Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)

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Description

Second in the Game Boy's line of Mario games, this one takes the evolutionary steps that Super Mario 3 for the NES took with it's predecessors. New graphics, power-ups, challenges, and a completely original storyline. A bad version of Mario, Wario, takes over Mario's castle and locks him out using 6 golden coins. Mario must search for said coins all over Mario Land to take back his castle and go one-on-one with Wario himself.

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Alternate Titles

• "スーパーマリオランド２・６つの金貨" -- Japanese spelling
• "Mario Land 2: 6 no Kin-ka" -- Literal Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Mario games
• Nintendo Player's Choice releases
• Super Mario series

User Reviews

Mario Pocket Sized!	MasterMegid (902)
One of the best Game Boy platform games, but far too easy.	Rensch (218)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is the best Mario game I've ever played.	Dark Lord (46)
Excellent sequel!	Tomer Gabel (4646)
An improvement on the first game, but little else original	RussS (819)

Critic Reviews

Total! (Germany)	Aug, 1994	1.25 out of 6	95
Nintendo Land	2003	91 out of 100	91
Video Games	Dec, 1992	89 out of 100	89
Mega Fun	Jun, 1994	88 out of 100	88
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Feb, 1993	35 out of 40	88
neXGam	Apr 09, 2007	8.7 out of 10	87
Play Time	Jan, 1993	86 out of 100	86
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Jan, 1993	10 out of 12	83
RetroGame Man	Apr 24, 2016	8 out of 10	80
GameCola.net	Sep, 2008	6.8 out of 10	68

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Trivia

Fan made color conversion

In 2017 Daniel Davis, Drakon released the first version of "Super Mario Land 2 DX", a hack of the game adding a basic color palette to the game. The modified game works on Game Boy Color emulators as well as the real hardware. Apart from the new palette, the hack claims to have reduced the noticeable slowdowns in the original game.

LEGO

The final level in the "Mario Zone" is built partly on LEGO bricks.

Wario

This game marks the first official appearance of Wario.

Awards

• Power Play
  • Issue 02/1993 – Best Handheld Game in 1992
• Retro Gamer
  • October 2004 (Issue #9) – #5 Best Game Boy Game

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