Editing Dinosaur Land

{{location infobox
|image=[[File:SMW Art - Dinosaur Land.png|275px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''
|inhabitants=[[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s, [[Rex]]es, [[Dino Rhino|Dino-Rhino]]s, [[Reznor]], [[Cave People]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]'' (2018)
}}
'''Dinosaur Land''', also known as '''Dinosaur Island''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|language=en-us|archive=web.archive.org/web/20020214130231/http://www.gameboy.com/smw/flash.html|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' official site|publisher=Nintendo of America|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref> is an archipelago inhabited by [[dinosaur]]s and the region where [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] go on a vacation to in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Dinosaur Land generally has a lush, green appearance to it, along with several hills. It also has some mountains, caves, a forest area, and an underground valley. There is almost no industrialization on Dinosaur Land except for [[Ghost House]]s, and the [[fortress]]es and [[castle]]s set up by [[Bowser]] and the [[Koopalings]].

==History==
===''Super Mario World''===
[[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s are notable inhabitants of Dinosaur Land and live in the first [[world]], [[Yoshi's Island]]. Despite its name, several of Dinosaur Land's inhabitants are not dinosaurs, such as [[Dolphin]]s and [[Swoop]]ers. Other dinosaurs found on the island include [[Blargg]]s, [[Dino Rhino|Dino-Rhino]]s, [[Dino-Torch]]es, [[Eerie]]s, [[Rex]]es, and [[Reznor]]s.

The [[Shogakukan]] guide for ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'' features an origin story for Dinosaur Land. In the ancient past, an active volcano in the middle of the islands located in the southern seas rendered the dinosaurs living there extinct. Tens of thousands of years later, five shooting stars (implied to be the [[Star Road (Super Mario World)|Star Road]]) came from the light of [[Star World]] one night, and one of them knocked the top half of a [[Yoshi's Egg|fossilized egg]] to its lower half inhabited by contemporary monsters, resulting in [[Yoshi]] hatching. These events also resulted in the resurrection of other dinosaurs, and the islands came to be known as Dinosaur Land.<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=February 1, 1992|isbn=4-09-104196-5|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ヨッシーのたまご」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – [[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi's Egg]]'')|page=[[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan P4.jpg|4]], [[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan P5.jpg|5]], [[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan P6.jpg|6]], [[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]], [[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan P8.jpg|8]], [[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan P9.jpg|9]], [[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan 10.jpg|10]], [[:File:Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan 11.jpg|11]]|language=ja}}</ref>

[[File:SMW SMA2-Dinosaur Land Map Artwork.png|thumb|200px|A labeled map of Dinosaur Land, as seen on a folded flyer included with ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''.]]
The worlds and areas located on Dinosaur Land are shown on a folded map that was included with copies of ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''. The first seven worlds take place in Dinosaur Land:
{{columns|count=2|
*[[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]] 
*[[Donut Plains]]
*[[Vanilla Dome]]
*[[Twin Bridges]]
*[[Forest of Illusion]] 
*[[Chocolate Island]]
*[[Valley of Bowser]]
}}

These are the prominent locations of Dinosaur Land:
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*[[Yoshi's House]]
*[[Kappa Mountain]]
*[[Vanilla Dome|Vanilla Heights]]
*[[Soda Lake]]
*[[Cookie Mountain]]
*[[Sunken Ghost Ship]]}}

===''Super Mario World'' animated series===
[[File:DinosaurLandSMWCartoon.png|thumb|left|Dinosaur Land in the ''Super Mario World'' show]]
{{quote|I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Lands of Dinosaur World, and to the repulsiveness for which he stands: [[Bowser|one Koopa]] underground, reprehensible, with lizards and [[Goomba]]s for all.|Princess Toadstool, Yoshi, Oogtar, and the Cave Kids (first sentence), Hip and Hop Koopa (second sentence)}}
Dinosaur Land is the main setting in every episode of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series. Throughout the show, Dinosaur Land is mostly referred to as '''Dinosaur World''' (except by [[Bowser|King Koopa]] in "[[Send in the Clown]]").

Unlike the game ''Super Mario World'', Dinosaur World's main inhabitants consist of [[Cave People]], and there is only one [[Yoshi]] that lives there. The Cave People lack technology, although they managed to have built at least one city, [[Dome City]]. Throughout the show, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] have tried to introduce modern culture to Dinosaur Land's inhabitants.

In "[[A Little Learning]]" [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] opens a school. The episode reveals that Dinosaur World has a flag, which is red with blue and yellow stripes. A light blue circle with a green dinosaur is in the center of the flag. The school day starts with the characters pledging to the Dinosaur Land flag; the pledge largely parodies the [[United States of America|United States]]' {{wp|Pledge of Allegiance}}. Princess Toadstool, Yoshi, and the Cave People say the first part of the pledge. Hip and Hop Koopa interrupt them by making up the second part of the pledge, which is about [[Bowser|King Koopa]] and his minions.

In "[[Mama Luigi]]", Luigi tells Yoshi that Mario and Peach, along with himself, had come to Dinosaur Land to stop King Koopa. He explains that they had succeeded at banishing King Koopa and his Koopalings from the Mushroom Kingdom and celebrated by taking a vacation in Dinosaur Land, only to see that King Koopa had relocated there.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===
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[[File:YoshiVillageAdventures.png|thumb|300px|Yoshi Village in ''Super Mario Adventures'']]
Dinosaur Land is featured in the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic. It is the first location that Mario and Luigi travel to through the [[Warp Pipe]] in pursuit of Bowser.<ref>''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' Issue 2</ref> Upon meeting [[Yoshi]] and discovering that he is friendly, the brothers follow him back to [[Yoshi Village]], which has him as its "Chairman of the Dinosaur Chamber of Commerce". A human named [[Friendly Floyd]] also resides there and sells the Mario Bros. ''Acme's Yoshi Language Learner'' for 10 coins.<ref>''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' Issue 3</ref>

At the end of the story, Yoshis trapped in eggs are freed from the basement of Bowser's Castle. Mario and Luigi ride them and lead a stampede of Yoshis to trample over Bowser's army, eat the wedding cake, sending Bowser falling to his defeat.<ref>''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' Issue 12</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW-Dinosaur Land Map JP.jpg|Japanese ''Super Mario World'' manual, folded out on the map side
SMW SMA2-Protional Flyer.png|The denizens of Dinosaur Land
Dinosaur Land SMW map.png|A complete map of Dinosaur Land from ''Super Mario World''
Yoshi'sIslandSMW.png|[[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]]
DonutPlains.png|[[Donut Plains]]
VanillaDome.png|[[Vanilla Dome]]
VanillaDomeB.png|Beyond [[Vanilla Secret 1]]
SMW Twin Bridges map.png|[[Twin Bridges]]
ForestOfIllusion.png|[[Forest of Illusion]]
ForestOfIllusionOutside.png|Outside the Forest of Illusion
SMW Chocolate Island map.png|[[Chocolate Island]]
ValleyOfBowser.png|[[Valley of Bowser]]
Dinosaur World Flag.png|Princess Toadstool and her class pledge to Dinosaur Land's flag, as seen in the ''Super Mario World'' episode "[[A Little Learning]]".
</gallery>

==Media==
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|file1=SMW Donut Plains Map Theme.oga
|title1=[[Donut Plains]]
|description1=The theme that plays on the main overworld map in ''[[Super Mario World]]''
|file2=MIM SNES Main Theme.oga
|title2={{conjectural|Title}}
|description2=Title theme in ''[[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]'', which is an arrangement of "Donut Plains" from ''Super Mario World''.
}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|恐竜|きょうりゅう}}ランド
|JapR=Kyōryū Rando
|JapM=Dinosaur Land
|ChiS=恐龙大陆
|ChiSR=Kǒnglóng Dàlù
|ChiSM=Dinosaur Land
|ChiT=恐龍樂園<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/interview/aqmxa|title=開發人員的訪談 : 超級瑪利歐兄弟 驚奇｜任天堂|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=October 20, 2023}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Kǒnglóng Lèyuán
|ChiTM=Dinosaur Land
|Fre=Dinosaur Land
|FreN=''Super Mario World''
|FreM=Dinosaur Land
|Fre2=Dino-Land
|Fre2N=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''
|Ger=Dinosaurierland<ref>{{cite|title=German ''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|url=archive.org/details/super-mario-world-snes-spielanleitung/page/n1/mode/2up|page=19|date=1992|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ger2=Yoschis Insel<ref>{{cite|title=German ''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|url=archive.org/details/super-mario-world-snes-spielanleitung/page/n9/mode/2up|page=19|date=1992|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ger2N=SNES ''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet
|GerM=Dinosaur Land
|Ger2M=[[Yoshi's Island]]. The name is used as the section title of an overview of the entire Dinosaur Land.
|Ita=Paese dei dinosauri<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' Italian instruction booklet|page=2}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Super Mario World''
|Ita2=Terra dei Dinosauri<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=51}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Super Mario World'' cartoon, ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Ita3=Dinosaur Land<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' European instruction booklet|page=104|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|date=2002}}</ref>
|Ita3N=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''
|ItaM=Dinosaur land
|Ita2M=Dinosaur Land
|Por=Terra do Dinossauro<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210719091730/https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/manuais/super_mario_world_br.pdf|deadlink=y|title=''Super Mario World'' Brazilian instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=2}}</ref>
|PorM=Dinosaur Land
|Por2=Dinossaurolândia<ref>{{cite|title=[https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_2X_634289-MLB75372585726_042024-F.webp ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' folded flyer] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}</ref>
|Por2M=Dinosaur land
|Por3=O Mundo dos Dinossauros
|Por3N=''Super Mario World'' television series
|Por3M=Dinosaur World
|Rom=Lumea dinozaurilor
|RomN=''Super Mario World'' television series
|RomM=Dinosaur world
|Spa=País de los Dinosaurios<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' European instruction booklet|page=84}}</ref>
|SpaM=Dinosaur Country
|Spa2=Tierra de los Dinosaurios
|Spa2N=''Super Mario World'' television series
|Spa2M=Dinosaur Land
}}

==Trivia==
*In issue 4/1992 of the official German ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' magazine, it is noted that Dinosaur Land is located somewhere in the {{wp|Pacific Ocean}}.
*[[Dinohattan]] of the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film was inspired by Dinosaur Land, although it takes more from the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and [[Subcon]].<ref>{{cite|quote=We knew the game and we knew one of its areas was Dino World, so we thought that it would be a great place to go into.|author=Morton, Rocky|title=''Dinosaur Magazine''|publisher=Starlog Telecommunications, Inc.|language=en-au}}{{page needed}}</ref>
*A sign in the [[Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'' mentions that Dinosaur Land has a governor named B. Ron Tosaur.
*A near-complete recreation of the Dinosaur Land map is featured in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack for [[Minecraft]].

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