Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
North American box art
Developer(s)Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Hiroji Kiyotake
Takehiko Hosokawa
Producer(s)Gunpei Yokoi
Designer(s)Hiroji Kiyotake
Takehiko Hosokawa
Kenichi Sugino
Programmer(s)Masaru Yamanaka
Yuguru Ozawa
Isao Hirano
Yoshinori Katsuki
Composer(s)Ryoji Yoshitomi
Kozue Ishikawa
SeriesWario
Super Mario
Platform(s)Game Boy
Release
  • JP: January 21, 1994
  • NA: March 13, 1994
  • EU: April 28, 1994
  • AU: July 9, 1994
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. The player controls Wario as he travels around an island in an attempt to find treasures to purchase his own castle. Wario traverses a series of levels which are filled with treasure and coins that can be collected to help progress.

Wario Land received positive reviews from critics, lauding its length and aesthetic quality, though it garnered mixed opinions on the game's difficulty. It sold more than five million copies and established the Wario series of spin-offs and sequels. The game was re-released for the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console.