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beat this way too fast compared to sonic 2, no contest there honestly
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Super Mario Land
1989 · Platformer · Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo
Super Mario Land is ranked no. 333 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,751 and 59% of duels won.
World rank
no. 333
ELO score
1,751
Wins
59%
Duels played
132
About Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land is the first Mario's outing on the Game Boy. It is a side-scrolling platformer much in the vein of the previous Super Mario Bros. This time, Mario must save Princess Daisy, rather than Princess Toadstool, from her kidnapper Tatanga, a mysterious spaceman. The game follows largely the same formula of its aforementioned predecessor, with Mario defeating enemies by jumping on them and collecting coins and power ups by hitting floating blocks, with each world leading up to a boss fight which is defeated using by collapsing the floor. A unique feature of this installment is two scrolling shoot-'em-up levels, the first of which Mario pilots a submarine, and the second an aeroplane.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,751 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Limbo 33% 3 duels played · 106 points behind
- against Shadow of the Colossus 0% 3 duels played · 125 points behind
- against Kid Chameleon 50% 2 duels played · 348 points ahead
- against Super Mario Bros. 100% 2 duels played · 11 points ahead
- against Metroid Fusion 0% 2 duels played · 65 points behind
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11 comments
Tromp53
beat this way too fast compared to sonic 2, no contest there honestly
NeonSniper
I picked this up expecting the Mushroom Kingdom vibe and got weird alien levels instead, kind of threw me off honestly.
SammieDragon
tbh the alien levels are what make it stand out vs sonic 2, that game never took risks like that
GhostPhoenix
Face à Shadow of the Colossus la maniabilité paraît RIGIDE, mais pour de la Game Boy ça tourne encore bien.
SaveHunter
Rigid controls, honestly, and it never bothered fixing that.
LootPlayer95
Oh sure, "still holds up" is the classic line every time someone dusts off a childhood cartridge.
LuckyByte9
pues a mí la rigidez nunca me molestó, aprendí a saltar con ese ritmo raro y ya no lo noto ni ahora
QuestDragon2005
Colossus moves like a dream, this one just shuffles along.
Marina_8
Mi hermano mayor me lo prestaba solo los fines de semana porque decía que era suyo. Yo esperaba toda la semana el sábado por la mañana solo para tocar esa consola un rato. Nunca llegué a pasarme el juego completo de niña, lo terminé ya de adulta por nostalgia pura, y no me arrepiento nada.
IronWolf
Je l'avais eu avec ma console pour un anniversaire, une des toutes premières cartouches de la maison. J'y ai passé des heures dans ma chambre à recommencer le même niveau parce que je n'arrivais pas à passer un boss. Je sais que ce n'est pas le meilleur Mario, mais celui-là je le défendrai toujours.