Even I, an ardent defender of the original Super Mario Land, recognize 6 Golden Coins' supremacy. It's the better game, hands down, goes without saying. It has Wario in it. Wario, man. Wario.

It's also such a major leap in terms of gameplay, overall feel, and graphical fidelity. It's such a drastic overhaul of what the original Mario Land was that it almost feels unfair to use the same branding, but then the same could be said of Wario Land: Mario Land 3 which also veers off in a radically different direction.

What's most impressive to me though, is how Nintendo managed to make this feel just as good as Mario's console counterparts despite all the limitations of the Game Boy. The way Mario jumps, the weightiness of his movement, and level design are all capable of going toe-to-toe with its console counterparts. It's definitely one of the better games on the Game Boy. It has Wario.