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Title: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Nintendoobsessed on March 02, 2008, 07:14:14 AM
Whether it's his castle, or his galaxy, Bowser has always had his own nasty level, sometimes a test of your skills, or a simplistic hike. This does not have to refer to the final level, which means you could count Bowser's Castle in Super Mario RPG, if you wanted. Let the voting begin!

Votes...

Super Mario Bros 3 (1)


Winners:
WEEK 1(Attacks): Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
WEEK 2(Final Boss Battle): Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
WEEK 3(Music): Super Mario Galaxy
WEEK 4(Underwater Levels): Super Mario World
WEEK 5(Powerups): Super Mario Bros 3
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: penguinwizard on March 02, 2008, 07:30:45 AM
I'll never be able to forget his castle from World 1-4 in the first Super Mario Bros. game (those rotating fire bar things were intimidating). So I say Super Mario Bros.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: WarpRattler on March 02, 2008, 07:45:55 AM
Super Mario World.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Reading on March 02, 2008, 12:01:10 PM
Bowser's Castle from Paper Mario (N64). That castle was flippin' epic.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Kojinka on March 02, 2008, 12:33:15 PM
I have to say Paper Mario.  It was so big!  Bowser pretty much had everything planed out.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 02, 2008, 12:42:55 PM
Well... I think the Bowser stage(s) in Mario Galaxy. I mean, they were pretty easy (Dark Matter Galaxy, though...) and I've played/seen others play the final level literally about ten times (once to unlock the Purple Coin challenges, once again to unlock Luigi, twice more to repeat those last two for Luigi, all those previously listed again when I saw my brother do it, and two or three more times between the two of us just for kicks), but they're still totally epic.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: SushieBoy on March 02, 2008, 02:24:58 PM
I'd have to go with Paper Mario.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: blackcat12 on March 02, 2008, 02:38:26 PM
The final castle in New Super Mario Bros is really, really cool, and all three Bowser areas in Super Mario Galaxy are AWESOME. Need I say more?
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Glitchy on March 02, 2008, 02:58:12 PM
Super Mario Bros. 3: It's alright.
Super Mario World: It's pretty good.
Super Mario 64: Great, but it's not really that challenging.
Super Mario Sunshine: I don't think you can count whatever crud Bowser bought off eBay to be a level.
New Super Mario Bros: It's so easy, I could beat it with my eyes closed.
Super Mario Galaxy: It's fine.

I think Super Mario 64 wins.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: dc804 on March 02, 2008, 03:35:50 PM
Yoshis island had one of the greatest final boss levels of any Mario game of all time.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: PaperLuigi on March 02, 2008, 03:41:13 PM
Ah, finally I can vote in this topic! I'm gonna say Paper Mario. It's too bad that the Shadow's Queen's crib wasn't a Bowser level, though. :(
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 02, 2008, 04:10:54 PM
I do really like the challenges behind all the doors in SMRPG's Bowser's (er, Smithy's?) Castle, but I've always really had a special spot in my heart for 8-4 of Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN).
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: SushieBoy on March 02, 2008, 04:25:06 PM
Ah, finally I can vote in this topic! I'm gonna say Paper Mario. It's too bad that the Shadow's Queen's crib wasn't a Bowser level, though. :(

U think his Castle in the first PM was more memorable.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: PaperLuigi on March 02, 2008, 05:39:24 PM
No, 'cause there is no Bowser level in Paper Mario:TTYD. What I'm saying is the Shadow Queen palace in PM2 was better than Bowser's stage in PM.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Ultima Shadow on March 02, 2008, 07:40:05 PM
Galaxy; it really represented the hazardous Bowser levels of older games, but in 3D, and that walk up to the final battle of the game was NOTHING SHORT OF EPIC.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: missingno on March 03, 2008, 06:49:31 AM
Yoshi's Island or Super Mario World.

*Thinks*

My vote is Yoshi's Island.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Kuromatsu on March 03, 2008, 08:33:36 AM
Best Bowser Level? Now this is a tough one.

I'll have to go with the Origanal Super Mario Brothers at the end of each castle. I always seemed to mess up there...
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: megamush on March 03, 2008, 09:50:23 AM
Galaxy; it really represented the hazardous Bowser levels of older games, but in 3D, and that walk up to the final battle of the game was NOTHING SHORT OF EPIC.
I agree, and I also vote for Galaxy
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: blackcat12 on March 03, 2008, 02:29:10 PM
I agree, and I also vote for Galaxy

I agree with both of you; SMG's final area was the most epic final area in the history of Mario.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Linkin800 on March 03, 2008, 03:16:05 PM
Yoshi's Island. Play it and you'll find out why.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Mega 2 on March 04, 2008, 10:04:17 AM
"Super Mario World" gets my vote (although "Galaxy" might if I'd played the Bowser level yet).
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Nintendoobsessed on March 06, 2008, 01:35:05 PM
Here we go...

Super Mario Bros 3 (1)
Super Mario Bros (2)
Super Mario World (2)
Paper Mario (4)
Super Mario Galaxy (3)
Super Mario 64 (1)
Yoshi's Island (3)
Super Mario Bros 2(Japan) (1)

Many different votes, but Paper Mario wins this time. By the way, if anyone has any nominations for a BIS, you can start voting for those too.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: WarpRattler on March 06, 2008, 04:13:07 PM
I nominate "coolest item for enabling flight," if the P-Wing, Leaf, and Tanooki Suit are lumped together as the tail for the purposes of voting.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: blackcat12 on March 06, 2008, 05:27:00 PM
How about favorite villain? Or favorite boss?
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: megamush on March 06, 2008, 06:49:48 PM
How about favorite villain? Or favorite boss?
how bout favorite overall game, or maybe even favorite mario character
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Crazee on March 06, 2008, 07:53:49 PM
Obviousy, the best stage was Bowser's board in Mario Party 3.

...On second thought, I go with Mario Bros. 3 because all the preceding levels really built the momentum for me. Something about working through Bowser's kingdom made it feel real...well, for a Mario game anyway.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Luigison on March 08, 2008, 02:58:35 PM
By the way, if anyone has any nominations for a BIS, you can start voting for those too.
Best first level.  I'd vote for SMB.

Best credits.  I'd vote Mario DDR or Wario Ware Wii because they are interactive.

Best remake.  For example:  SMB -> SMB Deluxe, SMB Allstars, etc.

Best flying game/level/world.  This would be good since you already did a water level, but there are less games with flying. 

You could also do followups to previous BIS.  For example, since SMB3 won best powerup, you could do a best powerup from SMB3.
Title: Re: BEST IN SERIES? Week 6: Bowser's Level
Post by: Crazee on March 09, 2008, 11:24:02 AM
Best secret feature?