Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is a spinoff starting SML2's villain Wario who's essentially hijacked the Super Mario Land series from this point on, and boy does he deserve to.
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Wario Land is a fun collectathon that has Wario traverse through 7 different Areas on an island to search for a magic lamp in order to summon a Genie so he can wish himself a castle bigger than that of Mario.
Wario goes around collecting different treasures throughout the different levels hidden in specific ones, as well as taking on enemies like a Spiked Koopa, a Ghost, and other wacky enemies. Whether or not you playing as Wario have collected alot of coins and have gotten all treasures will vary but you have a confrontation with CAPTAIN SYRUP (pirate counterpart or long lost sister of Pauline [never confirmed but they look similar]) who summons the Genie to essentially kick Wario's butt, after Wario successfully defeats the Genie, her lair is destroyed with her blowing it up herself revealing a Giant Peach Statue, which Mario shows up at the end of the game to... surprisingly enough, thank Wario for defeating Captain Syrup and essentially steals the statue with Wario shrugging in confusion.
Wario then takes the genie lamp and asks the genie, who is now friendly to Wario, for a nice house as the Genie only grants 1 wish. After asking for a nice house, the genie tells Wario he'll need Wario to pay up, and depending on how many coins you collected, and if you got the treasure, will essentially result in Wario being Wario PLANET RULER, or Wario the Bird House owner.
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The game is fun and unique, Wario retains the "bounce on enemies" head ability Mario and Luigi tend to have however he mixes it up by have a should thrust that allows him to stun and defeat enemies. This game also features unique abilities specific only to Wario:
- Bull Pot - turns Wario into Bull Wario allowing him to hit enemies from below because of his spiked Helmet and gives Wario a butt ground pound ability.
- Jet Pot - Gives Wario a Jet cap that allows him to thrust forward both on ground in and in the air temporarily while doing a arm thrust.
- Dragon Pot - Gives Wario a Dragon Cap that breathes fire, however takes away the arm thrust ability. (Does look too phallic shaped though)
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The game features levels with hidden exits that require you sometimes to complete the area via defeating the bosses and returning to them at a different time, post boss defeat.
After you beat every level you have a deciding option of either to play a Heart Minigame for more lives, or a minigame featuring Coins where you test your luck to see if you can get more coins, maximum 3 chances for maximum payout, that is if you get the money bags, if you get hit with the anvil, you lose half of the money you have. 3 chances that allow you to double up every time, that later feeds into your total number of coins, so test your luck wisely.
Also throughout specific levels there are hidden treasures that will benefit you toward what ending you plan on getting.
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The game features a total of 6 endings depending on if you have collected all 15 treasures, and cleared all stages:
300 - 10,071 coins - Birdhouse -Wario the Bird House Owner - Genie creates a Birdhouse for Wario to live in, Wario's logo falls off causing Wario to Cry
10,072 - 40,007 coins - Tree Stump - Wariolax Speaks for the Trees - Genie creates a Tree Stump for Wario to live in, Wario's logo falls off causing Wario to be Sad and disappointed.
40,008 - 70,007 coins - Cabin/House - Wario the Middle Class Worker - Genie creates a Cabin/House for Wario, Wario's Logo stays on and Wario is contempt and happy.
70,008 - 90,007 coins - Japanese Fortress/Castle - Wario the Warrior - Genie creates a Japanese Fortress for Wario, Wario's logo stays on and Wario is more than happy.
90,008 - 99,999 Coins (without Treasures) - King Wario, Rule of Wario Castle - Genie Creates a Castle bigger than Castle Mario for Wario, Wario is ecstatic and happy that he has his own castle.
99,999 Coins (all Treasures collected) - WARIO PLANET RULER - Genie uses all the money a treasures Wario collected to create something to suit Wario's greed and Ego, the GENIE CREATES AN ENTIRE PLANET FOR WARIO FOR HIM TO LIFE ON, WARIO EGO KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND IS HAPPY TO OWN SOMETHING BEYOND THAT OF WHAT MARIO EVER COULD (well until Super Mario Galaxy 2 with Planet Mario) SO HAPPY HE BOUNCES AROUND THANKING THE PLAYER FOR A PERFECT END!
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Overall this game is an amazing addition to the Super Mario Land Series and if anything was a great risk take from Nintendo of giving a spinoff... to a villain no less. It's fantastic that Nintendo took this chance, you can see they were still worried about it flopping since they still have the subtitle "SUPER MARIO LAND 3" but that risked work and it gave us a great first game in a great franchise.
There is a DX color remix of this game, however unlike with my other reviews for Super Mario Land DX and Super Mario Land 2 DX where they fundamentally change things to fit more in line with the Mario NES games, the DX version of Wario Land is fundamentally the same, so really it's preference as they're both the same game, just the original is in black and white, and the DX is in color.
However overall WARIO LAND: SUPER MARIO LAND 3 is a great game, it has issues with getting too repetitive but the music is great, the gameplay is fun, and it's a great first game in the WARIO FRANCHISE, highly recommend this along with SUPER MARIO LAND 1 and 2.
Thanks for reading! :)
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Wario Land is a fun collectathon that has Wario traverse through 7 different Areas on an island to search for a magic lamp in order to summon a Genie so he can wish himself a castle bigger than that of Mario.
Wario goes around collecting different treasures throughout the different levels hidden in specific ones, as well as taking on enemies like a Spiked Koopa, a Ghost, and other wacky enemies. Whether or not you playing as Wario have collected alot of coins and have gotten all treasures will vary but you have a confrontation with CAPTAIN SYRUP (pirate counterpart or long lost sister of Pauline [never confirmed but they look similar]) who summons the Genie to essentially kick Wario's butt, after Wario successfully defeats the Genie, her lair is destroyed with her blowing it up herself revealing a Giant Peach Statue, which Mario shows up at the end of the game to... surprisingly enough, thank Wario for defeating Captain Syrup and essentially steals the statue with Wario shrugging in confusion.
Wario then takes the genie lamp and asks the genie, who is now friendly to Wario, for a nice house as the Genie only grants 1 wish. After asking for a nice house, the genie tells Wario he'll need Wario to pay up, and depending on how many coins you collected, and if you got the treasure, will essentially result in Wario being Wario PLANET RULER, or Wario the Bird House owner.
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The game is fun and unique, Wario retains the "bounce on enemies" head ability Mario and Luigi tend to have however he mixes it up by have a should thrust that allows him to stun and defeat enemies. This game also features unique abilities specific only to Wario:
- Bull Pot - turns Wario into Bull Wario allowing him to hit enemies from below because of his spiked Helmet and gives Wario a butt ground pound ability.
- Jet Pot - Gives Wario a Jet cap that allows him to thrust forward both on ground in and in the air temporarily while doing a arm thrust.
- Dragon Pot - Gives Wario a Dragon Cap that breathes fire, however takes away the arm thrust ability. (Does look too phallic shaped though)
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The game features levels with hidden exits that require you sometimes to complete the area via defeating the bosses and returning to them at a different time, post boss defeat.
After you beat every level you have a deciding option of either to play a Heart Minigame for more lives, or a minigame featuring Coins where you test your luck to see if you can get more coins, maximum 3 chances for maximum payout, that is if you get the money bags, if you get hit with the anvil, you lose half of the money you have. 3 chances that allow you to double up every time, that later feeds into your total number of coins, so test your luck wisely.
Also throughout specific levels there are hidden treasures that will benefit you toward what ending you plan on getting.
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The game features a total of 6 endings depending on if you have collected all 15 treasures, and cleared all stages:
300 - 10,071 coins - Birdhouse -Wario the Bird House Owner - Genie creates a Birdhouse for Wario to live in, Wario's logo falls off causing Wario to Cry
10,072 - 40,007 coins - Tree Stump - Wariolax Speaks for the Trees - Genie creates a Tree Stump for Wario to live in, Wario's logo falls off causing Wario to be Sad and disappointed.
40,008 - 70,007 coins - Cabin/House - Wario the Middle Class Worker - Genie creates a Cabin/House for Wario, Wario's Logo stays on and Wario is contempt and happy.
70,008 - 90,007 coins - Japanese Fortress/Castle - Wario the Warrior - Genie creates a Japanese Fortress for Wario, Wario's logo stays on and Wario is more than happy.
90,008 - 99,999 Coins (without Treasures) - King Wario, Rule of Wario Castle - Genie Creates a Castle bigger than Castle Mario for Wario, Wario is ecstatic and happy that he has his own castle.
99,999 Coins (all Treasures collected) - WARIO PLANET RULER - Genie uses all the money a treasures Wario collected to create something to suit Wario's greed and Ego, the GENIE CREATES AN ENTIRE PLANET FOR WARIO FOR HIM TO LIFE ON, WARIO EGO KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND IS HAPPY TO OWN SOMETHING BEYOND THAT OF WHAT MARIO EVER COULD (well until Super Mario Galaxy 2 with Planet Mario) SO HAPPY HE BOUNCES AROUND THANKING THE PLAYER FOR A PERFECT END!
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Overall this game is an amazing addition to the Super Mario Land Series and if anything was a great risk take from Nintendo of giving a spinoff... to a villain no less. It's fantastic that Nintendo took this chance, you can see they were still worried about it flopping since they still have the subtitle "SUPER MARIO LAND 3" but that risked work and it gave us a great first game in a great franchise.
There is a DX color remix of this game, however unlike with my other reviews for Super Mario Land DX and Super Mario Land 2 DX where they fundamentally change things to fit more in line with the Mario NES games, the DX version of Wario Land is fundamentally the same, so really it's preference as they're both the same game, just the original is in black and white, and the DX is in color.
However overall WARIO LAND: SUPER MARIO LAND 3 is a great game, it has issues with getting too repetitive but the music is great, the gameplay is fun, and it's a great first game in the WARIO FRANCHISE, highly recommend this along with SUPER MARIO LAND 1 and 2.
Thanks for reading! :)