#mario land

[theacumbawumba]

The new art style is giving me heavy SML2 and Mario World (espc beta) vibes. This is actually so good y’all I’m glad to see mario visuals take a new direction!!

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Mario Land

Debut: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

So I was lying awake in bed, thinking. What is up with Mario Land? Everyone knows that the setting of the first Super Mario Land game is Sarasaland. Nintendo loves to vaguely allude to it in character descriptions for Princess Daisy! But where does Super Mario Land 2 take place? Well, it’s in Mario Land, of course! Now, Super Mario Land does not take place in Mario Land. It takes place in a Land, in which Mario is a participant, but he doesn’t own the Land, just as he doesn’t own the World or the Galaxy. But he does own Mario Land!

Nothing is really clear about how Mario came to own Mario Land. Nintendo Power once described it as his ‘kingdom’, while the Wiki describes it as Mario’s ‘private island’. Lots of people immediately remark on how odd it is that Mario owns a castle in this game, and they’re right! It is odd! We don’t think of Mario as an avaricious man. He is a humble, working class individual. He lives in a cottage with his brother despite being a world-renowned hero. Except here, where he owns an entire landmass, with a castle! My personal canon, in my head, was that Peach or someone else gifted him with a large chunk of land and a castle as a reward for his heroic deeds. It seems the most likely, given what we know about Mario! But why couldn’t he settle for a vacation home, or anything of the sort? Why are we placing the responsibility of land ownership on such a modest soul? 

I think what is the strangest thing about Mario Land, to me, is that despite being Mario’s Land, it is so devoid of allies. Mario Land is vast and untamed, a collection of wacky themed zones filled with creatures entirely hostile to Mario! There are no maids or servants from Mario’s Castle, who fled Wario’s invasion. There are no Toads or Toad houses to aid Mario in his quest. Mario is entirely alone in a Land that bears his name, but his name only. Once his only symbol of power, his castle, is gone, Mario is back where he began, all alone in this foreign land. All the material goods in the world could not fill the void of - wait I’m sorry I completely forgot a key detail of Mario Land 2’s plot is that Wario put all of Mario Land’s inhabitants under a spell! False alarm everyone!

Everyone in Mario Land is actually Super Nice actually and was just brainwashed by Wario, who has the power of dark magic. The Big Bird from Tree Zone and the Octopus from Turtle Zone, and also Spikey, they all love Mario and see him as their king. I was gonna say the Witch too, but it seems the witch was Wario’s friend. Or are they Wario’s minions? If so, where are the inhabitants of Mario Land? Are they in hiding? We never see them! Who does Mario rule over? Is Spikey a wild animal? A brainwashed citizen of Mario’s country? Or an ally of the wicked and greedy Wario?

And of course, we have to discuss the matter of the Mario Zone. Mario was not content with having a Land, he needed to have a Zone in that Land, which is also Mario! It is actually one big Mario, a mechanical automaton built in his likeness. Mario has always expressed an interest in making toys of himself, as we see in the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong series, so it stands to reason that his major construction project would be just that, but bigger! 

Or maybe the Mario Zone always existed, before Mario came to Mario Land. Maybe it’s named Mario Land because one of its most famous natural formations is a giant wind-up toy that looks like Mario! And Mario’s Castle is named that by coincidence. I don’t know! I don’t have answers to any questions, ever! I literally don’t know anything! I’m going to bed!

Just kidding! I’m not going to bed. This post is a bit, um... rambly. But I thought it would be a shame to conclude it without appreciating how whimsical Mario Land is as a whole! There is a giant pumpkin with haunted woods inside it! There is a hippo that takes you to space! There is a turtle that swallows you and takes you underwater to a whale! There is a house that is just kind of a normal house but forces you to be really small to enter it! But I probably don’t need to tell you all that! It’s kind of what makes SML2 so wonderful! 

Would YOU live in Mario land? Would you want a monarchy as long as Super Mario is your benevolent ruler? What do you think of the giant turtle? Please let us know what you think of the giant turtle in the comments below. I don’t know. 

[lumsparko]

I think there's something wrong with my copies of Mario Land 2 and 3

[pownicmania5000]

Flower Princess anniversary

Happy 35th anniversary to Daisy and Super Mario Land!

[polygon1993]

[thepipeplaza]

Fact: Princess Daisy is the ruler of Sarasaland, a region consisting of four distinct kingdoms, each with their own distinct cultures and denizens - the desert Birabuto Kingdom, the coastal Muda Kingdom, the rocky Easton Kingdom, and the bamboo-filled Chai Kingdom.

[suburbanoni]

Purple Manlet from Space

[darkonius64]

yea i make stuff with smbx sometimes still!!!

mario land 4 real

[video-game-trivia]

The Game Boy Colour's main selling point was its ability to display colour. But, it wasn't just able to do this for new games. If you inserted an original Game Boy game, it would be updated with colour.

[craniodedragao]

Wario 30th Anniversary

Art made for Wario 30th anniversary

[mechinodermata]

mario land enemies

[thesebahat2]

💚💚--Just keep playing my hero, I'm your favorite game--💚💚

💚💚💚 I M A K E Y O U H A P P Y 💚💚💚

[cosmicsponge2004]

[galacticnova37]

Some early timeline/ classic designs for the main 4! These designs have various references to different things so if you can spot some of them then ily /p

[pownicmania5000]

Daisy having a relaxing day with her little friend, Biokinton, in the deserts of Birabuto!

This was created for Super Mario Land's anniversary a few months ago, but I never bothered to post it to Tumblr until now. Probably one of my favorite pieces I created, and I wanted to give some lesser known Mario characters some spotlight. Also, Daisy's outfit here is my own original design that's her main one in my upcoming Mario project!

[swaggerblonde]

Swagger Blonde Let's Plays Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins Super Game Boy Part 3 Tree Zone