The darkness of 90s Nintendo

[burninmylight]

curl-6 said:

Zippy6 said:

It's not just limited to Nintendo. Even kids movies for example could be a lot darker back then and still get a low age rating.

These days even Mario Odyssey can't get a Pegi 3 but some of the early games full of innuendo and more violence than mario did lol.

Stuff marketed to kids had a lot more room to breathe 20+ years ago.

Yeah The Neverending Story comes to mind; that got a G rating for all ages here in Australia back in the 80s but holy shit some of the stuff in it is nightmare fuel.

This guy will forever have a free place to stay, free of rent, in my head:

Also, add an image of Zero-2 from Kirby 64 to that list in the opening post. Those dark moments that hit you the hardest are the ones that pop up in games that were never meant to be associated with horror or the macabre. 90s Nintendo was a master of that.

And thank you for adding the giant eel from Mario 64; everyone talks about the mad piano, but what about the huge ass eel with a mouth bigger than your entire body that drastically differs from the game's artistic aesthetics and looks like it could swallow you whole any time it wants to?