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my fav is super mario land 3:wario land
Super Mario Land 2 has my vote. I think Mario Land 1 was too pixelated/ blocky and the game was WAY too short, and for some reason I think that the graphics in Wario land are a little too big and every thing looks cramed and tight. But that's just my opinion though ;)
Mario 2, the first was a bit weird with the vanishing stars and the strange enemies. I dont know, i dont feels like a real mario in my opinion.
Mario 1 for me. Simple and easy game.
I just can't seem to get into 2 or 3.
My favorite would have to be Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
although the second Mario land did introduce Wario.... :P
Super Mario Land 1.
Retro Gamer said it best:
"One of the monochrome Game Boy's earliest releases, Super Mario Land displayed a cleaver understanding of the hardware's inherent abilities. It contained bold and ingenious design decisions, which were promptly ignored by nearly all future GB developers. They weren't trying to create a port of the NES experiences, they were developing something for the GB specifically in mind. The minute details are exquisite in the extreme, evoking the same feelings as seeing delicate Japanese embroidery or Nouveau cuisine."
Mario Land 1 of course!
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on January 03, 2009, 10:25:04 pm
They weren't trying to create a port of the NES experiences, they were developing something for the GB specifically in mind.
This is very true. There are plenty of famous NES games that ended up ported in a bad way to the GB, sometimes it would be exactly the same game except that the vision range would be more limited which is terrible.
My favorite super mario land must be 3 but mainly because I spent so much time on it as a kid. Also I loved finding all the hidden treasures and hidden levels. SML3 succeeds as much as 2 to create different moody worlds, except that it doesn't look all cute as it does in 2.
I guess it's got to be the first one. There were many hours spent playing it in the car and to this day I've never been able to finish it. :-[
Just try it again. It's not that hard.
The last time I played it was about a year ago. Do I have to tell you how it went? :-X
Well... yeah of course. :)
If it's a Mario Land related story it's not even off-topic. :D
Well I could never get past the submarine level... and that's still the case. It is confounding too because Platformers are what I'm best at. Must be the stigma I've attached to it.
ggrrr I'm going to stop coming here as its costing me way too much. Just gone and bought all 3 Mario Land games.
I like SML2 a lot, but I've found more replayability on the first one. I love the "simplicity" (you know what I mean) of the game, and it remembers me a little of SMB on the nes (definitely my favorite game on any console, and in my opinion one of the most finely designed ones).
I like to be able to go around a world map and choose levels. I'm not a fan of being ushered from one level to the next.
That's weird, PatMan! I always thought the first Super Mario Land was one of the easiest Mario games I had ever played! It usually took me only an hour or so to beat it. But then again, you're not the first person who has told me they've had trouble with the game, so maybe it's just me having played it so much...
Six Golden Coins is still my choice, two years after this poll was made. I just love picking the game up and playing my beaten game, fiddling around and picking up a ton of coinage!
I beat the first two games in the series, but I don't remember much of either one. I remember the first one being kind of odd -- sort of how SMB2US felt like Mario but was very different at the same time. I remember the second one being annoying.
I never beat SML1. Haven't played it in my adulthood though.
SML2 I played the hell out of. Loved that game.
Wario Land I never got around to getting (or playing) for one reason or another. I really like Shake It on the Wii though.
Quote from: Lorfarius on January 05, 2009, 06:02:24 am
ggrrr I'm going to stop coming here as its costing me way too much. Just gone and bought all 3 Mario Land games.
hahaha well at least play them in order to see the story unfold although I don't get why you get to play as Wario in the third one and still call it Super Mario Land 3.....I haven't played it that much.
They arent really a trilogy. Just using the same name so theres no story linking the 3.
SML1, just because of all the memories playing it as a kid. I have since beaten it, but when I was little, I didn't understand that you couldn't jump on the sphinx boss at level 3 but just had to get passed it. I died a lot on that level. :-[
You shouldn't really pay too much attention to "story" in Super Mario games... :D
Quote from: manuel on January 05, 2009, 09:05:40 pm
You shouldn't really pay too much attention to "story" in Super Mario games... :D
Exactly. :P
SML1 has little nuances about it that you have to learn with experience. Its not too hard once you get used to how the game works. Thinking SML = SMB is wrong. You have to really think of them as totally different games with different gameplay rules.
SML1 has always struck me as a game that really plays to the GB's strengths. Playing it today on a standard GB and its amazing just what they achieved with the large plain sprites and level design. I always felt it had a distinct feel that was just never replicated elsewhere. Shame.
mario land 1..... it was my first video game that i owned.... after that pure addiction....
First one will always be the best.
I agree. Super Mario Land 1 is the best of 'em all
SML2 was so fucking awesome. I have the cart, but i can't find it, so i might rebuy my copy.
2 of course! Best gameboy game ever.