Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

North American box art.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is a platform action game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy and released on 1992-10-21. The Super Game Boy supports the game. It is part of the Super Mario series and the sequel to Super Mario Land.

Personal

I played the game on an emulator to see what it was like and ended up beating the entire game on my first attempt in the 2010s.

I own a loose cart of the game.

Review

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Best Version: Game Boy

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The graphics are pretty great for a Game Boy game.
• Each of the various land themes across the island are well designed.
• The game is surprisingly large for a Game Boy title.
• Wario is a really creepy end boss.

Bad

• The majority of the game is too easy, but the final stage is extremely difficult. The first time I played, I made it all the way to the final and had amassed 99 lives. However, by the time I had beaten the final boss, I was down to about 30 lives! Part of that was over-confidence due to have 99 lives and rushing through it, but, after about 10 lost lives, I began to take it seriously, and it still took forever.
• I actually don't care much for the game's soundtrack and see it as inferior to the first game.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

Box Art

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  The original Japanese box. The at is great, nice and cartoony, and it depicts a lot of the game's content. Though, I don't care much for the gray box layout.

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  The USA box uses the same art, though it shows a bit more on top and is cropped on the sides. The gray backdrop is replaced with the Game Boy logo, which I prefer, and the lettering is a bit more thematic.

Documentation

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  Manual - USA.

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  Manual - USA - Rev 1.

Maps

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  Overworld.

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  Tree Zone 1.

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  Tree Zone 2.

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  Tree Zone 3.

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  Tree Zone 4.

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  Tree Zone 5.

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  Tree Zone Special.

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  Space Zone 1.

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  Space Zone 2.

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  Space Zone Special.

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  Macro Zone 1.

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  Macro Zone 2.

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  Macro Zone 3.

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  Macro Zone 4.

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  Macro Zone Special.

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  Pumpkin Zone 1.

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  Pumpkin Zone 2.

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  Pumpkin Zone 3.

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  Pumpkin Zone 4.

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  Pumpkin Zone Special 1.

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  Pumpkin Zone Special 2.

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  Mario Zone 1.

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  Mario Zone 2.

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  Mario Zone 3.

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  Mario Zone 4.

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  Turtle Zone 1.

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  Turtle Zone 2.

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  Turtle Zone 3.

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  Turtle Zone Special.

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  Hippo.

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  Mushroom House.

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  Misc.

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  Wario's Castle.

Videos

Son of a Glitch.

Retro Game Mechanics Explained.

Longplay.

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There aren't any women.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There aren't any women.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	Everyone is white.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Titles

Language	Native	Transliteration	Translation
English	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Japanese	スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨	Supa Mario Rando Tsu: 6 Muttsu no Kinka	Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins

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