What is the Lamest New Super Mario Bros. Power Up? (Poll)

[PekoponTAS | 171]

I was playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the first time a while back, and enjoyed it quite a lot. I was reminded while playing it though how lame the New Super Mario Bros. power ups are, and thought it'd be fun to make a poll about it.

We aren't looking for the worst one here though, I'm asking what your personal least favourite is, no matter how silly or biased the reason may be. I've also excluded super guide style power ups that only occur when you die enough times, as I thought it'd be too one sided if those were contenders. I've also excluded the golden flower from New Super Mario Bros. 2, since it's just a regular fire flower that shoots money.

It's the above six that are the most interesting to compare against, so let's hear what your least favourite is. (Ya know, assuming you've even played all four of these games)

Even though the Mini-mushroom is a nuisance and actually makes you more vulnerable than before you got it, I still give the prize to the Super Acorn, as Flying Squirrel Mario is not only the least cool sounding thing he's ever turned into, but it's the least useful of all flight based power ups. Mario tends to look charming no matter what he dresses in, but the flying squirrel suit is ugly on top of everything. It was probably the first thing that made a lot of people feel uneasy about their Wii U purchase.

[cj_robot | 542]

I hate the Propeller cap. For some reason I always lose control with that thing. I get too impatient floating in the air, but then I push down to rush back to the ground and usually end up drilling right down a pit or something stupid like that.

[Tanooki | 4,934]

Going with the same, propeller cap.  It's annoying to use all around, just a bad idea trying to fake being different and largely failing at it.

The others some are pretty unique like the mega/mini which I think should have been used better but still, good.  The others aren't really original either, they're a re-use combination hybrid of old SMB3 abilities with a twist really.

[Ankos | 442]

Flight powerups in Mario to me are always the lame ones because if you aren't good at platforming you can always just go back to an earlier level and pick up one of these to play on easy mode. Propeller mushroom is a particularly easy one to use. I think that having overpowered powerups is not necessarily a bad thing, but I'm not going to pretend they aren't overpowered. I don't think you even need to run or be on the ground to use this one

[Ankos | 442]

I should probably clarify that I do gravitate to easier strategies in video games. I almost always use flying powerups when I play Mario games. If I want more of a challenge, then I'll play a harder game

[NostalgicMachine | 236]

Prop cap all the way here.

[twiztor | 851]

i hate the mini mushroom. 

like seemingly everyone else, i am not really a fan of the propeller cap, but the mini mushroom has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. i hate that you have to use it to unlock some of the worlds. it's just so stupid. no love.

[AirVillain | 490]

Propeller cap is annoying.

It also looks stupid. Make me feel like I'm 8.... which I'm not. I'm an adult who happens to be playing games like I'm 8. Okay Nintendo! Just leave me alone and let me live my life!!!

[rdrunner | 422]

I voted Mini Mushroom, just because I remember not being able to find one when I needed it for unlocking something.

[OptOut | 8,889]

Mini mushroom, for sure. It's just a key for a lock you never have on you when you need, and which actively works against you while using it. It's the worst power-up in a Mario game since the anchor from Mario 3.

Also, all you guys hating on the prop-cap be tripping, that is a fun power-up for sure when they design the level around it, a few of the Mario Maker levels that use it are super fun.

Edited November 19, 2022 by OptOut