Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
Game by Nintendo
Reviewed by BigBadBar
kummel@erols.com
Release Date: 1994
System: Game Boy, Super, and Color
Perhipherals: none
Genre: platformer
Multiplayer: none
Price Paid: 20 bucks
New or Used: New

Reason of purchase: I wanted another plataformer and Wario is my favorite character of all time


Gameplay Department 

Originality: It's Mario, only 100% different. You have to go through all 30- something levels
to beat the bad guys so you can get a castle. You go searching for treasures all over the land,
and instead of just your average mushroom and flower, you have 5 different Warios. Small Wario,
Jet Wario, Bull Wario, Average Wario and Dragon Wario. It all depends in what hat you are wearing.
(*** out of 3 stars)

Fun Factor: This game has fun written all over it. Body slam is one million times better, easier
than jumping on the enemies. There is no mistake to it! By the way, Unlike Wario Land 2, this
game you can die! (***** out of 5 stars)

Controls: Your average control for Gameboy. Easy, Quick and responsive (**** out of 4 stars)

StoryLine: Hilarious. You have to get the princess's statue from the bad guys to... sell it back
to the royal family so Wario can make a castle for himself "That sill be way bigger than Mario's
pathetic excuse for a castle. Ga, ha, ha, ha...!" ( * out of 1 star)

Replay Value: It's a platformer, but it has a ton of replay value. With multiple endings and 
stuff to search all over the game, this game will last a long time (***** out of 5 stars)

Addiction: Well, It's not VERY addictive, but it will make you go back to play again
( * out of 2 stars)

Frustration: This game only frustrates me every now and so. You won't die in the same place very
often, but sometimes you will (* out of 2 stars)

Variety: The minigames are somehow a mixed bag. The bucket one sucks major ass, but the bombing
one is one of the coolest minigames yet. Tons of different enemies and a few different versions
of Wario make this game very cool and with lots of variety (*** out of 3 stars)

Others: This game is very funny. The names are hilarious. Captain Syrup, Brown Sugar Pirates,
what a tasty game! ( ** out of 3 stars)

Challenge: Some people might think is a tad easy, but the real challenge is to find all
the treasures ( **** out of 5 stars)

Total= 28 out of 33


Graphics Department

Animation: I only played it on GBC and the animation seems very smooth. ( ***** out of 5 stars)

Background Detail: The island map is great but the background on levels are weak and didn't got 
much attention. ( ** 3 stars)

Character Detail: Wario and it's enemies are surprisingly detailed. ( **** out of 4 stars)

Colors(where possible) : For a game this old, it really takes advantage of Game Boy Color. Wario
is almost as colorful as in WLII, which is VERY good, for a game this old. Enemies are colored
very well also. I am very impressed with this game! ( *** out of 3 stars)

Others: none ( ** out of  2 stars)

Total= 16 out of 17


Sound Department

Sound Effects: The sound effects are your average Gameboy sounds... they are great, but nothing
too good. ( **** out of 5 stars )

Music: It is great, but Wario Land II's are much better( **** out of  5 stars )

Voice ( where possible): not possible  ( *** out of3 stars)

Others: none ( ** out of  2 stars)

Total: 13 out of 15


Buying Guide

Buy it if: You like platformers and you love Wario. And If you like long-lasting gmaes

Don't buy it if: If you don't like platformers. 

Reasons to buy: Wario, price, colors, pretty much everything

Reasons not to buy: too many platformers out already ???

Is it worth the price?: Hell yes!

Final Judge


Improve: See Wario Land 2

Final Comments:

Overall Score ( Not the average of scores above) 87%


Gameplay Tips: None.....