Virtual Boy Wario Land

Virtual Boy Wario Land
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Hiroji Kiyotake Hirofumi Matsuoka
Producer(s)	Gunpei Yokoi
Programmer(s)	Satoshi Matsumura
Composer(s)	Kazumi Totaka
Series	Wario
Platform(s)	Virtual Boy
Release	NA: November 1995 JP: December 1, 1995
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

Virtual Boy Wario Land^[a] is a 1995 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Virtual Boy. It stars Wario, who finds himself deep underground after stumbling upon a treasure-filled cave and must find his way back to the surface. Throughout the journey, the player explores and searches for items and power-ups while fighting enemies and defeating bosses. Wario has the ability to jump between the background and foreground at certain points, making use of Virtual Boy's stereoscopic 3D effect.

Virtual Boy Wario Land was developed by a large portion of Nintendo R&D1 staff involved. It was co-directed by Hiroji Kiyotake and Hirofumi Matsuoka and produced by Gunpei Yokoi. The music was composed by Kazumi Totaka, being his final project with R&D1. The game received generally favorable reception, particularly among retrospective commentators, receiving praise for its gameplay and utilization of 3D depth, but criticism focused on its short length. It is considered one of the best Virtual Boy games and its background gimmick served as inspiration for multiple titles, including Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) and Mutant Mudds (2012).
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