Editing Sarasaland

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|ruler=[[Princess Daisy]]
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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
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'''Sarasaland''' is the setting for ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. The realm is a country ruled by [[Princess Daisy]], and consists of four separate countries referred to as kingdoms, which could also characterize Sarasaland as an {{wp|empire}}. Daisy is the only known ruler of the entirety of Sarasaland, although she has mentioned her father in games including ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' and ''[[Fortune Street]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario Land'' series===
In ''Super Mario Land'', Sarasaland, a normally peaceful country, is attacked by an evil space alien named [[Tatanga]], who hypnotizes the inhabitants, taking control over Sarasaland, and kidnaps Daisy. Mario returns peace to Sarasaland by rescuing Daisy and foiling Tatanga's conquest.

In the manual of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', it is revealed that [[Wario]] had used Tatanga's attack as a means to take over [[Mario's castle]] while Mario was saving Sarasaland.

===WarioWare series===
Sarasaland makes an appearance in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' in the [[Grow Wario Grow]] microgame where Wario has to get the [[Super Mushroom]] before Mario. The minigame reappears in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$]]''.
Additionally in ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' a new microgame features Sarasaland, in this microgame Mario must defeat an enemy throwing a [[Superball]] to him.

===Other===
Outside the Warioware series Sarasaland has not made an actual appearance in many years, and has since been reduced to mere-mentions in Daisy's profile-information for her game appearances, including ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' also briefly references Sarasaland: among all questions available in the [[M.P.I.Q.]] minigame, Toad can ask the [[Mario Party 3#Playable Characters|players]] who the princess of Sarasaland is. In ''[[Fortune Street]]'', Daisy's dialogue as well as the responses by the other characters frequently mention the country. Likewise, both the title and description for the event course [[Adventure in Sarasaland]] from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' mention Princess Daisy's country, as do her bios in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' and the official ''[[Super Mario Party]]'' website.<ref>''"The ruler of Sarasaland loves the thrill of the chase."''—[https://supermarioparty.nintendo.com/characters/ ''Super Mario Party'' official website, Characters section]. Retrieved September 30, 2018.</ref>

==General information==
===Name===
The name "Sarasaland" comes from the calico textiles imported by Portuguese traders from India to Japan during the Edo Period, becoming widely popular and known by their Portuguese name, "sarasa"<ref>http://www.kimonoboy.com/short_history.html</ref>. The particular variety of Calico textures imported into Japan were referred to in pre-modern Portuguese as ''saraça'' (transliterated into Japanese as サラサ ''sarasa'') and are known in modern Portuguese (and English) as [[Wikipedia:Chintz|chintz]]<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Japanese_words_of_Portuguese_origin Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin]</ref>. Calico, or sarasa, textiles are most commonly floral patterns made up of multiple, contrasting colors<ref>Kadolph, Sara J., ed.: ''Textiles'', 10th edition, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2007, ISBN 0-13-118769-4, p. 463</ref>, which is why Sarasaland's ruler, Princess Daisy, is named after a flower<ref>''With LUIGI 30th Anniversary: The Year of LUIGI Memorial Book''</ref>. Moreover, just as animal color patterns are named after the fabric (i.e. calico cats, etc.), Sarasaland's name alludes to the fact it is composed of multiple, diverse kingdoms.

"Sarasaland" was left untranslated for the English release of ''Super Mario Land'', and  subsequent releases have often rendered the name differently. The ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' manual spaces the name out as '''Sarasa Land''', and the Daisy [[List of trophies in Super Smash Bros. Melee|trophy]] in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' hyphenates the name as '''Sarasa-land'''; both spaces or hyphens are methods of romanizing the interpunct used in the Japanese name, which had been disregarded during the initial ''Super Mario Land'' localization. In addition, the ''Official GameBoy Players Guide'' refers to it only as the country of '''Sarasa''', while Daisy's ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' profile erroneously calls it '''Sarasara Land'''.

===Constituent countries===
As mentioned, Sarasaland is made up of four, separate kingdoms. They are all inspired by [[Earth|real life]] locations.
*[[Birabuto Kingdom]] (Pyrapt Kingdom): influenced by ancient Egypt. Inhabited by [[Gao]], and governed by [[King Totomesu]].	
*[[Muda Kingdom]]: based on Mu and Bermuda. Inhabited by [[Yurarin]], and governed by [[Dragonzamasu]].
*[[Easton Kingdom]]: based on Easter Island. Inhabited by [[Tokotoko]], and governed by [[Hiyoihoi]].
*[[Chai Kingdom]]: influenced by ancient China. Inhabited by [[Pionpi]].

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=サラサ・ランド
|JapR=Sarasa Rando
|JapM=Sarasa Land
|Spa=Sarasaland
|SpaM=Sarasaland
|Fre=Sarasaland
|FreM=Sarasaland
|Dut=Sarasaland
|DutM=Sarasaland
|Ger=Sarasaland
|GerM=Sarasaland
|Ita=Sarasaland
|ItaM=Sarasaland
|Por=Sarasaland
|PorM=Sarasaland
|Rus=Сарасаленд
|RusR=Sarasalend
|RusM=Sarasaland
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', there were courses called [[Daisy Hills]] and [[Daisy Circuit]], respectively, that were connected to Princess Daisy, although it was not clear whether they were located in Sarasaland or not.

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