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Super Mario Land is a 1989 side-scrolling platformer for the Game Boy, developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo as a launch title. Mario travels through 12 levels in four worlds of Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy from the alien Tatanga. It replaces fireballs with bouncing Superballs, includes two forced-scrolling shooter stages, and unlocks a harder mode after completion.

How To Play Super Mario Land

Control Action
D-Pad Left / Right Walk
A Jump (hold for a higher jump)
B (hold) + D-Pad Run
B (with Superball Flower) Throw a bouncing Superball
D-Pad Down Crouch (as Super Mario); enter pipes
D-Pad (Marine Pop / Sky Pop stages) Steer the submarine or plane
A or B (Marine Pop / Sky Pop stages) Fire torpedoes or missiles
A (bonus game) Stop the ladder lottery to win lives or a flower
START Start / pause

About Super Mario Land

Release date NA: August 1, 1989
EU: September 1990
JP: April 21, 1989
Developer Nintendo R&D1
Publisher Nintendo
Platform Game Boy
Genre Platform
Series Super Mario (Super Mario Land sub-series)
Modes Single-player
Also known as Sūpā Mario Rando (Japan)

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