Mario Pinball Land

While Mario and Princess Peach visit a funfair, Bowser appears to ruin it. With his lackeys, he steals Peach, and Mario must save her. He does this by using a machine that makes him spherical, allowing for the pinball action of the game.

Gameplay

In typical Mario fashion, Mario must explore different areas to reach his aim of saving the princess. There are 5 different worlds, consisting of an ice world, a desert world, the funfare area, a hilly area and, of course, Bowser's castle. To proceed, Mario must collect enough stars to open specific doors (Like Super Mario 64). There are 35 stars to collect. With a boss in each world, Mario has his work cut out for him.

Reception

Mario Pinball Land received average to poor reviews. The review collation site Game Rankings gave a score of 63% with a large amount of overall review scores lower than 65%.

Most reviews praised the excellent graphics, but criticized the game for being pointlessly difficult and having overall poor gameplay. IGN's review in particular criticized the gameplay for having "bad table layouts with an overwhelmingly annoying 'playfield reset' element". The review concluded that "the gameplay itself is far more flawed and annoying than it is fun to play".

Not all reviews were negative; GameSpot gave the game 7.5 out of 10, saying the game "combines Mario with pinball to create an interesting kind of adventure game".

Sequel

There is set to be a sequel released on the Wii console in the summer of 2010. It will be called Mario Pinball Wii.

References

1. ^ Mario Pinball Land Reviews
2. ^ IGN: Mario Pinball Land Review
3. ^ Mario Pinball Land for Game Boy Advance Review - Game Boy Advance Mario Pinball Land Review

External links

• Official website
• Mario Pinball Land at MobyGames