Title
Publisher
Super Mario Land 3, Wario Land
Genre Scrolling adventure
Features Battery back-up For 3 Game Saves
Reviewer Jonathan Lee
Summary
Gameplay

wario landRemember super Mario land 2? Remember Wario? Remember how he wanted Mario's castle? Well now he has an idea. There is a giant golden statue of princess toadstool that has apparently been stolen by the pirates of Kitchen Island. Mario was supposedly looking for it… but if Wario found it first he could cash it in for a princess` ransom. With the money from that and the pirates money he would buy his own castle … one much bigger and better than Mario`s. And off he went. This is like super Mario land 2: as you travel around on a map but this one (unlike Mario 2) you have to do the lands in order. These are:

  • Rice beach
  • MT. Teapot
  • Sherbet land
  • Stove canyon
  • Ss tea cup
  • Parsley woods
  • Syrup castle

You must do them in that order. With the exception of Sherbet land. This one is a secret land, although you must do this one, you can come back and do it at the end if you want. You must find a way to get there and I am not going to tell you as that wont be very fun for you now… will it? There are plenty power-ups in this game (which I LOVE) they are:

  • Bull Wario - then Wario can body slam and break blocks with just onehit, he can move farther with the body slam. He can do a butt slam andfreeze his opponents. He can stick to the ceiling with his horns.
  • Dragon Wario - he can breathe fire and destroy blocks and his enemies.
  • Jet Wario - Wario can fly for a certain period of time, when he is flying and he runs into any enemies or any blocks… it is the same as a normal body slam. Jet Wario can also jump higher and run faster.
  • Jet Wario and Dragon Wario can both be used under water. Bull Wario however cannot.
Verdict This game I really liked. As I said before I love the fact that there are lots of different power-ups. My favourite is Jet Wario. I don't really know why… I just do.

One thing I REALLY liked was that (like Mario land 2) there were many things to do even after you killed the last boss. Here is just two of them:

1) You have to collect all the treasure for Wario to have enough money to buy a big castle. So he after you kill the end boss you have to go back and get every single one (unless you have already done so). But it is easier after you have killed the end boss because when you go back the level that the treasure is on lights up. So you know exactly which level to go into.

2) This one happened to me…. It may or may not happen to you. After I had killed the boss I went back into MT teapot and the second level was flashing, so I went in. I looked around for the treasure, I looked for days, until finally I found a door (one I had never been in before) I went in thinking that the treasure was there but instead it lead me to another land… Sherbet Land. I was thrilled…, as I did not even know there was a sherbet land.

I would definitely recommend this game to EVERYONE!!! No matter what kind of games you like. This is one of the games that make people (that hate gameboys) go out and buy one.

GO AND PLAY THIS GAME!!!