There's always that favorite level in a game that truly makes the experience fun. A beautiful skyline, a vast ocean, a grungy hell torn city, or the quaint little village. Here are the team's favorites.

My Favorites:

Rainbow Road-Mario Kart Series
There is no question that rainbow road is the badest mother in a racing game. But I can't help but enjoy the catchy music, colorful environment, and ironic danger all bundled into a traditional final level.

Final Destination-Super Smash Bros. Series
This stage is the stage to prove your true skill. Nothing to jump over, to interfere, to attack. Just flat ground and your opponent. This is the place to go where fair is fair and you losing is nobody's fault but your own. Not to mention the awesome feel of soaring through the sky and ocean.

Wily's Base-Megaman
True to a final level's word, one hard-ass stage to go through and many robots to smash. Get ready for punishment.

1000 Heartless-Kingdom Hearts II/Final Mix+
Literally 1000 baddies to slice up! You're not going anywhere until not a single is left breathing.

1-2-Super Mario Bros.
So many secrets lie in this underground cespool of Goombas and moving platforms. Plus it is also the gateway to the negative zone.

-1-1-Super Mario Bros. (NES Version)
This underwater level can only be accessed by a bit of glitching. Do it well and enjoy the negative zone. Might as well, you can't leave until you lose ALL your lives.

The Tundra Field-Lost Planet
Bow to the mighty Akrid worm. A behemoth to behold and an endless tundra of ice to traverse. Better get your Adidas strapped and ready to go.

All Of Nippon (Japan)-Okami
Everything is so breathtaking. I was seriously taken aback by the painted planes, sun, and crescent moon. I really can't choose a favorite area. Bit I'll give you one of my favorites (see below).

Oni Island-Okami
So many devious traps to behold and tricky foot races to win. Devote yourself to a few hours of frustration with a stellar boss fight against Ninetails at the end. Kudos Oni Island.

The Replicorce Attack-Megaman X4
Falling structures and enemy enforcement. Escape the closing and falling buildings until you meet with Colonel and Dragoon, and Egrigia awaits on the other side.

Bio Lab-Megaman X4
Know your place when entering Split Mushroom's domain. Whilst dying repeatedly, enjoy the catchy level theme and annoying mini boss.

Verdant-Guilty Gear: XX Reload
A fairy tale woods home to the ditzy but cute Dizzy. What really makes this level awesome is the intense metal riffage playing in the background.

Giant World-Super Mario Bros. 3
Either everything is giant or your just tiny. Either way this is one awesome world.

Bowser's Castle-Super Mario Galaxy
Defying gravity and dark matter is one thing but giant bullets is another. Electrical panneling and fire pits?! This cat's crib is intense!

Stop & Go Station-Donkey Kong Country
The world's easiest level to beat. Just walk back in through the way you came but if you want to tackle this dastardly level, good f***ing luck.

Casinopolis-Sonic Adventure DX
Take a break from high speed loop-de-loops and unwind with a bit of gambling and pinball. Plus, NiGHTS makes a cameo appearance in a breathtaking experience.

Inside The Zoro King-The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Who would've thought King Zoro was filled with buzz saws?! But the stomache acid is a good touch, but what the hell is up with the jellyfish?!

eightball6219's Submissions:

All Level's-Super Mario Sunshine
This was the first game I played on the gamecube and it opened me up to a new gaming experience. While not straying too far from traditional Mario levels, this game keeps me playing with it's color and fun layouts from Pinna Park to Bianco Hills.

Phendrana Drifts-Metroid Prime
Nintendo brought the gamecube up with old favorites given a makeover and Samus Aran's first 3-D adventure was just awesome! My favorite part was when you first entered the snowy plains to gong your first prize, the Boost Ball and your first real boss battle for the Wave Beam. From the Shegoths to the Space Pirates, it kept me playing.

Jungle Fortress Level-UN Squadron (SNES)/Area 88 (Arcade)
This one of the few levels on the SNES that when your bullets went through the trees, they actually were damaged. The level was well thought out with fighters and missiles surprise attacking you at every moment making it hell for you to get to the final part, the fortress.

Fort Frolic-Bioshock
Rapture had me on edge everwhere I went except for Fort Frolic. It made me feel like I was in the middle of one of the old Batman movies with either Val Kilmer or George Clooney where everything had neo lights. Fort Frolic was an exciting level that finally shed some light on who your character was or where he came from (for those who didn't explore the strip club you'll find out your the product of Andrew Ryan's love for whores).

Geneosis-Republican Commando
A great opener to a kickass level. With this level you finally get to see the other side to the battle other than the short moment you saw on the big screen.

Blacksun256's Submissions:

Holoska/Cool Edge-Sonic Unleashed
A continent of ice with beautiful visuals and kickass music.

The Twilight Dimension-The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Though this dark world seems deranged, it has a very serene beauty to it.

Pacific City-Crackdown
A city filled to the brim with crime, and your here to clean it up, agent!

Morbit City-Metal Arms: Glitch In The System
An area that brings back the memories of the flood infested labs of the Halo series.

Phaze-Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
The moment that you set foot on this caustic planet of radiation, corruption overwhelms you. After you survive phazon corruption, you must steel your nerves for the trials ahead.

Fermion Lunar Based Human Processing Installation-Moon
You ride the elevator on the moon to an unkown facility underneath the lunar surface to try an recover two of your men who were forcibly abducted, but rather than find them, you discover a hundred-million year-old that must be shut down.

TheLightning55's Submissions: Under Construction

Torvus Bog-Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
The water affects here are stunning and the attention to detail is superb. You will be sucked in to this living breathing world, with moving vegetation, and atmosphere.

The White House-The Conduit
What can I say...It's the White House! This re-creation looks somewhat accurate. Top it all off with invading aliens and firefights, it's pretty awesome.

The Kingdom Of Zeal-Chrono Trigger
This elegant kingdom has a twist to it, and it's pretty hard to miss. See it? It's floating! The attention to detail was also amazing and breathtaking that this is easily one of the best looking locations in the game.

The Island-Wii Fit
When you go on your jog in Wii Fit, you get to see this well designed island with buildings, bridges, and all of the Mii's you created jogging with you.

Lylat Cruise-Super Smash Bros. Brawl
When you're fighting on this stage, you're treated to a large space battle going on in the background. Space junk is flying and everything is so well detailed that you might take your eyes off the fight to take a second to see the space battle. Don't look too long or else...FALCON PUNCH!!!

The Roost-Animal Crossing: Wild World/Animal Crossing: City Folk
When you're feeling a little down, head on down to the roost! Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the music. Every Saturday night, K.K. Slider (Totateke) comes on down and serenades you. Oh, the coffee? You know the price, 200 bells.

AMonkeyNamedSam's Submissions:

1-1-Super Mario Bros.
This level isn't like how they are today. Nothing innovating, nothing too over the top, just simplicity and nostalgia. Nothing made sense, you're a plumber stomping on goombas, rescuing Princess Peach from a giant turtle-dragon. That's the way we like it.

End Of The Line-Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Everything is in utter chaos. People are stabbing eachother, robbing stores, hijacking cars (and even planes), and even grannies join in on the fun (with RPG's. Pretty much everything is f***ed up.

Burly Brawl-The Matrix Path Of Neo
The game was a load of disappointment but wiping up thousands of Mr. Smiths with your bare hands and a bigass metal pole means 100% fun. You may be at it for a few hours because it that fun!

Every Level-Goldeneye
A game based off the worst of the James Bond films, two years after the films release, and developed by RARE (mediocre at the time) should not exist. Yet the gameplay and maps were pure awesome of awesome and the fun as hell multiplayer brought about the hardcore gamer generation. ALL HAIL FACILTY!

Requiem-Hitman: Blood Money
Your body in a coffin as the credits roll. Your screwed...or as you? Twiddle the oystick and you burst from your coffin to wreak havoc on 20 unfortunate funeral goers, a priest, and a crppled Ex. C.I.A. agent. One of my all-time favorites.

Temple Of Pandora- Of War
A huge building on the back of a huge-ass hell Titan. Yep, a f***ing a TITAN! The building so intricately designed. This level is filled with puzzles and balls to the wall button mashing. This level makes you feel so proud once completed you may renew your gym membership...and drop out a week afterwards...stupid gym.

The IncredibleD's Submissions:

The Emptical-Star Wars The Force Unleashed
Tougher Stormtroopers in this level such as Evo Troopers, Shadow Troopers, and Purge Troopers. Smash up the scenery in a short explosive barrel of fun!

Empirial Raxis Core/Ore Cannon-Star Wars The Force Unleashed
After your confrontation with Proxy you must take down the Star Destroyer (for those of you who don't know, a BIG ship) along with it's compliment of Tie Fighters. There's no power like using the force to rip the Star Destroyer out of the sky and gaining a new appreciation for the power of the force.

Therum-Mass Effect
A planet covered in dusty red rock, active volcanoes, and Prothean ruins. Enjoy smashing the Geth with the awesome MAKO and rescuing the lovely Liari T'soni.

Thanks To:

-eightball6219

-Blacksun256

-Thelightning55

-AMonkeyNamedSam

-TheincredibleD

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