Super Mario Land 2 (manga)

Super Mario Land 2 is the second volume of Kodansha's Super Mario manga published under the KC Deluxe label. The volume is meant to be a direct follow-up of the events of the previous issue, but has nothing to do with Super Mario Land or its sequel, which was not even developed at the time. Also, while the previous volumes used their stories to illustrate some tricks and secrets, this volume's story creates a new plot all together, with little to no focus on tricks, secrets, and strategies.

The game covered in the issue is the Game Boy version of Tetris.

Tetris strategy
テトリステクニック (Tetris complete strategy collection)

Chapter 1
その1 - テトリスの (Walkthrough 1 - The treasure of Tetris (first part))

Mario and Princess Peach are having an outing on a riverbank, pitying Luigi for choosing to not join them. A torn piece of paper is brought by the water stream and, picking it up, Mario and Peach discover it to be a flier about the Treasure of Tetris, an ancient and legendary civilization whose ruins are located just up the river. The two decide to search for the treasure, and head to the ruins riding the Monster, unaware of being followed by a Lakitu, a Hammer Bro and a Goomba on the former's cloud. While searching in the Tetriminos filled wasteland, Mario jokes about the possibility of a monster appearing in such a scary place. Right on cue, a dinosaur appears and picks up and hugs Peach. Peach screams for help and Mario fakes being dead. Upset, the princess starts yelling at him that the dinosaur is not a bear and, while waving her arms, ends up slapping the dino, who whimpers in fear behind his eggshells, where is written on that he was just born. Peach comes to the realization that the dino mistook her for his mother, and hugs him back, naming him Goro-chan, while Mario, faking bravery, claims the dinosaur had no chance against him, flinching when he growls at him. While riding Goro-chan, the two find the temple depicted on the piece of paper. Right then, the Lakitu, the Goomba and the Hammer Bro jump down the cloud and run to it, chased by Mario, Peach and Goro.

Inside the structure they are met with a giant waterfall from which Tetriminos fall down and a tribal man who calls himself as the guardian of the entrance to the Tetris Kingdom. He also claims that they are not the first intruder of the day, pointing to someone sleeping at the bottom of the waterfall basin that have failed the test: Luigi.

Chapter 2
その2 - テトリスの (Walkthrough 2 - The treasure of Tetris (second part))

Chapter 3
その3 - テトリスの (Walkthrough 3 - The Tetris King strikes again (first part))

Chapter 4
その4 - テトリスの (Walkthrough 4 - The Tetris King strikes again (second part))

Extras

 * よみきり★まんが★マリオくん (Mario-kun's one-shot ★manga★): Mario and Luigi offer to Peach their greatest priced possession: leftovers from a month ago.
 * 大霊界(だいれいかい) (Great spiritual world): Mario, Luigi, and Peach, during a hiking trip, find themselves on a collapsing rope bridge, and they respectively call the name of Jesus, Buddah and Kami-sama. The three deities appear, but start fighting for who is going to save them. Meanwhile, the three hikers have already passed away.
 * ハンド・パワー (Hand power): Mario, Luigi, Peach and Daisy are playing with the former as the dealer. Luigi and the princesses all bets on two different numbers each. When Toad (as the commentator) question Mario how is he not going to disappoint any of his friend with this match, Mario shakes the cup and roll a paper dice, which unfolds and lands on all six of the numbers. Everybody is a winner.
 * あなたは、だれのタイプ?テトリス☆い (Which character are you? Tetris ☆ Divination maze): readers have to complete a maze with multiple exits, depending on the exit, they will be associated with a character and personality:
 * Mario: a guy with a strong sense of justice, bright and athletic.
 * Peach: a cute guy, the kind everyone falls for it.
 * King Tetris: a very bad guy and a dummy.
 * Luigi: a very important guy, but also the weak link.
 * Goomba: weak and prone to betrayal.