Mario's wonderful Land (Super Mario Land (GB))

Member Name: Dringostarr

Product:	Super Mario Land (GB)
Date:	06/11/02 (379 review reads)
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Advantages: Classic Mario, Still Fun, cheap

Disadvantages: Getting dated with nothing new.

Taking a break from Princess Toadstool (peach) and rescuing another distressed princess. Mario is in a strange new land, and Daisy is somewhere in it... but will you find the right one?

There are only really two original Mario games on the Gameboy, Mario Land 1 and 2 whilst the Advance games are all SNES ports, Mario Brothers deluxe on the GBC was a NES port and Super Mario Land 3 was a Wario game. This followed the same pattern as the original NES game Super Mario Brothers as opposed to its sequel that opted for close ties with Super Mario World. The game is old, it is black and white yet for such an old game the visuals are still crisp and still very Mario and really all you need is a bold look as detailed graphics have always been a second thought to any Mario including the Gamecube's reacent Sunshine game. Music wise you have a bit of a mixed bag, yes the original Mario music is here, which is always nice yet don't expect any new tunes that each Mario game often tags on.

The game is short, you have to compleate it in one go as the ammount of levels are in short supply and if you could save, then the game would feel even more pointless than it does. So no save, taken from his original settings (much like Sunshine) and nothing spectacular in new ideas... except the submarine and the classic highly addictive gameplay that has still after so many years been failed to emulate by any other developer bar Nintendo themselves. The gameplay is classic Mario, running and jumping platforming perfection. The game handles perfectly and then again you'd expect nothing less from Mario's premier outing on the Gameboy. They have even tagged an extra submarine section, which really gets the excitement going... this really is an awesome handled game. Yes it is short but it feels no less a Mario game because of it. The platforming giant really did rule the roost.

But if you are looking for one platform game for the GB then get the sequel,
it is longer, far more in depth and features far more variety... yet you cannot go far wrong with this... especially as you can pick it up from a car boot for £1 or in my case FREE.

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