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Top 10 Reasons why Super Mario Land is one of the greatest Mario games ever! [top ten]
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The Underwater Stage is actually fun! |
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Mario's a Steel Diver! Speaking of Mario's vehicles, I would be remiss to not mention the Marine Pop. I only make the distinction between this and the Sky Pop (despite them controlling and playing practically the same) because the Marine Pop takes a terrible truth about gaming and throws it out the window. What am I talking about? I'm talking about the underwater stages in video games. Where you're forced to stop your running, jumping and coin-collecting, and partake in some slow, awkwardly controlled swimming stages. Maybe it's just me and my anecdotal evidence, but by and large swimming stages are like, the least fun stages out of all platforming games. The best we can hope for is great music while we paddle along (thanks DKC!), submerged in H2O, somehow without the need to come up for air. But Super Mario Land says "screw all that" and gives Mario a killer submarine that is fast, responsive, and comes with an unlimited supply of torpedoes. Awesome! ...I'm not sure where Mario got this from, though. Maybe it was Slippy's prototype for the Starfox Team's Blue Marine?
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08/01/12, 20:48 Edited: 05/29/14, 04:06 |
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@GuillaumeI have no idea what you're talking about, my good sir! I never make typoos. @DavoidAgreed. We all have to remember that Super Mario Land came out after Super Mario Bros. 2 but before Super Mario Bros. 3. This fact also helps my stance as to why this isn't such a weird game. At this point in time, the only exposure we've have to this franchise was the NES original, and the wonky (but totally fun!) sequel. Three Mario games. Set in three different worlds. Fighting three totally different enemies/armies. It wasn't until Mario decided to "settle down" in the Mushroom Kingdom and all games began to stem around Princess Toadstool, Bowser, and his Koopa Army. And then Super Mario Land ends up looking odd because it doesn't feature Bowser or Toadstool. But that's only retroactively true. And even then, we still have Super Mario Bros. 2 being all weird with its veggies and Wart. (and yeah, it's all a dream, but it's still weird!) |
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This topic is actually making me want to play Super Mario Land, so well done, sir (as I know I'm one of those SML haters).
Super Mario Land may not have been incredibly weird at the time (because each game had been vastly different), but looking back it certainly is a lot different from the rest of the series because of the varied locales and the unique enemies (and SMB2 is pretty weird too, no argument here!). Honestly, I like the weirdness of it. It certainly gives the game a different feel from the other games.
My main issues with Super Mario Land are that the physics feel a bit different from the console games, the tiny sprites, its incredibly short length, and I just don't think the level design is up to par with the console games. Admittedly, these are mostly pretty subjective -- something I dislike someone else might prefer over the console games -- but for me, these issues are enough to knock it down a couple of pegs. I'm not saying it's utterly terrible, but I certainly wouldn't call it "one of the greatest Mario games ever". I'd definitely rank SMB3, World, both Galaxies, and 64 above it at the very least (and probably others).
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins is similar in a lot of ways -- the physics are still a bit different and it's pretty short, but fortunately, it kept a lot of weirdness in it too. I think it's a pretty big improvement over SML1.
(The music is awesome though!) |
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@dlbman22True, but I meant as far as North American gamers go. Is Super Mario Land considered "weird" in Japan, I wonder? I wonder if it's looked down upon at all? @TriforceBunHee hee, I hope my link to BITF's comic didn't make you feel too much guilt. It was really just an off-reference. I didn't realize it had a +2 Guilt Modifier attached to it. @rebonackYeah, I can dig it. I'd rank it lower than those for sure, and even below 3DS's Super Mario 3D Land. It's a touch below NEW Super Mario Bros., but only a little bit. I'd personally put it above the original Super Mario Bros., as well as The Lost Levels and definitely above Super Mario Sunshine. I may even put it above NEW Super Mario Bros. Wii...but I don't feel that's fair since I didn't really put too much time into the Wii game. But subjectively speaking, that's where it sits for me. @plootOh, Super Mario Bros. 2 gets flak? Hm. That's disappointing. It really shouldn't, it's a great game. It was different from the original and kinda strange, but so were a lot of sequels at the time. *looks over at Castlevania II and Zelda II* |
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