Overall 8.7 Graphics 9 Sound 7.8 Addictive 8.5 Story 7 Depth 9.3 Difficulty 6
8.2
Greed is key in this adventure... RedHotToddy
Ah, if you guys have probably noticed, I do also like the super Mario land video games as well! I personally think that these games are a good way to get your Mario fix wherever you go, and we still get some Mario games of?This calibur today, We got Mario games for the 3DS, and we have so many more of them coming up so soon! And I think that today is the perfect time to review one of MY personal favorites in the whole entire series, the thing is though, in this one, You do NOT play as Mario! Instead you play as his arch nemesis wario! But anyways, The thing is that is this game a worthy addition to the series? Let's just see shall we? This Is Wario land for the game boy!
Story-7/10
Alright, here is the deal and and main emphasis of the game. You remember in super Mario land 2 how the evil greedy wario was making a mess out of your castle? Well you then eventually defeated him just in time to save your beloved castle! But after all of that commotion, wario is currently on the lam for right now, as he is currently on an even bigger heist then ever before! The following next few days he hears about this treasured stature of the lovely princess peach! The thing is though, there are actually some other people trying to do so as well, so you guys are probably wondering...who (Besides wario) would want to do such a despicable crime? And what will they do next? Well we got one of those answers! It is the brown sugar pirates who want to pull this crime off, and god knows what these guys are to do next! But anyways, wario fights for the money needed to purchase his so called "Promised land" So anyways, we know what the greedy guy is going to do, but just one more question to ask you huys, is wario going to pull off his so called crime of the century? Or will he let the pirates fill in for him?
Gameplay-8/10
Aside from all of that, let's get to the actual gameplay of this adventure shall we? Wario land is a 2D platformer game where you take control of the titular character wario and guide him through more then six big levels and locales, collecting treasures and defeating the pirate's goonies along the way, controls are all that, D-pad moves, A is jump, and B lets you attack. The game is set on the world of kitchen island, which is also composed of many other food themed worlds and levels. The main gist of the game is to help wario steal the princess peach statue and remain triumphant, along the way wario will have to defeat many enemies along the way, such as short little guys with spears, turtles, pihranas, and so many other baddies. Wario is himself is armed with tons of moves as well, such as a ground poun, and a charge dash, Most notably are the power helmets which will give wario even more powerful abilities, such as the ability?To turn into a dragon and breathe fire, The ability to become stronger and be capable of breaking even more objects then usual, and tons of others. For the actual collectibles, they are your typical stuff, You collect coins and treasure which I will get more into later, Hearts which will give you extra lives, and well, Yeah. At the end of each level you will have to defeat a powerful boss, such as a huge penguin who will freeze you if you get to close, A bull who rams at just about everything, and many more. There is another thing I must point out, you know who coins are used in Mario earn extra lives and more points? In this game they are used as a type of currency! What I mean to say is that your amount of money that you have saved up by the end of the game affects the type of ending that you will get after actually winning the game, Like let's say that you have over 1,000,000 dollars saved up and you finally finish the game, you will most likely get a big giant and colorful house! However earning like say...3,000 or just 500 dollars will earn you a small teepee and nothing else...Boohoo! Lastly, there is a bonus game at the end of each level which is an awesome way to get more treasure lives and money. I will say It once and only ONCE, The ending system in this game really brings me back to the days of ducktales for the NES where I would collect as much money as I can to get the best possible?Ending there was! I had fun doing It as a kid, and It still hasn't worn out for me! That was about the bane of my childhood! JK!
Graphics-8/10
Talk about pleasing to the eye! The moment I started playing this game the intro just completely blew my mind, I mean a pirate ship just sailing lonely on the sea...It kind of made my tear up as a child! Those water affects and everything! Haha...I'm just smurfing with you! But anyways, the game is exactly what you would come to expect from a 2D platformer of this genre, Big, cartoony, and just absolutely dazzling from the start to the very climatic finish! I know that the original game boy was not the most colorful or powerful system at the time, But you got to admit that the system itself has some really really good looking games! I mean just look at this one, Each level is in the game is big almighty and just overall a blast to explore, which makes just exploring them really fun then anything else. The levels of the game itself take place on the kitchen island, the land of tons of food themed worlds like the SS syrup, the rice beach, MT teapot, and so many?Others! The levels themselves are loaded with things to do as well, Like treasures to collect, Puzzles to solve, you know what I am talking about! Now let's get to the actual character models themselves, They are more then just awesome, They are wonderful to look at! So many animations and movements you'll never get tired at looking at what you see on your screen, We have Wario himself who is short pudgy and especially a really greedy man, Actually scrooge mcduck greedy! Hee hee...No wonder why the ending system in this game reminds me of ducktales. Wario's enemies are pretty cool too, We have these little short guys with spears ready to throw at you, Pihranas lurking around in the seas waiting to bite you, Walking rock like creatures, and well, Yes, they are pretty cute enemies if you look at them from here. The HUD in the game Is pretty self explanatory, It shows you your lives, how many coins you have gathered up, How many hearts you have saved, and that Is Pretty much It.
Sound-8/10
I will be honest, as I have addressed so many times in all of my other revies of certain games, The sound is one of the best features of any game of this genre! Let it be a cartoony platformer, a racing game, a puzzle game, anything else! It Is just plain awesome. This game Is really no exception. I will never forget being scared senseless by the quiet yet enjoyable opening for this game, It was fun! But anyways, let's get to the actual soundtrack of this adventure! The sound is bright happy and just so enjoyable to hear, So enjoyable that your ears are going to be flooded with this game's admirable and undeniably awesome score! From the peppy sands of the rice beach to the quietly adverse seas of MT teapot, We all got It here! Never once has the actual music or anything got on my nerves, because It is that fun to hear everything in this game. Now for the actual sound effects, and they are kind of a mixed bag, They are all pretty much recycled?from ALL of the other Game boy platformers that I have played in the past few days, Not that It is a bad thing, But It seems kind of lazy! For the actual sound effects, We have booms, beeps, pows, and other stuff that we have heard in tons of other games, It Is okay though! As all of the sound effects have never gotten on my nerves even ONCE throughout the whole entire ride. Did I forget to mention that all of these sound and such that I just mentioned right now would eventually be recycled for the next few wario games after this? Seriously, If I hear that same little coin sound play even one more time, I am about to mute my Game boy! Okay, I may would've been too harsh right here Red. Sound is still good!
Addictiveness-8/10
I have always seen this as one of the most fun games out of the whole wario land trilogy, even though that the next few games offered way more to do (I:E The option to replay worlds for more extras) But as we were saying, What fun does this game have to offer? Why the game offers alot of fun! But let's be specific RedHotToddy, As thousands of people are watching this review and want you to be as detailed as you can! Oh yeah! The first thing Is the levels! The levels in this game are HUGE! And they offer so much to do, collect, and just see, which makes them even more bigger then usual. I will never forget outrunning that darn guy on the rice beach chase level (Or something like that) Second sign of fun Is collecting everything there is to offer! There is so much treasure and stuff to collect throughout the worlds that It feels you'll never stop playing until you get that last darn collectible, Which is essential to get a good ending as well!
Depth-9/10
This game is HUGE, and a guy like me really means It! The game is flooded with so much stuff to do and so much to see that you will never refuse to put down the game even in your darkest times! Let's get started with the length shall we? The game is long, About 5-7 worlds long, so the game will most likely take you 1-3 or so hours to finally complete (Depending on how much you plan to collect and do) Second, let's get to the ending system like I have been mentioning many times in the review! There are so many endings to recieve in this game, and the ending that you recieve depends on how much treasure and loot that you manage to save up during the course of the whole adventure, Like I have said Once AGAIN, Earning about 1,000,000 dollars earns you a good ending AND a very luxurious house to go along with It! But on the down side, Earning about 500 dollars or less gives you a sad and shameless ending with very reasons to feel sad and depressed after all of your tried out efforts. Well, yeah, You know how long this game will most likely last you. It is nowhere as big and extrordinary as the next few games in the series, but this was the very first game of the trilogy! So let nintendo take their time.
Difficulty-5/10
Aside from ALL that I have just said, the game however, suffers from a very very low difficulty level, By the time I completed this game for the very first time, I had just about fifty-five or so lives left! And never once has that said number went down! But as we were saying, the game will not give you a hard time by any means at all, But the game has something for all players, and It is fun! But if you decide to play It real safe with this game Like I did, then you are going to end up like me, You know, Fifty-five lives, best ending, everything and all the treasures uncovered, you get the point. Sorry If I did not have much to say about this game's difficulty level, I don't really remember much about how the game plays but I will try to remember as much as I can.
Overall-8.2/10
So how did wario's first adventure go? Was It fun? Did It do good for a platformer game? Well of course It did! And so will the rest of the wario games do! But anyways, Let's just get to the scoring reasons and everything else that has to be said about the game! I gave this game a 8.2 because It is fun, lengthy, challenging, big, and just such an amazing platformer to play over and over again at anytime at all! The game is not as spunky or wholesome as the Other plumber's adventures are, But It is still worth a go! So anyways, This has been RedHotToddy's 137th game review, and I will see all of you guys later in my 138th review coming up oh so soon! But anyways, peace out guys!
Graphics 8 Sound 8 Addictive 8 Story 7 Depth 9 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 5/5
Submitted: 10-27-13
Updated: 10-27-13
Review Replies: 1
9.2
Wario Land (Super Mario Land 3) luigi25
Wario Land (Super Mario Land 3) is the third Super Mario Land game released for the Gameboy in 1994. This game doesn't include Mario in it at all until the end, and he only makes a cameo appearance. The main protagonist of this game is Wario. He is out to steal a statue of Princess Toadstool from the Brown Sugar Pirates. This statue could be worth a lot of money, and he intends to use this money to build his own castle. So, the storyline for this game ties into the previous one. I consider both Super Mario Land 2 and Wario Land to both be great games for the Gameboy. I had both of them when I was a kid.
I got Wario Land for my 11th birthday in mid June of 1994 not long after it was released. It didn't take me that long to finish it, but I still hadn't got all the treasures needed for the good ending. I learned this was a game based more on collecting coins and treasures and went beyond your typical platformer. Elements from SML2 were incorporated into the game as well such as: limited lives, hearts, Wario taking damage from enemies, etc. Wario Land was one of the last games I played as a kid, and this was around the time I was starting to lose interest in video games. However, it still is a good game, but is it as good as Super Mario Land 2?
Graphics 9/10: The graphics of Super Mario Land 3 are of almost the same quality as those in Super Mario Land 2. Like with that game, all the objects and backgrounds are well detailed and look very nice. The only problem is that Wario Land also lacks color. You can tell that the two were specifically designed for the Gameboy. There really isn't much difference in the graphical quality of these two Gameboy games.
Music 7/10: The soundtrack for Wario Land has a lot of variety to it just like with the previous one. However, that variety hurts it more than it helps it. You get so many songs in this game that sound decent but very few that stick with you. The music has a pirate theme to it, so I guess that's good. The boss music is pretty catchy, and so are some of the tracks for the stages themselves. I hated the music for Sherbet Land, Stove Canyon, and quite a lot of other overworld tracks. I feel like overall, Super Mario Land 3 is a game with good music, one or two great songs, but a lot of dull and boring tracks also. It's hard to say how I feel about this game's soundtrack. It's passable, but barely when you consider the boring music they use for many of the overworlds.
Gameplay 10/10: The gameplay of Wario Land is somewhat different from that of Super Mario Land 2. Wario can touch enemies without taking damage unless they are equipped with any spears or spikes. When Wario is in his normal form, he can knock enemies out of the way by charging into them. He can also charge into blocks. One of the great things about Super Mario Land 3, is all the transformations Wario can undergo. However, if Wario takes damage from any enemies, spikes, fire, etc. he will be reduced to small Wario, and in this form he is the most vulnerable because he can die if he takes any further damage. Unlike Mario in SML2, Wario can only take one hit. Wario starts out the game in normal form, but he can get Power-Up Pots that allow him to change into several forms.
These transformations are: Bull Wario (my favorite one because of the ground-pound maneuver), Dragon Wario, and Jet Wario. Unlike in future Wario Land games, there aren't all that many transformations. The first game in the series was designed to be similar to the Mario games. Wario can take damage in this game, and he can even die. However, he still gets unlimited continues, but I think he has to forfeit one of his treasures. Wario Land is more about collecting things more than it is about just getting through the levels under a certain amount of time. For me, this gameplay style is a big part of what made it so addictive to play. These games have become more addictive to me now that I have played some of the later Wario games.
Super Mario Land 3 contains two overworld maps similar to that in the previous game. There is the big map of Kitchen Island, and then there are individual maps of the 7 worlds that make up Kitchen Island. Sherbet Land is a secret world that is accessed by finding a hidden exit in the second world of the game called Mt. Teapot. This world is totally optional and isn't necessary for completing the game, but there are quite a few treasures hidden here, and it is worth exploring if you want a better ending to Wario Land. Each world of the game has a boss that must be defeated in order to progress to the next area.
Coins are used in this game to advance to the next level and to hit checkpoints. Extra lives are earned in this game by finding hearts or killing enemies. The goal of Wario Land is to collect all the treasures, so Wario can get a castle at the end of the game instead of a birdhouse. Coins can also help get you a castle, and you must collect at least 10 of them in order to unlock the door that leads to the next level of the game. You can lose lives in Wario Land, and if you lose too many you'll get a Game Over. However, you can still continue from the level you're already on, but you'll lose some of your coins and possibly the treasures you have collected along the way. That is not good at all because the whole object of this game is to collect all the treasures and as many coins as you can.
Another thing to be mindful of is the time limit on the levels, running out of time can also cause Wario to lose a life. Super Mario Land 3 is a fun game to play because it is based more on collecting treasures and coins than it is just getting through the levels without losing any lives. The more treasures you collect, the better ending you'll have. This is a way of rewarding the player, and it makes you want to go for 100% even though it isn't necessary for finishing the game. At the time, I wasn't too interested in this game for very long. After I beat it and got 100%, I didn't play it much anymore. However, I have come to enjoy it more than I did back then.
Even though this game is pretty bland compared to other games in the series, there is still a lot to do. Players can collect coins and treasures and also look for secret exits. Levels with more than one exit are marked on the overworld maps with a circle around them. The game gives you clues to where the hidden exits and treasures are located which is also cool. This is a game that is big on exploration, and I guess it isn't all that bland, it's just that the later games did more with this concept. Wario Land is still a well designed game that is mostly about collecting treasures and exploring the stages.
The layout of this game is very similar to the way the last Mario Land game was designed. There is probably even more variety to the 7 areas of Kitchen Island than what there was to the 6 zones of Mario Land. I guess it isn't all that much different, but Nintendo used about the same formula. At the end of each world, you have to fight a boss, just like before. I feel like Wario Land is a game where you: play different themed worlds, fight the bosses of these worlds with their own attack pattern, and collect coins/treasures. As far as the gameplay and level design of Super Mario Land 3 goes, there is more to do, and I appreciate the game more now than I did when I was a kid.
Story 10/10: After being defeated and kicked out of Mario's castle in Super Mario Land 2, Wario plans on building his own castle. He hears of a giant statue of Princess Toadstool that is hidden on Kitchen Island, but it is located somewhere in Syrup Castle. Syrup Castle is the home of the dangerous Captain Syrup and the Brown Sugar Pirates. When Wario reaches the castle, it turns out Captain Syrup is really a very attractive female pirate. She summons a Genie to destroy Wario when he makes his way to her chamber. After defeating the Genie, Captain Syrup blows up the rest of her castle, but Wario manages to escape.
The statue of Princess Toadstool is revealed after Syrup Castle is destroyed, but Mario flies in on a helicopter and takes the statue back to Mario Land. Wario finds the magic bottle the Genie came out of, and the Genie appears and grants Wario one wish. He wishes for a castle, but the Genie requests he bring him 5 bags of money. If you collect all the treasures in the game, you'll be able to pay the Genie what he wants, but without all the treasures the Genie can't grant Wario his wish. Wario won't get a castle, and if you only have 1 bag of coins (the minimum amount) he'll only get a birdhouse. This is a long and complex storyline to say the least with the surprise ending of Captain Syrup really being a woman!
I don't understand why this game wasn't as big of a part of my childhood like the other two Mario Land games were. Why did I suddenly start to lose interest in video games around this time? Super Mario Land 3 is where Wario got his own game and became Nintendo's anti-hero. The game also introduces a new cast of characters like Captain Syrup and her gang of Brown Sugar Pirates. I like how there are a lot of new characters and concepts introduced here. Unfortunately, they would only reappear again in Wario Land 2. Still, this first game had a plot and characters with a lot of depth.
Content 10/10: Wario Land (the third Mario Land game), takes place on Kitchen Island which is made up of 7 areas: Rice Beach, Mt. Teapot, Sherbet Land (optional), Stove Canyon, S.S. Teacup, Parsley Woods, and Syrup Castle. At the start of the game you have the map of Kitchen Island, and Wario starts the game on Rice Beach. After completing the first level on Rice Beach, a path is made leading to the next level of the beach. This is how Wario Land works. Some levels contain hidden exits that lead to other parts of the game where the treasures are.
As mentioned earlier, Sherbet Land and many other areas are optional, but are necessary in order to find the treasures and win Wario his castle. In total, it has 3 to 3 and 1/2 hours of content. Wario Land has more than the previous Gameboy game, and it is worth exploring every level in Kitchen Island to get Wario his castle.
Difficulty 2/10: The levels in this game are very easy to complete, and you have infinite chances to do so. You can Game Over in the game, but after doing so can continue playing from the level you are already on. The only thing is, you forfeit some of your coins and treasures. Unlike in a lot of games, the treasures are not hard to find. The game gives you clues to where each one is located. You have to find the key needed to unlock the spiked skull and open a door where the treasure chest is located. After completing the game, the levels containing the treasures will be flashing on the world maps giving you even more of a clue of where they are at.
It took me a while to finish this game, but it didn't take much of my summer vacation. I only spent several weeks playing it until I was able to get 100% completion. Some of the bosses gave me trouble, but the stages weren't very difficult. For the most part, I found this game to be pretty easy, but it did have some challenge to it. That challenge came from playing all the optional content, and I liked how all of this was optional. More emphasis was put on finding treasures and getting the best ending. The game was easy to finish, but then you had to go back and get all the treasures.
Overall 9.2/10: I don't feel like Wario Land is as good of a game as Super Mario Land 2 was. That game was a little bit better because of its better soundtrack. Although, Wario Land is more fun to play because of how it is an easy game to beat, but then you had to go back and 100% it which took a little more time. Both games have their strong points and weak points, but I feel like the previous game was more memorable for me. In some ways, this series never took off the way the Mario Land series did. I think both games are pretty similar, and Wario Land is still a pretty cool game.
Graphics 9 Sound 7 Addictive 10 Story 10 Depth 10 Difficulty 2
Review Rating: 4.3/5
Submitted: 11-10-15
Updated: 12-22-18
Review Replies: 3
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WarioLand- Greed kabenon007
Wario Land was the first game I ever wanted to complete. I'm not talking about finish; I'm talking complete, like all you crazies out there who complete every Playstation game to unlock those silly trophies. I wanted to explore every inch of this game until I had discovered everything there was. Why did I want to do this? Because this game turned me into a greedy little child.
Wario, the game's protagonist and arch-nemesis of Mario, is a little sore from losing the castle to Mario in Super Mario Land 2, so what does he do? Does he play the stocks to amass a large sum of money to legitimately purchase a home for himself? Does he build one from scratch? No, in typical Wario fashion he decides to take the hard earned moolah from others and use it for his own nefarious purposes. Granted, the people he steals from are pirates, so the treasure never actually belonged to them anyway, but still. Stealing is stealing is repossessing.
You guide Wario through many colorful worlds on an island known as Kitchen Island, and the levels are all named accordingly, such as Rice Beach, SS Teacup, etc. The worlds are all wonderfully imaginative, never feeling like the aesthetic overstays its welcome, and the music that corresponds to the worlds is apt for each location as well.
Though the main gameplay element is platforming (which the game handles very well) boss fights form a large part of this game as well, as each world ends in a boss fight with some pretty unique bosses, each of which necessitate a different style to defeat them, as opposed to just the regular jump on its head approach. Wario is also given Marioesque powerups in the form of Pots, which transform him into a large Wario, a Dragon Wario, a Jet Wario, and a Bull Wario, the last of which is my personal favorite as it allows you to stick into the ceiling. Though not useful throughout the entirety of the game, it does manage to work its way into some interesting level designs. (Speaking of level designs, just wait til you get to the train level. I swear, I replayed that level over and over, just because it was such an awesome design and implementation!)
But what I really love about this game, what kept me coming back for more and eventually fully completing this game, was the ending. I won't spoil anything, but the ending changes based on how much coin you manage to rack up during your playthrough. Hence this game turning me into a greedy child when I first played it. I hoarded all the gold coins I could find, and I scoured the worlds for every piece of hidden treasure in the game, treasure which, at the end, is transformed into... coins! Its an all out theft-fest that culminates in a better ending depending on how much you were able to obtain. And there were so many possibilities! It seemed like everytime I got just a little bit more, the ending was different, and I could tell I was getting closer to the ever elusive perfect game.
Very few platforming games have managed to hold my attention like Wario Land, and as the sequel to Super Mario Land 2, it's no wonder it grabs hold of you. Like Wario and a clove of garlic. Yum.
Graphics 9 Sound 8 Addictive 10 Story 9 Depth 10
Review Rating: 4.3/5
Submitted: 06-19-12
Review Replies: 4
8.1
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Review ''Get them coins!'' Spicy
Hey,everyone! Me monster here and I’m back with another game review! Finally concluding my Mario Land reviews. The last one was nearly a year ago, so you could say this was long overdue.
Now, this time it’s for: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
For some reason, completely unlike the first 2 mario land games, this one was never pick up and play for me, I had to take time out of my schedule to play it.
This one can maybe not even be counted as a Mario land game, because it doesn’t really play like any 2D Mario game at all, it’s a lot, a lot different. If you change the name, wario and the plot, you would not know that this is a Mario game. However this game spawned a long running series with many games. I am not going to review them all, but I think I’m going to review some, and this is one of them! The game was released in 1994, and sold less than its predecessors.
It is all up to debate as to why it sold less, it could be because it doesn’t star Mario, or because it doesn’t play like Mario , but that doesn’t really matter, what matters is that this game got most favourable reviews of any Mario land game. And will I give it the most favourable one? Well, let’s find out.
Graphics: 10/10
This game had very good graphics, like Mario land 2 it has large sprites that look absolutely great, and very detailed. The game looks quite stunning and also has fan hacks adding colour, which makes it look even more amazing.
Now, I have to stress that this is the Gameboy, a system that is not known for its graphical abilities.
Animation again impressed me very much. Unlike the first Mario land, there was no second that the graphics created problems in the game, it didn’t make it harder, it only added to the game!
There is also some comedy in this game’s graphics, because this entire game is out-there and random.
This game’s over world also looks really fantastic. Maybe it would have been nice to have some colour, but hey, it's the gameboy so that's not possible.
There is really not much to talk about here.
Story: 7/10
This game’s plot is so stupid and out-there, that it just makes it awesome.
In Super Mario Land 2, Wario loses his castle to Mario. Of course he wants to, replace the castle. So, wants to steal a golden statue of Princess Peach (Or, toadstool whatever you prefer) And wants to eventually sell it, to get a lot of money and get his own castle.
This might not seem like a stupid plot, but the things and characters that you’ll come across in this game, are definitely a little bit stupid and out-there.
Again, there Is really not too much to talk about. I could talk about the things that happen, but will just mess up the fun you have, and spoil the story in the process
Addictiveness: 6/10
This game is definitely addicting. But, for me at least, not as addicting as Super Mario Land 2.
Maybe it’s because this game’s gameplay doesn’t hook me, like a Mario game does. Or maybe it’s just the different characters.
That being said, though. I really still like this game, but like I said, it wasn’t very pick up and play for me.
I have no issues with the controls, whatsoever. They are responsive, and overall solid.
This game was fun, but after a while it just wore me out.
I never really had that with Mario land 2.
That brings me to the gameplay. It’s quite fun, and different.
Super Mario land 2 played on a modified engine of Super Mario Bros. 3. Wario land, plays nothing like that.
This can really hardly be called a super Mario land game, since it doesn’t even star Mario (He does make a cameo at the end, though)
Enemies without any sort of hazard cannot harm Wario, so one of the game’s main enemies can actually not harm Wario. Instead this game implements some puzzles with those enemies, they don’t break your brain, but they are still fun.
One of the game’s biggest features, is its transformation system. You have Bull wario, Dragon wario, Jet wario and small wario.
These are key to continuing in the game. They definitely add to the game as well.
That’s it for the addictiveness. While this game is not as addicting as Mario land 2, it is still somewhat entertaining.
Sound: 6/10
This game’s sound.. It’s a mixed bag, really. I felt that the music from the first games, especially the first were a lot better. I don’t know what it is, but this music just really doesn’t appeal to me, to be very honest.
This game’s music is very comparable to the music of the second one, which I like. However, I do think that the music is very fitting, which is a good thing.
This game’s sound is hard to explain, well at least for me. It uses very bare-bone sounds in its music, but that doesn’t make it bad. Mario land 2 did this too, but that music just appealed to me more.
The sound effects are great, classic Wario sound effects. Not a lot to talk about.
Difficulty 7/10
This game was considerably harder than Mario Land 2. That being said, Mario land 2 was a rather easy game. It is around the same difficulty as the first Mario land game, however this time around it isn’t because of problems in the game.
Mario land 1 had some bad graphics and the sprites were all tiny making it hard to dodge obstacles, however Mario land 2 fixed this, but it made it too easy in the process.
I think that this game absolutely nailed the Difficulty part, I think it’s perfect for a 2D platformer.
Bosses are very challenging and will take you more than 1 try to beat. There are puzzles which are fun to solve.
This game has the distinct honour to be the only Mario land game without some tricky platforming.
This game really isn’t focused on the platforming, it is more focused on, how do I defeat this enemie, or dodge the obstacles. Which really isn’t bad at all.
It is a lot of fun, and pretty difficult at times, too. The controls are great, and the graphics don’t make problems either.
Depth: 10/10
Wow, just wow. I thought a Gameboy Mario game couldn’t get any longer than super Mario land 2, but that was false.
This game is pretty dang huge. There are seven worlds! All with its own unique theme. You have SS. Tea cup, Rice beach, and mt teapot just to name a few.
See, I told you this game is crazy. Anyway, the transformations also add to the depth here, the enemies are all unique, and every world is completely different.
The only things to say, are. This game is really big and there’s a lot to do.
Memories: 4/10
I just remember playing this on a bus when I was really little, Not much.
Overall: 8.1/10
You could say that this is a little bit harsh, considering all the praise I gave this game, but I still feel that Mario land 2 is a better overall game.
The music was really just OK to me, the gameplay was fun, and the controls were good.
I feel that this game could’ve been better… now, I’m not planning on reviewing wario land 2, but I am planning on reviewing either the virtual boy game, or wario land 3 ..
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Graphics 10 Sound 6 Addictive 6 Story 7 Depth 10 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 4/5
Submitted: 02-02-15
Updated: 05-30-15
Review Replies: 5
8.8
It's not Mario, but... pbclown459
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, it's not Mario, but it's still a fun game. The story picks up after Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins and Wario wants his own castle. Basically, you're out to get the Pirate's gold to buy a castle all your own. Let's move on to the review though.
Graphics: 9
As far as classic Gameboy games go the graphics on this are pretty primo. They took Six Golden Coins and made it just a hair cleaner. The animations are smooth and many of them are somewhat complex for the time it was released.
Sound: 9
Personally, I like the sound in this game. The music is good, the character sounds are good, though they can get cheesy some times. You just have to remember, this was all 8-bit sound so there was only so much they could do.
Addictiveness: 10
When I got this game right after its release, I couldn't put it down. I played it to completion over and over. The only game I ever played more was Tetris! Even today I enjoy going back and playing though time and time again.
Story: 7
This is technically a "Super Mario Land" game so the story is a bit shallow. Wario wants a Castle, so he is going to go pillage his way though a gang of pirates to get one. That's pretty much it.
Depth: 10
This game has so much to offer. As far as gameboy games go, the levels are vast, the map system is much like that of Super Mario World on the SNES, and the number of Hats and their abilities make the game a fully immersive experience. Weather you're flying with the Jet hat, smashing things with the Bull hat, or burnanating things with the Dragon hat, you can find all kinds of new rooms and paths in each level.
Difficulty: 8
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 has pretty basic controls, but making them work for you can be a bit tricky some times as far as the timing goes. I found my self hitting buttons a hair to late or early and then sliding around as per most "Mario" games making my time falling down pits and into spikes somewhat high. Would I trade it for anything? Not at all.
Overall: 8.8
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is definitely one worth playing, especially if you are a fan of the Super Mario Land series. I don't think you'll regret it, I know I haven't.
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 7 Depth 10 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 3.5/5
Submitted: 04-01-12
Review Replies: 1
7.5
Forget what you knew about Mario. Jim Profit
Wario Land is nothing like Mario anything Mario had at the time, nor would ever have even to present day. There is some good to this, but a lot more bad... And all will be discussed within the ratings of each category.
Graphics: 9.
For the original Gameboy, the graphics were good. It may not be vivid and detailed, but each enemy is unique, you can clearly see platforms, etc. It's such a shame the controls are so sluggish and unresponsive (in a PLATFORMER of all gaming types...) that you can't be bothered to actually take advantage of the fact you can see your surroundings and react accordingly.
Sound: 7.
Unique, fitting, but repetitive. The music does justice on the feel of the game being a zany, anti-hero escapade. And I don't think there'd be a very good way to prepare you via music for the brutality that lies ahead. Bringing us too...
Addictiveness: 6.
Oh sure, a part of you wants to continue playing. Especially when you know there is an alternate ending if you have enough coins. Wario Land is just simple and inviting enough to keep you playing, without actually offering you anything. You want to talk about greed? It ain't Wario who is greedy, he's just a byproduct of his environment. The game is completely unforgiving. One wrong move, and you're a little midget with a mohawk regardless of your power ups. I honestly don't know what the hearts are for if 1Ups can be accumulated separately, my guess is it's a slower way. It sure isn't for health in-game. And many of times (because of the bad controls as I said) you'll find yourself spiraling right into a downgraded power-up you did not ask for. With walls, enemies, bad control schemes, and absolutely no sort of clue where you're supposed to go next, the game hardly qualifies as addictive which I take to mean "fun". By the second level you are expected to just figure out where the plus sign giant coin is so you can escape this nightmarish scenery with phantom platforms, guys who have nothing better to do then try and spear you, spiky tops falling from the sky, and all the while you're on a timer. So you may in fact have to leave the stage, then come back. Which isn't exactly a bad strategy as it means collecting more coins... But that is a drudgery when all that needed to be done was make it obvious where the big coin was and then if you want to explore the ins and outs, hey... that's on you.
Story: 1.
Nintendo isn't known for riveting stories, but by far Wario's is pretty much the worst. But we expect that. We're okay with one-dimensional characters so far as the game is fun and replayable. Unfortunately...
Depth: 7.
There's actually a lot more then meet's the eye. You'd think at first this was some shotty platformer with very linear levels, but there's actually quite a bit of sub levels to be found on the one stage you entered. You're going to have a ball perfecting the different power-ups against enemies and the level as a whole. (Though your fun will come to a screeching halt because you can't save collected power-ups in an inventory and losing your power up leaves you so vulnerable you may as well reset right then and there.)
Difficulty: 6.
The game isn't hard so much as unfinished. As said the controls are just feel like cinder blocks, by and large the platforms are so narrow that you're just inviting to get hit, (we get it... Wario's fat. Doesn't mean he needs to take up half the screen) and nothing is really explained to you so you're going to die more so by roaming about and accidentally getting hit then by some sort of challenging enemy. In fact, the enemies are quite easy as far as defeating them goes. It's just eventually they're going to get you in your blind spot or while you're trying to maneuver with the two seconds too late response time.
Overall: 7.5.
Maybe it's my keyboard, I don't know. With my main gripe being the controls and really the finding out how to get from point A to point B is not really something I can attack more so just disagree on how it should be done, I'm left with saying it's not a bad game, just has some annoyances that aren't going away anytime soon. If you're big on Mario games, you probably know that already.
Graphics 9 Sound 7 Addictive 6 Story 1 Depth 7 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 2/5
Submitted: 12-14-13
Review Replies: 2
9.6
this game is awfulLY AMAZING papasponge
Ok I LOVE this game and just a little fyi I played the first level of this game in 3 ways using my 2ds my sub dualshock3 and of coarse the keyboard the controls are tight and very responsive and they feel natural the graphics are JUST as good as Mario land 2 and the music is so catchy I whistled multiple times the level design is very clever and fits the motif of the game and the story...its a Mario game so don't expect much of a story basically you play as ware trying to get treasure and as far as depth and addictiveness goes like many Mario games once you finish it you will be coming back for more so my overall rating is 9.6 out of 10 the only thing holding this back from a 10 is the story since you get to play as a new character it would have been nice to have more of a story
Graphics 8 Sound 9 Addictive 9 Story 6 Depth 8 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 12-16-14
Review Replies: 1
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