What game has the darkest theme?

[Ray Trace]

Super Paper Mario articles are extremely difficult to write in MarioWiki. That's how ridiculous that game is.

 

[Lord Bowser]

2006/2007 threads are always interesting to read. people acted a lot quirkier then it seems

 

[Ray Trace]

Same deal with the wiki comments from 2006-2007. It was just starting out, so things were a bit derpier.

 

[Mcmadness]

2007. I was about, 15 years old then?

 

[The RPG Gamer]

Either Super Paper Mario or Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

 

[Paper Jorge]

these answers still hold up, nintendo hasnt really made any serious mario games since 2007 cmon

 

[Mcmadness]

these answers still hold up, nintendo hasnt really made any serious mario games since 2007 cmon

Good. Serious Mario is rubbish.

 

[mettyton]

partners in time was pretty dark.

ah, good memories of going to holli jolli when i first got the game when i was six and being completely terrified of it. it's still just as scary.

 

[Magikrazy]

these answers still hold up, nintendo hasnt really made any serious mario games since 2007 cmon

Good. Serious Mario is rubbish.

Unless it fails at being serious like the Super Mario Bros. movie. Then it's funny.

 

[Mcmadness]

Unless it fails at being serious like the Super Mario Bros. movie. Then it's funny.

Oh yes, absolutely.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Good. Serious Mario is rubbish.

Mario isn't about fun. Mario is serious business. It's a hardcore series being ruined by filthy casuals.

 

[Mcmadness]

Which one is the real me? YOU DECIDE!!

 

[Paper Jorge]

these answers still hold up, nintendo hasnt really made any serious mario games since 2007 cmon

Good. Serious Mario is rubbish.

you take that back

paper mario 2 and m&l:ss are my two favorite mario games and both were some of the darker more serious ones. even sonic but, those titles sucked. the recent cheery mario rpgs are objectively not as good as the earlier ones.

i gotta say i miss that about the mid to late 2000s. all nintendo games were trying to be dark and edgy, brawl and zelda: twilight princess. everything is so aimed at kids now. why?

 

[Zae]

uh those were dark?

i never noticed ttyd seems like some sort of parody of other rpgs having ancient demons and m&lss is way too wacky to be serious or dark

 

[Lord Bowser]

these answers still hold up, nintendo hasnt really made any serious mario games since 2007 cmon

Good. Serious Mario is rubbish.

you take that back

paper mario 2 and m&l:ss are my two favorite mario games and both were some of the darker more serious ones. even sonic but, those titles sucked. the recent cheery mario rpgs are objectively not as good as the earlier ones.

i gotta say i miss that about the mid to late 2000s. all nintendo games were trying to be dark and edgy, brawl and zelda: twilight princess. everything is so aimed at kids now. why?

ironically, kirby, one of the more cutesy series, has gone in the opposite direction
return to dreamland (released in 2011) started the trend, triple deluxe (2014) got steadily darker, and planet robobot (2016) could arguably be one of the darkest titles in the series. not going to go too much in depth for spoiler reasons, but that's what I've noticed.

 

[Time Turner]

Superstar Saga isn't really all that dark. There's that one scene where Beanbean Castle Town is blown up, but it gets repaired fairly quickly and nobody comes out worse for wear. If anything, Partners in Time is the darker installment, which featured Toads being drained of their life force in more detail than necessary.

 

[Zae]

yeah but its just evil aliens so its still pretty wacky

 

[Paper Jorge]

uh those were dark?

comparably to the shit we have now yes most definitely

 

[Zae]

if you say so, never got the impression any nintendo game was really dark aside from maybe metroid

 

[Time Turner]

yeah but its just evil aliens so its still pretty wacky

Even when compared to evil beans?

 

[Zae]

yeah but its just evil aliens so its still pretty wacky

Even when compared to evil beans?

nothing about beans that are frightning dude

 

[Time Turner]

That's my point, that the first game can hardly be considered dark.

 

[Zae]

well ive never considered any mario games dark, most come off as attempting to be or just raw out parodies but in terms of actually being dark it doesnt even hit the quarter mile of the meaning.

 

[Time Turner]

It's more sad than dark, but the closest that the series has gotten, in my opinion, was with Bobbery's introduction in TTYD. It's surprisingly solemn, especially when compared to the rest of the game.

 

[Zae]

well thats typically what more nintendo games do, they're too wacky and colorful to be considered dark, but they do have emotional moments.

Its kinda hard to be dark, grim, etc. with being colorful and wacky, some games can pull it off(mother 3), but in most cases it just comes off as trying too hard.