Super Mario Land

Super Mario Land was released in 1989 in the US, Japan and Europe as a launch title for the console. It is Mario's first hand-held outing, on the GameBoy, and features much of the same gameplay as earlier, console-based 2D Mario games. New aspects include flying and travelling underwater in a submarine, which are very similar to each other and have the ability to fire missiles/torpedos. Super Mario Land is relatively short compared to previous titles, with just 12 side-scrolling levels in all.

Worlds as well as individual levels vary by background and style, and all of the bosses featured are new to the Mario series, the final one being 'Tatanga', a spaceman inside his warship 'Pagosu'.

The storyline is a simple case of Daisy having been kidnapped, and Mario feeling the need to rescue her.

Super Mario Land has sold 18.14 million copies.