Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario 3D Land is the second 3D Super Mario platformer for a handheld device, and the successor to Super Mario Galaxy 2. The game is closely based on side-scrolling Mario games, as it combine elements…
Super Mario 3D Land is an adventure developed by Brownie Brown, released 3 November 2011 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 46 hrs to finish.
What Super Mario 3D Land is
Super Mario 3D Land is an adventure game developed by Brownie Brown and released in 2011. It was published by iQue. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the Mushroom Kingdom, there stands a mysterious tree. It has a branch in the shape of a tail and is known as the Tail Tree. One night, a fierce storm assails the Mushroom Kingdom. Worried for the Tail Tree, Princess Peach goes to check on it, but when morning arrives, she has yet to return. Accompanied by Toads, Mario rushes to the Tail Tree only to find its leaves are gone. All that remains is the bare Tail Tree and an envelope. Inside the envelope, they find a photograph of Princess Peach in Bowser’s grasp! The Toads are beside themselves. Bowser is up to his dirty deeds again, so Mario rushes off to rescue Princess Peach!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Super Mario 3D Land is the 57th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. It arrived a year after Super Mario Galaxy 2. The next entry was Mario Kart 7 in 2011. Its critic score of 90 is 16 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Super Mario 3D Land holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 395 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 46 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Super Mario 3D Land launched on 3 November 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Minecraft: Java Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Mario 3D Land yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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