Super Mario Land

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Description

Super Mario Land, the plumber's first outing on the Game Boy, is a side-scrolling platformer much in the vein of the previous Super Mario Bros. This time, Mario must save Princess Daisy, rather than Princess Toadstool, from her kidnapper, Tatanga, a mysterious spaceman.

The game follows largely the same formula of its aforementioned predecessor, with Mario defeating enemies by jumping on them and collecting coins and power ups by hitting floating blocks, with each world leading up to a boss fight which is defeated using by collapsing the floor. A unique feature of this instalment is two scrolling shoot-'em-up levels, the first of which Mario pilots a submarine, and the second an aeroplane.

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Alternate Titles

• "スーパーマリオランド" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Center CX challenge games
• Genre: Hop and Bop Platformer
• Mario games
• Nintendo Player's Choice releases
• Setting: Aquatic / Underwater
• Super Mario series

User Reviews

Decent but rather infuriating	Nintendo 3DS	a32bitmint (62)
Mario's first experience on a handheld system	Game Boy	STU2 (72)
The earliest attempt on Game Boy isn't too shabby ...	Game Boy	Kartanym (12705)
The perfect game to get you started on the Game Boy.	Game Boy	Tomer Gabel (4634)
Not To Be Forgotten, Not To Be Celebrated...	Game Boy	Steve Thompson (126)
Nintendo's average superhero/plumber strikes again!	Game Boy	Jim Fun (243)
Retro platforming for kids in shades of green	Game Boy	RussS (819)
Mario rescuing Daisy...again.	Game Boy	Michael B (350)

Critic Reviews

VideoGame	Game Boy	Jul, 1991		100
Player One	Game Boy	Oct, 1990	98 out of 100	98
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Game Boy	Nov, 1989	93 out of 100	93
GameTrip.net	Game Boy	Jun 09, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Video Games	Game Boy	Mar, 1991	88 out of 100	88
Total!! UK Magazine	Game Boy	Jan, 1992	86 out of 100	86
Just Games Retro	Game Boy	Apr 11, 2017		80
Nintendo Life	Game Boy	Jul 31, 2009		80
Digitally Downloaded	Nintendo 3DS	Jun 09, 2011		70
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only)	Game Boy	Dec 14, 2008	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Ambassadors of Funk

The main music to World 1 was used in a single called Supermarioland and was released by Ambassadors of Funk Featuring MC Mario in 1992, which reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart.

Locations

This is the only Mario game to include real world locations and enemies. Examples include fire breathing sphinxes, Chinese vampires, and the stone heads that appear in island nations. It is also the only Mario game that lets you pilot a submarine and airplane.

Manual

The manual for the U.S. version still lists all the enemies with their original Japanese names.

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