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|released='''Game Boy:'''<br>{{released|Japan|October 21, 1992|USA|November 1, 1992|Europe|January 28, 1993}} '''Virtual Console (3DS):'''<br>{{released|USA|September 29, 2011|Europe|September 29, 2011|Australia|September 29, 2011|Japan|October 12, 2011|South Korea|June 1, 2016}}

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'''''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''''' is a [[Genre#Platform|platforming]] game for the [[Game Boy]] released in 1992 and later for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]'s [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] in 2011. It is the direct sequel to ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' and also marks the debut of Mario's self-proclaimed arch rival [[Wario]], who would later become a recurring character in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' series as well as a protagonist in his [[Wario (franchise)|own series]]. Like its predecessor, it received a [[Player's Choice]] and was produced by the late [[Gunpei Yokoi]] rather than the ''Mario'' series creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], who was not involved in the development of this game. It is notable for having been the last original side-scrolling ''Mario'' game until 2006's ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', 13½ years later (discounting re-releases & remakes). Like ''Super Mario Land'', this game was originally excluded from the main ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series by Nintendo, but was included alongside the more traditional games for the 30th anniversary of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''<ref>{{media link|Super Mario Bros 30th Anniversary - JP Artwork.jpg|Official Japanese artwork for the 30th Anniversary of ''Super Mario Bros.'' illustrating the games part of the ''Super Mario'' series.}}</ref>, and the history page from the Mario Portal and "The official home for Mario" websites<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/ ''Super Mario'' game collection, Mario Portal website (Japanese)]</ref><ref>[http://mario.nintendo.com/history/ The official home for Mario - ''Super Mario'' games]</ref>.

After rescuing [[Princess Daisy]] from [[Tatanga]] in [[Sarasaland]], Mario returns to his own private island, appropriately named [[Mario Land (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Mario Land]]. Upon returning, however, he finds that an old rival of his named Wario had succeeded in taking over [[Mario's castle|his castle]] and casted an evil spell to brainwash the island's inhabitants into serving him against Mario. The [[Golden Coin|6 Golden Coins]] (the keys to Mario's castle) were spread throughout the island, and Mario must retrieve these [[coin]]s so that he can confront Wario in order to reclaim his castle and restore order to Mario Land.

The game begins with a simple "tutorial" level, [[Start]], to help the player learn the controls of the game. This level can not be replayed. After this is completed, the player must travel through six different "zones" containing a series of levels to collect the coins:

*The [[Turtle Zone]]: Inside of a giant tortoise, this zone is an aquatic environment and is guarded by [[Pako]], an octopus located inside of a [[whale]].

*The [[Macro Zone]]: A house-like zone that shrinks those who enter it, this zone is guarded by the [[Sewer Rat]].  

*The [[Pumpkin Zone]]: Located inside a giant {{wp|jack-o'-lantern}} containing graveyards and haunted houses, this zone is guarded by the [[Witch (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Witch]].

*In addition to the tutorial level, there is also [[Tenbōdai Course|another level that is not part of any specific "zone" or area]], and lies off the path between the Tree Zone and the Macro Zone. Playing this level does not unlock anything, though does count as one of the exits in the game. Unlike the tutorial level, this level can be replayed.

 

After gathering the six golden coins, Mario can venture into a dangerous, transformed version of his old castle. Upon reaching the throne room, Mario finally confronts Wario and they duke it out. Though Wario was bigger and stronger, Mario was able to best him with his wits and superior jumping skills. Wario then begins using the same powerups as Mario used during his journey, such as a [[Carrot]] to give him hovering abilities and a [[Fire Flower]] to give him the power to throw fireballs. Despite these power-ups, however, Mario was still able to defeat him in battle. As a result, Wario [[Small Wario|shrinks]] and begins crying in defeat, but then throws one of his shoes at Mario before making his escape from the castle, with Mario following suit. With Wario gone, the castle returns to normal and peace is restored to Mario Land.

Unlike the gameplay of its predecessor, ''Super Mario Land 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s gameplay more closely resembles that of past ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise titles. Most notably, this game replaces the [[Superball Mario]] with a more traditional [[Fire Mario]] and does away with ''Super Mario Land''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s vehicle levels. The screen can now scroll to the left, allowing Mario to backtrack through levels, and character sprites have significantly increased in size, enabling more focused and fast-paced action as well as a better overall visual quality to the game. The game is one of the first ''Mario'' games to have two different difficulty levels: Normal and Easy mode. The level can be chosen by picking Mario's size with the {{button|gb|select}} button before picking which file to save to.

|<center>[[File:Heart 3up.png]]<br>[[3UP Heart|3-Up Heart]]</center>

|<center>Similarly to [[3-Up Moon]]s, a [[3UP Heart|3-Up Heart]] grants Mario three extra lives when collected. They can be found in places that are hidden or difficult to reach.</center>

|<center>As usual, a [[Super Mushroom|Mushroom]] powers [[Small Mario]] into [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]]. This allows him to take one hit without losing a life, reverting him to his small form instead. While Super Mario, he may also break [[Brick Block]]s either by jumping underneath them or by performing [[Spin Jump]]s by pressing down {{button|gb|pad}} in midair to break them on top, a technique similar to the one from ''Super Mario World''. Certain enemies, such as [[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]s, which normally require more than one hit to defeat, can be defeated in this manner.</center>

|<center>Collecting a [[Super Star|Star]] turns Mario invincible for a short time, preventing him from being damaged by enemies and other hazards. Rather than moving around, in this game, the Star remains stationery when struck out of the [[? Block]] it is contained in. Notably, after five enemies are defeated while invincible, an extra life is earned, with an additional one for every enemy defeated by invincibility afterward. Defeating one hundred enemies grants another Star.</center>

 

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!style="background: #ff8c00"|World

!style="background: #ff8c00"|Coin

!style="background: #ff8c00"|Boss

!style="background: #ff8c00"|Levels

*[[Start]]

*<!--[[File:Hippo zone.png|92px]]<br-->[[Hippo (level)|Hippo]], Entrance to the [[Space Zone]]

*[[Tenbōdai Course]]

*[[Tree Zone Area 1]]

*[[Tree Zone Area 2]]

*[[Tree Zone Area 3]]

*[[Tree Zone Area 4]]

*[[Tree Zone Area 5]]

*[[Tree Zone Special Area]]

*[[Space Zone Area 1]]

*[[Space Zone Area 2]]

*[[Space Zone Special Area]]

|[[File:Ricky art SML2.png|100px]]<br>[[Sewer Rat]]

*[[Macro Zone Area 1]]

*[[Macro Zone Area 2]]

*[[Macro Zone Area 3]]

*[[Macro Zone Area 4]]

*[[Macro Zone Special Area]]

|[[File:SML2 Artwork Witch.png|100px]]<br>[[Witch (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Witch]]

*[[Pumpkin Zone Area 1]]

*[[Pumpkin Zone Area 2]]

*[[Pumpkin Zone Area 3]]

*[[Pumpkin Zone Area 4]]

*[[Pumpkin Zone Special Area 1]]

*[[Pumpkin Zone Special Area 2]]

*[[Mario Zone Area 1]]

*[[Mario Zone Area 2]]

*[[Mario Zone Area 3]]

*[[Mario Zone Area 4]]

|[[File:SML2 Artwork - Octopus.png|100px]]<br>[[Pako|Pako & Poko]]

*[[Turtle Zone Area 1]]

*[[Turtle Zone Area 2]]

*[[Turtle Zone Area 3]]

*[[Turtle Zone Special Area]]

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|[[Antotto]]

|-  

|[[Aqua Kuribō]]

|-  

|-

|[[Bē]]

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:Fly-SML2.png]]

|-  

|-  

|[[Bee (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Bee]]

|-  

|[[Bēro]]

|Chases Mario whenever he's not facing it, but hides when he is.

|-

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:SML2Boulder.png]]

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:Buichi.png]]

|-  

|[[Cheep Cheep]]

|Antotto with cannons on their heads that periodically fire pellets.

|[[F Boy]]

|-

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:Falling Spike SML2 sprite.png]]

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:Piranha Plant Statues.png]]

|-  

|[[Furizō|Furiko]]

|Moves back and forth in a pendulum-like swing to damage Mario. Smaller than Furizō.

|-  

|[[Furizō]]

|[[Genkottsu]]

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:SML2Genkottsu.png]]

|A replica of Wario's fist that crashes down at great speed.

|Walks forwards aimlessly, can be defeated with one stomp.

|[[Guruguri]]

|[[Honebōn]]

|-

|[[J-son]]

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:Maskie.png]]

|[[Karamenbō]]

|-

!bgcolor=#FFFFFF|[[File:Keipu SML2.png]]

|Runs away carrying a [[1 UP Heart|1-Up Heart]].

|[[Mōgyo]]

|[[No.48]]

|A variant of Bee that can come back to life when stomped.

|[[Stars (enemy)|Stars]]

|Floats in space, and can not be defeated by any means.

|[[Terekuribō]]

|[[Tōsenbo]]

|-  

|[[Unibō]]

[[File:MKMWarioBattle.png|thumb|right|Mario battling Wario, from the Japanese video based on the game.]]

*''[[Super Mario Land]]'' &ndash; The direct predecessor of ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''. It is revealed that Wario stole Mario's castle during Mario's rescue of Princess Daisy. Tatanga is seen working for him in the [[Space Zone]], implying a connection between the two. Part of the [[Ghost House]] music is an arrangement of the coin room music from this game.

*''[[Super Mario World]]'' &ndash; [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]]'s sprite in this game is the basis of his ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' sprite. Blurps return from this game, alongside enemies inspired by [[Monty Mole]]s and [[Fish Bone|Fishbone]]s, while [[Cheep Cheep]]s use a design inspired from their appearance in this game. Also, the [[Spin Jump|spin jump]] returns. While not directly observed in-game, the overall design of Mario Land's map strongly resembles the design for the map of [[Dinosaur Land]] from this game, as can be seen from official maps. The [[Fire Flower]] also uses the same design as in this game.

*''[[Mario's Tennis]]'': Mario's sprite in the character selection looks almost exactly like his sprite from this game, only in a tennis outfit. Luigi's sprite in the character selection also looks noticeably similar.

*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'': One of Mario's alternate costumes is based on Wario's outfit.

*''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'': One of Wario's costumes is based on his in-game sprite.

*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' &ndash; The battle start sound is the same as the power up emerging from a ? Block sound in this game.

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'': One of Wario's alternate costumes is based on his in-game sprite.

*''[[Fortune Street]] &ndash; ''Wario has [[Starship Mario#Trivia|a quote]] where he says that if he flips the "M" upside down it will be his.

*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' &ndash; [[Bowser]] uses a [[Super Bell]] and [[Double Cherry|Double Cherries]] in the same way Wario used a [[Carrot]] and a [[Fire Flower]] in his battle with Mario.

Development for ''Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins'' began in November 1991, and took ten months to complete. In a 1992 interview, the game's director and designer [[Hiroji Kiyotake]] discussed that the team originally wanted to divert from the conventional ideas established by the past ''Mario'' games.<ref name="Shogakukan guide">''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' official Shogakukan game guide, staff interview on pages 106-111 ([http://shmuplations.com/supermarioland2/ translation] provided by "Shmuplations", accessed September 10, 2016)</ref> Pursuing this concept, the initial work on the game lead to the first draft being turned down, due to disagreements on whether the product properly represented Mario's character and the in-game world he is reknowned for. Realizing that they were on the wrong path, the team reworked it to "something a little closer to the existing Mario world". However, the team still desired to provide Mario with a new objective, rather than fighting to rescue [[Princess Peach|the princess]] as seen in most ''Mario'' games leading up to that time. The game's staff wanted a "change of pace", and decided that Mario should fight to win back something that belongs to him, rather than fighting for "someone else's benefit".

It was Kiyotake's idea to introduce [[Wario]] as a new character, with whom he discussed it with the assistant character designer [[Takehiko Hosokawa]], before presenting the idea to the rest of the game's staff. Before Wario's actual character development, his name was the first thing that was decided on. It was derived from the Japanese word "warui", meaning "bad". The idea to have an upside-down "M" on his cap (representing a "W") received immediate, enthusiastic support by the rest of the development staff.<ref name="Shogakukan guide" /> Wario's character was based on the idea that a protagonist should have an arch-rival and nemesis. Kiyotake compared Mario and Wario to comic book characters {{wp|Popeye}} and {{wp|Bluto}}'s relationship, where Bluto is larger, stronger, and more cunning than his counterpart, and normally motivated by self-interests. After the idea of Wario was agreed on by the rest of the staff, Kiyotake discussed the details of in-game sprite animation and movement with programmer [[Takahiro Harada]]. As well as Wario, there were many other characters which was proposed by Kiyotake. Many of these were either direct rejects, or characters that did not gain approval from the wider staff team.

Kiyotake was very fond of the untouchable [[Bē]] enemies used in [[Tree Zone|Tree]] and [[Macro Zone]]s, even causing him to "burst out laughing" after he first interacted with them after they were programmed. He was eager to see the Bē remain in the final game, as he was amused by how it would likely annoy players. While developing the controls for the game, Harada considered that players may find it difficult to hold down two buttons on the [[Game Boy]]'s D-pad to move in a diagonal direction. This was kept in mind while programming how Mario's [[Bunny Mario|Bunny]] and [[Space Mario|Spacesuit]] performed high jumps.

[[Kazumi Totaka]], who composed the music for ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'', acknowledged that the sound effect played when transforming into [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] was originally identical to the one used for ''[[Super Mario World]]'' until about midway through development.<ref name="Shogakukan guide" /> However, he was afraid that the player would be given an impression that they are playing a game that overlaps with ''Super Mario World'', and become "negatively conscious" that they were playing on a small Game Boy screen compared to the television screen used by the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. Therefore, Totaka chose to use many different sound effects across other past ''Mario'' games. Asides from composing, Totaka also had a partial role in some of the discussions between Kiyotake, Harada, and Hosokawa. Totaka was able to provide comments and feedback while proposed ideas were being evaluated. He was also able to come up with suggestions of his own, although these were mostly rejected.<ref name="Shogakukan guide" />

According to Takahiro Harada, the most challenging stage of development was adjusting and fine-tuning the test version after it was presented to beta testers. As he and the team had been playing and testing the gameplay since the beginning, they initially believed that the beta version was too easy. However, Harada stated that the testers generally found the game very difficult. About 2-3 months was spent on making small changes to the test stages, according to the feedback which they received from the beta testers.<ref name="Shogakukan guide" />

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Additionally, there were multiple changes to the overworld map that did not make the final cut. There is a cloud is positioned above the Pumpkin Zone. Despite being fully functional, its code was disabled in the final game. Tiles for the top of Mario's castle are present as well, though are obscured by the darkened cloud in front of the castle. For reasons unknown, some water tiles next to Macro Zone's right chimney were switched around. A piece of the fence surrounding [[Tenbōdai Course]] is missing.

 

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