Like in pretty much all platformers if Mario collects 100 coins he gains a 1-Up, and once a hundred thousand points are scored Mario also secures an extra continue.

You can beat every boss in the game by physical attacks or pushing the button behind them with the exceptions of Biokinton (the cloud boss) or Tatanga (The mysterious spaceman). When you are playing as standard plain old Mario it's The 'A' button to jump and holding the B button to run, if you are piloting a vehicle like the Marine or Sky Pop then pressing 'B' will act as the fire button to blast away your foes. This was the first Super Mario game not to be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto or his counterparts in Nintendo EAD and was instead produced by a Nintendo R&D team headed up by Gunpei Yokoi who had previously been responsible for producing Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. This game saw not only the introduction of Princess Daisy into the Mario series for the first time but also introduced us to the Kingdom of Sarasaland. Super Mario Land bought the classic Mario platform games that we loved on our NES home console to a portable system for the first time acting as the launch title for the Game Boy. Quick links: Overview / Gameplay / Story / eShop release / Reception / Videos - Gameplay, Trailers & Commercials / Trivia / Reference & Information / Media

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