Water Levels

[MQJinx]

How do you feel about water levels?

I hate most of them due to a change in mechanics, but some actually played very well, like Sparkling Waters, Noki Bay, Aquarium Park, and the water-themed galaxies in the SMG series.

 

[GameGuy5]

I hate 2D Mario water levels. They make me more bored than a midget at a theme park.

Nothing really interesting happens in those levels... They are really slow paced as well. And don't even get me STARTED on the MUSIC. Especially in NSMBU, I hate the "BAAA, BAAA, BA-BA-BA BAAA" in those levels. So annoying! >.>

They're not too special in Mario 3D World, either. The only section I liked was in Pipeline Lagoon, and you traveled through a sunken ship exhibit in a clear pipe. That looked really cool.

 

[Sashe2705]

I hate them all ! Especially the ones from the older Mario games like Super Mario Bros. They were hard and boring! I like beach levels, though.

 

[Viboolin of the Pancake]

I'm quite tolerable of underwater levels, but especially so if they don't alter the physics, or at least don't severely change the speed of the game (I.E. Hydrocity in Sonic 3&K, Water Land in Kirby's Epic Yarn).
Alternatively, I also enjoy them when the level gimmick is fun, like in Super Mario Galaxy 2 with the shell, or the "fast water stage" in A Super Mario Thing. The giant underwater fish in SMG(2) scare me a lot though.

I dislike water levels when they really are bad or the pace of the game takes a huge spin, even if temporarily.
The ones I especially remember disliking are Aquas in Star Fox 64 (Sloooooow) and the underwater levels in Pac-Man World 2 (Game suddenly becomes half rail-shooter until the game's final world).

 

[AquaYoshi]

I hate water levels, especially in Sonic. With Mario I feel they rear away from the platforming which is a huge part of Mario when a water level comes up. I love tropical levels however.