The Story of the Super Mario Land Series

The Super Mario Land series was Nintendo's attempt at bringing the Super Mario franchise to the Game Boy. But it was also the first time Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto would not be involved. Learn all about the history of this series and the impact it has left on the Mario franchise!
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - Super Mario Land
10:16 - Super Mario Land 2
17:57 - Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
22:02 - Virtual Boy Mario Land
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[@GamingHistorian]

Happy New Year! After my deep dive into Punch-Out, I wanted to take a step back and do something a little less intense. The Super Mario Land games are some of my favorites. I was surprised that there aren't too many videos talking about the games, so I guess that's where I come in. Hope you enjoy!

[@SuperChannelG]

You are so awesome! I love your channel! I've been binge watching like crazy! Lol

[@brycevo]

Happy New year! And thank you for covering one of my favorite game boy games

[@autobotavengerfireballxl5339]

Thanks Greg I always look for to your video's because I lived a similar childhood.

[@waynedockery2385]

You gotta put up more imagery on these. Having you looking at me is awkward

[@ElRealPetChicken]

Can we please see a video on the mother / earthbound series, we know it's one of your favorites and lots of your fans would love to see one.

[@Crazelord91]

The graphical upgrade from Super Mario Land 1 to Super Mario Land 2 on the same system is astounding.

[@Compucles]

I agree. Even the jump from "Super Mario Bros." to "Super Mario Bros. 3" wasn't as big of an improvement.

[@michaellaverty7349]

Really shows you how skilled the developers of these games are with how far they pushed the quality in such a short time.

[@Lead_Foot]

@@michaellaverty7349 I'd say it's more indicative of how difficult it is to develop exclusively in assembly language.

[@thear1s]

They also had to make the cartridge more complex and expensive (more rom, on-board ram and battery) so it came with a cost they probably couldn't afford in SML1

[@AlistairMaxwell77]

i really like sml1 basic graphics . it gives the game a unique character . i actually had the original gameboy and game at launch . we still were blown away . coming from printed lcd fixed graphics like game and watch this was unbelievable

[@WombatLoveAffair]

My dad suprised my with Super Mario Land 2 on Easter sunday when I was about 7. I didn't even ask for it and I had never received a gift on easter and never did again, he just felt like being a nice guy. I instantly loved the game and still play the rom on my phone sometimes. Thanks old man, I'll never forget the little things you did just to make me smile. RIP.

[@pazuzu810]

😢 he sounds like he was an awesome dude.

[@Rexowogamer]

Slam RIP :(

[@jorgechavezcolmenares1790]

I remember back in 2002, I tried to sell a lot of my things to buy a PS2 (that's another story, it was hard to get that console). So after a year and a half, it stopped working, something about the laser. Though my dad took me to some stores to see if they could repair it, it was not possible. So I kept playing my PS1 (which luckily no one bought when I was raising money for my PS2). OK, so one day, without expecting it, just like you, my father came home with a Nintendo Gamecube. He left it on the table of the kitchen for some days, without telling me anything. Perhaps he wanted me to be curious. And finally after three days he told me it was for me, because he knew how hard it was for me to buy that PS2 (I only owned one game). It had two games: Luigi's Mansion and Waverace bluestorm. It became one of my favorite consoles and still played it. I will always remember that. I know it was hard for him too to buy that gamecube.

[@titmaus7732]

Lego island 2 bricksters revenge for me on Easter. I play it to think of my dad who also passes.

[@pastaiscool160]

Slam my mom surprised me with the same game randomly in the middle of summer one year

[@TBrizzle01]

I wish that Mario and Wario's rivalry continued. It's interesting to give some lore to the Mario series.

[@HALberdier17]

Yeah it is great. But the rivalry between Mario and Wario is basically the rivalry between R&D4 (EAD) and R&D1. Mario is the mascot of Nintendo and represented R&D4 and Wario was the mascot of R&D1.

[@AltairEgo1]

Agreed. Wario was better as a villain

[@MistahJigglah]

No one can underutilize a franchise's assets quite like a video game company. Otherwise Diddy Kong Racing 6 would have come out a month ago. Instead you get Palworld (deservedly) eating Game Freaks lunch.

[@brycestrife5605]

I was born in '88 and I LOVED these games. My dad was a huge gamer and we got a lot of great stuff in the 90s. Good times.

[@mrgrad07]

that makes 2 of us!

[@rvrmdude]

I thought we where the gaming dad generation. Kudos to your dad.

[@Iamvicious88]

Same here

[@geemail1283]

Born in 89, UK. Had a Gameboy and Master System growing up cause we was poor, still had fun though! 😄

[@brycestrife5605]

@@geemail1283 my colorless Gameboy was my king when I was a kid haha I get you. I'm still a trailer park kid at heart.

[@johnathantestimonial2921]

"An average gamer can beat Super Mario Land in about an hour" *me, never getting past the 4th level as a kid*

[@FirelightStudios]

Alright... thank God I'm not the only one...I always felt the game was tough.

[@SeebsL]

It was a BIG DEAL when I beat the game after months and months of working.

[@nicholas.alan85]

Same

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Not gonna lie, haven't beaten it yet, after all these years.

[@bronzeager1298]

Yeah his difficulty assessments are way off. SML 1 was brutal... 2 in between, and Warioland I found pretty accessible and smooth to beat.

[@frankbenham1745]

Mario has actively been collecting coins for years. I imagine that's how he could afford that castle. He's also allegedly one of the biggest shroom dealers in the country.

[@savagegiraffe1]

Marios a pimp.

[@ValueNetwork]

A) game theory almost never have solid evidence or get to much evidence for a simple solution. B) mario coins are worth way more than $1.50. Just look at the prices for items in odyssey. When was the last time you spent 2000 dollars on underwear.

[@TwesomE]

@@ValueNetwork Mario's coins have an actual value??? Then i suppose this making him the filthiest rich game character of them all!

[@graxjpg]

Marcus Mysteriously what about Sonics rings?

[@haulforlove9720]

savagegiraffe1 And a plumber too...he charges at least $65/hr

[@odststalker5117]

Wario Land is such a fantastic game, I can remember grinding it to get every possible treasure as a kid, and laughing when the genie sold me the entire MOON

[@steefwildenbeest1987]

I owed both Land 2 and 3, and honestly I had more fun with the latter. The exploration part of Warioland profided many secrets and re-playability. I also remember it having A LOT more levels.

[@Rukhage]

@@steefwildenbeest1987 oh I remember that! I first breezed through Wario Land thinking it was more like Mario Land 2, getting the tree stump made start a new game and go back and meticulously explore every nook and cranny of every level. Guess my completionist attitude began there.

[@tdestroyer4780]

Warioland 2 was very lackluster. The character was invincible and you couldn't die unless you jumped down a hole. It was like playing with a cheat code.

[@doricdream498]

@@tdestroyer4780 ??? the entire game is built around wario being invincible and it plays a key role in many puzzles. and even then wl2 is a damn hard game at times

[@Elesthor]

@@tdestroyer4780 It was more of a puzzle game than a platformer. Still I loved trying to find every secret it had to offer.

[@jakeladd6569]

6 golden coins was my favorite Mario game as a kid. Absolute classic

[@dbroha]

Me too it came out when I was 5 and I already had a game boy so I bought it

[@MaxOakland]

It’s such a classic. I’m making a gameboy game heavily influenced by Sox golden coins

[@dbroha]

@@MaxOakland Good Luck on completing that and I wish you the best with making that

[@MaxOakland]

@@dbroha Thanks! I’m not too far away, actually. It’s called Wink & the Broken Robot

[@baddog6003]

It's good but I think the lack of difficulty harms it.

[@GamingHistorian]

Glad everyone is enjoying the video! So i'm getting quite a lot of comments about my pronunciation of Wario. And honestly...I never really thought about it until now! When I was little, I saw the first three letters (war) and just said it that way. I've heard it said like "WAH-rio" and "WAR-io" in different Nintendo games, but "WAH-rio" does make sense, considering he is the opposite of Mario. Thanks everyone!

[@vanillaolaf9398]

Gaming Historian Wait, it’s pronounced Wah-rio?! I always thought it sounded like that in some games because of an Italian accent or something, I’ve always pronounced it the way you pronounced it in the video. I guess that makes sense though, so the “a” in Wario is pronounced the same way as the “a” in Mario. Huh, I guess you learn new things every day. Well regardless, great video as always!

[@mrmysterious8124]

Can you look at Godzilla Video Games???????

[@TylerSteven9]

I dunno, I still pronounce it like "war-io", as in "war, what is it good for?". A bad guy with War in his name is pretty fitting when you think about it.

[@arccityangels]

I believe there were commercials in the 90’s that pronounced it “war -io”

[@TheCandoRailfan]

Who pronounces it "Wah-rio"? Should I start saying "Mah-rio"? I think I'll stick with Mario and Wario.

[@KelseyLewin]

Super Mario Land 2 is still one of my favorite Mario games! And I never noticed the N&B blocks! Great video as always, Norm! Love the blend of history and game analysis.

[@random_gamer_guy82]

Keep up the awesome video's Kelsey. Say hi to metal Jesus for us in Bolton, Manchester uk.

[@symphony137]

I always thought those blocks are Lego because I've never heard of N&B.

[@15-Peter-20]

@@random_gamer_guy82 Bolton freak... Bolton is not in Manchester u freak!

[@random_gamer_guy82]

@@15-Peter-20 It's classed as a district of greater Manchester/ Lancashire. And there's no need for the name calling and aggression Is There really.

[@15-Peter-20]

@@random_gamer_guy82 there is when your saying Bolton is in Manchester u freak... Whats wrong with u!

[@mikeax24]

"Including my favorite (enemy).... *Chicken* ."

[@darraghboland1908]

Link begins to heavy breath fast

[@Dowlphin]

Life tends to be handing me that one on a plate, and I destroy it every time.

[@sonic8741]

OK

[@expendableindigo9639]

Mario Galaxy.

[@bareq99]

Love your Mipha pfp!

[@SvennyMcG]

I always thought those "teeth" were rib bones Such fun, fond memories of playing these on car trips. Thanks Norm!

[@xeokym223]

They are definitely rib bones

[@chonconnor6144]

Me too, those are unmistakably rib bones.

[@k-leb4671]

Whales do not have teeth like that. I don't know what this historian was thinking calling them teeth.

[@jonathanedwards9981]

they are whale bones lol

[@medes5597]

The manual says they're teeth.

[@Dnosirrom]

I feel like Mario Odyssey was the perfect chance to visit Mario Land and Sarasaland Land, and am kinda disappointed we never got this...

[@zxKAOS1]

Fret not.. if we get a sequel, they'll need other ideas for new worlds!

[@LazyGyro]

It did get some call backs to enemies, like the easter island heads.... but yeah. But I don't really see how you thought Odyssey would connect to the mario land games.

[@jayesper4390]

It might be nice to see Tatanga again too.

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

@@zxKAOS1 Speaking of Fret, lets also check in with King Fret and Prince Pine of the Jewel Kingdom from Yoshi's Safari.

[@CPS2]

Sarasaland Land Land Land

[@BiggusJakeus]

7:10 “Mario stops on a dime” Immediately runs off the platform

[@Jomali]

One of my earliest moments of pride in gaming was beating Super Mario Land as a kid and relishing in the credits song. It took me months to beat it. And then as an adult I bought it on the 3DS eShop and beat it in like 45 minutes and shattered that memory.

[@FridayNightArcade]

Super Mario Land has some of my favorite music ever.

[@wich1]

Friday Night Arcade I know, right, I replay super mario land just to hear the ending credits, best 8-bit music ever.

[@angrypunk666]

Ending credits music for life!

[@magnetic.tape.6693]

Absolutely ! I remember playing the game from beggining to end countless times just to hear the ending music !

[@wich1]

Know, what? I just did 😁

[@JustinEvitable80]

Agreed. Ending theme, Invincibility, shooting levels and worlds 2 and 4. All great themes.

[@BoomstickGaming]

I GREW UP WITH THESE GAMES and I turned out... alright! Good stuff!

[@s.t.5993]

Boomstick Gaming me too brother

[@justbenelson]

Chris Stuckmann, is that you?

[@NGRevenant]

Super Mario Land was the only Mario platformer I owned as a kid, I only had Mario Kart for my SNES and I'm still kinda mad that I didn't own World

[@Tristan02539]

We need to have a “return to sarassa land” game with Luigi as the protagonist and daisy as the princess in need of saving

[@ZigealFaust]

Or, hear me out, Daisy is just player 2 and they rescue Mario. Daisy aint no damsel in distress like Peach, she just had a bad run in with FUCKING ALIENS once.

[@pablor9882]

@@ZigealFaust whoa there calm down buddy. Daisy is literally just orange peach. U didn’t have to go all feminist mode there.

[@tobymaeganleavendusky299]

PLEASE

[@theleaderoftheworld]

@@ZigealFaust That sounds sweet!

[@Crekification]

That should of been the year of Luigi game

[@OriaXu]

Warioland is one of the best games of the GB! Absolutely loved it! I replayed it a few years ago for the sweet nostalgia!

[@particularbored6072]

So glad this is a near 30 minute video. I really enjoy the more in-depth ones the most.

[@neq9478]

It's been 31 years since Super Mario Land was released on the Game Boy.... - July 31st, 2020

[@sentientarugula2884]

nice

[@xeokym223]

I'm old 😕

[@xeokym223]

@Dylan sky you didn't have to agree with me, I was fishing for something like "age is just a number" or "you're young at heart" 😂 🤣

[@Photo0021]

Almost 32 years.

[@neq9478]

@@Photo0021 Indeed.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I love how Wario won in the long run. Sure, he failed to take over Mario's 'kingdom', but he took over something even better - his entire series.

[@helioselexandros]

Super mario land 2 is one of my fav games of all time. I played it so much sitting on the couch at my papaws under the lamp so i could see. Found it recently and downloaded it on my 3ds and the memories came flooding back!

[@ReMeDy_TV]

I remember in Elementary school I allowed a friend to play Wario Land on my Gameboy and he accidentally deleted the save file. I got really upset and cried, especially because I was at the end-game where I was building up the castle. I didn't give up though. I forced my way back thru it, and got the best castle, and ever since, I've saved all my games in save slot two or higher.

[@gwicks]

Oof! I did something similar... my friend had marionlnd 2, and let me play it on the playground. I deleted his game saves without realizing it (mario can turn into a bomb and then go down the pipe containing the game save to erase it, I didnt know thats what would happen). Needless to say, my friend was annoyed! I'm so sorry!!!!!

[@GalekC]

That happened to me with me lending out DBZ: Buu's Fury to a friend from then. He accidentally turned the game off _while_ it was saving...I was then like, all defeated "...I guess you can keep the game, now..." Not long after I did want it back, but that didn't pan out.

[@ScottDodsonVideo]

You probably won't see this comment, but man you have to be my favorite youtube channel to date. Your production quality, research, and just fantastic content rivals anything on mainstream television. Please keep up the amazing work.

[@zachtastic625]

This x1000! I am a better person in life for having discovered this channel!

[@ukuleonscotland674]

He can't say Wario though? No that good, what shit do you watch man 😂

[@MultiCheeseLouise]

he didn't even research how to pronounce wario

[@minimoe2807]

I agree, some of the best content for the retro gaming community.

[@The_Digital_Dolphin]

This warranted a "love heart" from the dude, but it never came. But I agree whole heartedly. Very good video, excellent cont tent

[@syncmonism]

The Entire Mario Land Series was really excellent. I had a game boy back in the day, but my parents were pretty poor. I seem to remember not ever getting any new games after the first year or two. Mario Land 2, and later Wario Land, were the two games I had most wanted to play, but never did.

[@Jicklenop]

This was an absolute nostalgia trip! I never played the second game, but I played the first and Wario Land so much as a kid. I beat them countless times and always look back fondly on them.

[@8-BitEric]

Congratulations on all your success Norm. You were one of the first people I ever discovered on KZbin and I always been a big fan of your work. It was so cool to finally meet you at Classic Game Expo in Vegas a few years back.

[@GamingHistorian]

did we really meet at CGE? Feels like forever ago. Thanks Eric!

[@jacklazzaro9820]

Gaming Historian, will you do the history of Sonic X-treme next? Edit: P.S. Congratulations, @8-bit Eric! You're one lucky gamer

[@Chakeis]

Think you caught him slipping on some of that oil you like to use at the gym Norm.

[@citavalo]

8-Bit Eric This is your time Eric.

[@sporadiceel6246]

Same here, but I met you at Classic Game fest a few years ago. You probably don't remember me, I was a nervous wreck meeting you and Pat.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

I won a Game Boy the day it was released - with all release-day games. I didn't even own an NES at the time - only an Intellivision. So while I had played Super Mario Bros at friends' houses, SML was my first Mario game of my own, that I could play whenever I wanted. I only ever bought one other game for that Game Boy - Castlevania Adventure. Those two were the only games I really played beyond the first couple weeks. Ironically, I ended up "upgrading" to a Sega Game Gear a couple years later - and sold off my Game Boy games, expecting that it was going to die quickly with the introduction of the color handhelds. Oh, how wrong I was. I gave the Game Boy itself plus Tetris to my sister, who was just entering college at the time. Many MANY years later, she gave it back to me, and I still have it to this day. When she gave it back, the first thing I did was hunt down a copy of SML.

[@Jayce_Alexander]

The Game Gear was a great little system in its own right but...hoo-boy, that battery life made it so impractical during long car rides. :/ Same goes for the Lynx.

[@RedHairdo]

@@Jayce_Alexander And the TurboExpress, by far the best of the batch. Game Boy is and has always been the handheld king, though. It's not just the battery life or whatever... It's really about the high quality games it had. Link's Awakening (DX)? Holy shit. Still IMHO the best Zelda game, followed by ALttP.

[@MetalPersonJ]

"You can't go backwards in Super Mario Land." Uh, you couldn't go backwards in Super Mario Bros 1 either.

[@xeokym223]

He didn't say that you _could_ go backwards in SMB. Just that not being able to go backwards was a little frustrating.

[@katten838]

Still a weird design choice though since Super Mario Land was developed after Super Mario Bros 3 (released before Super Mario Bros 3 in US and Europe, but not in Japan)

[@gwishart]

It was more to do with hardware limitations. SMB3 had 16 times the cartridge space, so it didn't have to rely on a linear level compression scheme like SML. Remeber that SMB3 came relatively late in the NES life, so newer memory mapper chips were available, whereas SML was a launch title off the GameBoy.

[@garythehippopotamus9536]

@@gwishart I still find it incredible that the NES could run SMB3

[@holdingpattern245]

All three games are amazing in different ways. The first was amazingly clever in how it worked around the Game Boy's limitations to create a satisfying Mario experience, the second was amazingly ambitious in trying to be a worthy successor to Super Mario World and holding nothing back, and the third was amazingly impressive in having graphics and sound that was great in its own right and not just by Game Boy standards.

[@antonretro]

Super Mario Land 2 is SUCH and underrated game! I wish It got a remake.

[@philipperossel1888]

Super Mario Land 2 has a fan patch that makes the game have colors, and you can also play as Luigi. Search Super Mario Land 2 DX.

[@LORDJPXX3]

Agreed. It was a worthy companion to Mario World and was a significant jump in production from the first game.

[@INFERNO95]

Anton Retro Don't you think both mario land games should get a remake?

[@num488]

I recall a very small remix (like 7 seconds) of Star Maze with the Boombox in Sticker Star. One of the two good things about that game. Annnyyywaaay! I would love to see this return as well as Wario Land! Man 4 was fantastic!

[@acebharath]

I was wondering why Gaming Historain has not posted a video since his Punch out video. Watched 10+ gaming historian videos and now randomly this video pops up. You are one of the biggest reason why i open KZbin , bro. Love from India ~

[@gameswithtoasty3246]

Super Mario Land 1 was one of my most played GB games. Loved it.

[@cassidybb10]

I've watched this episode a few times. And I love it every time. The music from Mario 2 the only one I was able to own as a child, and still own, I find my self humming from time to time. Well produced episode. Thank you.

[@b.lloydreese2030]

I played wario land so much i maxed out the money counter at the end of the game. Tons of replay value to go back and get more treasure. One of the best games ever

[@topsdaily_productions]

Is Wario Land similar to Super Mario Land 2 or is it different how does it work?

[@zeherbh2632]

Wario land is a different game in all aspect but is an amazing piece of gaming and funny as hell Totally recomended

[@twincast2005]

@@topsdaily_productions Wario himself has a distinctly different style (jumping on enemies usually knocks them out, so you can pick them up; your standard attack is a bodycheck), but the game overall very much feels like a Super Mario game (three-tier power/health with little Wario, big Wario, and three special powers; plus overall design philosophy of enemies and levels). Sadly Wario Land 2-4 don't; they're puzzle platformers with certain traps etc. changing the shape and physical properties of Wario's body instead of power-up items and no classic Mario health/life system, Wario instead losing collected coins in WL2-3 and more conventional (Zelda-esque) hearts in WL4. Most egregiously, though, after SML3:WL1 had literally by far the best island map in any Mario game (or any other platformer, period), they dropped that completely and went with a completely flavorless string of boxes (which they already did in Wario Land for the Virtual Boy, but that at least got WL1 gameplay).

[@twincast2005]

I really should expand on why the island map is the best. After all, it's one of the reasons why I love the game so very much. For starters, every region has its own feel, but the food theme of Kitchen Island really helps to unify it unlike the disjointed chain of worlds in most Mario games. But the really important part is how during your linear progression (a handful of secret levels and a whole secret region aside) you a couple of times affect major geographical features on the island, leading to a changed (flooded/drained) design in several levels of not only the same region, but also the respective previous one, opening ways to new secrets - and, again, making the whole map feel actually connected. The only two issues I have with the game are that a) some of the bosses are a bit too easy - especially the second one, who seems like a big threat until you realize that you can insta-kill him thanks to the "arena" of your confrontation and that b) you can't open the secret treasure chests with one of your power-ups (the dragon hat) as it replaces your bodycheck attack with a flamer attack. (The bull hat is just a stronger version of the standard big Wario (and what your basic hat power-up gets upgraded to when you aren't little), and the jet hat adds a short horizontal jet flight boost to your basic bodycheck.

[@thunderthunder6568]

oh, me too. I loved that game

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

Mario owns a world a land and a galaxy and all Luigi has is a mansion

[@waiting90dastochangemyname3]

*Thats how mario works*

[@MrSadface]

"Mario went to a Land, a World, a Galaxy; he's golfed, karted, partied and, erm, sharted."

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

But Wario owned a planet first. Then only had a castle in the sequel.

[@cubedmelons876]

Makes sense that he can afford it. I mean, he collects hundreds of gold coins as big as his own body per game. He must be a quintillionaire by now. Luigi doesn't get the same chances, since he's always player 2.

[@GamingHistorian]

and it's haunted too, smh

[@UnitNo.2]

I love this channel. These retrospectives always bring a good nostalgic feeling when I watch them.

[@In_The_80s]

Your channel and videos is the reason why I keep playing retro games. Watching these videos makes me relive my childhood and keep up on old games.

[@ArcadeTheatre]

The Mario Land series (and the Wario Land series by extension) are probably the most criminally underrated 1st-party Nintendo games.

[@CMWaters]

*Casually points at StarTropics.

[@codo8584]

@@CMWaters Or Golden Sun

[@Daniel-is3wg]

I think you misspelled rhythm heaven

[@ArcadeTheatre]

Yeah, all of these series ya'll mentioned are more underrated. I sort of meant series within the umbrella of the Mario Series. I should have been more specific. There are a TON of 1st-party Nintendo games that are very underrated.

[@callumsparrow4379]

Wario Land 4: Super Mario Land 6

[@alltheworldswonders4926]

Great game it's one of my all time favorites

[@MMasterDE]

Yeah, Wario Land 4 is amazing! :)

[@eyeball226]

And given the way the aesthetics carried over from WL4 to WarioWare, the WarioWare series is arguably a continuation or spinoff of the Mario Land series. :D

[@esmooth919]

Ya know...?

[@callumsparrow4379]

L-Y3T Ya know what?

[@dwilliams21]

Your love for the franchise comes through. I was a Genesis kid, so I had no idea this series existed, but they look fun and creative! haha, and I love that (from the very end) you wanted to make the point that: "HEY, WITHOUT THIS OVERLOOKED SERIES, WE WOULDN'T HAVE WALUIGI" which is so valid.

[@poskeegget8043]

Warioland, is possibly my all time favourite Game Boy game. It was so advanced at the time, and it was so exciting to hunt down treasure and coins for a different ending. . . and this was long before I had access to anything even close to a guide. And I think that made these games so much more than what games like this is today.

[@natewatson6962]

super mario land 2 probably one of my favorite games ever. i was astounded by how creative and fun it was

[@15-Peter-20]

I like how Mario was black in that one

[@bigblockelectra]

Me too. I liked the first one but the second game was really good.

[@squidracerX]

I never played these, but its crazy how much better 2 looks than 1! Although I guess thats true on NES as well....

[@natewatson6962]

Don't get me wrong though I still have crazy nostalgia for the first one. It was one of the first games I ever remember playing. And the music is classic. So all told I probably like 1 a little more but they're both probably top 5 all time for me.

[@bigblockelectra]

@@squidracerX yeah, you saw that a lot with most older consoles as the developers learned how to maximize the hardware. Compare early snes games like pilotwings to later games like donkey Kong country...way better graphics and sound utilization.

[@Demeech]

You're trending on KZbin gaming! Not only am I glad you're getting more recognition, but I'm also SO glad you made a video on the Mario Land games. Super Mario Land 2 might just be the most creative 2D Mario game ever and I hope they take inspiration from it if they make a new 2D Mario.

[@SlapadelicMusic]

totaka's song is genuinely one of my favorite compositions and I love how many iterations there are of it. Its been a melody/jingle that's been stuck in my head for most of my life lol it's easily as influential to me as any of my favorite songs

[@1000bip]

I love the first two. That end credit music in the first one is so good I could listen to it all day. I agree with everything you said about the second. I’ve played them countless times. I’ve only played through the third twice.

[@pspower]

SML2 is probably the most underrated, forgotten games in the franchise. Honestly, I enjoyed it more than SMB series! It was sandwiched between the unconventional SML and the Wario series, so it seems to get forgotten.

[@NishantGogna]

pspower SML2 is my favorite game on GameBoy and one of my favorites of all time.

[@ashleyp3662]

The 2 one with the jason mask is the best game boy game ever

[@ccricers]

SML2 took some of the best elements of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World so it really felt very complete.

[@stevesteve0521]

The game was great but it felt a little short. It definitely is not better than super Mario bros 3 or super Mario world. If I were to rank the first 6 super Mario games in order from best to worst it would be: (Japanese Mario bros 2 doesn’t count) 1. Super Mario bros 3 2. Super Mario world 3. Super Mario land 2 4. Super Mario bros 5. Super Mario bros 2 6. Super Mario land

[@Christopher-md7tf]

Great music with interesting motif development as well!

[@fezzik1620]

"Turtle Zone is the, required by gaming law, underwater world" lol

[@RealRomplayer]

But where's the even more important Ice Level?

[@HEADBOY_PHENOMENON]

Let's put that on a plaque and sell it people!

[@mikeallensonntag]

I love these history videos. Thanks. I remember playing mario land 2 for hours and hours as a kid. It was probably my most played game.

[@YoungEnergizer]

Yo this dude can do a documentary. It is professional and I felt I was watching some from prime time tv. Good job bro.

[@JANEMBA9000]

Wario Land is so Underrated . It needs a series come back an makeover as well as the other Wario Adventure Games I spent hours with Wario Land on Good Old Game Boy back on the day . Super Mario Land & Super Mario Land 2 6 Golden Coins also Underrated .

[@Kibogu]

I agree completely. SML 2 was awesome, but Wario Land was much more polished imo. When I was a kid, Wario Land sat in my collection right next to Link's Awakening, it's the same tier as far as I'm concerned.

[@isaacarmendariz2538]

We need wario land again #bringbackwarioland

[@heidibenner1577]

@@isaacarmendariz2538 the closest we'll get to Wario Land is that spiritual successor called Pizza Tower.

[@doricdream498]

@@heidibenner1577 anton blast is also a really promising wario-like!

[@heidibenner1577]

@@doricdream498 I'll look that up too

[@killerhertzmercedes]

Complete Mario Land twice and you get a level select on the title screen.

[@CholokMauser]

NO WAY! I have to try that :D

[@nivaldowesley666]

I will try too!!

[@GamingHistorian]

True story!

[@olibernstein6834]

I NEED TO TRY THAT

[@koryandrews1665]

Funny story, I couldn't beat the 1st Super Mario Land but I beat Super Mario Land 2 and Wario Land.

[@arduiscane]

Man this one hit me right in the feels. All those great tunes, all the times I beat these games then beat em again on Super Gameboy... Incredible video.

[@TheLarryburns84]

I love these games so much. especially Mario Land 2. love listening to your episodes (like podcasts) while cleaning my smoke supplies

[@wildcattyler04]

i see what you did there at the end :D 24:53

[@josejuanandrade4439]

The whole video was a excuse to put Waluigi in :D

[@INFERNO95]

Worst character ever.

[@testaMINT]

These guys above me dont get it....but I do...hehe, nice one!

[@lolindirlink]

Nice little touch at the end there ^^ Good one! thanks for pointing it out too, i'm glad i didn't miss it :)

[@CesarDaSalad]

Please do the Wario Land series next! Warioland 2 was fantastic and even had multiple endings, but no one ever talks about it... :(

[@meltyboys946]

Wario Land 2-4 are EXCELLENT titles! 2 and 4 are my absolute favs

[@ActionGamerAaron]

Wario Land 1 has multiple endings too ya know...

[@sonyerikson]

@@ActionGamerAaronIt's a bit different in Wario Land 2 and it's branching paths

[@Wokiis]

Dito. Loved Warioland 2. Have the OG gameboy box on display :)

[@QuaidShun]

3 is also amazing

[@Mbarela45]

"Mario stops on a dime" *falls off platform.

[@anthonyherrera3956]

Man I’m glad I found your channel:). You make very interesting content of my childhood character keep it up man 🔥.

[@magus104]

man games used to have such good box art

[@15-Peter-20]

And your mum used to b soooo hot 🔥

[@15-Peter-20]

@RockManLP pussy art 🎨

[@Lolimaster]

Check Otochichi hentai mangas :D

[@15-Peter-20]

@BarcrestPlayers are you with your Disney pic?

[@Roy-ih3qu]

the comeback is absolutely irrelevant if the pic is from The Lion King which it is

[@spiteu9272]

Mother of God, hearing that music again. The space stage, I used to just sit there and listen.

[@VGMStudios33]

Spite U fucking Allah i know what you mean

[@mikenilsson9348]

Enjoying all your videos now in 12/2021 thank you with creating storytelling on amazing childhood subject matter

[@Bedtryme]

I’m so glad I found this video. These three games were a HUGE part of my gaming development. I was handed down Mario land and Mario land 2. My first personal game boy was black and it came with wario land. Great times.

[@leadhesh]

That was a long winded history of the origins of waluigi

[@hunterb6498]

Hush

[@skipper4099]

Daniel son Dojo he is not in smash

[@jahaininagaki385]

@Daniel son Dojo he will never be in smash and nobody is asking for him

[@pupulauls]

This thread is a mess

[@JacOfAllTrades.]

Oh you mean fillerman?

[@AmiiboJuice]

The first Wario Land was the foundation of my love for Wario. I was about 6 years old when I first played the game (which was already out for years already) and I loved the idea of playing as an anti-hero at the time. I was too young to know or understand how or why Wario was created, but I just loved his character. I remember being so happy when I saw him in color and in 3D animation in MK64. I can truly say Wario is my all time favorite video game character.

[@chrisreviews5752]

I think that I'm basically the opposite of your story. I loved Mario ever since I first started playing his games, and loved going on adventures to save the world and being the mushroom kingdom hero. That's pretty cool though how we are like complete opposites with Mario characters!

[@ShroomoftheLoom]

Dood saaame, I played Wario Land before I ever played a Mario game and fell in love. I still play the first one religiously lol

[@AmiiboJuice]

@@ShroomoftheLoom I wish I still had mine. Only Wario game I have now is Wario World on a hard drive. Not really into the Wario Ware games.

[@spartanxdarth201]

Sadly all the wario land sequels didn't work like the first

[@ShroomoftheLoom]

spartanx darth Yea, 2 and 3 were fun but they were very different games. I didn’t really like 4 much

[@peppage]

The submarine brings back many memories of frustration! These were great games I played endless hours of, thanks for reminding me :)

[@minimoe2807]

Sadly I missed these! I was to "cool" zipping all around Green Gill Zone collecting rings and practicing my "spin dash"...lol!! Seriously, this was a fantastic video. Now that I'm much older I've enjoyed discovering these for the first time. I have been astounded at how good they are, especially the 2nd Mario Land, even today they are fun to pick up and play.

[@CluelessAnon]

Still one of my favorite Gaming Historian episodes. Perfect blend of game development history, facts about the games themselves, and personal opinions on the games. Plus I just have a huge fondness for the Game Boy, so that might have something to do with it.

[@GamingReinvented]

God the Super Mario Land games were awesome. Definitely an underrated part of the Mario series, and you bring them a fair bit more attention in this video too. Didn't know about the origin of Mario Land's name or the system limitations influencing the design either. However, I will point out one thing some people may have missed. All the locations in the first game have one thing in common; they're all related to places associated with aliens in folklore and popular culture. Birabuto is based on Egypt (see the association with pyramids and ancient aliens). Bermuda is based on Mu and the Bermuda Triangle, with similar themes. Easton is obviously based on Easter Island, which has had some people assume the Moai were created by aliens and Chai... well it's obviously inspired by China and Japan, but I hear it may be based on the old 'Celestial Kingdom' nickname for the former.

[@thesuperzfamilyvlog6607]

So nostalgic! You playing the music just put me back into my childhood. Loved these games when I was little, and really enjoyed learning more about them.

[@AmeerHamza-VaPr]

Love your channel. It's like watching a video compilation of my own memories!

[@LargeNuts]

Once again.. Making top quality productions. I always feel like his channel is like PBS for just video game history. Very entertaining everytime. Keep it up man!

[@leonardomarquez9551]

Agree, especially with the Patreon notice at the end.

[@MegaRayland]

"You can't go back in the game..." Well, you couldn't either in the original Super Mario game on NES. Good retrospective here. Keep it up.

[@natecubblyn9402]

Hilarious commentary and informative. I just replayed SML 2 and was a little disappointed since I had such fond memories as a kid. It’s just too easy, except the final level. Thanks for the great video!

[@GiggaVega]

Super Mario Land 1 was one of my favourite games growing up. I still think about it from time to time and wonder how it's doing. Great video bro. Thank you.

[@Dirtybob23]

My personal favorite is Warioland. I loved finding all the treasure! Also, Wario is a great antithesis to Mario.

[@GeomancerHT]

Wario Land 3 must be one of the most fun and perfect games on the GBC.

[@DiThi]

9:11 "You can't go backwards on a level" Neither you can in the original SMB for NES/Famicom.

[@Yaremis1979]

Ye I was confuzled

[@HackNSlacker]

I paused the video and stopped watching after hearing that.

[@Yaremis1979]

@@HackNSlacker I'm not really sure why I wasn't very bothered, though

[@clarycarrier4332]

But you could on Smb3

[@retrodoodmanx7161]

I remember that time my dad gave me a Gameboy for Christmas and my first game was Super Mario Land. Took me a whole weekend to beat the game and the soundtrack of the end screen gives me that feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction for finishing it.

[@TheOutcomeMusic]

So many road trips as a kid playing 6 Golden Coins. Thank you for the memories!

[@Jurassicprince]

Mario Land 2 and Wario Land 1 are two of my favorite games ever. The world and level designs are incredible and the graphics are very good looking. I love their styles!

[@CokeZeroHero]

I had Mario land 2 it was amazing spent a lot of time in the principals office because of it 😄

[@TheGrandmaMoses]

This is where it all began for me. Game Boy, Mario Land 1 and R-Type. 30 years later I just ( 2 weeks ago ) bought a Switch solely to play Mario and Zelda on it, then resell. Gaming, for me, will never pass, I will never grow out of it. All thanks to the first of these games right here and 3 months saving my allowance to be able to buy a GameBoy - my Dad just wanted to see if I could save, he put up the rest. Then, on skiing holiday in Austria, I spotted the Sega Master Gear - black, in color, and you could watch TV on it with an add-on. A boy's dream. I cried for three days when I realized I couldn't have it and my parents wouldn't buy it. Today I count myself lucky that I didn't hop on the Sega train - I got a very much used and outdated NES with some games instead ( the SNES was out by that time ), I thought 'noooooooooo!' and was very disappointed at first. But somewhere among the games was a copy of Mario Bros. 3 - and that should be enough said. So I stuck with Nintendo, preordered a 64 as my first concurrent console (got Wave Race, Shadows of the Empire and Mario as launch titles ) and got to experience Mario 64 when I was around 11 to 12. You can imagine that after that my path was set, I would never be able to stop gaming. After that, normal path for a kid gamer: Playstation when I outgrew the N64, PS2 and finally, as the last upgrade that I stuck with until today, a fine gaming PC. But as an adult with means, now I play what I want. When I wanted to play Bloodborne, I bought a used PS4 and Bloodborne. I got no other games for the system. When I wanted to play Mario again, I bought a Switch with Odyssey and Wonders. It really is a far cry from not getting a Game Gear all those years back. And all of that is traceable back to Super Mario Land on the GameBoy. It's bonkers when you think about it that way.

[@Magnus1718]

I just loved the fact that Mario had vehicles ✈️

[@saanait0]

Wario's Bull power has another neat trick: he can stick to the ceiling (or blocks) if you hold up on the D-Pad.

[@vampjoseph]

he also missed that every world in super mario land 2 had a secret fourth level if you found an alternate exit.

[@joshhallam2253]

vampjoseph11 I don’t think I knew that!

[@ProtoMario]

One of my favorite series.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I thought you hated Nintendo :P No srs plz is joke

[@cutecommie]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio It is possible to enjoy some products of a company while also being critical of said company. That is the only way you can survive under capitalism.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@cutecommie no srs plz is joke

[@gorongamer22]

The first one is the best tho

[@jessicaplumpton918]

I had Super Mario Land as a kid, and played it like a million times. I didn’t realize there were more games in the series! Thanks for this video!

[@Nay089]

This trilogy was my intro to the Mario Universe and defined my childhood. Thank you for covering these!

[@GiordanDiodato]

In SML1, Mario feels really heavy, yet floaty at the same time. In SML2, he feels too light. Haven't tried Wario Land yet.

[@twincast2005]

Agreed on SML1&2. And Wario Land is one of the three must-play games on the original Gameboy alongside Link's Awakening and Donkey Kong (not to be confused with Donkey Kong Land, which is fine, but ... overambitious).

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@twincast2005 Wario Land feels just perfect, minus Wario feeling a bit slow. Wasn't into Link's Awakening that much, mostly cause i liked the concept but hated its execution of the gimmick.

[@twincast2005]

@@GiordanDiodato Gimmick? Link's Awakening has particular themes, but I can't think of anything that I'd particularly call a gimmick beyond "Look how much we can put into a Game Boy cartridge!" Do you mean the Oracle of Ages/Seasons dilogy?

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@twincast2005 its gimmick was basically allowing you to use stuff beyond the sword and shield on both the A and B buttons. It's an annoying gimmick. I haven't tried the remake, though I might one day. Granted every Zelda game has had its gimmick. Zelda II was a sidescrolling pseudo-Metroidvania, A Link to the Past had the travel between the Light and Dark worlds, Ocarina of Time had the various ocarina music pieces, Majora's Mask had... well, the masks, Wind Waker had the baton, Twilight Princess had Wolf Link, Skyward Sword had motion controls, A Link Between Worlds allows you to become a walking painting, and Breath of the Wild has the really big world to explore as well as the handheld device (that I can't remember the name of for the life of me)

[@Bpaulman]

Super Mario land and Warriors Land are two of my all time favorite video games. Thanks for this great video!

[@ZeranZeran]

I love this video. A lot of heart put into it, and some great memories. Great work man.

[@n64ra]

6 Golden Coins is my top GB game.

[@Am0r_y_PeZ]

By far one of the best games for gameboy

[@ActionGamerAaron]

But it's soooo easy and short. I'll take Metroid 2 or Link's Awakening over it any day.

[@AmyraCarter]

"...I got a tree stump..." I remember getting a tent. lolz I do have many fond memories of these games though. Lots of love. Makes me wanna play them again.

[@Compucles]

Charlie Brown: I got a rock.

[@SilverZeruel]

That was my favorite part of the video XD

[@koryandrews1665]

I played through Wario Land multiple times on the same save and ended up with different endings, all I did was go back to previous stages and re-collected coins and found the treasures I missed.

[@SoWhyX]

@@koryandrews1665 Me too. Until I found all treasures and got my own moon. I was so happy then :-D

[@koryandrews1665]

@@SoWhyX I honestly don't remember a moon sequence with Wario's face on it. I have seen a video on here about it but dont remember experiencing it.

[@rafaelguerra9608]

I remember when I was young I played and completed mario land 3. that ending brought back a deep feeling. Great video!

[@PurpleNinjaToytle]

Crazy I remember my family calling me to the laundry room because they found a couple of games for the gameboy in the washer all wet I tried all of them I didn't know which ones they were since the cartridge got all messed up but this one game I turned on and all I saw was that title "super mario land" I was like what in the world is this I never heard of it. From the bunch of 6 this was the only one that worked and I'm glad it did! So many memories, so much fun.

[@fortherecord1569]

The one thing that never gets properly represented when using GameBoy emulator footage is the ghosting/blur you got playing on the original handheld. In Super Mario Land, Mario would look like a blurred out blob when he would jump. It was annoying at the time, but has since become part of it's charm and nostalgia. It's an often forgotten part of the games history.

[@gwishart]

Most decent GameBoy emulators have an option for frame mixing, which accurately reproduces the screen blur; but for some reason virtually nobody uses it when uploading videos.

[@dapperfan44]

I don't remember anything like that. I grew up playing it on a GBA which may not have had that issue.

[@BonitoJoe111]

One of these days, Nintendo needs to re-imagine/remaster Mario Land 1 2 and Wario Land with the same visuals as Super Mario World Deluxe. And then add some special features, (similar to that rom hacker) like adding Luigi as a playable character in Mario Land 1 and 2, or even have Waluigi be unlockable in Wario Land. It would be nostalgic for people that grew up on the SML games, but still feel super fresh; especially for newcomers who never had the chance to experience playing them. Maybe that's a tall order to ask, but who knows? It would be a fantastic way to re-introduce these games to a new generation, if there's enough of a demand for them.

[@MultiCool55]

I could see Mario land remakes happening, since they're going through the trouble of remaking Link's awakening.

[@MrMarinus18]

I disagree. I think there are a few too many remakes going around nowadays. The Super mario Land games were highly specialized for the Gameboy so pretty much all the code is useless. They would have to make those games completely from scratch.

[@fuzzydunlop1753]

Ugh, hell no, they ruined super mario world deluxe with those hideous new super mario bros style graphics, they make it look like a generic, dime a dozen platformer. The classic mario games had awesome, timeless pixel art, if they wanna do it right they should just update the classic sprites to modern resolutions and not rape the classics with that soulless cgi looking shit.

[@retrofan4963]

@@fuzzydunlop1753 In other words, make the graphics quite similar to Sonic Mania :)

[@saiyajedi]

SamuraiJo1 The Super Mario Maker games have essentially laid the groundwork for such an endeavor, with physics, enemies and other disparate elements harmonized between multiple graphical styles. In fact, with the conclusion of the (monochrome!) Super Ball Flower and SML music, it feels like they could easily make it happen whenever they wanted to.

[@jamesstafford1514]

Ahhhh!! If forgotten how great that end music was! Thank you.

[@theUnicornOfPower]

Thanks for reminding me about those games. I played the first two installments but missed out on the third one.

[@rpr8]

I loved the sounds of Super Mario Land with my old 80s headphones back in the day. That music, that explosion, the stereo was so satisfying.