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It is I here again your sometimes top 10 gaming host, Amanda McKnight.
Today we are going to be diving into the world of Super Mario.
Or more Scary Mario really.
We’ll be taking a look at some of the darkest games ever made by fans when it comes to the
Mario Brothers as we count down our top 10 scary Mario fan games.
That’s right because even fans of Mario have wanted to bring their love of horror
to this otherwise super family-friendly Nintendo game.
But just how dark can these fan-made Mario games be you ask?
We’re about to find out.
And remember if you love Mario games or horror games as much as we do at top 10 gaming be
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Alright, let’s get counting.
10 Kart Fighter
This version of the game is an unlicensed mash-up of Mario Kart and Street Fighter 2.
Have you ever wanted to watch your favourite Mario characters gruesomely fight one another?
Kick, punch and shoot each other with energy until they K.O.?
Well if you have this is the Mario game for you.
While it might not be as violent as some of the actual Street Fighter games in terms of
how graphic it is.
Just the idea of Mario smacking his brother or Princess Peach senseless is a scary enough
premise for me.
9 Ennuigi
This is a game that is more of an existential horror game that centres around the mundane
life of Luigi who feels trapped in the world of Super Mario.
You can’t jump, all you can do is walk and explore and think, all while Luigi ruminates
upon his place in life.
This game is horrifying in two ways: for some it might be horrifying how boring it is.
For others the horror lies in how depressing it is and how it might make you feel differently
not just about the character Luigi and his place in Mario but how you might feel differently
in regards to your own place in life.
8 Kaizo (Kay-Zo) Mario World
This one is scary for just how difficult it is.
This read-only memory based hack is actually a series of three games based off of the original
Super Mario World games.
But the terrifying thing about them is just how difficult these games are.
They are nigh impossible to beat.
The game involves hidden blocks that often appear mid-jump just to ruin your day and
scrolling-levels that move faster than normal.
It’s even possible for you to die even after you make the goal post.
This makes Kaizo (Kay-Zo) Mario World made by T. Takemoto, one of the cruelest Mario
ROM hacks around.
7 Spooky & Scary Haunted Waters
This is a fan-made level in Mario Maker.
It was made by BulletBill64 ID number L6W-B02-1GG, if you wanted to find it.
It’s an underwater level but filled with undead, ghosts and creepy music.
Underwater levels in games usually creep me out to begin with.
Adding ghosts just makes it even worse.
Fortunately, although you will be creeped out, this level of Mario Maker will be much
easier to play at least when compared to our previous fan-made game, Kaizo.
There are lots of guiding arrows to help keep you on track as you dive deeper into this
haunted underwater level.
6 The Wigglers Hunt
Ever wanted to feel like you were in swimming with sharks in one of those cages but in a
Mario game?
No?
Well I’m not surprised.
But either way, now you can.
This Mario Maker fan-made level allows players to play as Mario during an underwater deep
dive where they are attacked by angry wigglers and must navigate the cage they’re in to
successfully make it through the level as they dive deep.
Wigglers in general have always kind of wigged me out.
5 Halloween Hack
This Super Mario 64 Halloween hack promises you a tasty treat if you can venture to the
castle and find Princess Toadstool aka Princess Peach.
In order to find her though you must venture through what appears to be a now haunted castle.
Can you survive and get the cake?
Or will you end up being too scared?
Lakitu also appears in this game with a camera dangling in front of him as he creepily watched
you.
4 Special For You
This ROM hack was inspired by Super Mario 64 and features a frightening sound track
along with all the signs in the game promising that something special will have to be done
for you.
After completing what appears to be a normal foot race you find yourself transported to
a place where you run into a mysterious and eerie dark figure, whom you can climb like
a tree.
From there it starts getting really weird and you.
You find yourself transported to a different world one where you find mysterious notes
from a long lost parent and a room full of what appears to be murdered Koopa-Troopas.
3 Waluigi’s Unbearable Existence
In this Mario Maker level, which you can find by looking up of the user ID DAF8-0000-0027-7A46,
you play as Mario who transforms into Wario and is forced into suffering through an endless
loop of pain unless you find a way to kill yourself and sacrifice who you are in order
to simply complete it.
It’s darkness comes from the eerie messages you read as you scroll through and the creepy
music and wonky effects that might make you feel as if the game is glitching.
Seriously, it’s dark.
There have been many spinoff levels that were inspired by the sheer creepy bizarreness of
Waluigi’s Unbearable Existence.
2 I Hate You
This Mario World ROM hack is based off of a creepy pasta surrounding an experience someone
supposedly had while playing the original game.
It all started with them spotting what they referred to as a blind boo which then led
them to find a key and lock beside each other, unlocking a hidden level in the game.
In it is they enter a skull island behind the sunken ghost ship through a whirlpool
that makes the island’s skull bleed blood.
This ROM hack takes you on the wild journey explained in the creepy pasta, involving what
appears to be a broken hidden level complete with enraged and murderous Boos and a Bullet
Bill that is bleeding from it’s face as it zooms after you.
1 Super Mario Dolor
A 3D horror version of the side-scrolling fan-made game inspired by Mario Brothers.
The game promises that playing through the game will reward you with Princess Peach at
the end, after you beat Bowser.
But what awaits you is so much more worse.
Near the end of the game you will find Mario covered in blood having lost an arm.
You are forced to face zombie-like versions of yourself and then a giant demon version
of yourself in a boss battle.
And when you die in that battle you are facing gruesome looking deaths, like getting sliced
and diced up into bits.
You’ll also find that Princess Peach while promised is not a guarantee and that the game
has multiple endings for you to explore.
Thank you so much for watching.
I hope you found some of these hacks and fan-made levels enjoyably spooky.
Truly in the world of Mario, it feels as though the possibilities are endless when it comes
to what type of games one can find and playthrough.
What are some of your favourite Mario games?
Who is your favourite Mario character?
Which character from Mario do you already think is the creepiest?
Do you also find Wiggler’s creepy, like me?
And flying fish!!!
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