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.
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.
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Wario's presence is powerful....
Knowing that they made Wario because the team working on the game REALLY didn't want to make this game and so they made Wario as parody and mock of Mario, and in the end making one of the best Game Boy and 2D Mario games and FUCKING WARIO will never not be funny to me
we all love Wario around here
DJSCheddar
1 year ago