

Instead of deploying acrobatics like Mario, Wario relied on his brute strength and the ability to sport various hats that gave him different powers, such as a dragon hat that spewed fire. This game played differently than the first two games, because Wario brought his own style with him. It takes place directly after Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, in which Wario sets out to earn as much gold as humanly possible, so he can buy his own castle and rub it in Mario's face. When conquered by Mario, he reverted to a " tiny" form, and escaped out the window to search for better treasures.Īnd search for them he did, as he landed a starring role in the third game in the series, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.

Wario charges at his opponent with his shoulder, and crashes to the floor butt first, which became staple moves for the character in future games. In a three-part battle, Wario uses the same power-ups that Mario had access to throughout the game, and adds his own abilities to the mix.

In the final showdown, Wario was revealed to look very much like Mario himself, except fatter, more muscular, slightly shorter, and with a big, bulbous nose that had a jagged, pointy mustache jutting out of it. When he arrives, he discovers that his castle has been taken over by his antagonistic, greedy counterpart, Wario, and he must retrieve the 6 Golden Coins hidden around the land to get his home back, while Tatanga's appearance as a boss in one of the levels provided possible hints that Wario could have been behind the events of the original Super Mario Land. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins takes place directly after the first game, when Mario comes home after defeating the evil alien Tatanga. Mario's 8-bit adventure was so successful that three years later, a sequel arrived.

When Nintendo launched the Game Boy handheld system in 1989, Gunpei Yokoi's Super Mario Land launched with it.
