SUPER MARIO 3D LAND
Company: Nintendo
Release: November 13, 2011
ESRB: E
November 13, 2011

Well, I finally got a copy of it. Let me first state that at least it's
 a little bit harder than I anticipated. I lost two lives in the 2 out
 of 3 worlds before the first castle. But it's fun. The levels are
 fixed course but in 3D, so you get a mix of Super Mario Bros. and
 Super Mario 64-type play. Oh yeah, and the Tanooki Suit is back,
 although I couldn't figure out how to change into a statue. And there
 is a time limit, like in New Super Mario Bros. Also making the
 transition from New Super Mario Bros. to 3D is the flag pole at the
 end of the stages. The graphics are great in this game. There's this
 point in 1-3 where you have to fall down a long ways to platforms, and
 before you fall to what could be certain doom, you can see stuff in
 the horizon. I also saw some new enemies. One Piranha plant in 1-2
 throws ink on the screen like the Blooper item in Mario Kart, which is
 really annoying because it was on a conveyor belt-type thing. So yeah,
 I recommend it, and it's really fun and all that, but imagine my
 disappointment when I pressed B and down on the joystick and didn't
 turn into a statue!
rating: 9/10