Is Super Mario Land (Game Boy) Worth Playing Today? | Super Mario Land Review | Retrospective

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Published on February 15, 2020 3:00:11 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO_chPo_wwo

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Super Mario Land (1989)

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Review

Duration: 24:30

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This is a review of the first game I ever played on the original Game Boy. Being the very first true handheld Mario game meant something in 1989, but how does the game hold up today? Is it worth your time and money to seek out a copy and play the game today?

Here, I put the nostalgia aside, and tell you the good, the bad, and even the ugly about this Game Boy classic. Any feedback at all is sincerely welcome!

In this "Is It Worth Playing?/Is It Worth It?" series, I review and rate games in 5 categories, to help you decide if you should purchase and play these games.
1. History and Legacy
2. Story, Presentation, Graphics, and Sound
3. Gameplay
4. Worth Your Time?
5. Worth Your Money?

Here's a retrospective that puts Super Mario Land up against modern games that you could play today, taking factors into account such as how "Player Friendly" it is and how much it costs.
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Super Mario Land (Game Boy, 1989)
Playable on any Game Boy console (except the Game Boy Micro), including the Super Game Boy and the Game Cube's Game Boy Player.

Also available on the Nintendo 3DS' e-shop Virtual Console. Buying it there is the best way to support the developers today!
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0:00 Introduction
1:03 History & Legacy: Overview
2:00 History & Legacy: Super Mario Land's History
4:20 History & Legacy: Super Mario Land's Legacy
6:20 Story
7:00 Presentation
9:10 Graphics: The Cons
10:17 Graphics: Super Game Boy colour palette and the Good
11:20 Sound: Music
12:30 Sound: Sound effects
13:00 Gameplay: Overview
13:30 Gameplay: Super Ball Mario
14:06 Gameplay: Difficulty
15:00 Gameplay: The Cons
16:55 Gameplay: The unique: Super Mario Shoot 'Em Up?
18:00 Is Super Mario Land Worth Your Time?
18:27 Worth Your Time? - Hard Mode
19:50 Is Super Mario Land Worth Your Money?
20:52 Worth Your Money? - Version differences
21:40 Final Ratings
22:50 Final Thoughts
23:42 Thanks for watching!!
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Channel and related artwork by Safia Tasnim.
Channel music and editing by Chris Klammer.

This video contains music that plays during Super Mario Land and Game and Watch Gallery by the following artists: Hirokazu Tanaka, Yoko Mizuta, Jin Sugita.

Music was obtained from Video Game Music website khinsider.

Images have been sourced from gaming websites, Wikipedia, the Super Mario Wiki, and other sources. All images' copyrights remain with their respective holders.

Super Mario Land was developed by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo R&D1, and published by Nintendo. It was released on the Game Boy in 1989, and on the 3DS Virtual Console in 2011.

Mario and the related characters and universe are copyrighted by Nintendo.

If you want to support Nintendo, you can purchase games for their current console, the Nintendo Switch (such as Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Maker 2, or New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)
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