Of all the games Nintendo has published, which do you consider the darkest in terms of themes/content?

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Majora's Mask:

-the world is named Termina, as in "terminal", meaning the end.
-the different areas of the game are suspected to be based on the 5 stages of grief.
-there is that whole thing where Link is probably dead in that game and passing through purgatory
-a creepy genocidal moon is falling from the sky and will kill everyone
-"youve met with a terrible fate, havent you?"

Devils Third

Interesting question. Apart from the ones you have in the poll I'd nominate Majora's Mask and pretty much anything from the Metroid series.

Conker's Bad Fur Day would be up there but Rare self-published.

Cool thread idea :)

Pikmin tho

I love it when people who've never played Pikmin ask me what it's about.

"Oh you know, the usual; racism, slavery, and genocide."

Metroid Prime 2 Echoes.

Fatal Frame (Project Zero) 2, maybe.

Probably Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

Eldritch lore, creepyness everywhere, blood, dismemberment, Shakespearian quotes, people going batshit insane, your save files being wiped out, thirteen different characters and 90% of them end up as psycho maniacs, and having to experience all of that three times (plus several changes between each playthrough) to achieve the "perfect" ending.

It's certainly the darkest one.