← Back to results

Super Mario Land

Sharp & FocusedHigh-IntensitySolo< 2h

You're bouncing through tight, precision-demanding levels with a constant sense of forward momentum, where every jump and enemy encounter demands your full attention. The occasional shift into arcade-style shoot-em-up sequences breaks up the platforming action, keeping you on your toes as you race to save Princess Daisy from the mysterious Tatanga.

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.