Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |
|---|---|
North American box art | |
| Developer | Nintendo R&D1 |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Directors | Hiroji Kiyotake Takehiko Hosokawa |
| Producer | Gunpei Yokoi |
| Designers | Hiroji Kiyotake Takehiko Hosokawa Kenichi Sugino |
| Programmers | Masaru Yamanaka Yuguru Ozawa Isao Hirano Yoshinori Katsuki |
| Composers | Ryoji Yoshitomi Kozue Ishikawa |
| Series | Wario Super Mario |
| Platform | Game Boy |
| Release | |
| Genre | Platform |
| Mode | Single-player |
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, known in Japan as Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land, is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. A spin-off of the Mario series, it follows Wario, the antagonist of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992), as he travels around an island in an attempt to find the treasures necessary to purchase his own castle. The player traverses through side-scrolling levels, avoiding obstacles and jumping between platforms, while collecting coins and treasure in order to progress.
Wario Land received positive reviews from critics, lauding its length and aesthetic quality, though it garnered mixed opinions on the game's difficulty. It sold more than five million copies and established the Wario series of spin-offs and sequels. The game was re-released for the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console.