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!
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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).
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.
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
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.
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!
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 UA-cam , bro. Love from India ~
Congratulations on all your success Norm. You were one of the first people I ever discovered on UA-cam 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.
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.
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!!!!!
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.
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.
@@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.
You're trending on UA-cam 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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I grew up playing these with my grandma along with the first mario on the nes.shes had a very long life and today she decided to stop with dyalisis and was moved into hospice. thanks for the memorys dude....
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!
When the first Super Mario Land came to the switch online I actually got pretty choked up just hearing the music. It had been over 30 years, it took me back to sitting in my room with my Gameboy after school when mom was still with us. I probably played through it 4 or 5 times on the first day. My dad, who I now care for was wondering why this basic green and grey was so important to me.
Super Mario Land 2 & Wario Land were literally my favourite games as a kid... Thanks for the nostalgia trip! (appreciate the effort you/your editor must have put in too for all those clips from the games!)
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).
@@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.
@@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?
@@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)
Great video! And I was very pleasantly surprised to hear Totaka's Song at the end of the episode. You didn't have to do that, but you did, and it didn't go unnoticed!
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.
"...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.
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.
@@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.
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.
I remember when I got SML 2!!! One of the happiest memories I have playing videogames!!! Links Awakening is another masterpiece!!! Gameboy was a hell of a handheld console!!! Thank you Nintendo!
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
I first played my friends copy of Super Mario Land on the school bus, and that was the first time I felt like the GameBoy was a REAL game system. I ended up trading him a set of Sony headphones for the game.
@@VideosbySteve Joey is talking about the kind of color hack SML2 got with Super Mario Land 2 DX, a GameBoy Color version of SML2 which is AWESOME. Look it up on UA-cam. Nothing like the Super GameBoy features available to Wario Land
It'd also be neat to get colorization hacks of VB Wario Land and Wario Land II. Yes, I'm aware that Wario Land II already has an official colorization in the form of the Game Boy Color release, but it's pretty sloppy-looking.
These were also some of my favorites on the gameboy. A Mario World -like experience on gameboy blew my young mind ! Always appreciate your in-depth coverage. The perfect companion to my tub of ice cream today to celebrate catching my stride at work. I always preferred Mario, Peach, and Daisy's characters, but maybe I'll get as rich as Wario. Maybe I can even buy a tree stump castle !!
Personally, I've always thought of "Mario Land" from SML2 to be a theme park. It has different themed zones and you can trade coins you earn for prizes. And like a certain other famous park, it has a huge castle right in the middle.
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.
Super Mario Land is one of my favorite games of all time on any platform. I still play it and listen to its soundtrack at least once every few years. Mario Land 2 might "feel more like a typical mario game" but it was too different from Mario Land 1 for me to get into. I don't think it should have been titled as a sequel.
6:27 - I remember beating this game for the first time as a child. I had headphones on at the time and this song was my introduction to the majesty of stereo sound.
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!
You are so awesome! I love your channel! I've been binge watching like crazy! Lol
Happy New year! And thank you for covering one of my favorite game boy games
Thanks Greg I always look for to your video's because I lived a similar childhood.
You gotta put up more imagery on these. Having you looking at me is awkward
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.
The graphical upgrade from Super Mario Land 1 to Super Mario Land 2 on the same system is astounding.
I agree. Even the jump from "Super Mario Bros." to "Super Mario Bros. 3" wasn't as big of an improvement.
Really shows you how skilled the developers of these games are with how far they pushed the quality in such a short time.
@@michaellaverty7349 I'd say it's more indicative of how difficult it is to develop exclusively in assembly language.
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
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
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.
😢 he sounds like he was an awesome dude.
Slam RIP :(
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.
Lego island 2 bricksters revenge for me on Easter. I play it to think of my dad who also passes.
Slam my mom surprised me with the same game randomly in the middle of summer one year
I wish that Mario and Wario's rivalry continued. It's interesting to give some lore to the Mario series.
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.
Agreed. Wario was better as a villain
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.
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.
that makes 2 of us!
I thought we where the gaming dad generation. Kudos to your dad.
Same here
Born in 89, UK. Had a Gameboy and Master System growing up cause we was poor, still had fun though! 😄
@@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.
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!
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!
Can you look at Godzilla Video Games???????
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.
I believe there were commercials in the 90’s that pronounced it “war -io”
Who pronounces it "Wah-rio"? Should I start saying "Mah-rio"? I think I'll stick with Mario and Wario.
"An average gamer can beat Super Mario Land in about an hour"
*me, never getting past the 4th level as a kid*
Alright... thank God I'm not the only one...I always felt the game was tough.
It was a BIG DEAL when I beat the game after months and months of working.
Same
Not gonna lie, haven't beaten it yet, after all these years.
Yeah his difficulty assessments are way off. SML 1 was brutal... 2 in between, and Warioland I found pretty accessible and smooth to beat.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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
@@tdestroyer4780 It was more of a puzzle game than a platformer. Still I loved trying to find every secret it had to offer.
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.
This x1000! I am a better person in life for having discovered this channel!
He can't say Wario though? No that good, what shit do you watch man 😂
he didn't even research how to pronounce wario
I agree, some of the best content for the retro gaming community.
This warranted a "love heart" from the dude, but it never came. But I agree whole heartedly. Very good video, excellent cont tent
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.
Marios a pimp.
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.
@@ValueNetwork Mario's coins have an actual value??? Then i suppose this making him the filthiest rich game character of them all!
Marcus Mysteriously what about Sonics rings?
savagegiraffe1 And a plumber too...he charges at least $65/hr
Super Mario Land has some of my favorite music ever.
Friday Night Arcade I know, right, I replay super mario land just to hear the ending credits, best 8-bit music ever.
Ending credits music for life!
Absolutely ! I remember playing the game from beggining to end countless times just to hear the ending music !
Know, what? I just did 😁
Agreed. Ending theme, Invincibility, shooting levels and worlds 2 and 4. All great themes.
6 golden coins was my favorite Mario game as a kid. Absolute classic
It’s such a classic. I’m making a gameboy game heavily influenced by Sox golden coins
@Dbroha Thanks! I’m not too far away, actually. It’s called Wink & the Broken Robot
It's good but I think the lack of difficulty harms it.
@@baddog6003 The final castle really makes for it.
Same. I loved it as a kid. Still remember the levels
So glad this is a near 30 minute video. I really enjoy the more in-depth ones the most.
I feel like Mario Odyssey was the perfect chance to visit Mario Land and Sarasaland Land, and am kinda disappointed we never got this...
Fret not.. if we get a sequel, they'll need other ideas for new worlds!
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.
It might be nice to see Tatanga again too.
@@zxKAOS1 Speaking of Fret, lets also check in with King Fret and Prince Pine of the Jewel Kingdom from Yoshi's Safari.
Sarasaland Land Land Land
It's been 31 years since Super Mario Land was released on the Game Boy....
- July 31st, 2020
nice
I'm old 😕
@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" 😂 🤣
Almost 32 years.
@@Photo0021 Indeed.
I always thought those "teeth" were rib bones
Such fun, fond memories of playing these on car trips. Thanks Norm!
They are definitely rib bones
Me too, those are unmistakably rib bones.
Whales do not have teeth like that. I don't know what this historian was thinking calling them teeth.
they are whale bones lol
The manual says they're teeth.
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.
Keep up the awesome video's Kelsey. Say hi to metal Jesus for us in Bolton, Manchester uk.
I always thought those blocks are Lego because I've never heard of N&B.
@@random_gamer_guy82 Bolton freak... Bolton is not in Manchester u freak!
@@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.
@@random_gamer_guy82 there is when your saying Bolton is in Manchester u freak... Whats wrong with u!
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
Is Wario Land similar to Super Mario Land 2 or is it different how does it work?
Wario land is a different game in all aspect but is an amazing piece of gaming and funny as hell
Totally recomended
@@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).
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.
oh, me too. I loved that game
Wario Land 4: Super Mario Land 6
Great game it's one of my all time favorites
Yeah, Wario Land 4 is amazing! :)
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
Ya know...?
L-Y3T
Ya know what?
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.
I GREW UP WITH THESE GAMES and I turned out... alright!
Good stuff!
Boomstick Gaming me too brother
Chris Stuckmann, is that you?
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
Complete Mario Land twice and you get a level select on the title screen.
NO WAY! I have to try that :D
I will try too!!
True story!
I NEED TO TRY THAT
Funny story, I couldn't beat the 1st Super Mario Land but I beat Super Mario Land 2 and Wario Land.
Super Mario Land 2 is SUCH and underrated game! I wish It got a remake.
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.
Agreed. It was a worthy companion to Mario World and was a significant jump in production from the first game.
Anton Retro Don't you think both mario land games should get a remake?
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!
Warioland is one of the best games of the GB!
Absolutely loved it! I replayed it a few years ago for the sweet nostalgia!
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 UA-cam , bro. Love from India ~
Congratulations on all your success Norm. You were one of the first people I ever discovered on UA-cam 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.
did we really meet at CGE? Feels like forever ago. Thanks Eric!
Gaming Historian, will you do the history of Sonic X-treme next?
Edit: P.S. Congratulations, @8-bit Eric! You're one lucky gamer
Think you caught him slipping on some of that oil you like to use at the gym Norm.
8-Bit Eric This is your time Eric.
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.
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.
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!!!!!
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.
"Including my favorite (enemy).... *Chicken* ."
Link begins to heavy breath fast
Life tends to be handing me that one on a plate, and I destroy it every time.
OK
Mario Galaxy.
Love your Mipha pfp!
super mario land 2 probably one of my favorite games ever. i was astounded by how creative and fun it was
I like how Mario was black in that one
Me too. I liked the first one but the second game was really good.
I never played these, but its crazy how much better 2 looks than 1!
Although I guess thats true on NES as well....
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.
@@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.
You're trending on UA-cam 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.
Mario owns a world a land and a galaxy and all Luigi has is a mansion
*Thats how mario works*
"Mario went to a Land, a World, a Galaxy; he's golfed, karted, partied and, erm, sharted."
But Wario owned a planet first. Then only had a castle in the sequel.
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.
and it's haunted too, smh
We need to have a “return to sarassa land” game with Luigi as the protagonist and daisy as the princess in need of saving
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.
@@zigfaust whoa there calm down buddy. Daisy is literally just orange peach. U didn’t have to go all feminist mode there.
PLEASE
@@zigfaust That sounds sweet!
That should of been the year of Luigi game
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 .
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.
We need wario land again
#bringbackwarioland
@@isaacarmendariz2538 the closest we'll get to Wario Land is that spiritual successor called Pizza Tower.
@@heidibenner1577 anton blast is also a really promising wario-like!
@@doricdream498 I'll look that up too
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.
Please do the Wario Land series next! Warioland 2 was fantastic and even had multiple endings, but no one ever talks about it... :(
Wario Land 2-4 are EXCELLENT titles! 2 and 4 are my absolute favs
@A Gamer AaronIt's a bit different in Wario Land 2 and it's branching paths
Dito. Loved Warioland 2. Have the OG gameboy box on display :)
3 is also amazing
@A Gamer Aaron we know we watched the video haha but the sequels have better endings
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
The Mario Land series (and the Wario Land series by extension) are probably the most criminally underrated 1st-party Nintendo games.
*Casually points at StarTropics.
@@CMWaters Or Golden Sun
I think you misspelled rhythm heaven
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.
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.
pspower SML2 is my favorite game on GameBoy and one of my favorites of all time.
The 2 one with the jason mask is the best game boy game ever
SML2 took some of the best elements of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World so it really felt very complete.
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
Great music with interesting motif development as well!
7:10 “Mario stops on a dime”
Immediately runs off the platform
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.
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!
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
@@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.
Sadly all the wario land sequels didn't work like the first
spartanx darth Yea, 2 and 3 were fun but they were very different games. I didn’t really like 4 much
I had Mario land 2 it was amazing spent a lot of time in the principals office because of it 😄
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!
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.
i see what you did there at the end :D 24:53
The whole video was a excuse to put Waluigi in :D
Worst character ever.
These guys above me dont get it....but I do...hehe, nice one!
Nice little touch at the end there ^^
Good one! thanks for pointing it out too, i'm glad i didn't miss it :)
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.
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.
I could see Mario land remakes happening, since they're going through the trouble of remaking Link's awakening.
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.
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.
@@fuzzydunlop1753 In other words, make the graphics quite similar to Sonic Mania :)
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.
I grew up playing these with my grandma along with the first mario on the nes.shes had a very long life and today she decided to stop with dyalisis and was moved into hospice. thanks for the memorys dude....
My personal favorite is Warioland. I loved finding all the treasure! Also, Wario is a great antithesis to Mario.
Wario Land 3 must be one of the most fun and perfect games on the GBC.
This trilogy was my intro to the Mario Universe and defined my childhood. Thank you for covering these!
"Turtle Zone is the, required by gaming law, underwater world" lol
But where's the even more important Ice Level?
Let's put that on a plaque and sell it people!
"An average player can beat it in an hour" I feel personally attacked
man games used to have such good box art
And your mum used to b soooo hot 🔥
@RockManLP pussy art 🎨
Check Otochichi hentai mangas :D
@BarcrestPlayers
are you with your Disney pic?
the comeback is absolutely irrelevant if the pic is from The Lion King
which it is
One of the best videos in the series. Thanks for all the hard work, happy new year!
Wario's Bull power has another neat trick: he can stick to the ceiling (or blocks) if you hold up on the D-Pad.
he also missed that every world in super mario land 2 had a secret fourth level if you found an alternate exit.
vampjoseph11 I don’t think I knew that!
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!
That was a long winded history of the origins of waluigi
Hush
Daniel son Dojo he is not in smash
@Daniel son Dojo he will never be in smash and nobody is asking for him
This thread is a mess
Oh you mean fillerman?
"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.
Mother of God, hearing that music again.
The space stage, I used to just sit there and listen.
Spite U fucking Allah i know what you mean
When the first Super Mario Land came to the switch online I actually got pretty choked up just hearing the music. It had been over 30 years, it took me back to sitting in my room with my Gameboy after school when mom was still with us. I probably played through it 4 or 5 times on the first day. My dad, who I now care for was wondering why this basic green and grey was so important to me.
Super Mario Land 2 & Wario Land were literally my favourite games as a kid... Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
(appreciate the effort you/your editor must have put in too for all those clips from the games!)
In SML1, Mario feels really heavy, yet floaty at the same time.
In SML2, he feels too light.
Haven't tried Wario Land yet.
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).
@@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.
@@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?
@@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)
Great video! And I was very pleasantly surprised to hear Totaka's Song at the end of the episode. You didn't have to do that, but you did, and it didn't go unnoticed!
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.
"...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.
Charlie Brown: I got a rock.
That was my favorite part of the video XD
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.
@@koryandrews1665 Me too. Until I found all treasures and got my own moon. I was so happy then :-D
@@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.
One of my favorite series.
I thought you hated Nintendo :P No srs plz is joke
@@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.
@@cutecommie no srs plz is joke
The first one is the best tho
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.
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.
I remember when I got SML 2!!! One of the happiest memories I have playing videogames!!! Links Awakening is another masterpiece!!! Gameboy was a hell of a handheld console!!! Thank you Nintendo!
*_DO THE MARIO!!! SWING YOUR ARMS ON SIDE TO SIDE COME ON IT'S TIME TO GO DO THE MARIO!!!_*
i have so much nostaliga for that song :)
What is that song from?!
@@calebtmb7442 mario cartoon
@@calebtmb7442 the Super Mario Bros Super Show
Ooooooooh I haven’t watched that show in over a year and a half
Arguably the best soundtrack in a Gameboy game 👌🏼
all 3 games I still listen to today!
If only they made a new mario land 4.
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.
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.
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.
I don't remember anything like that. I grew up playing it on a GBA which may not have had that issue.
I loved these games. I still have my original Super Mario Land.
9:11 "You can't go backwards on a level"
Neither you can in the original SMB for NES/Famicom.
Ye I was confuzled
I paused the video and stopped watching after hearing that.
@@HackNSlacker I'm not really sure why I wasn't very bothered, though
But you could on Smb3
"You can't go backwards in Super Mario Land."
Uh, you couldn't go backwards in Super Mario Bros 1 either.
He didn't say that you _could_ go backwards in SMB. Just that not being able to go backwards was a little frustrating.
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)
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.
@@gwishart I still find it incredible that the NES could run SMB3
Kinda weird that the very last first party game on the NES and Gameboy are both Wario games. (Wario’s Woods for NES and Wario Land 2 for Gameboy).
So warrio is the bringer of conceal death...
Pokemon Yellow came out later, and was marketed as GB/SGB game.
@@spaceghost5997 please learn how to spell.
I first played my friends copy of Super Mario Land on the school bus, and that was the first time I felt like the GameBoy was a REAL game system. I ended up trading him a set of Sony headphones for the game.
Wow... that Wario Land commercial hit me like a wave of nostalgia. That voice was something else.
Super Mario Land 1 was one of my most played GB games. Loved it.
24 minutes of setup for a punchline.
he'll make a good dad
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins is a great game. Also on the Gameboy, Castlevania 2 is a tremendous game that also doesn't get the recognition.
Oh good, phew, i was scared you said adventure😂
LOVED the castlevania 2 theme omg it's still in my head with the occasional sound of a bat
Would somebody please, for the LOVE OF GOD, color hack the 1st Wario Land game???
Yes please! It's my favorite in the series!
Doesnt it get the color effects from Super Game Boy adapter?
@@VideosbySteve Joey is talking about the kind of color hack SML2 got with Super Mario Land 2 DX, a GameBoy Color version of SML2 which is AWESOME. Look it up on UA-cam. Nothing like the Super GameBoy features available to Wario Land
It'd also be neat to get colorization hacks of VB Wario Land and Wario Land II.
Yes, I'm aware that Wario Land II already has an official colorization in the form of the Game Boy Color release, but it's pretty sloppy-looking.
@@VinchVolt idk man but from what I've heard making these is incredibly difficult
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.
These were also some of my favorites on the gameboy. A Mario World -like experience on gameboy blew my young mind ! Always appreciate your in-depth coverage. The perfect companion to my tub of ice cream today to celebrate catching my stride at work. I always preferred Mario, Peach, and Daisy's characters, but maybe I'll get as rich as Wario. Maybe I can even buy a tree stump castle !!
Emily Apricot :)
2:16 I like how Miyamoto has a telecaster in his office.
6 Golden Coins is my top GB game.
By far one of the best games for gameboy
Yo this dude can do a documentary. It is professional and I felt I was watching some from prime time tv. Good job bro.
Gaming Historian! I loved the Game Boy Mario! 💪
Batman Holy crap it's the real Batman!!!
Weird flex but ok
haha me to, oh and you say its easy? press the select butten on the file select screen hahahahahahahah and its for babys then!
I did to shame I lost it anyway Rip The man Mario was named after
"Mario stops on a dime" *falls off platform.
Personally, I've always thought of "Mario Land" from SML2 to be a theme park. It has different themed zones and you can trade coins you earn for prizes. And like a certain other famous park, it has a huge castle right in the middle.
Who would want to go for a ride in Mario's balls? Seriously, that level is in Mario's crotch and is full of balls.
Notices the N&B Blocks.
Totally ignores the level in Mario's crotch is full of balls.
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The submarine brings back many memories of frustration! These were great games I played endless hours of, thanks for reminding me :)
Super Mario Land 2 is my favourite Mario game. The controls just feel so good. Whenever I try Mario World it feels so spongy.
To me it feels by far the worst of any Mario platformer. Even Land 1 has better physics
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.
Super Mario Land is one of my favorite games of all time on any platform. I still play it and listen to its soundtrack at least once every few years. Mario Land 2 might "feel more like a typical mario game" but it was too different from Mario Land 1 for me to get into. I don't think it should have been titled as a sequel.
Yay! , another video. They are always worth the wait.
Lack of Tatanga or any reference to Mario Land 2 in Odyssey really disappointed me.
He's in it
@@williamhollaway1960 He's not.
The Moe Eyes in the desert level are probably referencing SML
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.
6:27 - I remember beating this game for the first time as a child. I had headphones on at the time and this song was my introduction to the majesty of stereo sound.
Back when u was black?