Among the worst are:
- Quick Man\'s stage, MM2. Instant death quick-lasers of doom. Plus, if you time-stop them, you\'ll have to pick out when\'s the best time to do it, since your time stopper is pretty limited. PLUS, you won\'t get to use it against Nasty Man--I mean Quick Man.
- Guts Man\'s stage, MM1. Holey lifts.
- Morph Moth\'s stage, MMX2. If you aren\'t using a special weapon, this stage will really feel like you have five million minibosses to fight.
- Ice Man\'s stage, MM1. For that matter, any stage with appearing/disappearing platforms is annoying, but this stage has a simultaneous case of such platforms plus respawning enemies (scroll off screen and back on) and slippery surfaces.
+ If we count bosses, then...any stage with a devil enemy. That includes a Wily\'s fortress stage in MM1, and another fortress stage in MM3.