 As a side @-@ scrolling platform game and the first in the Super Mario Land series , Super Mario Land is similar in gameplay to its forebears : as Mario , the player advances to the end of the level by moving to the right and jumping across platforms to avoid enemies and pitfalls . In Super Mario Land , Mario travels to Sarasaland to save Princess Daisy from <unk> , an evil <unk> . Two of the game 's twelve levels are " forced @-@ scrolling " <unk> @-@ style <unk> where Mario <unk> a submarine or airplane and fires projectiles towards oncoming enemies and bosses . Levels end with a <unk> challenge to reach an alternative exit located above the regular exit . The former leads to a bonus minigame that awards extra lives . 
