Instead, it almost immediately got to work on trying to top the genre-defining, multimillion seller and get that successor ready for the launch of the company’s second home console. Platform(s): SNES, GBA, Switch (Nintendo Switch Online membership)Īfter seemingly perfecting the Mario formula with Super Mario Bros 3, you'd think Nintendo would rest on its laurels. It wasn't the easiest game ever, but Mario Land 2 is still one of the best platformers in portable gaming history. (We'd love to see Rabbit Mario make a comeback.) Super Mario Land 2 brought lovable deviant Wario into all our lives, as the jerky doppelganger steals Mario's castle (Mario owns a castle?), and the moustachioed one has to beat some tough monsters to collect the six Golden Coins and defeat the chunky never-do-well. With its cartoony look and detailed sprites reminiscent of Mario World, a plethora of different theme worlds, and original, but understandable power-ups, Super Mario Land 2 gave Mario fans what they wanted and did so brilliantly. It probably won’t surprise you that it was developed by Gunpei Yokoi's R&D1 instead of Miyamoto's EAD team, but when Yokoi's crew worked on the sequel subtitled 6 Golden Coins, they decided to take some cues from games like Mario 3, and created a game that was more familiar, yet still had a unique feel. All the sound effects are strange, it has horizontal-scrolling shooter levels, and strange power-ups and enemies.
The first Super Mario Land is a fine game, but it's also weird.
Platform(s): Game Boy, 3DS Virtual Console
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