NAME: Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
SYSTEM: Gameboy
MAKER: Nintendo
PRODUCER: I forgot, but for once it's NOT Miyamoto-kun
GENRE: Platform

GRAPHICS: 4. Only a little better than SML1
MUSIC: 3. Extremely 8-bit
FUN: 7. It did, after all, become a million-seller
REPLAY: 4. I don't know, but high scores just ain't worth it any more
DIFFICULTY: 5. Only the last level is even slightly hard
ENDING: 2. Oh, wow
STORYLINE: 4. Well, it introduced Wario, but... I don't know, too "Marioish" :^]
MULTIPLAYER: n/a
ORIGINALITY: 3. Wow, it has a world map
REALISM: 2. Definitely would've been a good Atari 5600 game
CONTROL: 2. Excruciatingly timed jumps
MATURITY: 4. Um... no problem

Dang, this thing's old! I mean, sorry, I couldn't help myself, but this really is a 
classic. If you're the kind of person who delights over playing the first three SMB games 
(the last one is still quite enjoyable nowadays, might I add), this is the game for you. 
Sure, it's not on par with Mario World or even SMB3, but it's still okay in its own right. 
I should note that it's a type of twisted that you can only get by stomping on a big evil 
version of Mario (both for the "War" in Wario, and the fact that the word "Warui" is Japan- 
ese for "evil") while wearing flying rabbit's ears. It's cheap, so what the heck, give it 
a try.

OVERALL: ***** 50%

Reviewed on 5/20/1999