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Super Mario Land [a] is a 1989 platform video game, and it was developed and published by Nintendo as a launch game for its Game Boy handheld game console. It is the first Mario platform game to have been released for a handheld console. In gameplay similar to that of the 1985 Super Mario Bros., but resized for the smaller device's screen, the player advances Mario to the end of 12 levels by moving to the right and jumping across platforms to avoid enemies and pitfalls. Unlike the other Mario games, Super Mario Land is set in Sarasaland, a new environment depicted in line art, and Mario pursues the debuting Princess Daisy. The game has two Gradius-style shooter levels.a b c d e Schilling, Chris (April 27, 2014). " Super Mario Land retrospective". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015 . Retrieved April 12, 2015.

a b c d Thomas, Lucas M. (June 1, 2012). "Building to New Super Mario Bros.". IGN. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015 . Retrieved April 11, 2015. When playing Super Mario Land on a Game Boy Color, the game will display colors using a unique hardware-coded color palette. At Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi's request, Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi's Nintendo R&D1 developed a Mario game to sell the new console. It is the first handheld console Mario game and the first to be made without Mario creator and Yokoi protégé Shigeru Miyamoto. Accordingly, the development team shrunk gameplay elements for the device and used some elements inconsistently from the series. Super Mario Land was expected to showcase the console until Nintendo of America bundled Tetris. The game launched alongside the Game Boy first in Japan in April 1989, and later worldwide. Super Mario Land was rereleased for the Nintendo 3DS via Virtual Console in 2011, which features some presentation tweaks. The second world of the game, a water-themed kingdom. The name is inspired on Mu, a proposed lost continent, and Bermuda. This is the only world to have one level featuring the Marine Pop. The first two levels take place in a tropical area with water below, while the third level takes place entirely underwater. Yurarin, Yurarin Boo, Honen, Goombos, Piranha Plants, Bombshell Koopas, Mekabon, Gunions, Torions, and Tamao are all enemies featured here. Dragonzamasu, a large Yurarin Boo, is fought at the end and defeated to rescue a Gunion disguised as Princess Daisy. Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) • Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch)

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Following the Game Boy's "overnight success", [10] Super Mario Land became the second best-selling 1989 release in North America (below Nintendo's Tetris ). [18] Super Mario Land went on to sell more than 18 million copies worldwide [19]—more than that of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988). [9] A giant Yurarin Boo which moves up and down, shooting fireballs. Can be defeated with twenty torpedoes, or the player can attempt to clear the way to the switch. Help:Media • Having trouble playing? Glitches [ edit ] Main article: List of Super Mario Land glitchesSuper Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels: Super Mario Land's World 1-3, and to a lesser extent World 3-3, have similar designs to these games' Castle levels; in the former, the boss fight against King Totomesu is even similar to the boss fights against Bowser and his fakes in these games. Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, Switch)

Despite not particularly ageing too well, looking graphically rather shabby and not offering a considerable amount of challenge or any replay value, at its heart Super Mario Land is still a fantastic piece of history in the platform genre, and a thoroughly enjoyable romp for Super Mario fans in general."Levels end with a platforming challenge to reach an alternative exit located above the regular exit, the former leading to a chutes and ladders style bonus minigame that awards 1 to 3 extra lives or a Superball Flower power-up. IGN's Lucas Thomas wrote that the protagonist, enemies, and overall game were shorter, and noted that Mario himself was just 12 pixels in height on the Game Boy's small screen. With this in mind, Thomas was concerned about player "eyestrain" in rereleases of the game. [5] Still, IGN's Levi Buchanan thought the game made no compromises in its size reduction. [2] Complex 's Gus Turner wrote that the graphics were "simple", [19] and Official Nintendo Magazine said the game was "ridiculously short". [25] Eurogamer reported that the game could be finished in under an hour. [22] Your all time favorite side-scrolling platformer video game is now available in multiple colors! Color Mario red and save the princess in Super Mario Land Color! Jump across platforms and trample your enemies with your plumber feet! Rescue Princess Daisy from the hands of Tatanga! The following objects and obstacles exist within the game, either to help, hurt, or hinder Mario and his progress. Appear only in 4-3. Float in mid-air, do not fire projectiles and require ten missiles to be destroyed, or the use of a Star.