Is it OK to cheer for Wario this time around? I guess it’s not, I’ll have to leave that for Wario’s own adventure in the sequel.Ħ Golden Coins employs all the usual Mario Tropes and mostly everything you’d expect is here. This doesn’t bother Mario though, he murders them all. The official story also states that the inhabitants of the island have been hypnotized into thinking Mario is their enemy, which is why they attack him. Seems that adding your name to every genre of game that comes to a Nintendo system pays pretty well. A castle and a private island? Our hero is doing rather well for himself. It turns out that when our little plumber was away from his own private island during the events of the first game his old pal Wario has taken over his turf and stolen said castle. Quite when he got so materialistic and decadent is beyond me. In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Mario isn’t worried about any damsels in distress.

Usually, this involves saving Princess Daisy or Peach from an evil villain. I’m starting to question my worth as a gamer.Īs per usual Mario must run, jump and kill enemies on his quest to save that which he holds dear. Quite why I’ve taken so many years to replay it I don’t know.

The jump in quality is nothing short of stunning. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins released in 1992 and was such an improvement over the already fantastic first game. I love the 3D ones, of course, but give me one of the Game Boy Mario games and I’ll be content for hours. 3, the Super Mario Land series on the Nintendo Game Boy are some of my favorite Mario games.

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