Super Mario land 1 and 2 feel like such anomalies.

You should make a point to play em. At least the second one.
 
I will when I get the time :P
 
Good! Then you can experience the joy of the swimming cow fish
 
Glowsquid said:
I really could get behind a new Mario platformer by their successor (SPD 1). Aesthetically, it'd be a break from the stale pig*bleep* that is NSMB if nothing else.
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Yeah, seeing fire-breathing seahorses, Chai Kingdom, the ball level in Mario's crotch, and mythical Chinese vampire/zombies would be a refreshing change of style.

Not that I've played the game, but I'd love a remake even.
 
A remake with extra levels added in would be cool. The original games were so short that many of its enemies and gimmicks were used about once or twice at most.
 
Hopefully this gets made and it reintroduces Tatanga into the Mario franchise, and he stays this time.

Also I gotta say, Super Mario Land 2's overworld theme is amazing.

 
I like the Chai Kingdom theme the best, but it could use a few extra notes like in the fan covers.
 
Wittgenstein said:
Hopefully this gets made and it reintroduces Tatanga into the Mario franchise, and he stays this time.
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There is literally nothing of note to the guy at all. If it weren't for the fact he was a villain in a Mario game, nobody would care about him.
 
That somebody has really screwed priorities at Nintendo. Well even more than usual.
 
Wittgenstein said:
Hopefully this gets made and it reintroduces Tatanga into the Mario franchise, and he stays this time.

Also I gotta say, Super Mario Land 2's overworld theme is amazing.

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If only. Could have made sense to put him in Mario Galaxy game, he could be Rosalina's enemy and maybe steal lumas or something.

If find Super Mario Land one and two quite unique looking, and I used to think it was hard not to put Bowser's army on a Mario game.