{"id":1182,"date":"2015-01-28T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:59:41","slug":"5-random-super-mario-land-facts-and-trivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/2015\/01\/28\/5-random-super-mario-land-facts-and-trivia\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Random Super Mario Land Facts and Trivia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get out your Game Boys and get ready for a road trip as we explore the 4th<\/sup> best selling Game Boy Game ever, Super Mario Land! Video at the bottom of the post!<\/p>\n

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Number 5 \u2013 Misleading Koopa Troopa\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the original game box and also in Nintendo\u2019s Eshop, the description of this game includes the enthralling selling point of Koopa Troopa\u2019s appearing. The turtle like enemies in the game aren\u2019t actually Koopa Troopa\u2019s though as the developers ran out of time when it came to reproducing the token ricochet effect of the shells on the Game Boy\u2019s hardware. The enemies that appear are actually called Bombshell Koopa\u2019s and don\u2019t reappear in any other games!<\/p>\n

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Number 4 \u2013 Missing Miyamoto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Super Mario Land was actually the first Mario game to be created without the help of Shigeru Miyamoto! Instead development was headed up by Nintendo R&D1 with Gunpei Yokoi as guiding producer. This could explain a few weird bits in the game and also perhaps why this is the only game where Princess Daisy plays the damsel-in-distress role.<\/p>\n

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Number 3 \u2013 Daisy Princess<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of Daisy, the instruction manual actually refers to her as \u201cDaisy Princess\u201d rather than \u201cPrincess Daisy\u201d. This is due to the Japanse version of her name, Deiji-Hime, puts the word \u201cDaisy\u201d before \u201cPrincess\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Number 2 \u2013 1-Up Replacement<\/strong><\/p>\n

When everything is black and white it can be hard to distinguish a 1 up from a regular shroom, because of the Game Boy\u2019s lack of colour the 1 up Mushrooms were replaced with hearts. Since the next iteration of Super Mario Land was also on the Game Boy It\u2019s no surprise that this heart shaped 1 up carried over into the sequel of the game too!<\/p>\n

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Number 1 \u2013 Brutal Enemies<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you read the game manual a little closer it sheds some gruesome light onto the origin of the enemies known as Honen. Apparently these critters are actually the undead skeletons of another enemy known as Torion\u2019s that have been eaten by the main villain of the game Tatanga! And you thought Goomba\u2019s were intense!<\/p>\n

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Prefer to watch and listen instead of read? Check out this post in Video form below!
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