Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins was released for the Game Boy in Japan on 21 October 1992. Nintendo R&D1 developed it, with Hiroji Kiyotake and Takehiko Hosokawa directing and Gunpei Yokoi producing; Kazumi Totaka composed the music. The game is best known as Wario's debut: he appears here as the villain.
Its 32 levels are spread across themed zones that can be played in any order, and each zone's boss guards one of the six Golden Coins. The Magic Carrot turns Mario into Bunny Mario, and Fire Mario wears a feather in his cap so he can be told apart on the monochrome screen. It was also the first Mario game on a portable system with a save feature.
The game returned on the 3DS Virtual Console in 2011 and on Nintendo Switch Online in February 2023. The two re-releases are based on different production versions of the cartridge.12
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | Game Boy | Nov 2, 1992 | Nintendo | 1 |
| JP | スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨Sūpā Mario Rando Tsū Muttsu no Kinka | Game Boy | Oct 21, 1992 | Nintendo | 1 |
| EU | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coinsreleased in the UK earlier, on 28 November 1992 | Game Boy | Jan 28, 1993 | Nintendo | 1 |
| AU | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | Game Boy | Mar 12, 1993 | Nintendo | 1 |
| WW | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsVirtual Console in North America and PAL regions; the 3DS eShop has since closed | Nintendo 3DS | Sep 29, 2011 | Nintendo | 1 |
| JP | スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨Sūpā Mario Rando Tsū Muttsu no KinkaVirtual Console | Nintendo 3DS | Oct 12, 2011 | Nintendo | 1 |
| KR | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsVirtual Console | Nintendo 3DS | Jun 1, 2016 | Nintendo | 1 |
| WW | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsNintendo Switch Online (Game Boy library); 9 February 2023 in Japan | Switch | Feb 8, 2023 | Nintendo | 1 |
Also known as: スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨 JP2Sūpā Mario Rando Tsū Muttsu no Kinka JP2
Box art by region
NA Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 
EU Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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Bug fixEarly cartridgesLater cartridges
Early cartridges contain glitches that can freeze the game in some bug stages; later production versions fixed them.2
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Bug fix3DS Virtual ConsoleNintendo Switch Online
The 3DS Virtual Console release is based on the early version, so the map-return glitch tricks work there; the Nintendo Switch Online release uses the later version, where they do not.2
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DifficultyAll versions
An Easy mode reduces the number of enemies and slows down the bosses and the mechanisms in Wario's castle.2
Translations
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English Official
Nintendo1992Game Boy · Japanese versionReleased · complete
The English version was released in North America in November 1992 and in Europe and Australia in early 1993.1
Where to play legally today
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Nintendo Switch Online Subscription
Reception
About 11.18 million copies were sold worldwide, 2.6 million of them in Japan, making it the fifth best-selling Game Boy game. It topped Famitsu's sales chart in November 1992, and Nintendo Power gave it its Best Overall Game award for the Game Boy.1
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Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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