History VideoGame / SuperMarioLand

[[caption-width-right:350:So if Mario's [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], does that mean he's [[Music/TheBeatles bigger than Jesus]]? [[hottip:*: His apparent ability to tri-locate can mean any number of things.]]]]

* FourElementEnsemble: The variety of locations gives the game an exotic feel that most Mario games don't have. Each of the kingdoms, and the bosses associated with them, can also be associated with one of the classical elements. Birabuto is based on the deserts of Egypt and ruled by the fire-breathing King Totomesu; Muda is a series of tropical islands and an underwater stage ruled by the seahorse Dragonzamasu; Easton is a mountainous place filled with rocklike Ganchans and ruled by the Ganchan-throwing Hiyoihoi; and Chai is a series of highlands and a flying stage ruled by the mysterious Blokinton, who hides within a large cloud and attacks by hurling flying Chickens at Mario.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: In contrast to the usual SuperMarioBros settings, every level is directly inspired by a real-world setting.

** Averted in the european version of it's VirtualConsole-release, where the enemies still retain their japanese names.

* SoftReset: Can screw up a speedrun, just ask JonTron

* AsianRiff: In Chai Kingdom, right in the beginning.

*** Daisy's always been a palette swap. You can see it on the page image.
*** No, she was never a palette swap. This game was in gray-scale as it was on the original GB. Also, even in her first artwork she has separate features from Peach.

* CopyAndPasteEnvironments: Even more so than SMB. Hey, didn't I pass up an area like this just now?

But there's a villian to blame\\

* Instead of the usual eight worlds, the game has only four, with three levels to a world for a total of 12 levels.

Please note that ''SuperMario3DLand,'' which was released for [[Nintendo3DS a later handheld console]], is '''not''' a remake of this game.

[[caption-width-right:350:So if Mario's [[WalkOnWater walking on water]], does that mean he's [[TheBeatles bigger than Jesus]]? [[hottip:*: His apparent ability to tri-locate can mean any number of things.]]]]

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Swaps out the traditional Starman invincibility music with the Can-Can.

*** No, she was never a pallet swap. This game was in gray-scale as it was on the original GB. Also, even in her first artwork she has separate features from Peach.

In his first adventure for the GameBoy, [[SuperMarioBros Mario]] travels through Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy from the invader Tatanga. The sprites in this {{platformer}} are very small, due to the Game Boy's small screen, which supports only four shades of gray.

Unlike most installments of the franchise, ''Super Mario Land'' was directed not by Shigeru Miyamoto but rather by Gunpei Yokoi, the man who designed the Game Boy itself, and developed by the team who were responsible for the original ''{{Metroid}}''. The sequel, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'', had larger sprites and marked the debut of Mario's EvilCounterpart, Wario.

* OddballInTheSeries: The game plays like a traditional Mario platformer, but throws out all sense of familiarity after that. Spoofed in this Brawl in the Family [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/06/13/341-super-mario-land-is-weird/ comic]].

* CrowningMusicofAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNDNvi5Dxg4&fmt=18 Chai Kingdom]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJxYThH6ciA&feature=related French Can Can]] as Starman invincibility music ? Fuck yeah !

* GratuitousEnglish: Most of the monster names are still in Japanese. Until the Nintendo3DS VirtualConsole release translated the variants of recurring Mario enemies, this applied to even [[MascotMook the Goombas]], which were originally called Chibibo worldwide (and retranslated as Goombo).