SUPER MARIO LAND (Game Boy, 1989)

An adventure so epic Mario has to duplicate himself twice on the box!

“Welcome, and enter the center

Of my Super Mario adventure

A girl is trapped on the other side of town

So I'm moving in leaps and bounds

Folks around my way think I'm strange

But there's a villain to blame

Even my ma, she thinks I'm crazy

But I've got to rescue Daisy”

- Ambassadors of Funk, “Supermarioland”

Pretend there's a green filter over every screenshot for the full Game Boy effect
(source for all images is mariowiki.com, as usual)

The Facts

Release Date: April 21, 1989 (Japan), July 31, 1989 (USA)

Original Platform: Game Boy

Director: Satoru Okada

Producer: Gunpei Yokoi

Also Playable On: Virtual Console (3DS)

SUPER MARIO BEYOND: THE SUPER MARIO BROS. SUPER SHOW! (TV, 1989)

 

Nothing like the voice of the greatest tag-team manager of all time coming from your favorite video game character to clue you in to the fact you're in for something special

“Hey, paisanos! It's The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”

- Mario

This is a section of the blog titled "Super Mario Beyond", where we'll cover parts of this franchise that don't belong to the main series of platformer video games!

And this first entry in "Super Mario Beyond" is the 1989 animated/live-action TV series: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 

The Facts

Air Date: September 4-December 1, 1989

Channel: First-run syndication

Executive Producer: Steve Binder, Andy Heyward

Episodes: 65 (130 total segments)

Currently Available On: WildBrain's Cartoon Super Heroes YouTube Channel