Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Game Boy Color cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Game Boy Color
Wario Land 3
Wario Land 3, known in Japan as Wario Land 3: Mysterious Music Box, is a 2000 platform game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. The game's plot centers around Wario who must free a mysterious figure who is trapped inside a music box.
Platform
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 10.1 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Wario Land 3, known in Japan as Wario Land 3: Mysterious Music Box, is a 2000 platform game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. The game's plot centers around Wario who must free a mysterious figure who is trapped inside a music box. The game was released in Japan on March 21, 2000, Europe on April 14, 2000, and North America on May 30, 2000.
The game was later re-released for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2013, and as part of the Nintendo Classics service on February 8, 2023.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Game Boy Color Longplay [116] Wario Land 3, World-of-Longplays. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Wario Land
- Platforms
- Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ESRB
- E
- CERO
- A
- PEGI
- 3
- ACB
- G
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Color | Japan | 2000-03-21 |
| Game Boy Color | Europe / PAL | 2000-04-14 |
| Game Boy Color | North America | 2000-05-30 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Game Boy Color games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single player only, with no online features. The cartridge runs on any Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Game Boy Color cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 29 August 2013 On the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. Later in the Game Boy library of Nintendo Switch Online on 8 February 2023. |
| In the store to buy today | No The 3DS shop has closed. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes 3DS Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single player only. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale GameRankings Game Boy Color 90 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale GameSpot 9.8 10 IGN 9 10 Nintendo Power 8.2 10 Nintendo Life 9 10 Famitsu 33 40
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Nintendo R&D1 Publisher Nintendo Director Takehiko Hosokawa Producer Takehiro Izushi Designers Hiroji Kiyotake, Masahiko Mashimo, Masani Ueda, Isao Hirano, Shinya Sano Programmers Masaru Yamanaka, Katsuya Yamano, Nobuhiro Ozaki, Yoshinori Katsuki Composer Kozue Ishikawa
Notes for collectors
- Known in Japan as Wario Land 3: Mysterious Music Box; Wario must free a figure trapped inside a music box.
- 25 stages across four areas hold 100 treasures, each in a chest opened by a matching coloured key.
- Enemy attacks change Wario's form, and those changes open new paths.
- Sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Director
- Takehiko Hosokawa
- Released
- 2000-05-30
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 10.1 hours
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