Favorite North American Game Boy launch game

[Mario_Friend1982 | 174]

What is your favorite North American Game Boy launch game and why?

Edited March 7, 2021 by Mario_Friend1982

[85Collector | 8]

Yeah for NES SMB is obvious, but here I'm going for Tetris. SML was ok, but the sequel was more like a real Mario game. Had SML 2 been a launch title, it would have been quite impressive 

[Dr. Morbis | 2,088]

Well this poll is a little more interesting since it'll be a bit of a two-way race rather than an absolute foregone conclusion (yeah, I know that Tetris will still win...)

[Tanooki | 4,933]

^I'm with him.

I voted Tetris too, pained me, but the reality of it all set in.

Super Mario Land has been a fun game I could beat from day one, and it takes under an hour so it's an awesome time and time again classic to easily go to and get some results for a fun run of accomplishment.  It's the king of the short game with an end to it.

Tetris though, let's be real, it never ends, you can only get better or perhaps peak and start to suck more as time goes along if you apply yourself far less.  Up until Mario Golf on GBC, it was my go to game, always sat in the system, kept the dust out, and kept me engaged so it was always Tetris +whatever came along with me.  I don't even want to guess at the hours put in, but far far far more than Mario Land.  That's why it wins.

[mideast | 144]

Am I the only one who didn't know the Castlevania Game Boy title is called Castlevania: The Adventure? And not The Castlevania Adventure?

I was looking it up as a launch title, but apparently it came out for Christmas '89

[a_profile_name | 230]

I really like sml. But I'm biased, it was the first Mario game I ever played, plus the first game I ever owned.

[RH | 4,903]

I almost voted with @PII.  Yes Tetris has considerably more lasting appeal, but I also had Alleyway for a general launch title, I loved it.  Tetris is just on another plateau, though.