{"id":123390,"date":"2022-03-28T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-129462"},"modified":"2022-03-28T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:00:00","slug":"modder-creates-wario-land-super-mario-land-3-dx-for-game-boy-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/28\/modder-creates-wario-land-super-mario-land-3-dx-for-game-boy-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Modder Creates &#8216;Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 DX&#8217; For Game Boy Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/23aa73176b398\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/23aa73176b398\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/23aa73176b398\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"TAqx39ViGW4\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While nowadays the talk is always &#8220;what other Wii U games can we get on Switch&#8221;, perhaps in an earlier age kids on the playground talked about &#8220;what Game Boy games can we get ports of for the Color?&#8221;. Ok, maybe not, but it&#8217;s an interesting thought; of course, online communities of enthusiasts and modders do more than just wonder aloud about how native Game Boy Color versions of classic games would look.<\/p>\n<p>On sites like Romhacking.net there are modders embarking on some interesting projects, including &#8216;DX&#8217; entries in the Super Mario Land series. The first two games were already completed by <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.romhacking.net\/community\/3533\/\">toruzz<\/a>, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/wario_land_super_mario_land_3\">Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3<\/a> has had the same DX treatment, this time by user <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.romhacking.net\/community\/7376\/\">korxo<\/a>. Our contributor Gon\u00e7alo Lopes has been playing it and captured the video at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the modder&#8217;s description, giving a hat-tip to the work on the previous two DX mods for this series:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The first entry in the Wario Land series has been colorised with this hack.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t have the quality of the Mario Land color hacks, but it\u2019s still better than the monochrome version.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t run on a monochrome Game Boy, only on a Game Boy Color.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 did actually support the limited colour palette feature included on the Game Boy Color, though this mod aims specifically for the &#8216;DX&#8217; look that many of us know from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gbc\/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening_dx\">The Legend of Zelda: Link&#8217;s Awakening DX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s fun to see this sort of project come together, giving a glimpse of what could have been if Nintendo had put a big focus on more &#8216;DX&#8217; releases in the Game Boy era &#8211; many games, of course, had to make do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/08\/video_remembering_the_super_game_boy_for_snes\">Super Game Boy colour palettes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know what you think, as always, in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube While nowadays the talk is always &#8220;what other Wii U games can we get on Switch&#8221;, perhaps in an earlier age kids on the playground talked about &#8220;what Game Boy games can we get ports of for the Color?&#8221;. 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