HYPERKNUX said:
I honestly didn't like that game as much as everyone else did. When I first got my Game Boy, I assumed that Super Mario Land would be exactly like Super Mario Bros. on the NES, but instead I got a game that was far too different. Turtles didn't act at all like they did in SMB, as they exploded rather than letting you kick them around. Fireballs were incredibly bad as they would bounce off into the sky rather than staying along the ground. Bowser was replaced with some dumb alien guy, and Peach was replaced with another damsel. The theming consisted of Egyptian/Eastern Island settings, something that does not fit in at all with the Mario universe. What were they thinking? The music wasn't even all that great, either - the underground bonus music reminded me of Humpty Dumpty.
Oh yeah, it only had twelve levels, as opposed to 32 in Super Mario Bros. Really, it wasn't up to par with my expectations.
Super Mario Land 2, on the other hand, was quite a fine game.