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''VB Mario Land'', also referred to as ''Mario Adventure'' or ''Mario Smash'',[{{Cite magazine|magazine=big.N|title=big.N Ausgabe 7-8/2000|language=de|volume=64|date=]July-August 2000|publisher=BriStein Verlag|location=[[Bochum]], Germany|editor-last=Wilmer|editor-first=Martin}}{{pg|19}}[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/mario-series-games-canceled/|title=The Mario Series: 10 Games That Were Canceled|last=Bajgrowicz|first=Brooke|date=July 25, 2019|website=[[TheGamer]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/super-mario/30-years-later-a-lost-mario-game-has-been-found-in-blood-red-screenshots-extracted-from-an-old-aol-file-library/|title=30 years later, a lost Mario game has been found – in blood-red screenshots extracted from an old AOL file library|last=McCrae|first=Scott|date=April 17, 2025|website=[[GamesRadar+]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}] is a name given to a cancelled unnamed ''Mario'' platformer game developed by Nintendo for the [[Virtual Boy]].[{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/news/559071/rare-virtual-boy-mario-land-screenshots-1995/|title=Internet detectives unearth rare screenshots of canceled Virtual Boy Mario Land|last=Walker|first=Ian|date=April 15, 2025|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}] The game was announced at Winter [[Consumer Electronics Show]] in January 1995, where attendants were able to watch a demo of a level in the game on modified [[Widescreen#Television|widescreen TVs]] and were given special [[3D glasses]] that replicated the Virtual Boy's 3D effects to view it,[{{Cite magazine|issue=70|page=29|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|publisher=[[Nintendo of America]]|issn=1041-9551|date=March 1995|title=Nintendo Power Issue 70}}] however, they were not allowed to play it or view it through the actual console.[{{Cite web|url=https://infoconsolas.com/categorias/32-bits/arqueologia-digital-vb-mario-land/|title=Arqueología digital: VB Mario Land|trans-title=Digital Archaeology: VB Mario Land|language=es|date=June 8, 2010|website=InfoConsolas|access-date=April 19, 2026}}] ''VB Mario Land'' would continue to be mentioned in an issue of [[Nintendo Power]] later that year,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/jamais-sorti-ce-jeu-mario-sur-le-virtual-boy-de-nintendo-refait-une-apparition-surprise-3050863318.html|title=Jamais sorti, ce jeu Mario sur le Virtual Boy de Nintendo refait une apparition surprise|trans-title=Never released, this Mario game for Nintendo's Virtual Boy makes a surprise reappearance|language=fr|last=Cagnard|first=Max|date=April 20, 2025|website=[[Gamekult]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/features/top-10-mario-facts-you-never-knew/|title=Top 10 Mario facts you never knew|last=Willington|first=Peter|date=August 17, 2012|website=[[Pocket Gamer]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}] the Virtual Boy becoming a commercial and critical failure is what is believed to be the cause of the game's cancelation.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/online-sleuths-discover-amazing-screenshots-of-lost-mario-land-virtual-boy-game|title=Online Sleuths Discover Amazing Screenshots Of Lost Mario Land Virtual Boy Game|last=Yarwood|first=Jack|date=April 16, 2025|website=[[Time Extension]]|access-date=April 19, 2026}}] |
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''VB Mario Land'', also referred to as ''Mario Adventure'' or ''Mario Smash'',[{{Cite magazine|magazine=big.N|title=big.N Ausgabe 7-8/2000|language=de|volume=64|date=July–August 2000|publisher=BriStein Verlag|location=[[Bochum]], Germany|editor-last=Wilmer|editor-first=Martin}}]{{pg|19}}[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/mario-series-games-canceled/|title=The Mario Series: 10 Games That Were Canceled|last=Bajgrowicz|first=Brooke|date=July 25, 2019|website=[[TheGamer]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/super-mario/30-years-later-a-lost-mario-game-has-been-found-in-blood-red-screenshots-extracted-from-an-old-aol-file-library/|title=30 years later, a lost Mario game has been found – in blood-red screenshots extracted from an old AOL file library|last=McCrae|first=Scott|date=April 17, 2025|website=[[GamesRadar+]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}] is a name given to a cancelled unnamed ''Mario'' platformer game developed by Nintendo for the [[Virtual Boy]].[{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/news/559071/rare-virtual-boy-mario-land-screenshots-1995/|title=Internet detectives unearth rare screenshots of canceled Virtual Boy Mario Land|last=Walker|first=Ian|date=April 15, 2025|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}] The game was announced at Winter [[Consumer Electronics Show]] in January 1995, where attendants were able to watch a demo of a level in the game on modified [[Widescreen#Television|widescreen TVs]] and were given special [[3D glasses]] that replicated the Virtual Boy's 3D effects to view it,[{{Cite magazine|issue=70|page=29|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|publisher=[[Nintendo of America]]|issn=1041-9551|date=March 1995|title=Nintendo Power Issue 70}}] however, they were not allowed to play it or view it through the actual console.[{{Cite web|url=https://infoconsolas.com/categorias/32-bits/arqueologia-digital-vb-mario-land/|title=Arqueología digital: VB Mario Land|trans-title=Digital Archaeology: VB Mario Land|language=es|date=June 8, 2010|website=InfoConsolas|access-date=April 19, 2026}}] ''VB Mario Land'' would continue to be mentioned in an issue of [[Nintendo Power]] later that year,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/jamais-sorti-ce-jeu-mario-sur-le-virtual-boy-de-nintendo-refait-une-apparition-surprise-3050863318.html|title=Jamais sorti, ce jeu Mario sur le Virtual Boy de Nintendo refait une apparition surprise|trans-title=Never released, this Mario game for Nintendo's Virtual Boy makes a surprise reappearance|language=fr|last=Cagnard|first=Max|date=April 20, 2025|website=[[Gamekult]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/features/top-10-mario-facts-you-never-knew/|title=Top 10 Mario facts you never knew|last=Willington|first=Peter|date=August 17, 2012|website=[[Pocket Gamer]]|access-date=April 17, 2026}}] the Virtual Boy becoming a commercial and critical failure is what is believed to be the cause of the game's cancelation.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/online-sleuths-discover-amazing-screenshots-of-lost-mario-land-virtual-boy-game|title=Online Sleuths Discover Amazing Screenshots Of Lost Mario Land Virtual Boy Game|last=Yarwood|first=Jack|date=April 16, 2025|website=[[Time Extension]]|access-date=April 19, 2026}}] |
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''VB Mario Land'' would have the player control Mario through levels that range between [[side-scrolling]] and [[Video game graphics#Top-down perspective|top-down overhead]] perspectives, with the latter segments featured a mechanic compared to early ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' titles.[{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]|page=62|issue=51|date=January 2010|publisher=[[Future plc]]|title=Official Nintendo Magazine 051 – On Top Of The World}}] |
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''VB Mario Land'' would have the player control Mario through levels that range between [[side-scrolling]] and [[Video game graphics#Top-down perspective|top-down overhead]] perspectives, with the latter segments featured a mechanic compared to early ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' titles.[{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]|page=62|issue=51|date=January 2010|publisher=[[Future plc]]|title=Official Nintendo Magazine 051 – On Top Of The World}}] |
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