Wario Land!! First off, I’d like to thank our listener Namagem for hooking us up with the very hard-to-find rom. For some reason.. (I’m guessing because of ESA regulation) its been stripped from the big rom sites. Anyway, thanks, yo!
Now onto the review: Wario Land was one of those games put out by Nintendo to try to push a hopefully-successful character at the time. Having the words: Super Mario Land 3 in the title was only branding to get people to stand up and take notice. Here’s my take on it: They didn’t need it. Wario Land is both a deep, challenging, and quite innovative. Playing this game when I was younger, I was obsessed with collecting the maximum amount of treasure and coins. Wario is an interesting Nintendo character among the staple cliche’s that have become video game legend, he is a greedy little bastard.
At the time, most Game Boy games were terribly shallow, with the obvious exceptions of the Mario games and Zelda: Link’s Awakening, more and more games were just brainless platforming or arcade-style games. Wario Land was kinda different. Yes, it was a platformer, but like Super Mario World, it was filled to the brim with optional content. Secret areas, hidden levels, treasures to uncover. The game was filled with content just begging to be unlocked. Anyway, its a Nintendo game, its got the most solid platforming around, and is one of my all time favorite Game Boy games. Check it out!
No problem, man. If you need me to give you any more obscure roms, give me a shout.
warioland and marioland 2 were the best you could find.
the character has only gone down hill after this game. It was awesome.
I love super mario. Good thanks.