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Fatal Frame 5 21 11.17%
 
Fatal Frame 2 Wii Edition 6 3.19%
 
Eternal Darkness 114 60.64%
 
Geist 5 2.66%
 
Other 42 22.34%
 
Total:188
JWeinCom on 05 July 2016

Eternal Darkness... it's got darkness in the title.



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justiceiro on 05 July 2016

Its okay to play with artificial concepts about terror and horror, but playing with real stories about death by prejudice, genocide and religion? That's mesed up.

So, enters Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de...

wins by far of any other nintendo game released.



"Hardware design isn’t about making the most powerful thing you can.
Today most hardware design is left to other companies, but when you make hardware without taking into account the needs of the eventual software developers, you end up with bloated hardware full of pointless excess. From the outset one must consider design from both a hardware and software perspective."

Gunpei Yoko

Anfebious on 05 July 2016
Paperboy_J said:
Anfebious said:
Majora's Mask! I am not sure about Eternal Darkness or Fatal Frame, never played them but I don't consider "dark themes" things such as blood and gore. It goes a bit deeper than that.

Then play those games ASAP because they do indeed go deeper.

I'll start with Fatal Frame then! Sadly I have no means to play Eternal Darkness...



"I've Underestimated the Horse Power from Mario Kart 8, I'll Never Doubt the WiiU's Engine Again"

lonerism on 05 July 2016

Bayonetta 2



Qwark on 05 July 2016

The legend of Zelda Majora's Mask



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar

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Alkibiádēs on 05 July 2016
justiceiro said:
Its okay to play with artificial concepts about terror and horror, but playing with real stories about death by prejudice, genocide and religion? That's mesed up.

So, enters Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de...

wins by far of any other nintendo game released.

Xenoblade Chronicles also deals with genocide, racism and religion.



"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides

IamAwsome on 05 July 2016

Does anybody remember Zangeki no Reginleiv for the Wii? It got some publicity for being a mature Nintendo-backed WM+ game. The gameplay is brutal, but I don't remember the plot that well.



COKTOE on 05 July 2016
Yerm said:
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?"

Fascinating. I never played that game. Sounds like the tone is very unique among Zelda games.



- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

mountaindewslave on 05 July 2016
Veknoid_Outcast said:
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 :)

Conker's is more absurd rather than 'dark' so ehhh, even if it weren't by Rare.

probably Eternal Darkness (even though that was really codeveloped)



justiceiro on 05 July 2016
Alkibiádēs said:
justiceiro said:
Its okay to play with artificial concepts about terror and horror, but playing with real stories about death by prejudice, genocide and religion? That's mesed up.

So, enters Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de...

wins by far of any other nintendo game released.

Xenoblade Chronicles also deals with genocide, racism and religion.

REAL stories is the bold part:

https://dromble.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/when-nintendo-published-game-about-the-holocaust-slavery-and-jesus/



"Hardware design isn’t about making the most powerful thing you can.
Today most hardware design is left to other companies, but when you make hardware without taking into account the needs of the eventual software developers, you end up with bloated hardware full of pointless excess. From the outset one must consider design from both a hardware and software perspective."

Gunpei Yoko