)

- Hammer Suit Tier
Paratroopas
Jump Up, Super Star!
Dire Dire Docks (Theme)
Link (Mario Kart)
Dr. Goomba Tower
Italians
Mario 64 Got Milk Commercial
Tick Tock Clock (M64): Oh, the M64 level, okay. I'll throw this one in for free, since I misunderstood the nomination. This is a good contextualization of Mario having to platform around. It makes way more sense than floating bricks everywhere! The use of clock hands is clever, all of the little gears and mechanisms are clever, and the secret way to manipulate the hands' speed based on when you jump into the portrait is... kind of bizarre, actually. Probably the best contextualization of any platforming challenge in M64, honestly. They tried. Is it the best level? Probably not. But it's still pretty good.
Charles Martinent's Cameo (Film)
Chris Pratt
Triple Jump
Wing Cap: Oh man, actually getting to fly in 3D. It's like a whole different ballgame. I guess that Star Fox for the SNES already existed, but I have to imagine that for most people our age, this was the first time you got to do this, right? Even if it's not actually that exciting or well-utilized, and even if most of the actual flying sequences are things like "collect these coins" or whatever, the sheer scope and freedom it offers just felt like something new and exciting. Like, Mario using this cap is the cover of the game, so you'd be forgiven for thinking it plays a more central role, or that Mario would use it during an important sequence, like fighting Bowser. I imagine if you were born in like 2009, though, this would feel completely stupid.
Timed Hits
Super Mario Bros. Movie
SupperMarioBroth
Pennington
Super Mario Bros.
Bullet Bill
Postgame Optional Challenge Levels
Isle Delfino
Beep Block Skyway
Vivian
Nabbit
Heavy Troopa
Bowser
Super Mario Wonder
Supernintendo Chalmers
Hell Valley Sky Trees
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Death-Obsessed Luma (Film)
Cappy
Bob-Ombs
Shy Guy
Valentina
Lack of Mario vs Sonic (Character Battles)
Smash 64 Commercial
Nintendo! Hire This Man! (Song): The internet is truly the greatest invention of all time for shitposting. I don't know if it's possible for any future technology to give us superior shitposting, I can only imagine incremental improvements via social media. Oh, the song itself? It's pretty good. "Crank the bloom and then / It will truly look next-gen!" Inspired.
Pirahna Plant (Smash Bros)
Mysterious (Mario Paint)
Peach's Castle
The Wright Brothers vs. The Mario Brothers (Epic Rap Battles of History)
Dropping Baby Penguins off the Cliff in Cool Cool Mountain
Mini-Yoshi (TTYD)
Koopa Bros
Hurly Gloves