Ranking Every Star in Super Mario 64

[Music] with 120 stars each of them are going to drastically range in difficulty so today we're going to rank every star from easiest to hardest we will not be implementing speedrun strats is that would alter the results in unintentional ways so all stars are based only off the intended way to complete them so with that said let's get her ranked 120 towed in the basement you talk to toad for about three seconds and then he gives you a star easy peasy squeezy queasy breezy 119 towed on the second floor it's the same thing except you need slightly more stars to talk to this toad 118 towed on the third floor the same thing again but you need even more stars i know shocking revelation 117 aquarium red coins swim around and nab the red coins so the star will spawn at the bottom of the tank 116 peaches slide go down a slide and win yourself a star you could technically fall off but who would do that 115 slip sliding away this is peach's slide except the path is different and there's less railings for difficulty or you can just take the shortcut like the real champ you are 114 a coin puzzle with 15 pieces a bowser puzzle slowly shuffles around and you simply grab the red coins 113 treasure of the ocean cave you'll enter a cave and touch four treasure chests in the right order it takes a little time to do this but it's painless 112 in the deep freeze while this block of ice might seem intimidating the pathway is extremely simple and requires just a couple of jumps to get to the start 111 collect the caps after a boring swim you simply grab the vanish a metal cap and make your way towards the cage star 110 chest in the current this is similar to the chest star from before but slightly harder because the chests are more spread out and you have to worry about the whirlpool 109 secret of the haunted books the hardest part of this is remembering which door this room is in afterwards there's some books that try to attack you then you hit books into a shelf and you got it 108 watch for rolling rocks while the clue is completely useless you just run past the giant rocks and wall jump up to the star from behind 107 shoot to the island in the sky talk to a pink bomb and launch yourself into the air you can use either of these two cannons both methods will do the trick 106 foot race with koopa the quick challenge koopa to a race and trust me losing isn't even an option you're given an immense amount of time to just goof off and mess up 105 shoot into the wild blue after opening the cannon you have to shoot at this brown pillar and simply drop down to nab the star 104 pluck the piranha flower explain to me how punching plant is considered plucking uh yeah it isn't but it still works 103 chip off warm's block climb up the fortress and find a king womp he'll try to body slam you but you just run around and ground pound the wide lad to finish him up 102 big the bomb on the summit talk to the king but then throw the bowling ball three times to score an epic win it takes a tiny bit of practice to throw him but not much 101 to the top of the fortress it's like the previous womp fight but instead climb this tower which is slightly harder to do 100 chill with the bully if you call pushing a bully into an ice lake as chilling then i don't want to be friends with mario just saying 99 boil the big bully it's the same thing but it takes longer to get to this bully 98 bully the bullies and this is the same too except you'll defeat three smaller bullies first which isn't hard if you tackle them one at a time 97 behind chain chomp's gate by ground pounding this pole you free the chain chomp and he miraculously runs into the cage and obliterates it lucky you 96 shocking arrow lifts it's shocking that by standing on these lifts you'll move certain directions and eventually make your way to the box star while that is the intended way anybody with little to no skill level would realize you could just long jump across 95 board bowser sub swim to the other end of this dock and hit a switch to hop aboard the sub 94 get a hand just climb up the level a bit and wait for this minute hand then you stand on it and jump with the star when you make your way around 93 swimming beast in the cavern i wouldn't call this friendly looking lapras a beast but by ground pounding his back he'll lower his head in suffering so you can traverse your weight to the star in the middle 92 go on a ghost hunt punch some ghost on the bottom floor of the house and fight the big one right after you can fall in some places here but if you're careful you'll be fine 91 peaches slide under 21 seconds it's the slide but you have to go really fast to get this secret start it takes a bit of time to figure out how to do this well but it's not too bad 90 ride big booze merry-go-round the basement has a spoopy room with booze coming out of a painting it's just like the first star but slightly harder since the floor spins 89. the tip top of the huge island just climb up the island the camera gets a little funky across the bridge but otherwise it's a cakewalk 88 blast away the wall the clue is horrible but all you do is shoot at this corner of the wall to reveal a star then run up and grab it 87 blast to the stone pillar it's somewhat similar to blast away the wall except you shoot at the top of this pole and jump on the tiny piece of land 86 stop time for red coins yeah a tick tock clock star near the top of this list is weird but all you do is stop time and climb up these platforms and every red coin is in the same area 85 mips the first time now yes catching the bunny can be tricky at first but then you realize there's a couple spots where you can corner mips and it's nothing to sweat over 84 mips the second time the same as the first bunny but you need more stars to see him because he's a greedy star digger 83 fall onto the caged island wake up this poor sleeping owl then grab his feet so he soars high into the air to kill you but don't let that happen to you and just grab this star in the cage jumping off them feels a little weird but ground pounding and using mario's shadow helps a lot 82 in the talons of the big bird klepto has your star so go on a pillar and knock it out of his hands it's annoying trying to hit him sometimes but that's about it 81 mysterious mountainside after climbing up this mountain jump into the wall and now you're inside a slide level this slide is the hardest one in the game but that's not saying much as you can take your time and not have much troubles 80 through the jet stream as the name implies you swim through the jet stream and 5 water rings for the star to activate it then simply grab the metal cap and nab your goodie 79 navigating the toxic maze this may sure is hazy but jumping to this alcove leads to a door with a star 78 mario wings to the sky with wing mario grab the five middle coins through the coin rings this one can be annoying since a couple coins are high up but you can retry as many times as you need to without consequences 77 snowman's lost his head find this tiny snowball and guide it down the hill to the big snowball to make this snowfella you do need to move pretty swiftly or the snowball will go off track 76 the mana rays reward a mana ray spews water rings so swim through them five times to make the star spawn if you don't know how to swim well it can be challenging to swim through these rings consistently 75 shining atop the pyramid you just take these walkways up the pyramid until you reach the star the paths get thinner and thinner but with patience it's simple enough 74. metal cap red coins simply grab the reds for a star the water does rush fast and the level design is narrow so you're gonna need the metal cap at all times 73. plunder in the sunken ship by luring this eel out of the window you can go inside and dig for buried treasure touch these chests in the right order to make the water sink then climb up above to seal yourself a star 72 can the eel come out to play if you enjoyed teasing that giant eel before you do so again except this bra has a star on its tail by simply floating near him you can grab the star before he starts swimming around the bay 71 through the jet stream run into the cave to grab the metal cap and quickly run back to the jet stream to nab the star the timer isn't too tight as long as you move quickly at the beginning 70. metal head mario can move this is similar to the one in jrb but the timer is a bit tighter so you need to move heck and quick to be set 69 wall kicks will work there's like five ways to do this but the intended way is surprisingly the hardest method you talk to this pink bomb on this tiny island go through the cannon and land on the tree and finally make your way up the wall to grab the star 68 top of the town this one requires you to climb up several platforms walk across this bridge avoid some amps in the fire and finally get the star it is quite a climb but messing up doesn't penalize you 67 the big house in the sky you move across a couple carpets and basically do nothing until you get all the way to the top besides jumping over a few platforms here and there 66 cruiser crossing the rainbow this is the same process as the big house but the obstacles you have to jump over are slightly more challenging and the stars on the tip of a ship 65 somewhere over the rainbow you go back to the ship but you have to talk to this ping-pong bomb first so you can shoot to this random island and get your prize plus there's a chuck yeah that's just hanging out all alone oh what a poor guy 64. big penguin race you go down the slide again except you race a big chunky penguin and this guy knows how to catch some tail if you aren't hauling he'll lap right past you 63 lil penguin lost find the baby penguin and make your way to the very bottom there's a lot of things that get in your way like these jumping snowman but at least you're not as irresponsible as the mama penguin that lost her own kid 62 roll into the cage you climb up tick-tock clock for a hot second and find a star inside a cage with a huge opening you know what to do now 61 make wiggler squirm you grab pound the top of this tiny island to make some water drain then switch to the huge island and fight this wiggler the wiggler isn't that hard but it is a long process just fighting him 60 the pit in the pendulums it's similar to the cage star but you climb up a little more and carefully move around the swinging pendulums for your treat 59 secrets in the shallows and sky simply find the five secrets by doing things like moving some boulders or hitting blocks to make a star spawn in some of these secrets do require a couple tricky maneuvers to get to 58 red coins on the ship afloat these red coins make you check under these clams and aboard the ship but that's about it 57 seek the eight red coins the reds are in generally easy places to find besides the one behind the piano and under these tombstones they're also all relatively close together which makes this one straightforward 56 swinging in the breeze there's not really a breeze but you do make your way across swinging lifts and a few other platforms there's fire to avoid at the end and that's about it 55 banished cap red coins these red coins can be found easily but the ones near the end are scary since they're hard to get without falling and having to start over 54. pole jumping for red coins you slowly jump from pole to pole to get the reds it's extremely tedious and a couple around the end can be tricky to nap 53 inside the ancient pyramid you have to climb your way to the very top of the pyramid there's tons of different obstacles but if you're cautious it's not too bad 52 pyramid puzzle it's basically the same thing but you have to grab five specific coins three of them on teeny tiny platforms and they aren't fun to miss either trust me 51 coins a mast in a maze while these red coins are very close to each other you have to be proficient with wall jumps and side flips since you'll need those skills to get through this 50. amazing emergency exit epic pun nintendo you find an alcove in the maze and walking across these grids to reach the star it feels like you're gonna fall but you won't if you're not horrible 49 scale the mountain the name says it all climb up this mountain and a star is up top it's a fairly long climb so brace yourself 48 big boos balcony climb up the haunted house and fight off the boo that's the easy part next is getting the star which spawns on the roof requiring you to traverse your way around that nonsense 47. red hot log rolling getting to the log isn't that bad it's all about running across it you feel like a hamster since it's stress inducing to clear without touching the lava 46. world from the freezing pond they aren't kidding when they say the world you have to very precisely land on this spin drift and glide to the uncharted land to find a star 45 five itty bitty secrets run around the tiny island to uncover the five secrets which isn't the worst thing ever but it's also fairly easy to fall in lots of places 44. elevator 2 were in the volcano when you enter the volcano just turn around and stand on this block this is half the mission the other half is climbing a couple poles and carefully jumping to the small platform with the star 43. hot footed into the volcano it's the same idea except you take the other route this one takes longer and there's even more jumps at fire to worry about 42 rematch with koopa the quick koopa is slightly faster but moving briskly makes this one a breeze the bridge at the end is scary though since heavy gusts of wind try to blow you off 41. into the igloo by using the shell tucked away in snowman's land you'll enter the igloo and find a vanish cap this cap lets you get the star through the thin ice 40. mystery of the monkey cage climb up tall tall mountain again only to find this stupid annoying monkey grab him by cornering him and you'll get the star 39 find the eight red coins a few red coins are well hidden and they're pretty spread out too it takes time but it's more than doable 38 express elevator hurry up selecting the lowest water level you activate the elevator so you can jump down and climb back up and you do have to hurry up that's for sure 37 quick race through downtown grab the vanish cap and move to the other side of the town behind the cage to cop the star 36 shell shredding for red coins using the shell most of these coins are simple but you need to be wary of the two underneath the chill bully as they can be deadly 35. breathtaking view from bridge by hitting this switch a box appears so you can scrape by getting the star behind the waterfall this jump is terrifying even with the box's extra security 34. wiggler's red coins all of these coins feel awkward to grab and every platform is spaced wide enough or tall enough to make anybody really anxious 33. eye to eye in the secret room you have to grab a vanish cap and scurry above to go inside and destroy this eye the timer is extremely strict so you can't make any major errors without getting another cap 32 stand tall in the four pillars the title speaks for itself carefully stand on the pillars to make the top of the pyramid a rump then inside you fight these hands and punch their eyes to win 31. red coins on the floating isle the reds on the isles and on top of the swamp can be problematic but besides that you're gucci 30. elevate for eight red coins i hope you like standing on elevators because that's how you get almost all these red coins and falling makes this take even longer 29 tiny huge island 100 coins when ground pounding the big goombas this stage has the most coins in it by a long shot making hundreds a quick venture 28 big boost hot 100 coins similar to the goombas there's loads of booze filled with juicy blue coins that make this relatively quick hundreds 27 wamps fortress 100 coins there's tons of coins here including the ones from the piranha plants blue coin switch and even the mini swamps 26 wing cap red coins this is almost the fastest red coin star but if you miss any of them up above you'll be forced to restart entirely 25 snowman's land hundred coins plenty of coins hail here but you have to go in the igloo to get a good chunk of them and potentially leave to finish 24. bowser and the fire c red coins quite a few reds are well hidden like this one underneath this elevator and the one right next to the fire spewer 23 jolly roger bay hundred coins while there's only 104 total coins a majority of them aren't terribly challenging to nab it does take some time though 22 bowser in the sky red coins while the reds are some of the most cryptic defined they aren't all that challenging to get aside from maybe the first one you see 21 bowser in the dark world red coins quite a few of these reds are in hard to reach areas like this one at the very beginning or the last one on the narrow pathway 20. snowman's big head why this snowman hates mario is beyond me but you're forced to stand on the penguin's head to get across or he'll blow you off course and make you find your hat too 19. go to town for red coins i hope you like wall jumping cause you're going to do plenty of it to get these red coins in the town 18. frosty slide for eight red coins a lot of these are either near ledge or disguised into the level well you'll be climbing up and down to get all these 17. cool cool mountain 100 coins and the hundred coins is more the same ordeal but you're nabbing more coins plus you'll have to take the slide down at least once 16. wet dry world hundred coins in some ways the hundred coins is easier than the reds but this takes longer and a lot of the coins aren't the easiest to reach 15. the bomb battlefield 100 coins i hope you like flying because you'll be getting lots of coins in the air which is always a pain 14. tall tall mountain hundred coins there are some coins on the slide but the others are fairly spread out and take a while to get 13. lethal lava land hundred coins you'll use a shell to ride around the lava and get most of these coins but lose at any point and this stage gets 10 times harder 12 time jumps on moving bars after climbing about halfway up tick-tock clock you have to traverse around these moving bars and grab the star eleven scary shrooms red coins four coins are on these small mushrooms and the other four are on this awkwardly shaped while you're forced to climb up ten over the rainbow red coins fly from cloud to cloud to get these coins but bonk one time in your scent all the way to the outside of the castle nine free flying for eight red coins half the reds are in the air and the other half are basically on the four corners of the level these can be excruciating to collect eight blast of the lonely mushroom you talk to a bomb teleport on the tiniest mushroom then make what's essentially a blind cannon shot to the star or die trying good lord seven dire dire docks this level has barely enough coins and it's just not fun but worse if you miss too many blue coins you'll be forced to try again six tricky triangles this switch makes some standable triangles and you have to climb up near perfectly or the triangles will reshape like look how close i got to losing five shifting sandland hundred coins most coins are obnoxious to get here and you're also forced to go into the pyramid to get some this is not a fun one to play believe me four tick tock clock hundred coins lots of coins are in boxes and scattered around but missing too many blue coins will put you in trouble and we can't forget about how easy it is to just fall three hazy maze cave hundred coins missing too many coins makes this level dangerously harder and these coins are even worse and more tedious to grab two stomp on the thwomp you climb to the very top of tick-tock clock and have to stand on this swamp to get a start it's nothing short of a journey trekking up here and one is rainbow ride hundred coins so much can go wrong here if you miss too many blue coins you're out of luck and this being the biggest level it takes the longest time to get the coins here and most of them are put in very risky spots oh man was it tough to categorize every star in one video it was also weird not applying basic speedrun tactics but i felt it made the most sense to rank these with the intended methods with that said though i hope you enjoyed today's video thank you all so much for watching and have a wonderful day until next [Music] no no no no no no no no no no no no time

Channel: Nathaniel Bandy

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Length: 19min 11sec (1151 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 24 2019