Someday, Ceave will catch us all off guard and rate one really bad thing with five awful coins instead of one fuzzy.

You totally missed your chance for a "the moon kingdom lacks... Atmosphere" pun there

"Ruined kingdom is just an empty tower" _Yeh well cloud kingdom is just a cloud with an arena on it_

When you said that you're going to rank them on being kingdoms, I honestly thought for a moment you would talk about their infrastructure, politics and the such.

"In my opinion. *Objectively* represents my opinion." Oh, Ceave. Never, ever change.

"Easiest Kingdom" Someone's never tried to herd those damn sheep...

Ceave: the kingdom is too short for a perfect 5 fuzzys Also Ceave: Here’s a fuzzy for a penguin

“The cascade kingdom is really missing something on top of it, like a gigantic dinosaur skeleton” HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

when ceave gaming is rating your favorite kingdom, but then he adds a "but"

Ceave: "In my opinion. Objectively. Represents my opinion." Next video: "My opinion of what my opinion is on my objective opinion of what represents my opinion, objectively, in my opinion's opinion."

"A tier list that in my opinion, objectively represents my opinion." Sorry, my ears blinked, what?

The wooded kingdom is definitely the best play to hide balloons, there are so many layers that it is really hard to find where one is.

“Winged goombas with wings” ...ceave we talked about this

Cloud Kingdom was definitely a huge letdown. It is STUNNING and my heart just sank when I realized that there wasn't going to be this beautiful cloud world to explore.

"Alright level, you get one fuzzy" "But butt but...I have penguins!" "I don't care, you still only get-" "🐧" "Ugh, fine, your penguins get a fuzzy too...>.>"

My problem with the seaside kingdom is that once you defeat the boss, the kingdom turns from sunny and bright to a sunset theme, which feels a lot less exciting and fun. I wish there was a way to turn the sky back to normal

The ruins can't be the worst. It has a dragon. A dragon makes it 10/10 that's just how dragons work

Its also great how the "carbonated water" that makes up the sea in the Seaside Kingdom always makes the controler rumble a little when youre in the water!

I don’t know... I thought the sand kingdom was pretty dry

"Ruined kingdom is just an empty tower" The Dragon that had a lot of effort in it: am i a joke to you?

Cloud Kingdom is the worst for me. It's basically just an arena with a bowser fight and that's pretty much it. They could have made at least a bit platforming before the fight. (Nope that 3 hat clouds don't count)

0:45 “...That we, as critical Super Mario Nerds...” -Ceave 2019

Me on my first playthrough: „Omg, Next kingdom is metro kingdom“ Lost Kingdom: „Sike bitch you thought“

I feel like it's kinda unfair to rate the kingdoms after the story ends. The kingdoms you rated the lowest were amazing, but not in an exploration kind of way. Cloud was the first time you fought bowser, ruined had an amazing battle with a friggin dragon and darker side had a challenge that took me weeks to complete. I get that you wanted to put every kingdom on the same field, but not including the purpose of the kingdom feels like such a waste...

"Its cool to be a winged goomba with wings," Ceave 2019

Ceave back with his penguin friend

The Metro Kingdom is probably my favorite because I love platforming on top of and through the buildings, and I actually live really close to New York City, so it's cool to see it in a Mario game.

my question is, did he forget to include the "i" question or did youtube remove another great feature

At least Ruined Kingdom looks super cool. How did it lose to bland Cloud Kingdom lol.

"That, in my opinion, *objectively* represents - my opinion" Mario bruhdda moment

Honestly my favorite is the wooded kingdom. I absolutely love the atmosphere

The sand kingdom gets 0 out of 5 fuzzies because it’s course, rough and gets everywhere

Honestly I feel like I love all the kingdoms and each have their highlights. Honestly I can’t decide which is the best from sand, metro, wooded, or luncheon for me. I do think cloud is the worst as for me it’s really hard to see with my brightness settings and it’s look isn’t as interesting as ruined. The rest of the kingdoms I really Love

17:58 I only now notice that the tower looks like a giant carrot.

Wooded Kingdom deserves 6/5 fuzzies just because of the soundtrack. It's amazing how much time I spent in that kingdom without the music getting old.

“Cascade Kingdom is missing something at the top like a giant dinosaur skeleton.” Literally the next shot shows the dinosaur skeleton that is at the top of Cascade Kingdom.

It honestly breaks my heart how empty the Cloud Kingdom is

10. They 9. Are 8. All 7. great 6. Kingdoms 5. And 4. None 3. Are 2. Bad 1. Snow kingdom

Not gonna lie, snow kingdom my favorite I'm a sucker for winter/Christmas stages,and this gives me the winter vibe

Ceave: “The Seaside Kingdom is home to my favorite capture: the gushen. Oh my gush!” *I see what you did there*

I kind of don’t like how he did the Darker Side dirty, not counting the whole point of the stage. That’s like not considering the boss in a kingdom that is a boss arena. *Oh wait-*

0:21 What is this? Ceave grabbing coins???

ceave:"4 fuzzies for the lost kingdom". the fuzzies on screen:" you have underestimated me."

I feel like I could listen to him say “cheep cheep” for an hour straigjt

I agree on Sand Kingdom. When I first played the game, I spent 3 hours collecting as many moons as I could in that stage before moving on to the next stage. Super engaging!

Actual love for lost kingdom?? Its one of my favorites. Very compact with so much to find, love the atmosphere and weird music. It also feels the closest to how stages would be in super mario 64. Something about it just works. Also, my favorite kingdom is luncheon.. mostly because the music is awesome and the level theme is just perfectly goofy.

Me playing 3d all stars games then playing odyssey and getting so confused that coins don't heal

I feel like the most interesting kingdom themes were the ones delegated to boss arenas. Like a ruined castle & clouds would’ve been cool level times if they were fully explored.

Man. I’ve been watching you for years, and I STILL love your overly eccentric tone and thick accent. You’re fun to listen to, dude. Keep up the good work. Edit: If you ask me, it seems a bit unfair to rank Ruined Kingdom as the worst based on what it _isn’t._ In my opinion, Cloud Kingdom is the worst due to it being just a completely empty, not very visually appealing space used for one Bowser fight. The Ruined Kingdom on the other hand is beautiful and is home to one of the most APESHIT bosses in Mario history.

my favorte is wooded i love the aesthetic and everything.. luncheon is my second favorite actually but i respect your opinion. sand is third its really good yeah i find cloud the worst because it barely has anything going for it. ruined at least has some pretty interesting lore even if there was Nothing done with it

Cap Kingdom: Small, yet simple. Each part is easily recognizable but also doesn’t feel boring. Favorite Part: The Town Least Favorite Part: Having to use the ParaGoomba a lot Cascade Kingdom: Bigger, and a lot more fun. Great music, fun boss, and just great to find secrets in. Favorite Part: Playing as a T-Rex Least Favorite Part: The Small World Levels Sand Kingdom: Amazing to explore in, many ways to get around, and very iconic. Favorite Part: Tostarena Town Least Favorite Part: The underground sections Wooded Kingdom: More Compact, but still great to explore. Awesome combination of forest and factory. Favorite Part: The well designed branching paths Least Favorite Part: The Deep Woods Lake Kingdom: Small, but still fun as no section feels unnecessary or slow. Favorite Part: The Underwater Dome Least Favorite Part: The frog poison mini level Cloud Kingdom: Barren and also small. Lost potential for a fun sky level. Favorite Part: Fighting Bowser Least Favorite Part: Everything else Lost Kingdom: Small, but still fun. The branching paths kept the kingdom from feeling too linear. Favorite Part: The tropical wiggler Least Favorite Part: The poison Metro Kingdom: Every area is great to explore, fighting the MechaWiggler is awesome, and jumping on the roof tops is thrilling. Favorite Part: The festival Least Favorite Part: Jump Rope Challenge Snow Kingdom: The town is cute, but the Main Land and Bound Bowl races aren’t fun. Favorite Part: The town Least Favorite Part: The Mainland Seaside Kingdom: Waaay too many areas and isn’t fun to explore. Even the boss is just alright. Favorite Part: The Beach House Least Favorite Part: Swimming Luncheon Kingdom: Amazing theme and fun to explore. The lava bubble capture is ingenious and all the areas are recognizable. Favorite Part: The cooking Carnival Least Favorite Part: The peak climb Ruined Kingdom: Lost potential and way too small. No fun to revisit either. Favorite Part: Fighting the Lord of Lightning Least Favorite Part: Everything else Bowser’s Kingdom: Great Theme and the linear design is great. Really builds up the final battle. Favorite Part: Pokio Least Favorite Part: The purple coins Moon Kingdom: The mainland is kind of boring but the moon caverns and final battle are awesome. Favorite Part: The ending Least Favorite Part: The mainland feels too barren Mushroom Kingdom: Great references and simple to get around in. The castle was awesome and playing as Yoshi was fun. Favorite Part: The Mario 64 callbacks Least Favorite Part: Toadette’s achievement moons

Cascade is a “Dinosaur Cliff Thingy” -Ceave 2019

This has to be one of my favorite videos by you. You rarely make videos about pure video game design, and this one is so well made. It’s polished, presents clear but intelligent analysis, and doesn’t shy away from criticizing design choices you disagree with. **please** make more videos like this. They are excellent.

Metro Kingdom: **Home to the song "Jump Up, Super Star"** Ceave: **Chooses the Sand Kingdom as the best one** This is incredibly *Odd to see*

The Sand Kingdom is my favourite kingdom because I'm absolutely in love with all the cultural panache they put in. From the Dia De Los Muertos styled inhabitants to all the ruins and the ice deity as the boss! The only bad part about is how badly some parts of the lore are handled. For example, who is Knucklotec? Why didn't they give him a little context? Like someone mentioning him in-game. He appears everywhere, meaning he is extremely important to the inhabitants. But he gets destroyed. Nobody questions it. He was the guardian of the FRIGGIN' RING. Not even the guide mentions him. All the things we know about him are from the art book and that's it. Other than that, it's such a fun atmosphere to explore. I finished it 100% just for that. I absolutely adore the SeaSide Kingdom as well. I despise Metro Kingdom tho. Y'all can kill me now.

I would still give wooded kingdom 5 fuzzies even though I have the deeper woods section but, ok... you do you

"Mario Odyssey has a bit of an identity crisis" *Laughs in Mario Galaxy*

Switch the four fuzzy levels with the 5 fuzzy levels and I’m perfect with this list. Bowser, Lost and Wooded just had so much atmosphere and fun, the best captures, the areas felt more dense and had a ton of variation to them and stuff hidden better. 4 stars > 5 stars for me.

Snow kingdom sucks, and it was the first and mostly only kingdom I didn’t like playing, but I’ll be honest, the bouncy ball minigame is really fun.

15:39 Cappy when mario is dying in lava : "dead end I think" Mario litterally dying : "YEAH I BELEIVE SO"

Speaking from my experience, I LOVED Snow Kingdom. I loved its different take on the formula, its citizens and would rate it a 5/5 fuzzies. Its my second favourite kingdom in the game after all.

There's two big negatives about the Sand Kingdom that are why, objectively in my and others' opinion, it's not as good as Metro. First, you talked about how it's got a bunch of points of interest that are separated by vast amounts of sand. But that's the thing... it has tons of sand with very little of interest. On the other hand, Metro is jam-packed with jumping around, minigames, and other challenges no matter where you go, so even at the worst of times you can do much more. The second is the music. The sand kingdom's music isn't bad, but it's no Jump Up, Superstar. Which, even if you ignore the storyline parts, is still accessible. I rate this video 4 fuzzies. Plus 1 for the penguin. So a perfect 5. Hooray!

Bowsers kingdom is my favorite though. The atmosphere, the way you climb up, the peaceful island halfway with crazy cap, the way the music and atmosphere gets much more dynamic near the main courtyard entrance, the hakama plus the Luigi cap are my favorite outfit combination, and that’s easily my favorite. Also the ruined kingdom is in my top 3 kingdoms despite it being empty. I just love it so much. I don’t even play games like dark souls or games with this type of art style. Also I kinda hate sand kingdom. It was the most annoying to 100% and every time I started 100%ing it, I abandoned cuz it was just so annoying. For me, ruined is better.

My favorite is seaside because the seascapes are beautiful and I love how the boss fight takes place around the whole kingdom instead of having a little sub area for the battle

using your list, my least favorite of the kingdoms nominated is cloud. I always forget it exists until i need to fight bowser 1, and that speaks for everything. there is nothing to do, with, from what i recall, less than 10 total moons even with the moon rock. ruined is so aesthetically pleasing and surprising, i dont think anyone can forget it. Darker is safe due to the final challenge nature of it, mixed with all the feels in the beginning and end. excited going into it, and nostalgically sad leaving it. also, "no platforming challenges built into seaside kingdom"? i dare you to play "the water is lava" and make a lap around the outer ring of islands surrounding the central glass. it is possible, and quite a fun self-imposed challenge.

Falling into the deeper woods be like: AAAaaaAaaaaaaaAA

I’m really glad someone else disliked the luncheon kingdom. It’s probably my least favorite because of the reshuffling of the layout and just the awkwardness of said layout in general.

The inconsistency between all the kingdoms is really just the strangest thing. Some are massive, and some are just boss arenas that get categorized as an entire kingdom for some reason. Some have a ridiculous amount of effort poured in to their atmosphere, and some are just absolutely bland. Some have really clearly planned structure, and some seem just haphazardly thrown together.

So you dont wanna keep your fuzzys? I mean im not selfish, but giving a fuzzy away, is..... Fuzzys are the best thing and id wanna keep it.

Finally someone who likes the sand kingdom more than the metro

"Click the little i in the corner for a poll" KZfaq removed that because... well, they don't really have any good reason do they?

Ruin Kingdom has such a great boss fight though. Cloud kingdom’s boss fight was lame in comparison.

My favorite: New Donk City Least Favorite: Snow Kingdom Note: I don't count the Ruin/Cloud Kingdoms to be full fledged actual kingdoms, I just see them as glorified boss arenas.

"Objectively represent my oppinion" I'm sooo stealing that! I'm really surprised by your sand kingdom choice...

My favorite kingdom is the Wooded Kingdom. The rustic arcological aesthetics, the beautiful natural vista juxtaposed with the machinations, the sheer verticality and the different areas offering a slew of places and new discoveries while retaining their raw beauty, and the music echoing in the background for an oddly enjoyable if misplaced beach music. Really, the level is all over the place (pun definitely intended), and that's why I love it so much. There is nothing else quite like it for me, but Sand Kingdom and New Donk City are quite close. Now Snow Kingdom on the other hand... Hands down the absolute worst. Extremely boring, uninteresting palette and level design, nothing much to do, and very closed in without much personality to it. Had they gone with a full-scale sandbox Christmas-themed level, it could have been amazing, especially with how auroras and festive lights could have been implemented into the level's atmosphere. In terms of wide-open sandbox levels go, then Luncheon Kingdom is the worst in that regard. Very boring, uninteresting, and extremely disappointing considering the equally large levels that come before it.

The intro music, Shunshine music combined with Ceaves voice makes these videos very relaxing. Like a Podcast almost. I love them you can just put them on while playing a game or going for a walk or even just chilling in general, since the video itself *basically* is not required, just his voice really. Very good videos, well done

I love the Wooded Kingdom for one major reason. It reminds me of Planet Wisp from Sonic Colours and Sonic Colours is actually the first ever videogame I remember playing, so it’s always held a special place in my heart.

"Winged Goomba with Wings." Does he have wings? You really should clarify this.

“Limits it for no reason” Top of top hat tower: am I a joke to you?

Ruined kingdom deserves at least two fuzzies! It is still just a boss fight kingdom, but it is infinitely better than cloud!

You should have said "Excuse me for gushing about gushon

Wooded kingdom will always be my favorite because of its cool setting and chill ass surfer theme music

I personally really loved the atmosphere of Lost Kingdom, and the art style is super cute and appealing to look at too. For me that is the far best kingdom in game.

My first oddysey playthrough, many, many decades ago. Uhhh Ceave, I have something to tell you...

Honestly wooded kingdom was my favorite kingdom. It’s just so massive and sprawling. I can genuinely get lost and I love that feeling.

18:20 "many, many decades ago" 🤣

I love how you explain this Ceave! I’ve been playing Odyssey for 4 years and have never thought of some of the things you’ve said. Glad you’re back making videos again! :)

Honestly I think that the mushroom kingdom is just so interesting and nostalgic that I think it’s the best But cloud is just so bad I wish that you landed on the ruined kingdom twice for the dragon fight and the first bowser fight

I Agree with everything you said BUT Snow kingdom deserves 3 fuzzies for 2 reasons: the quote "MUSTACHE MAN, YOU'RE BACK!" The friendly NPCs being just TOO cute.

You nailed the best stage. I told my friend right when I finished playing this game two years ago: "nothing quite lived up to the sand kingdom for the rest of the game"

I’ve seen this video about two or three times, and I never noticed the “lava bubble being slow” point, but now that I have, I feel like I need to tell you that you can swim faster by holding Y (or shaking the controller i don’t remember which). I know it’s almost a year old, but just wanted to say it anyway.

In my opinion, they're all amazing and the game is one of the best I've played in years

Haven’t watched the video yet but I expect “number of fuzzies in kingdom” to be a primary factor.

Ceave, when you showed the nominations for the worst kingdoms, the 3 kingdoms showed up on the screen in order: left, middle, right. And then the middle kingdom (Ruined) got chosen as the worst. But for the best 3 stages, you put them in the order middle, right, left. And the middle got chosen again. Did you switch up the order on purpose? Because you wanted the middle one to be chosen both times? Sneaky...

I love seaside kingdom. Being a gusher is amazing, exploring the random underwater areas is amazing!

"We are going to put them into a tier list that, at least in my opinion, objectively represents my opinion" What an iconic line

I think my favorite is seaside, because a water level that actually evokes the feeling of peace that water brings me is something I have literally never seen in a game before.

I guess you could say that the Ruined kingdom *ruined* it's chance to make an awesome stage.

Don't worry Ceave, the Ruined Kingdom will be a full-on kingdom in the sequel.

ruined cloud , darker, and dark shouldn't even count here. imo snow kingdom is the worst with those out of the way