The Rarest Enemies in Every Mario Game

Hey guys welcome to another Mario based video where today I want to go over the absolute rarest enemies from across the series, a topic you all actually voted for on a recent poll. I hope your all enjoying this type of content im making and if you like it please subscribe!

[alexandermihailescu]

A fun fact about Mario 64 is that Bullet Bill, although not really a rare enemy, only appears ONCE, in Whomp’s Fortress which is a bit bizarre

[TheMacCheechMan]

Bowser realized that Flame Chomps can blow themselves up and ordered them to stay away from Mario but some didn't listen

[MCastleberry]

Fire Bro in SMB3 needs a shout out as well, since they only appear twice in the game and both spots are technically misable. Also the Big Boo Boss in Donut Secret House in SMW.

[Super_Top_Secret_Area]

I think Flame Chomps are rare enemies because of how difficult they are to deal with.

Not only are they airborne, but also erratic and can't always be safely jumped on because you have to watch for the position of their tail. If that wasn't enough, they can also spit out fireballs.

But there's more™

If they run out of fireballs, they will start chasing you and explode.

Meaning that they only really work as isolated, super-enemies.

[katswarrior]

I like how the shark doesn't go out of its way to hurt you. Dude is just having a good time

[dg_player]

I feel like the Moneybag from Super Mario 64 deserved to be in this list, it only appears once and you can easily miss it.

[darkman]

I think the Chuckyas in 64 need a mention. I have never seen a Chuckya ever appear again outside of that game. Also weren't Koopa Troopas rare in 64? I always found it strange there was only two in the whole game. Very underused and couldn't hurt Mario, but I believe Red ones would have been able to (if they were added)

[Frommerman]

You can interact with lava cheep cheeps in SMS. Because they deal damage when they hit you, and because that damage gives you i-frames, you can get hit by one, land in the lava, and immediately dive under to start lava swimming. Lava in this game is just water with a death plane on top of it, but it's a wierd death plane which only kills you when it tries to deal damage. If you're still flashing from the cheep cheep damage, you have time to escape the death plane. You can then swim to the end of the level, using i-frames from air loss to come to the surface and refill your air bar periodically.

[hadesKIU]

These things are always weird to me. They're almost all iconic and/or basic enough that I recognize them immediately (with the exception of the fake item boxes), yet I never give them a second thought because of that.

Contrast that with something like say, Majora's Mask, where there's a lot of unique enemies that genuinely do leave an impression on me (like eyegore, death armos, and kejiron) despite being far from the first thing I think about whenever I think about the game as a whole.

[ShizuruNakatsu]

The reason the Unagi is so rare is because it's usually too busy hanging around Kyoshi Island.

[PROPLAYEN]

"I don't count these since they are summoned by a boss"
*Includes Donkey Kong*
"I don't count gold enemies since they only appear when transformed"
*Includes transformed cats*

[Scooby-]

Super Mario Bros. - 0:47
(1985)

Super Mario Bros. 2 -1:25
(1988)

Super Mario Bros. 3 - 2:29
(1988)

Super Mario Land - 4:10
(1989)

Super Mario World - 4:47
(1990)

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - 6:03
(1992)

Super Mario 64 - 7:08
(1996)

Super Mario Sunshine - 8:23
(2002)

New Super Mario Bros. - 9:28
(2006)

Super Mario Galaxy - 10:26
(2007)

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 11:05
(2009)

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 12:39
(2010)

Super Mario 3D Land - 14:10
(2011)

New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 14:48
(2012)

New Super Mario Bros. U - 15:24
(2012)

Super Mario 3D World - 16:24
(2013)

Super Mario Odyssey - 17:02
(2017)

Bowser's Fury - 17:44
(2021)

[Rohrak]

The rarest enemy in Mario Galaxy you forgot to mention is the giant goomba that appear only once in the game, at the begining, upon death, it give you the key that lead you to the first grand star's room.

[tovoklore]

Aren't the flame chomps rare in SMB3 too? I can only remember them being in one level.

[Rodanguirus]

I know it's usually not considered a Mario title, but Yoshi's Island is just packed with great rare and one-off enemies (with the GBA-exclusive stages getting many of them a bit more screen time). The Grim Leechers that reverse your controls, the game's single Chain Chomp (which hides the game's only 2-player content), the Blindfold Boo and Boo Balloon, Thunder Lakitu, Harry Hedgehogs...Even regular Goombas only turn up in one stage in this game.

[Antimony]

For SMG2 there's also the Kleptoads. They appear exclusively in a single secret mission in the Hightail Falls Galaxy.

[MinusBros]

I feel like the Tail Bob-Omb from 3D Land is also pretty rare. They only show up in a few levels if memory serves me.

[joysticktroy]

I figured the angry sun in SMB 3 would be included but I didn’t know there are enemies rarer than that one

[jckn]

My idea about the flame chomp is that it was a fan idea, scrapped idea that came back, or a mistake in the code that inspired someone at Nintendo

[BlackKoiRecords]

I can't tell you how much I love this channel! Once I retire from the service, I have been inspired to make a channel like this but also continue the blend of music.