Top Ten Worlds in the New Super Mario Bros. Series

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe was released on January 11, 2019, on the Nintendo Switch, and it's one of the games people are looking least forward to on the console.

However, I do think the series New Super Mario Bros. still has a few good things about it, like the levels for the most part in the worlds. Here are the best worlds in these games. Without further ado, let's start!

The Top Ten

  1. World 8 (New Super Mario Bros.)

    The original New Super Mario Bros. game on the DS is certainly the most original of the bunch. The level design is usually great, and the same goes for the worlds, with the final world being my favorite. It's the biggest and highest-quality world in the game, with all levels being great and certainly unique!

    At one point, you will be in a spooky valley with spiders dropping from the ceiling. Another moment, you must travel vertically in a volcano because lava is rising, and then you must dodge meteors. It goes on and on. This is easily my favorite world in the game, and the only one I truly love from that game.

  2. Soda Jungle (New Super Mario Bros. U)

    Soda Jungle is definitely my favorite world in both the game and the series in general! I love the creativity in this world, and the levels are almost all great. Jungle worlds are usually my favorite in the games, and it's no surprise here.

    However, what makes this one so much greater than it already was is the second half. You are suddenly in a spooky area in the forest, where you must find a way out, and the levels there are awesome! One of them, which is a water level in a cave, isn't too mind-blowing, but the other is a beautiful swamp level with gorgeous backgrounds and tiles inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings. It's beautiful!

    The rest of the world is quite cool too, as it's a jungle world. Easily one of my favorites.

  3. Frosted Glacier (New Super Mario Bros. U)

    Frosted Glacier is World 4 and one of the most stunning to look at. The backgrounds look like something from a famous painter, and the level design is pretty good, but the ice... oh, the ice. I think there was this one level where you had to run while piranha plants were melting the ice (was that a secret level?), and collecting the star coins there was hell. But overall, a good world with a pretty nice boss battle with Wendy.

    I love Frosted Glacier. The imagery, especially the nighttime mountains in the background, is amazing. The levels are great, and I love the spinning stars. I wish the Penguin Suit was here so I could slide around, but this is still great.

  4. Peach's Castle (New Super Mario Bros. U)

    While Peach's Castle in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe may not be the best world, it has an insane final boss battle against Bowser. The scenery is awesome, and the fact that her castle, once a happy place full of wildlife, has now turned into a castle surrounded by lava and steep bridges truly shows how much Bowser changed it.

    Some cons, though, are that the world is short, and that's kind of lame considering I would have loved an actual world rather than just an excuse for the final boss battle. Overall, great world!

    While World 8 from the DS version is my favourite, this one is certainly one of the most unique. Unlike the other games, in this game, Bowser transforms Peach's Castle into a lava world instead, and it's just so creative!

    I mean there's the lava moat, and you actually must venture in the castle! It's just so cool.

  5. World 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)

    Overall, I really like this world. Most of the levels feel very fresh and different, and the music in the desert levels is very awesome to listen to. As I mentioned, the levels are all different and honestly excellent as well! I especially love the castle level as it's iconic and requires some challenge.

  6. World 8 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

    This world is surely difficult and satisfying to complete, that's for sure! This world is quite big, and unlike World 8 in New Super Mario Bros., the whole world is a lava world and not just the second half. A lot of the levels are pretty good! I mean it. They are extremely fun to play! Let's not forget the epic moment at the end with the giant Bowser twist, which is just pure epic.

  7. World 7 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

  8. Sparkling Waters (New Super Mario Bros. U)

    Overall, I thought World 3 of the Wii U game was quite good. Something I'll admit is that I did think a few of the levels weren't that good. I mean, ghost houses are among the worst levels in my opinion, but the rest is quite good.

    I really liked the beach levels, apart from the underwater level, as they were really nice, and I especially loved the castle level! It's the only level in the game with my favorite underwater enemy in it: Torpedo Teds! They are quite rare in the game, and this makes this one of my favorite levels in the game. I think the rest of the world is pretty solid too.

    Sparkling Waters is one of the better stages in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. The scenery is amazing. However, fighting the Cheep Cheep is an easy battle if you have the star.

    Some of the levels, however, were awful, like the Ghost House (which had to be the worst one in the game because of all the fake walls), and getting the last star coin in that one world when you got Yoshi, because it's so hard to keep him while Cheep Cheep are flying up from the water.

    Overall, it's a hard world with a bad boss battle, so I would put it in the neutral category.

  9. World 5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

    The jungle world of New Super Mario Bros. Wii takes the number #5 spot on the list. It's quite a hard world, one of the harder worlds in the game, and it has some very memorable levels overall (that one level with green flying manta rays was awesome).

    This world's map enemies are quite annoying as well. The walking piranha plants can block your path, and the vines block your path even more, and I like it. It's a shame the vines disappear after you complete the world.

  10. Acorn Plains (New Super Mario Bros. U)

    What? A "first world in the game" on the list? Yeah, and the only one as well. The first three "first worlds in the game" in the previous three games were very basic, honestly. The DS version is cool and all, but nah. The 3DS version is just a rehash, and the Wii version is iconic but still feels basic. One thing they share is that they all take place near Peach's Castle.

    Not the case with the Wii U version. This is Acorn Plains, the area in-game farthest from Peach's Castle. It's a forest filled with acorns, mountains in the background, and flying squirrels in the levels. It's really great.

    Acorn Plains is definitely one of the better worlds in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. When you first play it, it's pretty obviously an introduction to some mechanics you'll be using along the way, like Yoshi, fighting Boom Boom, and an awesome castle featuring a boss fight.

    It's really weird coming back to Acorn Plains after fighting Bowser or Ludwig and seeing how easy it was. While it may be one of the boring worlds, it truly follows the criteria of a very nice introduction world.

    11. The Newcomers
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    World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

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    World 4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

    13. The Contenders

  13. Superstar Road (New Super Mario Bros. U)

  14. World Star (New Super Mario Bros. 2)

    Even though most of us can agree that New Super Mario Bros. 2 was a disappointing and unoriginal Mario game overall, I think a lot of the levels were very fun and original, at least. World Star proves this, as unlike the other two lackluster bonus worlds (Mushroom and Flower), most of the levels are unique to this world and don't feel like rehashes of existing levels (apart from Star-7, but other than that, they're awesome).

    One level is a mix of a ghost house and a beach, and another level is set in an underwater fortress. It goes on and on. I really liked this world.

    I think this is the best world in the game. You need 90 star coins to get it, but it's worth it. And whether you like this game or not, this is undeniably a great world.

  15. World 6 (New Super Mario Bros.)

  16. World 2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

    One of the most iconic worlds in the series, in my opinion, and most levels feel different! At one point, you'll be dodging spikes, another point there will be a sandstorm carrying a bunch of coins, and then there will be a bunch of Pokeys and a Lakitu attempting to hit you with Spinies. It goes on and on. The most iconic world in my opinion.

  17. World 1 (Super Mario Bros (NES))

    Because it's a classic, the one where it all began.

  18. World 7 (New Super Mario Bros.)

  19. World 9 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

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