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What is the Most Common Level Theme in the Mario Series?
Like it or not, the Super Mario series is pretty set in its ways in regards to level themes. No matter whether we're playing in 2D and 3D, we always come across the same variations of world themes: grasslands, deserts, beaches, underwater, snowlands... every Mario fan can name plenty of examples of each. But even among what have certainly become tropes, not all themes are equal. Which left me to wonder... what is the most common level theme in the Super Mario series? And today, hours of research later, I present to you the final results!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introductions and Explanations
02:46 - The Least Common Level Trope
04:17 - Number 12
05:53 - Number 11
07:28 - Number 10
09:13 - Number 9
10:44 - Number 8
12:12 - Number 7
13:36 - Number 6
14:44 - Number 5
16:12 - Number 4
17:49 - Number 3
19:40 - Number 2
22:00 - Number 1
23:52 - Honorable Mentions
Footage may be courtesy of:
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @El_Omar2203
    @El_Omar2203 8 годин тому

    Functionality wise, I think the Luncheon Kingdom from Odyssey is a lava/volcano level, not only is a rocky terrain surrounded by a scalding hot lake, it features lava bubbles enemies that live in said lake and its main feature, food aside, is a massive volcano. Similarly, Autumn levels I think should just be counted along the rest of the Forest/Jungle levels.

  • @arnieXD
    @arnieXD 9 годин тому

    I kinda wish you'd highlighted each theme by playing one song of it every time. I could barely even hear the background music relative to your voice

  • @Viola_The_Rosa
    @Viola_The_Rosa 11 годин тому

    Feel on screen stats would have made this video a lot better. Its interesting tho the stats kinda just go one ear out the next

  • @KabalFromMK9
    @KabalFromMK9 11 годин тому

    The number "2" and "desert" in Nintendo games go together like peanut butter and jelly.

  • @soldierofkazus
    @soldierofkazus 14 годин тому

    I understand and agree with the decision to not include the RPGs, but now I think it would be fun to make a response video that counts the level themes in the RPGs.

  • @airlock7367
    @airlock7367 14 годин тому

    13:33 I may be overthinking it since poisonous sludge is a typical feature of swamp levels in videogames, but the distinctively wine-like hue of the toxic water in this kingdom reminds me of something else from southeast asian rainforests: water that becomes reddish (and unsafe to drink!) due to leaves falling in

  • @AbyssalPrincess0
    @AbyssalPrincess0 15 годин тому

    for mario maker DS and mario maker 2 i wouldve just done the story levels

  • @GRKTheGreat
    @GRKTheGreat 16 годин тому

    Tight you meant music lol

  • @SpoilerGoblin
    @SpoilerGoblin 16 годин тому

    I feel like the Easton Kingdom was meant to be a beach world, given that it’s based on Easter Island. Which would push the level up above 100, but wouldn’t change its ranking

  • @Accrovideogames
    @Accrovideogames 18 годин тому

    If I was directing a 2D Super Mario game, I would use the following themes for its worlds and levels. World 1: Urban (Park, City, Construction Site, Skyscraper, Shopping Mall, Museum) World 2: Tropical (Beach, Coral Reef, Rainforest, Desert Oasis, Savanna, Spiny Forest) World 3: Industry (Factory, Power Plant, Sewers, Junkyard, Plastic Ocean, Oil Platform) World 4: Volcanic (Ash, Sand Dune, Acid Lake, Lava, Dead Forest, Magma) World 5: Haunted (Graveyard, Forest, Amusement Park, Shipwrecks, Hospital, Mansion) World 6: Food (Cheese Desert, Spicy Volcano, Milk Valley, Ice Cream Lake, Chocolate Mountain, Candy Mine) World 7: Winter (Forest, Frozen Lake, Ice Cave, Mountain, Tundra, Christmas Town) World 8: Space (Launch Base, Orbital Station, Satellites, Asteroid Belt, Rainbow Road, Moon)

  • @yoshyfoods
    @yoshyfoods 19 годин тому

    I have, for years, been telling myself that 3D land is just a New Super Mario game with three dimensions, glad this level theming video is helping re-affirm my suspicions

  • @LightningQ7
    @LightningQ7 20 годин тому

    Bro, I thought you were gonna talk about the music. But this is even better.

  • @umamifan
    @umamifan 20 годин тому

    I loved the airship levels in SMB3!!! It was horrible that they never did anything with the concept afterwards.

  • @TheDiamondCore
    @TheDiamondCore 21 годину тому

    I see ceave gaming started a trend :P

  • @hichaelhyers
    @hichaelhyers 23 години тому

    This video was a banger! What surprised me the most is castles being number one before grasslands, but your explanation made it immediately click.

  • @BubblingBrooke
    @BubblingBrooke День тому

    I'm curious what the math looks like if you only take into account the theme only appearing period instead of counting individual levels. That way stars and moons don't aritifically inflate the numbers.

  • @lemoniscence
    @lemoniscence День тому

    I’m suprised the developer-made “games” in Super Mario Maker 3DS and Super Mario Maker 2 didn’t count, personally. *Especially* the 3DS levels.

  • @gokojamesbond
    @gokojamesbond День тому

    Underground Hands down, Underground theme and level is the one consistent song that is in levels While the SMB classic song is audible in some songs, it's either brief or in a side quest or in toad houses Underground theme and song atays the same in every game (SMW however changes everything)

  • @tyresr
    @tyresr День тому

    I feel like this video would’ve been way more interesting if you included every single theme, even if they only appeared once or twice.

  • @gamerezgazzer2751
    @gamerezgazzer2751 День тому

    Luigi's Mansion 3 is not just the best looking Mario game in the franchise, its pretty much the best looking switch game. Seriously

  • @redshirt4life181
    @redshirt4life181 День тому

    Was over 5 minutes in before I realized we weren't talking about music. Now I'm kind of sad.

  • @fadeleaf845
    @fadeleaf845 День тому

    You missed size levels as an uncommon level theme. While not really present in modern titles, Super Mario Land 2's Macro Zone, Super Mario Bros 3's Giant Land and Super Mario 64's Tiny Huge Island are worlds with that specific theme.

  • @JeffGrandinetti
    @JeffGrandinetti День тому

    A lot of the video footage doesn't show what the voiceover is saying???

  • @robbiewalker2831
    @robbiewalker2831 День тому

    So the Mario Maker 2 Story Mode levels will not count...

  • @legrandliseurtri7495
    @legrandliseurtri7495 День тому

    Did I misunderstood the intro, or did Galaxy worlds only contribute one point each??? Their point count should be equal to their number of stars, just like the other 3d games except odyssey.

  • @ShimmeringVapidCoal
    @ShimmeringVapidCoal День тому

    Dang it, I thought this was about music.

  • @TheNazzerDawk
    @TheNazzerDawk День тому

    I was actually hoping this might be a round-up of the themes. That would make a great follow-up video, showing and discussing the themes and rounding up all the levels that used them.

  • @ExeloMinish
    @ExeloMinish День тому

    I get that they're not actually new levels, but it feels weird to say the autumn theme didn't reappear until Galaxy when beating the Special stages in World turns THE ENTIRE GAME into autumn mode. It's honestly one of the wilder secrets in the series.

  • @pikminman13
    @pikminman13 День тому

    i appreciate mentioning all of the bottom themes, because they kinda form their own tiering in a smaller bracket.

  • @taylorchesser8990
    @taylorchesser8990 День тому

    I get that you only included games with "Super Mario" in the title, but I do feel that games like Yoshi's Island and Super Princess Peach should have been included, and especially Super Luigi U should count. That said, that's a nitpick that I don't think would have affected the overall ratings. Still, very cool video

  • @idkwhothisis-uv8tq
    @idkwhothisis-uv8tq День тому

    I just imagine all of the SMB1 themes going out to dinner after the winners were announced to celebrate the castle and ground themes, the autumn theme would also be there. Since they are the oldest, I just imagine them as kind old grandparents.

  • @kingjlinza
    @kingjlinza День тому

    Since you said that the beach/seaside theme got a whole game dedicated to it, I would argue that the haunted house theme also had a whole game dedicated to it: Luigi’s Mansion.

  • @marioftw3004
    @marioftw3004 День тому

    “Water worlds never have their own world” Turtle zone: Am I a joke to you?

  • @joon3035
    @joon3035 День тому

    Mario and Dry Bone is Bbq ribs because mario commonly uses fire powers and dry bones is, well, bones

  • @jordanberndt4157
    @jordanberndt4157 День тому

    I was about to write that: out of fairness, Mario Odyssey's worlds should have been counted more. If 64 and Sunshine each get one point per star, that's 120 points per game. Mario Odyssey has 880 moons, which means it's only getting 88 points in total. If it scored the same number of total points as 64 and Sunshine that means each kingdom should have their total moon count divided by 7.3333 instead of 10. However, I did the Math and the only thing it changed on the list was Wood/Forest and Spooky tying each other in 9th place with 69 pts each (nice!). No other positions/ranks changed as a result. I think if you wanted to do this list in the most fair way, you could partially weight the games by how long they are, so the scores can also reflect a combination of both how many levels there are, but also roughly how long players spend in each. Based on game lengths on HowLongtoBeat.com, I suggest weightings as follows: Land - 0.5 Run - 0.6 Land 2 - 0.6 Super Mario Bros. - 0.6 Lost Levels - 0.6 Super Mario Bros. 2 - 0.6 Super Mario Bros. 3 - 0.7 Bowser's Fury - 0.7 Super Mario World - 0.8 NSMB2 - 0.9 NSMB - 1.0 NSMB Wii - 1.1 3D Land - 1.1 NSMBU - 1.2 3D World - 1.3 64 - 1.3 Sunshine - 1.4 Galaxy - 1.4 Galaxy 2 - 1.5 Odyssey - 1.7

  • @GalaxyExperience
    @GalaxyExperience День тому

    Im not the only one who thought he was talking about song themes. Right?

  • @grudgeman
    @grudgeman День тому

    While I agree with most of these, having space nor sky count for galaxy even though the emptiness of space is one of the core themes feels very wrong. There are certainly still athletic levels in galaxy, such as rolling gizmo, honeyclimb, puzzle plank which was even mentioned in 3d land. I was a little frustrated when the term "beyond the sky" surfaced, knowing at least a third of the galaxies have cloud filled skyboxes! Still amazing you bothered to chart and compile this list, great video!

  • @logolept
    @logolept День тому

    Airships surprised me the most.

  • @marcelopaulo446
    @marcelopaulo446 День тому

    It may not seem like it ,but luncheon kingdom is actually a Volcano theme too

  • @jackfalcon8993
    @jackfalcon8993 День тому

    Great video I really enjoyed the system you used, music choices, theme reasonings, and funny commentary keep it up

  • @Dankboi68
    @Dankboi68 День тому

    I definitely think space can count as a theme if you consider that Mario Galaxy doesnt have that many galaxies that can be considered space-themed. Cutting out all the levels without an emphasized space theme youre left with space junk, maaaybe battle rock, uhhh thats all I can think of Combined with all Odyssey having like 2 or 3 moon worlds it should be enough to reach the threshold

  • @turbomuumi782
    @turbomuumi782 День тому

    It took me way longer than I’d like to admit to realize that you were talking about level themes as in environments and such and not about music :/

  • @melee9183
    @melee9183 День тому

    I've always hated water levels unless I had the frog or penguin suit or something to actually make navigating the water better. Even sunshine, the game about water btw has some of the worst swimming controls in the series. Sunshine on foot though is pretty amazing.

  • @kumatorahaltmanndreemurr
    @kumatorahaltmanndreemurr День тому

    I don’t have anything profound to say, but I just really enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work 👍

  • @TheTeddyBearAlt
    @TheTeddyBearAlt День тому

    You should do this with Kirby next!

  • @59rlmccormack
    @59rlmccormack День тому

    Poor old Toad, may he be salvaged.