Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 2
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| Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 2 | |
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| Series | Super Mario |
| Artist | Kazuki Motoyama |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Label | KC Deluxe |
| Release date |  December 6, 1994[1] |
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Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 2 is the twenty-seventh volume of Kodansha's Super Mario manga published under the KC Deluxe label.
This volume covers the second part of the adaptation of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, which comprises the second half of the game plot and the start of the original after-story.
Contents[edit]
4-koma[edit]
モト
- ダメッ！
鼻 をでかくしちゃ！！ (No, don't make your nose bigger!): Wario is informing Luigi that the rumors are that the big bad guy of Wario Land is a woman. Hearing this, Luigi's nose grow big. When Wario demands to know the reason, Luigi replies "it is my body constitution." - ちがうんだってば〜っ！！ (That's not true!): Wario is facing against a Bucket Head. Wario mistakes him for "Sasuke from a a certain game", but the enemy corrects him he is "Ishidaruma", and proceeds to throw snowballs with stone inside. Wario yell at him that it is illegal to do that, but the Bucket Head claims that is the reason for his name.[A]
- ひかえめが、よろしいようで・・・・ (Modesty is the best policy...): by the end of the game, the Genie gifts the heroes a different building, based on their findings: Luigi obtains a wooden cabin, Mario a pagoda, Princess Peach a castle, and Wario a planet, but now he has nobody to share it with.
Chapters[edit]
Chapter 1[edit]
Riding the Floater, Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi (wearing Yoshi Helmet), and Miss Goom arrive to Stove Canyon, where Wario headed. Using the harp, Wario manages to make the enemies fall asleep, until he comes face to face with the area's guardian. After parrying a hit from it with the harp, Wario is unable to dodge a bomb. The explosion sends him flying, making him lose all of his hats and the treasures he found, and also turning him small.
Approaching a tunnel, the lava heat causes the Floater to melt, so the heroes jump off and continue afoot. Unfortunately, the massive flying vehicle has caused the magma to flow into the tunnels. Using his Jet hat, Mario takes everyone out of the tunnel, and into the minecart section, dodging Demon Bats and bombing Guragura. Thanks to Jet Mario, everyone jump safely from one Mine Cart to another, until Luigi, feeling carsick, begins to gag, for which Peach leaves him afoot for the last section, so he can barf if needed. This is revealed to be a blessing in disguise, as the minecart proceeds to slam into a wall (causing Mario to lose the Jet hat), leaving Luigi and Yoshi Helmet unharmed. What's more, behind the cracked wall, Luigi finds a treasure chest. Mario and Miss Goom also find Wario's stuff and realise something has happened to him.
Just then, three D.D.s arrive to collect the treasures, but Mario grabs Wario's loot and claims that they will have it back if they return the Golden Statue. The D.D.s laugh at him and throw boomerangs at them, but Mario deflects them with a wheel of the minecart, knocking them all out. Mario then orders them to reveal the location of their ship, but just then the area's guardian, Devil's Head, appears, with Wario left unconcious on a rock in the middle of the lava river. While Peach, Luigi, and Miss Goom go to rescue him, Mario takes the Viking helmet and turns into Bull Mario, ready to face the boss.
Devil's Head begins to spit two boogers from its nose, but Mario catches both of them. Seeing this, Devil's Head uses his sharp tongue to break the ground around him, leaving him on a small stallatite surrounded by lava. Wario wakes up and tells Mario to throw the boogers back in the guardian's mouth, but the Devil's Head turns towards him and attacks him with its tongue. Peach uses the treasures to block the blow, hurting the tongue and allowing Wario to reach a water main to diverge the water in the room, solidifying the lava. With more ground at his disposition, Mario finally finds an opening and throws the explosive boogers in Devil's Head's mouth, blowing it up.
The explosion also creates a hole in the wall, leading to a hidden gulf where the Pirate Ship is located. Peach then states that, for however has not played the game, this would seem like the final act, but Mario is not convinced.
Chapter 2[edit]
Chapter 3[edit]
Chapter 4[edit]
Chapter 5[edit]
Fanarts[edit]
イラストコーナ (Illustration corner)
Cameos and caricatures[edit]
Fictional characters[edit]
- Sasuke (Joy Mech Fight): in the second 4-koma, Wario mistakes Bucket Head with Sasuke.
Gallery[edit]
Full cover
Princess Peach, Devil's Head, Bobo, and Ghost
Umi no Sei and Mototin
Story arc cover
Wario, Mario, and Princess Peach
Table of contents
The Knight's identity
Captain Syrup's room
Descriptions[edit]
- Cover flaps
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宿命 のライバル。それは、マリオとワリオのためにあるような言葉 だ。といえば、カッコイイんですけどね。実際 は、変 なワキ役 たちが何 か目立 つのね。今回 も、強烈 なワキ役 たちがいっぱいなの。Fated rivals. It's a phrase that seems to have been made for Mario and Wario. It sounds cool, but in reality, the strange supporting characters are what make them stand out. This time too, there are a lot of strong supporting characters.
★
作者 からきみへ
おもしろいと、くだらないの差 は紙一重 で、いつもそこで悩 みます。感動 ものもストレートだと暗 くなるし、ふざけると伝 わらないし････。今回 の話 、レベル高 いっスね！A word from the author
There's a fine line between being funny and being silly, and I always struggle with that. Even if something is clear, if it's too straightforward it becomes dark, and if it's too silly it doesn't get through to the reader... This story was really high level!
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | スーパーマリオランド Sūpā Mario Rando Surī Wario Rando 2 |
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 - 2 |
Footnotes and references[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ The wordplay derives from the enemy's name,「イシダルマ」(Ishidaruma), containing a homophone syllable to「石」(Ishi), which means "stone".
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kazuki Motoyama (6 Dec. 1994). Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 2. KC Deluxe (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319550-3. Page 132.
