Mario Land 2

Let me tell you the tale of a 5 year old boy that was just garbage at this game. I vividly remember playing this game in 1st grade in school on my gameboy, I was never able to beat it, my friends were unsuccessful too. The auto-scroller space level was a task too difficult for some barely 6 year olds to over come.

So when I saw that this game was one of the games in released in the gameboy emulator that Nintendo provided post their February Direct, I knew it was time to make a 5 year old proud. When faced with that same space level I was shocked that the solution was so simple. It’s happy bird, you smash jump and you just float in air. Something my dumb child brain didn’t think to do. I crushed the game since this was a game for children, but I don’t care. Fuck it, I will enjoy the sweet taste of victory. Each zone has very specific aesthetics and they lean into them hard and it owns. Also the invincibility star theme is not the same but since this was my first Mario game it’s the one I resonate with.

In essence: it is such a weird Mario game it rules.