Editing Super Mario Land (section)

=== Retrospective reviews ===
{{Video game reviews
| title = Retrospective reception
| GR = 78% (8 reviews)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/gameboy/585933-super-mario-land/index.html|title=Super Mario Land Review Score|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504101728/https://www.gamerankings.com/gameboy/585933-super-mario-land/index.html|archive-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>
| EuroG = 3DS: 7/10<ref name="Eurogamer: eStore" />
| IGN = 3DS: 7.5/10<ref name="IGN review" />
}}

''IGN''{{'}}s Lucas Thomas wrote that the protagonist, enemies, and overall game were shorter, and noted that Mario himself was just 12 pixels in height on the Game Boy's small screen. With this in mind, Thomas was concerned about player "eyestrain" in rereleases of the game.<ref name="IGN review" /> Still, ''IGN''{{'}}s Levi Buchanan thought the game made no compromises in its size reduction.<ref name="IGN: Bad" /> ''Complex''{{'}}s Gus Turner wrote that the graphics were "simple",<ref name="Complex: best" /> and ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' said the game was "ridiculously short".<ref name="ONM: 100 Best" /> ''Eurogamer'' reported that the game could be finished in under an hour.<ref name="Eurogamer: eStore" />

''Complex''{{'}}s Gus Turner wrote that the game had the fun, intuitiveness, and difficulty associated with the series.<ref name="Complex: best" /> [[Eurogamer|''Eurogamer''{{'}}s]] Chris Schilling called [[Hirokazu Tanaka]]'s soundtrack "surely one of the all-time greats",<ref name="Eurogamer: retrospective" /> and ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' said it was among the "greatest videogame music ever composed".<ref name="ONM: 100 Best" /> ''Eurogamer'' and ''Complex'' too complimented the music.<ref name="Eurogamer: eStore" /><ref name="Complex: best" />