10 Hardest Super Mario Levels Nintendo Ever Created
9. World 8 Airships (Super Mario Bros 3)
Bowsers army and navy were bad enough, but they were a leisurely Mario Paint session compared to the Koopa kings airforce - as any Super Mario Bros 3 fan who ventured that far into World 8 will testify. The games Airships stage pitted players against an auto-scrolling screen, huge bursts of fire, Bullet Bills, Bob-ombs and dozens of those infernal Rocky Wrenches, mole-like creatures with a knack for throwing spanners into Mario and Luigis works. Vessel hopping with the screen nipping at your heels and daunting music thundering out was tough enough, but with those infuriating moles never failing to lob a wrench exactly where you were about to jump, it took on a controller-smashing level of frustration. Mario 3 had more than its fair share of rock-solid stages - that overgrown garden of Piranha Plants in World 7, anyone? - but the earlier levels were nothing a quick toot on your Warp Whistle couldnt solve.
