It probably won’t surprise you that it was developed by Gunpei Yokoi's R&D1 instead of Miyamoto's EAD team, but when Yokoi's crew worked on the sequel subtitled 6 Golden Coins, they decided to take some cues from games like Mario 3, and created a game that was more familiar, yet still had a unique feel.
All the sound effects are strange, it has horizontal-scrolling shooter levels, and strange power-ups and enemies. The first Super Mario Land is a fine game, but it's also weird.
Platform(s): Game Boy, 3DS Virtual Console
