Super Mario Land

Super Mario Land is a game for the Nintendo Gameboy. Unlike preceding Mario games, The game takes place in Sarasaland and not in the Mushroom Kingdom. Super Mario Land also introduced the player and Mario to Daisy, this game's damsel in distress. An evil alien named Tatanga is the main villain, and the enemy names (even of familiar Goomba-looking creatures) are different (it should be noted that most of them are simply given their original Japanese names as opposed to the English ones). The most probable reason for the vast amount of changes is that the game wasn't made by Shigeru Miyamoto, but rather his mentor, Gunpei Yokoi.

The game is the first of three Super Mario Land games, followed by Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins and Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.

The Story


Tatanga kidnaps Princess Daisy of Sarasaland, intending to force her into marraige. He hypnotizes all of the residents of Sarasaland's four worlds - Birabuto; Muda; Easton; and Chai. Little did Tatanga know, Mario was coming to rescue her. It is unknown on what grounds Mario came to rescue her, but it is likely because of Peach. Mario made his way through all of the four worlds, and defeated the enemies that lurked in each world. The journey was difficult, as Mario had never seen these creatures before. Eventually, Mario managed to defeat Tatanga's four lieutenants, King Totomesu, Dragonzamasu, Hiyoihoi, and Biokinton. However, after beating Biokinton, Mario had to battle Tatanga in his heavily armed ship, the Pagosu. After a tough battle, Mario defeated Tatanga, and rescued Daisy, but Tatanga managed to escape with his life. Daisy rewards Mario with a kiss, and is taken back to her Castle. However, it turns out that Tatanga did know Mario was coming, and was actually hoping he would.

It is revealed in the sequel, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, that the events in this game were merely a diversion created by Wario while he took over Mario's castle. Wario payed Tatanga to kidnap Daisy, which would distract Mario long enough, so that Wario could steal his Mario's Castle.