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When Nintendo released the Virtual Boy in 1995, they intended to release a full-fledged platformer starring Mario for it. A tech demo of '''''VB Mario Land''''' (originally known as ''Mario Adventure'') was shown at Winter CES 1995, featuring the first level. It was a 2D platformer like previous Mario games, but it also featured top-down view dungeons in a similar manner to ''The Legend of Zelda''.<ref>[http://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?u020g VB Mario Land at Planet Virtual Boy.] Retrieved 8 October '15.</ref> Judging by some in-game artwork, Wario would have been the antagonist. | |||
The game ended up being cancelled, probably due to the Virtual Boy's critical and commercial failure. However, one of the demo's features, a battle mode based on the arcade game ''Mario Bros.'', was developed into a full game, ''Mario Clash'', and released. | The game ended up being cancelled, probably due to the Virtual Boy's critical and commercial failure. However, one of the demo's features, a battle mode based on the arcade game ''Mario Bros.'', was developed into a full game, ''Mario Clash'', and released. | ||
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Revision as of 20:33, 13 September 2016
Screenshot of the tech demo.
Status: Lost
When Nintendo released the Virtual Boy in 1995, they intended to release a full-fledged platformer starring Mario for it. A tech demo of VB Mario Land (originally known as Mario Adventure) was shown at Winter CES 1995, featuring the first level. It was a 2D platformer like previous Mario games, but it also featured top-down view dungeons in a similar manner to The Legend of Zelda.[1] Judging by some in-game artwork, Wario would have been the antagonist.
The game ended up being cancelled, probably due to the Virtual Boy's critical and commercial failure. However, one of the demo's features, a battle mode based on the arcade game Mario Bros., was developed into a full game, Mario Clash, and released.
References
- ↑ VB Mario Land at Planet Virtual Boy. Retrieved 8 October '15.