The hardest level in Super Mario Maker is only 17 seconds long, and in the final days before servers die it's crushing players even after 43,000 attempts
Mar. 12, 2024This is too many Piranha Plants
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The title of “hardest Mario level ever made” will be a topic of debate for far better platformer players than me, but one very strong contender looks like the final roadblock for the Super Mario Maker fans who are rushing to beat every single level before the servers go down.
Take a look at that video. Cutting the intro and outro bits, the actual level is only 17 seconds long, and if you - like me - have watched some high difficulty Mario levels over the years without actually developing the skills necessary to play them, it doesn’t even look that hard. Certainly I would’ve expected a minutes-long marathonlike thisto have been more challenging, but if you check out theTeam 0% Discord, all the discussion is about just how ridiculous the challenge level of Trimming the Herbs really is.
Have another look at that video above, and try to zero in on Mario’s movements. See how he keeps dropping the Bob-ombs and grabbing them again? Every single one of those drops and regrabs is apparently frame perfect, meaning you have exactly 1/60th of a second to make the correct input. And some players argue that isn’t even the hard part - the real challenge is having to do it all while controlling your momentum with absolute precision.
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