20 Best Game Boy & Game Boy Colour Games Of All Time

Nintendo has always used Mario as a safety net.

Creating a kart racer for the SNES?

Throw Mario in there.

Making a Yoshi game?

Call it Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

You're going to make a game called Wario Land?

Nah, it's going to be called Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 even though Mario only makes a cameo right at the end of the game.

This isn't a third Super Mario Land game no matter what Nintendo tells you, it's the start of the Wario Land series, a group of offbeat, weird, amazing platformers starring somebody's favourite Mario character, Wario.

In Wario Land, you as Wario go on an adventure to steal a golden statue of Princess Peach to sell and become rich off of. On your adventure, you must steal every coin and treasure you see as in the end the richer you are the better home Wario will be able to afford.

Wario might be more known now for his WarioWare games but if you haven't tried a Wario Land game then just know that Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is a great place to start with the series.