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Mario Pinball Land GBA

Super Mario Ball is an unconventional pinball, with a story, tiny but full of obstacles boards and an amazing ball, which is a.... Mario himself! It was produced and published by Nintendo.

Arcade | pinball | Mario | Nintendo exclusive titles | singleplayer

Mario Pinball Land Release Date GBA

04October2004

developer: Nintendo publisher: Nintendo Official website

English language game language: English

When Bowser kidnaps Peach and escapes to another dimension, a scientist uses his Spherifier to transform Mario into a ball and fires him after the fiend.

Features

* Play through the varied worlds of the Mushroom Kingdom

* Collect Star Keys, defeat enemies, buy special items, and rack up the points as you rebound through dangerous locales full of familiar enemies

* Single-screen, 3-D isometric view

It's just a pinball game, right? Hardly. It's a flipping adventure. Mario rolls through different worlds. Instead of performing his signature jump on enemies, Mario just steamrolls them in ball form.

Each pinball arena contains a door to the next level. You must shoot Mario into the door to open it and then shoot him through the door to advance to the next level. Of course, all your favorite baddies from the Mario universe stand in the way of Mario and the door.

In some levels, Mario can roll through special openings to face a boss character or pick up bonuses. Every time you knock out a bad guy, it leaves behind a coin. With those coins, you earn points. Toad also appears occasionally and hosts a shop where you can buy items. Buying an extra pipe is nice in times of need, or maybe you'd rather have the mushroom to transform into a super Mario ball.

Mario can also earn other bonuses. Once you defeat enough opponents, a question mark sometimes appears in the middle of the level. Once Mario rolls into it, bonus items appear in a box. Press the A Button to win the item that appears in the box, like an extra pipe to keep Mario from rolling past the flippers. The item can even be something bad, such as a reduction in points.

The controls are very, very simple. You just control the flippers at the bottom of the screen. However, the gameplay is so addictive that it's tough to stop once you get on a roll.

Last updated on 10 December 2007

Game mode: single player  

User score: 6.1 / 10 based on 26 votes.

PEGI rating Mario Pinball Land

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty.
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