Wario Land | 1st Oct, 2020 | 2:45hrs | rating: 2.5/5
Wario gets his own platforming adventure to find money.
GAMEPLAY: It controls okay for a Game Boy game, the jet powerup is fun, but overall it’s all quite slow and very simple. The only interesting part is finding the unique treasures that are scattered here and there.
AUDIOVISUALLY: Quite clean and timeless visuals, but the music is dull except for a few upbeat tracks.
STORY/PRESENTATION: It’s problematic that you don’t know what the goal is, until you see how your “castle” turns out at the very end. It does motivate you to go back and find all the treasure, but not enough for me this playthrough.
A handheld milestone back in 1994, but today there are hundreds of more interesting platformers out there.