they can put him in a World, but first they have to put him on a Land
Super Mario Land feels like a Super Mario Bros. from another timeline, a lot of the staples you’d expect from a 2D Mario are either not here or done very differently. there’s no Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser isn’t here, and Mario is rescuing the princess of Sarasaland “Daisy” for a change of pace. I’m guessing there was a brief moment in time where Mario lost interest in Peach and instead sought out to gain Daisy’s affection instead and I don’t blame him Daisy’s waaaaay better haha
did I tell you how weird this game is? the Koopas explode after you jump on them, the Flower power up lets you throw bouncing bowling balls, there’s sentient moai head enemies, the villain is some purple alien dude who you fight in a horizontal shmup, the Star theme is the god damn CAN CAN, what the HELL were R&D1 taking when they were making this game and where can I get that stuff
Sarasaland kinda kicks ass when you think about it. not only is each Kingdom based on real life locations such as Bermuda and Easter Island, but each Kingdom is also associated with the four elements. Birabuto is Fire, Muda is Water, Easton is Earth, and Chai is Air. there’s a good chance that the element thing is unintentional but I don’t care, I still think that’s pretty cool. not revisiting Sarasaland feels like one of the biggest missed opportunities this franchise has taken, I feel like it couldn’t hurt for a new 2D Mario game to do just that. not only would we be able to visit more fleshed out versions of the Kingdoms, but maybe there’s another four Kingdoms that we might not have known about, expand the world building of this place that’d be neat. I don’t know, maybe there’s some Super Mario World hack that does just that and it’s slipped past my radar.
I used to think Super Mario Land was just “Mario but he take place in the desert!!!” but nah it’s more than that. there’s only twelve levels with three for each world, but I have to say they really did their best to make sure you’re getting a memorable experience out of this. somehow this goofy ass Game Boy launch title with simplistic graphics has more soul than a majority of the Mario games that are released nowadays, how did we get to this point? oh yeah the game’s fun btw. the ladders at the bonus stages are cool; they remind me of Donkey Kong.
I like Donkey Kong
Super Mario Land feels like a Super Mario Bros. from another timeline, a lot of the staples you’d expect from a 2D Mario are either not here or done very differently. there’s no Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser isn’t here, and Mario is rescuing the princess of Sarasaland “Daisy” for a change of pace. I’m guessing there was a brief moment in time where Mario lost interest in Peach and instead sought out to gain Daisy’s affection instead and I don’t blame him Daisy’s waaaaay better haha
did I tell you how weird this game is? the Koopas explode after you jump on them, the Flower power up lets you throw bouncing bowling balls, there’s sentient moai head enemies, the villain is some purple alien dude who you fight in a horizontal shmup, the Star theme is the god damn CAN CAN, what the HELL were R&D1 taking when they were making this game and where can I get that stuff
Sarasaland kinda kicks ass when you think about it. not only is each Kingdom based on real life locations such as Bermuda and Easter Island, but each Kingdom is also associated with the four elements. Birabuto is Fire, Muda is Water, Easton is Earth, and Chai is Air. there’s a good chance that the element thing is unintentional but I don’t care, I still think that’s pretty cool. not revisiting Sarasaland feels like one of the biggest missed opportunities this franchise has taken, I feel like it couldn’t hurt for a new 2D Mario game to do just that. not only would we be able to visit more fleshed out versions of the Kingdoms, but maybe there’s another four Kingdoms that we might not have known about, expand the world building of this place that’d be neat. I don’t know, maybe there’s some Super Mario World hack that does just that and it’s slipped past my radar.
I used to think Super Mario Land was just “Mario but he take place in the desert!!!” but nah it’s more than that. there’s only twelve levels with three for each world, but I have to say they really did their best to make sure you’re getting a memorable experience out of this. somehow this goofy ass Game Boy launch title with simplistic graphics has more soul than a majority of the Mario games that are released nowadays, how did we get to this point? oh yeah the game’s fun btw. the ladders at the bonus stages are cool; they remind me of Donkey Kong.
I like Donkey Kong