Every Unique Level Gimmick in New Super Mario Bros.

What's new is old...and new again! From inflatable Boos to weird snail creatures, the original New Super Mario Bros. for the DS had a lot of wacky level gimmicks never seen again in 2D Mario since, so let's take a trip and look at them all!

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00:00 Intro
01:09 Criteria
02:20 World 1
02:40 World 2
06:36 World 3
07:35 World 4
10:06 World 5
12:34 World 6
14:00 World 7
16:16 World 8
17:38 Epilogue

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Written and edited by Akfamilyhome
Special thanks to Darkonius Mavakar

Intro animation by ThattsCherry
Original intro theme composed by COCONABE
Original endslate theme composed by valfrey

#NSMB #Mario #DS #Nintendo

[Akfamilyhome]

Of course as someone mentioned in the replies, the tilting iron platforms are also present in NSMBW in W8-3. Some of em had to slip through the cracks somehow! If there are any other inconsistencies or mechanics that you think should have or not have counted, feel free to reply in this thread and I might also reply with an explanation if there are any lol

[Real_Bossclips]

Snailicorns specifically never left my mind as they're such a unique and memorable design for something they NEVER used again.

[yggdrasilsaltar]

im glad to see these games get discussed other than “haha its the same game again” because these games actually do have unique ideas to them

[berrgp]

4:06
2-4 is also the only level where Paragoombas appear. There are just those two in the whole game.

[camwoodstock]

As a kid, I thought that MC Ballyhoo from Mario Party 8 was a Blockhopper that decided to dress fancy instead of being a block.

[darxmarx]

would've rioted if cork wasn't s-tier

[patricius]

15:53 "I don't know why it does that but that's very cool" sums up the game perfectly, at least to me.

[Rodanguirus]

In addition to the levels, I've always felt the Blue Shell is an incredibly underrated power-up. The Mega Mushroom stole a lot of the spotlight, but the Blue Shell is like a superior version of the SMB3 suits: It gives you superior swimming, immunity to contact damage and fireballs while crouching, and shell dashing is so incredibly fun. I once tried to determine how many stages you could shell dash through from beginning to end, as well as try to beat all possible bosses strictly with shell dashing. It's such a fun power-up that, unlike all of the flight power-ups out there, still forces you to engage with the level design and layouts, but vastly changes up how you play.

[FredChuck]

Imagine if we could get a Blockhopper as a partner character in a new Paper Mario?

Imagine, like, a seemingly empty town full of brick blocks everywhere, the nearby villages believed that this town was abandoned when suddenly-

You discover that it’s quite the contrary- it’s populated by tons of Blockhopper folk! :D

[NormyBurgerBoss]

The SomeCallMeJohnny reference at 8:35 was hilarious! Nice one dude

[PochikoGaming]

“This kickstarted someone's feti- A tier!”

[antontehgamer]

I’d love to see you do this with SMA4’s World-E gimmicks, they feel very much like the spiritual predecessors to NSMB’s style of wacky gimmicks.

[tendo]

"We need a new 2D Mario with weird gimmicks"

SMB Wonder: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[Lexan_YT]

This game is honestly one of NIntendo's greatest of all time. glad to have grown up with this

[Reecee]

Finally, someone made a video about the unique aspects of this game. I'm glad that NSMBDS has been finally getting the credit it deserves and isn't just being lumped in with the rest of the NSMB games.

[gluttonousmaximus]

5:59 The change from hurting you out of nowhere to only hurting you when stepping on you is also a plus.

[noahboyer]

Nintendo, if you're watching this, put some of these gimmicks in Super Mario Maker 3. They'd be fun to experiment with.

[johnclark]

I think if they make another NSMB, they should have Koopalings make an appearance in the miniboss towers, and original bosses appear in the boss castles. IMO it would be the perfect balance between recurring minibosses and original bosses, even the original NSMB is guilty of overusing Bowser jr for every tower.

[Darkonius]

THE BUZZY BEETLE DESERVED BETTER

and glad i could give a hand with this!!!

[KonroMan]

“Masquerade Block Killer” is such a awesome name for the block hoppers.