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Donkey Kong Country (Series)

I think we only have room in the topic for one more set of nominations after this current one, so after I post the rankings tomorrow, make sure your last nomination is one you're satisfied with.

The rumor that Miyamoto was the reason for Paper Mario's narrative change of direction after Super Paper Mario

paulg235 posted...

The rumor that Miyamoto was the reason for Paper Mario's narrative change of direction after Super Paper Mario

I think that's covered by the Mario Mandate.

Alright then...

Mario - RTX On (Unless that has been covered too...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7SMl5aj6ow

Duck Hunt

Cinergi Pictures

Bowser Jr.

Kamek

Pennington

shine thief

Blue coins in Super Mario Sunshine

Also, I think you missed an earlier suggestion for Bob-omb in Post #403 (there's Bob-omb battlefield on the list but not Bob-omb the enemy/item)

Dungeon Duos (Mario Party)

Bowser being named Koopa in Japanese

I have another movie-related one but I won't suggest it yet to avoid request spam.

- Cape Feather Tier
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Mario Kart (Series)
Super Mario World
Cape Feather
Admiral Bobbery
Mario Kart 8
Mario Timeline: I love this image. We all know it. As a parody of the Zelda timeline, it's flawless done. I even love how the top of it is 1-1. The divergence point being Yoshi rescuing or defeating the babies is wonderful. I love how the darkening of Mario's heart timeline leads him to become a referee. The randomness of where everything is placed is also to its great credit. Tomm Hulett should be proud of himself.
New Donk City
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario Odyssey
Nintendo (Company): Easily the best and most iconic video game company. They ARE video games. The Disney of video games, except less evil and toxic... but merely less.
Super Nintendo
Donkey Kong Country (Series): I have a dark secret I must now admit. I've never completed DKC3. I just wasn't in love with it, I'm sorry. Graphically, this is surely the best SNES series. I remember seeing my friend play it in kindergarten and having my mind blown. Completely destroys all competition. Aside from that, though... It's not a hot take to say that 2 > 1 > 3, right? I guess Tropical Freeze counts, okay, slot that behind 1 and above 3. Rebooting Donkey Kong as just his own hero with his own adventures was a good choice, and having zero Mario references in it was an even better decision. It really helps set DK apart as having his own series, with a more coherent story and logic (somehow!), but also some more fourth wall-breaking shenanigans. But in the all-important question of "are DKC1 or 2 better than SMW," I... think the answer is sort of yes? At least for 2. DKC definitely has better music. It has a very specific, coherent theme going, and it's just well-made in general. Sorry if that's an insane take. Was it just DK64 sucking that sort of killed the series? Oh also, if I didn't make this clear before, I hate King K. Rool. He always sucked. Diddy Kong is probably even a better 2P character than Luigi! He's at least more distinct, and the idea back then in the early 90s of the characters having completely different abilities in a platformer was rare. Even when Mario games did it, it's still not AS different as Diddy Kong's cartwheels, DK's strength, and Dixie's flying. Someone please tell me why they added Tiny Kong instead of just reusing Dixie, by the way, I never understood that. Just make her also able to shrink, there's no reason for that second character to exist.

- 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)
1-1 Theme
Doopliss
Tick Tock Clock: One of the best Mario Kart stages. I love cutting across the clock hands, when you can.
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
Bayonetta Nintendo Content
Thwomp
Charles Martinet
Hammer Bros.
Smithy
Brawl in the Family
Rawk Hawk
Glitzville
Dungeon Duos (Mario Party): This is the first time someone's nominated one of the classic "you must work together in order to win" games. They can be infuriating if your partner sucks. But this one in particular is fine! It has four different little mechanics you have to master in order to win, and every section is different and challenging. I have no problems with it at all. Still not my favorite Mario Party minigame, though.
Pirahna Plants on Parade (Level)
Super Mario Maker 2
Hexagon Heat
Mario vs Crono Rivalry
Poltergust G-00
Mario (Character)

- Hammer Suit Tier
Paratroopas
Jump Up, Super Star!: Oh, it's the Odyssey song, okay. It's really good. It absolutely nails the, like, 1940s/1950s style of music, except it actually sounds good. Yeah, I said, music from before like 1975 is mostly trash, sue me. Contextualizing it in-universe as Pauline singing is a little weird, though. What do you think their relationship was like? "Mario, I'm a little concerned. I feel sort of indebted to you for saving my life, but... I don't know how much we have in common? I have political aspirations, and you seem satisfied with your life as a plumber." "Wahoo!"
Dire Dire Docks (Theme)
Link (Mario Kart)
Dr. Goomba Tower
Italians
Mario 64 Got Milk Commercial
Charles Martinent's Cameo (Film)
Chris Pratt
Triple Jump
Timed Hits
Super Mario Bros. Movie
SupperMarioBroth
Pennington: I once showed a picture of Sherlock Holmes to my students, and they all knew him. I showed them a picture of Hercule Poirot, and no one knew him. It's unfortunate, because Poirot is the better series. And here Pennington is investing a murder on a train, exactly like Poirot, but he looks and acts like Sherlock Holmes. Anyway, the incompetent detective who thinks he's hot shit, but is actually pushed along by the competent assistant (in this case, Mario, but Pennington thinks it's Luigi) is a classic trope for a reason. One of the most memorable jokes in the entire Paper Mario series is him telling Bowser that "Luigi" beat him to a star, and Bowser being completely humiliated that Luigi got him. Hm, the Wiki says he's a "Bumpty," a race from Yoshi games, but I don't know if I believe that. He could easily just be a miscellaneous blue penguin. But do you understand why TYYD is the best thing ever, when even secondary characters you see for one chapter are this good?
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: You can probably argue that this is technically the most important contribution of SMB2 to the greater Mario mainline series. Unlike Shy Guys, Bob-Ombs appear in a million games. They serve a really clear purpose, too, since explosives are easy to integrate into gameplay and story. I remember as a kid, getting Bombette in my party, and being like "won't she just die if she explodes? I wonder if she'll just bop the enemy instead," but no, she explodes, and just survives anyway. Okay, it's Mario, sure. I dunno. I feel like I could make some kind of kamikaze-based analysis of this, but I won't bother. Of note, however, is that Bob-Ombs are the only enemy race in Mario that have ever been displayed as having more than one faction. All Goombas just serve Bowser, etc, but Bob-Omb Battlefield was a legitimate civil war. The lore runs deep.
Shy Guy
Valentina
Lack of Mario vs Sonic (Character Battles)
Smash 64 Commercial
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
Tubular
Ultimate Show (Theme)
Koji Kondo
Staff Roll (Mario Kart 64)
Autumn Mountain Battle Theme
Fawful
Super Mario 3D World
Kamek: It makes complete sense for Bowser to have a 'main' minion, both so that there's a lesser boss to fight, and for Bowser to have someone to talk to. I'm just shocked that it's still Kamek instead of Bowser Jr. Like, Toadsworth had essentially the exact same role as advisor, and yet he got erased. I guess Kamek also has the benefit of being a bad guy in the Yoshi games, where he's fine, but I don't know. I don't think of Kamek as one of the major Mario characters.

Axem Rangers
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Film)
Super Mario Christmas Carol
Mario Lemieux
Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy
Mario/Sonic Rivalry
Swapping Cartridges
Tanooki Suit
Delay Lama
Goombas
Shy Guy's Toybox
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Super Mario Bros Plumbing Commercial
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Warp Whistle
E. Gadd's Voice: Completely fine. I would've made him sound more like Egon Spengler, but in terms of nonsense voice clips, that's how it tends to go in video games. The real question we need to ask is if the Mario language is English or something else, and this is just the only time it's not translated, or if E. Gadd is just a weirdo.
General Guy
Beware the Forest's Mushrooms
Goombella
Booster (Super Mario RPG)
Wiggler Wednesday Typo
Shigeru Miyamoto
Wario
Chain Chomp
Bikes (Mario Kart Wii)
Super Mario Land 2
FLUDD
The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon

- Super Mushroom Tier
Mario Party (Series)
Dorrie
Bob-omb Battlefield
How Many Super Mario Games Are There? (Video)
Broodals: I mean, I don't LOVE them, but they are better than the Koopalings. If we need to have themed miniboss squads ala MGS, this is preferable. They also have more unique abilities and boss fight gimmicks than the Koopalings, which is to their benefit.
Metal Mario
Luigi's Up-Taunt
The Three Little Pigheads: Goddamn! I forgot about these things. It's like a huge wave of nostalgia seeing these guys. Rarely does Mario reference things as obviously as this. Three pigs living in tiny houses (suspended from a ceiling?) and bouncing around at you is very Mario.
Staff Roll Theme (Mario 64)
Mushroom
Disco Devil (Theme)
Shy Guys on Stilts
Super Mario Strikers (2005)
Rip Van Fish
Duck Hunt: Yes, yes, every kid from back then had this double-cart. Duck Hunt is an okay game. It's no Mario Bros, but it's fine. I don't know how much I actually played it, though. When I was a little kid, the NES games I played were mostly just SMB, Dr. Mario, and Tetris. The SNES had already come out by the time I could form, like, memories, so I didn't play THAT much NES stuff. No game's fame has ever benefited more from a double-pack than this one's.
Shellcreeper
Tattle
Stealing Stars with Boo
Pipes
Bowser Meets Bowser
Little Stylus
"So long, gay Bowser!"
Sammer's Kingdom (Theme)
Shine Thief: It's just reverse tag, but with Mario Kart items. I'm fine with that. It's moderately fun. Good use of existing resources in the game.
Hide and Seek mods
Super Mario Galaxy
Bowser Theme (Super Mario World 2)
Mario Quiz Cards
Puzzle Plank Galaxy (Theme)
Mario Tennis: Power Tour
Bah (NSMB Music)
March 10th
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mario + Rabbids
Slider (Theme)
Starman
Donkey Kong (1981)
RTX On: I had to look this up. Okay, this is a meme about RTX, where if it's off, the image looks like one thing, but if it's on, it looks like a much better image? I mean, sure, I see the exploitable nature of such a meme, I'm on board with it.
Wreck-It Ralph
Wiggler
Steam Gardens (Theme)
Mushroomy Kingdom
Boomerang Suit
Giga Bowser
Chargin' Chuck
Rainbow Road (Fat Bearded Guy Song)
Jim Carrey as Wario in SMB2
Gust Garden Galaxy (Theme)
Tonkachi Mario
Paragaloomba
Kaizo Mario World
Super Mario 3D Land
Wet-Dry World
Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
Talking Flowers
Trials of Death
Mallow
Baby Park
Mary O
Brooklyn
Dennis Hopper
Anya Taylor-Joy
Tumble (Mario Party 3)
Angry Sun
Weegee
I'm a Chuckster
Captain Toad
Do the Mario
Fireworks (End of Level)
Eely-Mouth
Super Mario Bros Super Show
Wart
Kublai Khan
Tetris Attack
7 Grand Dad
Toaster
Super Mario Bros. 2
Wario Land (Virtual Boy)
Blue Shell (NSMB)
Backwards Long Jump
Parental Controls (Nintendo Switch)
Chuckya
Donkey Kong Arcade Cabinet
Reznor
Final Fantasy Characters (Mario Hoops 3-on-3)
Mouser
Honeylune Ridge: Escape (Theme)

- Frog Suit Tier
Great Giana Sisters
Mario's Picross
e-Reader Functions (Super Mario Advance 4)
Somari
Peach Blossom
Dr. Mario (Smash): I mean... I'm sure it took zero effort to add this character, but does anyone actually like him? And the fact that they added an echo fighter mechanic, but Dr. Mario is still a unique character, despite Chrom being about as different from Roy is just nonsense. I'm sorry, I don't hate Dr. Mario being in Smash, but to me, he's just a slight mixup from regular Mario. I'm sure super Smash lovers can go on and on about the minute differences between their gameplay, but I don't care, I'm never going to be a pro player of any game.
Wall Kicks Will Work (Star)
Super Mario Spikers
Negative Zone
Super Mario Bros. (LCD Game): Navigate some platforms with no music other than basic beeps, and reach Peach. I'll be honest, until Melee, I didn't even know G&W was a thing at all. I just... I can appreciate their technical achievement given the lack of technology they're working with, or the effort put into replicating that, but that doesn't mean the games themselves are particularly fun. I'd play them for like a lark, but I'm never going to bother actually beating them or even tracking them down.
A Day at the Races (Mario Party 2)
Lou Albano
Shadow Mario Paint
Practice Makes Perfect (Legacy X)
Flutter
Wapeach
Toad (Character)
Year of Luigi
Blindfolded Mario Maker Guy
Flyswatting Minigame (Mario Paint)
Dong Dong Never Die
Mario Punch
Shroobs: Never played PiT! I said that earlier! Trying to rank them anyway, I dunno, I kind of like the idea of mushrooms being unique to the Mushroom Kingdom as their 'thing.' Having alien mushrooms is kind of weird. I'm also exhausted of space mushrooms from Star Trek: Discovery.
Super Princess Peach
Super Guide
3-Up Moon
Mario Bros.
Peach
200cc: It's just too fast and chaotic. 150cc is perfect, but this gets into the range of being actively unfun.
Pauline
Stanley the Bugman
Mario Mandate
Blue Coins (SMS): God, I'm remembering these now, don't you have to play every stage to the point where you can get all of the blue coins, and only then fight the final boss? That must infuriate speedrunners.
Chill (Dr. Mario Theme)
Mario Tennis (GBC)
Green Missile Random Misfires
Torpedo Ted
Mario Finale
Super Mario Run
King Koopa (Name): I assume in Japanese, this name sounds good. In English, though, clearly Bowser sounds way better. Like Ryuichi Naruhodo versus Phoenix Wright. Well, maybe not quite like that. Like Freezer versus Articuno! That's a better example. But it actually does make sense that Bowser's name would have his people's name in it, that's how actual royal titles worked... except that he has many minions who aren't Koopas.
Monkey! (Dennis Hopper)
"It's a stone, Luigi. You didn't make it!"
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
L is Real 2401
WarioWare
King Boo
New Super Mario Bros. (Series)
Grandpa Mario (Serving Tray)
Gooper Blooper
Mario Clash
Mama Luigi
Lakilester
Steak (Boss Fight)
The Beat Goes On
NBA Street V3
Coins (Mario Kart)
Luigi Mario
Mario Paint
Fortune Street
Yoshi's Safari
Mario and Wario (Game)
Move Faster, Pokey!
Super Mario 64: Chaos Edition
Racist Mario
Jump Rope Challenge (SMO)
Mario Tennis N64/GBC Transfer Pack Functionality
Wario's Woods
Giga Bowser Punch
Fat Yoshi
Bowser Jr.: I refuse to believe that anyone likes Bowser Jr. He serves a purpose, I guess, but he has all of the negative qualities of being an annoying kid and a useless minion character, and the role he fills was already filled by both Kamek and the Koopalings and (for whatever it's worth) Koopa Kid. I guess you can argue that he allows Bowser to show an emotional side, but who cares? And like... I was going to bring this up for Peach, but forgot. In SMS, Bowser Jr calls her "mama," and Peach blinks and is like "I'm your mama...?" and it's like, Peach, how much cocaine are you on right now that you aren't sure if this ten-year-old turtle dragon monster is your son? I realize Peach was never portrayed as a super smart scientist, but I'd at least like to believe that she is capable of counting how many babies she has, and if the number is zero, then capable of figuring out that Bowser Jr cannot be her son. I dunno, let me just be clear about this: no one likes kids in fiction, except for Terminator 2 and Home Alone. Definitely the worst 'main' Mario character.
Mike Tyson
Thunder Cloud (Mario Kart)
Mariobama
Mario Golf
Personalized Mario 64 Cartridge Theory
LUEshi
Boswer's Clown Car
Super Mario Bros.
Casio Hellburst
Ruined Dragon (SMO)
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Wario's Mario Party 1 and 2 Voice
Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
Super Mario Bros. (G&W)
Yoshi's Cookie
Bowser is Pissed (Theme)
Bowser in a Bathtub: Why does Bowser fight you in a a giant bathtub? I never understood this. And while it doesn't really look like a bathtub, you can't deny it is one, because Peach is standing on a rubber ducky the whole time. Like, sure, this has to do with the water theme of the game, but who cares? Why a bathtub of all things? The entire game has had a wacky tropical aesthetic up until this one point. Have Bowser fight Mario on some fast-moving awesome surfboards or something. Have Bowser turn into a giant and smash up the amusement park while you turn it against him. Have FLUDD fill up with paint and turn the paint against him! There are many ways to do this, and they choose maybe the worst one. God, is this the worst final boss in a mainline game? I think it probably is.
Yoshi (Game)
Special Mariko Broken (Sket Dance Chapter 91/Episode 39)
Mario is Missing

- Poison Mushroom Tier
Elephant's Foot of Obnoxious Music: This is bad and obnoxious, but it's also listenable-to. I didn't have to turn it off, so I guess it failed its job. And I kind of liked the occasional deep voice guys droning in the background! I dunno, it's not THAT bad.
I Am A Teacher: Super Mario no Sweater
Mario Kart Tour
Mario Teaches Typing
Rubberbanding
Super Mario Bros. Special
Doctor Finale
Super Mario Land
Puzzle & Dragons
Cinergi Pictures: They're the ones who made the original Mario movie, eh? Okay, let's see what else they've made. Die Hard 3, Tombstone, Judge Dredd... Yeah, I see why this company went backrupt. I think there's a real difficulty in translating games into film, but in the case of Mario specifically, I think there's an added difficulty of the illogical nature of the games. Nothing makes sense and nothing is meant to make sense, so what do you do? In Cinergi's case, they created pure chaos. Just complete, sort of disgusting nonsense. I mean, everyone loves the recent CGI one, but it doesn't actually make any more sense than this one. In some ways, it makes less sense. And this was Cinergi's second movie! How the hell did it survive? I guess it didn't survive for that much longer, but-- they made The Scarlet Letter? The Alan Smithee film? God, how bad can you be? When the best most in your filmography is Evita... I'll let you in on a secret, though: these movies are still better than Morbius and Madame Web. How Sony is still trying to make their "Spider-Man Adjacent Cinematic Universe" work, I don't know.
Bowser's Big Blast
Madame Flurrie
Watch for Rolling Rocks (0.5x A Presses)
Luigi Meeting Himself
Mario Screaming (Video)
Tatanga
Super Hornio Brothers
Daisy Blossom
Toadette
Peachette: I mean, it's not just that it's stupid and lazy. It obviously is, but like, even within the nonexistent logic of Mario lore, it raises some uncomfortable questions. Is Peach even a single person? Are there many Peaches? Mario is just one person for sure. Or is there only one Peach, and also there's a magic that lets you turn into Peach? If so, why? The only good thing it gave us is Bosette, which is essentially just a parody of it.
Hand Injuries (Mario Party)
Pink Gold Peach
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Pachinko Game (SMS)
Robirdo
Yakuman DS
Big Bertha x Mario (Mario Comics)
Wendy O. Koopa
Hotel Mario Cutscenes
Petey Piranha
Mario Galaxy 2 Glitch

- Blue Shell Tier
Subspace Dubbed Over
Mario Pissing
Blue Shells just Before the Finish Line
Birdo

The next set of nominations is the last one!

Bowser being horny for Elephant Peach

The last boss theme from Bowser's Inside Story

https://youtu.be/ouUeRx0OHPw?si=MRVsn6BvbECM2x9w

Your favorite Mario level/world (that hasn't been ranked, if it already has)

Anagram posted...

Tick Tock Clock: One of the best Mario Kart stages. I love cutting across the clock hands, when you can.

Was referring to the Super Mario 64 level haha.

Super Mario Bros: The Movie (1993)

Bowser Bomb (item)

"Peach actually is Bowser Jr.'s mom" fan theory

I'd like to think Pauline and Mario are like...friendly acquaintances who had one big shared thing in the past (i.e. Mario saving her from DK) and kept in touch every now and then but not really more than that. Also heck yeah the song slaps.

Final nom: Peach Blossom

I love the song I posted

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Y_d_Lhp60

Milli Vanilli

The only guest stars on the Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon & Princess Toadstool's favorite band.

Toad (SMB2)

Raka_Putra posted...

I'd like to think Pauline and Mario are like...friendly acquaintances who had one big shared thing in the past (i.e. Mario saving her from DK) and kept in touch every now and then but not really more than that. Also heck yeah the song slaps.

Final nom: Peach Blossom

Already ranked!

Wing Cap

Oops, my bad.

I'll go with Daisy (character).

Brick blocks

Super Smash Bros. Melee

the Mario Choose Your Own Adventure books

Elephant Fruit

Super Mario Bros. (the game) soundtrack

Paper Mario credits parade

https://youtu.be/P0-93hhx7IE?si=PS3EGaY2nDJ0wYbl

Mario vs. Samus 2005

Koopa's Road theme (Super Mario 64)

Thank you again, these are always my favorite. Looking forward to the next one!

They Call Me Waluigi

Mario Pissing but it's in Friday Night Funkin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qnqtwdmnd8

- 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

Tubular
Ultimate Show (Theme)
SMB1 OST: I listened to a playlist of all SMB1 songs. I remembered all of them perfectly EXCEPT for the ending theme, which seemed completely new to me. I felt like I'd never heard it before! It was like discovering an entire new ancient Mario song, very fun. Anyway, this is obviously like the most classic of all classic OSTs, nothing else can compare except Tetris and maybe Pokemon.
Koji Kondo
Staff Roll (Mario Kart 64)
Autumn Mountain Battle Theme
Fawful
Credits Parade (Paper Mario): What's with parades ending Mario RPGs? This happened in Mario RPG, too. I like the triumphant trumpet version of the Mario theme. Man, Peach may not know how to run a country or invest in security, but she... can't invest in parade security, either. Bowser's minions are just right there, celebrating with her. I like how the Yoshi float says YOSHI is big letters. Wait, Bowser is invited to the parade dedicated to the defeat of Bowser? Peach, girl, I don't know what to say. I like the opera singer, I don't remember her at all from the game. Oh man, Merlon! Man, your design got a lot fancier over time. Who invited General Guy to this? God, Peach, you... you are really bad at organizing events. But this does at least feel like the ending to a video game, so you have that going for you.
Super Mario 3D World
Kamek
Axem Rangers
They Call Me Waluigi: I mean, it's okay. I'm not in love with this. But I like how easy his voice is to imitate, there many Waluigi impersonator musicians on Youtube now. Is he as much of a meme in Japan? I have to imagine he's not; so much of his appeal is tied specifically to how lame and pathetic he is.
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Film)
Super Mario Christmas Carol
Mario Lemieux
Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy
Mario/Sonic Rivalry
Swapping Cartridges
Tanooki Suit
Delay Lama
Goombas
Bowser's Elephant Fetish: I remember when we first saw trailers for this game, and people were like "each character will have a different transformation, there's no way they'll make Elephant Peach, it would give too much ammunition to fetish fan art." Little did they know, elephant fetishists had an inside man...
Shy Guy's Toybox
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Super Mario Bros Plumbing Commercial
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Warp Whistle
E. Gadd's Voice
General Guy
Beware the Forest's Mushrooms
Goombella
Booster (Super Mario RPG)
Wiggler Wednesday Typo
Shigeru Miyamoto
Wario
Chain Chomp
Bikes (Mario Kart Wii)
Super Mario Land 2
FLUDD
The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon

- Super Mushroom Tier
Mario Party (Series)
Elephant Fruit: It's good when Mario games have signature power-ups. 3D World had the clone cherries, and Wonder has turning you into an elephant. It's not really that exciting, but it's still something mildly fun and new. I'm on-board with it.
Dorrie
Bob-omb Battlefield
How Many Super Mario Games Are There? (Video)
Broodals
Toad (SMB2): I never played Toad as a kid. It was always Luigi or Peach for me, and for obvious reasons. I understand that even in speedruns, Luigi and Peach are still the favored options because they can skip parts of stages. Toad is also just the most boring of the main characters, and the only one who routinely gets replaced by bullshit like Blue Toad and Yellow Toad. God, is it really that much to ask that you just use Wario or Daisy? Just make Daisy the fast and weak one, no one would mind. I don't really mind when the playable character is THE Toad, but when it's just a random nobody Toad, no one wants to play that. You can't convince me that anyone has ever voluntarily played Yellow Toad.
Metal Mario
Luigi's Up-Taunt
The Three Little Pigheads
Staff Roll Theme (Mario 64)
Brick Blocks: Classic. Classic of all classics. Remember the instruction manual lore that they're transformed Toads? Horrifying.
Mushroom
Disco Devil (Theme)
Shy Guys on Stilts
Super Mario Strikers (2005)
Rip Van Fish
Duck Hunt
Shellcreeper
Tattle
Stealing Stars with Boo
Pipes
Bowser Meets Bowser
Little Stylus
"So long, gay Bowser!"
Sammer's Kingdom (Theme)
Shine Thief
Hide and Seek mods
Super Mario Galaxy
Bowser Theme (Super Mario World 2)
Mario Quiz Cards
Puzzle Plank Galaxy (Theme)
Mario Tennis: Power Tour
Bah (NSMB Music)
March 10th
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mario + Rabbids
Slider (Theme)
Starman
Donkey Kong (1981)
RTX On
Wreck-It Ralph
Wiggler
Steam Gardens (Theme)
Mushroomy Kingdom
Boomerang Suit
Giga Bowser
Chargin' Chuck
Rainbow Road (Fat Bearded Guy Song)
Jim Carrey as Wario in SMB2
Gust Garden Galaxy (Theme)
Tonkachi Mario
Paragaloomba
Kaizo Mario World
Super Mario 3D Land
Wet-Dry World
Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
Talking Flowers
Trials of Death
Mallow
Baby Park
Mary O
Brooklyn
Dennis Hopper
Anya Taylor-Joy
Tumble (Mario Party 3)
Angry Sun
Weegee
I'm a Chuckster
Captain Toad
Do the Mario
Fireworks (End of Level)
Eely-Mouth
Super Mario Bros Super Show
Wart
Kublai Khan
Tetris Attack
7 Grand Dad
Toaster
Super Mario Bros. 2
Wario Land (Virtual Boy)
Blue Shell (NSMB)
Bowser Bomb (Item): "This is Donkey Kong's favorite item despite being classified as a bad item. According to the Mario Party 2 manual and character selection screen, this is because Donkey Kong thinks he can take down Bowser in a fight." Honestly... nah. DK and Bowser both routinely lose to Mario, but I feel like Bowser gets way closer. I feel like Bowser would trounce King K. Rool, too. Anyway, the idea of forcibly selling people random items is VERY Mario Party, in that it can easily screw you over for no reason.
Backwards Long Jump
Parental Controls (Nintendo Switch)
Chuckya
Donkey Kong Arcade Cabinet
Reznor
Final Fantasy Characters (Mario Hoops 3-on-3)
Mouser
Honeylune Ridge: Escape (Theme)

- Frog Suit Tier
Great Giana Sisters
Mario's Picross
e-Reader Functions (Super Mario Advance 4)
Somari
Peach Blossom
Dr. Mario (Smash)
Wall Kicks Will Work (Star)
Super Mario Spikers
Negative Zone
Super Mario Bros. (LCD Game)
A Day at the Races (Mario Party 2)
Lou Albano
Shadow Mario Paint
Practice Makes Perfect (Legacy X)
Flutter
Wapeach
Toad (Character)
Year of Luigi
Blindfolded Mario Maker Guy
Flyswatting Minigame (Mario Paint)
Dong Dong Never Die
Mario Punch
Shroobs
Super Princess Peach
Super Guide
3-Up Moon
Mario Bros.
Peach
200cc
Pauline
Stanley the Bugman
Mario Mandate
Blue Coins (SMS)
Chill (Dr. Mario Theme)
Mario Tennis (GBC)
Green Missile Random Misfires
Torpedo Ted
Mario Finale
Super Mario Run
King Koopa (Name)
Monkey! (Dennis Hopper)
"It's a stone, Luigi. You didn't make it!"
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
L is Real 2401
WarioWare
King Boo
New Super Mario Bros. (Series)
Grandpa Mario (Serving Tray)
Gooper Blooper
Mario Clash
Mama Luigi
Lakilester
Steak (Boss Fight)
The Beat Goes On
NBA Street V3
Coins (Mario Kart)
Luigi Mario
Mario Paint
Fortune Street
Yoshi's Safari
Mario and Wario (Game)
Move Faster, Pokey!
Super Mario 64: Chaos Edition
Racist Mario
Daisy (Character): Of all the major Mario characters, Daisy is the most pointless and lacking in personality. I think I've said that multiple times now, but I mean it this time. She has nothing. Descriptions of her say she's tomboyish or spunky, but man, tomboys do no wear frilly dresses. You can say she looks more energetic than Peach, I GUESS, but that's barely a personality trait. At least Peach can argue that she takes the quality of being feminine to a ridiculous extreme; Daisy can't even argue that. The only thing Daisy has going for her, the ONLY thing, is that she's the hipster version of Peach. When my sister plays Mario Kart, this is who she chooses.
Jump Rope Challenge (SMO)
Mario Tennis N64/GBC Transfer Pack Functionality
Wario's Woods
Giga Bowser Punch
Fat Yoshi
Bowser Jr.
Mike Tyson
Thunder Cloud (Mario Kart)
Mariobama
Mario Golf
Personalized Mario 64 Cartridge Theory
LUEshi
Super Mario Bros: The Movie (1993): Obviously, this movie is terrible. No one will ever deny that. But it's so epically terrible. Every single decision made about this movie is just completely baffling. Can you imagine watching this without having played the games? You'd be so confused. Even having played the games, it's still confusing. The decision to make the alternate dimension this dreary cyberpunk dystopia is so bizarre, and the "goombas" are just atrocious. Like, for all of this movie's infinite flaws, it is at the very least memorable, which is more than I can say 90% of video game movies. Tell me one thing that happened in the Silent Hill or Prince of Persia or Assassin's Creed movies. Yeah, I thought not.
Boswer's Clown Car
Super Mario Bros.
Peach is Bowser Jr's Mom (Fan Theory): This is the dumbest fan theory. I mean, yes, Peach doesn't deny it, but Peach is clearly a moron. She's inbred royalty whom we have never actually seen make a political decision ever; Toadsworth is clearly the one really running the show. All she needs to actually do is look pretty and wave to crowds; this is why she has enough time to learn how golf, baseball, tennis, kart racing, every Olympic sport, dodgeball, and baking. You cannot tell me that you would be comfortable with her as your political leader. And don't say that applies to Rosalina, too, Rosalina is like a million years old and had time to learn these skills. She's great, shut up. Besides which, it's already Mario canon that babies are delivered by stork. It is plausible that the wrong baby, intended for Bowser, could have been delivered to Peach, but I feel strongly that would make Bowser Jr either Peach's son or Bowser's, but not both. So, the only plausible way this can go is if Bowser Jr is delivered to Peach, then Bowser kidnaps him, and Peach doesn't bother contesting it, making Bowser Jr Peach's son, but not Bowser's.
Casio Hellburst
Ruined Dragon (SMO)
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Wario's Mario Party 1 and 2 Voice
Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
Super Mario Bros. (G&W)
Yoshi's Cookie
Bowser is Pissed (Theme)
Bowser in a Bathtub
Yoshi (Game)
Special Mariko Broken (Sket Dance Chapter 91/Episode 39)
Mario is Missing

- Poison Mushroom Tier
Elephant's Foot of Obnoxious Music
Mario CYOA Books: I had to look these up. I'll be honest, even as a kid, I had no interest in CYOA books. I was a discerning child, and the only books I read for fun were mystery books. Remember Encyclopedia Brown? I remember reading one book where the mystery hinged on the idea that you can't put your left hand into your right pocket. When I read that, I immediately tried to do it and succeeded with no effort, and after that, I was mildly annoyed at the book.
I Am A Teacher: Super Mario no Sweater
Mario Kart Tour
Mario Teaches Typing
Rubberbanding
Super Mario Bros. Special
Doctor Finale
Super Mario Land
Puzzle & Dragons
Cinergi Pictures
Bowser's Big Blast
Madame Flurrie
Watch for Rolling Rocks (0.5x A Presses)
Luigi Meeting Himself
Mario Screaming (Video)
Tatanga
Super Hornio Brothers
Daisy Blossom
Toadette
Peachette
Hand Injuries (Mario Party)
Pink Gold Peach
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Pachinko Game (SMS)
Robirdo
Yakuman DS
Big Bertha x Mario (Mario Comics)
Milli Vanilli: Milli Vanilli is one of those bands that I know existed, but I cannot tell you a single thing about them. Even as a kid, I knew nothing except the name. Wikipedia says they're German, and I didn't even know that. Oh jeez, I see that there was a controversy about them not only lip-synching, but using other performers to sing in their recordings who labeled as talented but unmarketable, that is... pretty atrocious, actually. And one of their concerts had a problem where the recording kept playing back despite them not wanting it to, making it obvious they were bullshit artists? I've gone from having literally zero opinions about them to being very against them in the span of about five minutes. And what bad luck for Princess Peach declaring that this is her favorite band. I guess that's the risk you take when you're making a low-budget cartoon and can only get B-list celebrities to guest star. The Simpsons gets Michael Jackson, and that guy never had any controversies.
Wendy O. Koopa
Hotel Mario Cutscenes
Petey Piranha
Mario Galaxy 2 Glitch

- Blue Shell Tier
Mario Pissing but It's in Friday Night Funkin': I can't believe there are multiple Mario pissing nominations. This earns more points than the original video for being higher effort, but like... I've never played FNF, so it's not doing better based on that. Call me a puritan, but there is no circumstance in which I want to see, hear, smell, or talk about piss ever, except possibly to a doctor. It's just one of the grossest aspects of our bodies. People are sometimes like "we shouldn't have shame about our bodies or what we are," and I disagree, I think sometimes you should have shame and not talk about things, and pissing is definitely one of them.
Subspace Dubbed Over
Mario Pissing
Blue Shells just Before the Finish Line
Birdo

Alright folks, that's it! Thank you all for contributing to the topic. I always enjoy these, and I'm not sure what I'll do next. I might make a poll to see what people are most interested in, if people think that's a good idea.

Anagram is against discussions about screaming when you pee, confirmed.

This is borderline heresy!

Thanks for doing this! It was really fun!

I didn't post here at all, but I want to say that this thread is peak

Mario has proven to be such a versatile character, basically he can be used in any kind of anything, that it led to some very fun requests in this topic. I dont know that theres any other video game series/character that has the same potential. But I do hope theres another topic like this, it has been enjoyable.

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