Horror Gaming: MaRIo III Creepypasta Review · 6:05am Oct 10th, 2022
Welcome to a new edition of Horror Gaming and it is that time of the year again for the Halloween season. I do tend to read more horror than watch those marathons during the Autumn months. It seems reading these campfire tales engage my imagination more than the usual popcorn flick that does jump scares. However, just like films that produce Troll 2 and Good Will horror flicks, Creepypasta are no strangers to this either. Now, gaming CPs are still notorious for producing crappypastas despite the quality today being in a much better position. The Godzilla NES 2 and Friday the 13th NES horror tales are the recent stories to continue the quality standard. While those written using Mario games continue down a hellish path of terrible plots that could test one’s patience.
Now, I hate bringing bad news but actually MaRIo III was published a couple of years ago. You heard that right as the sequel that wasn’t needed has become a reality. The sad thing is when I wrote that last part in the double review of the first two stories it was a joke based on no cliffhanger. However, now that there is an actual MaRIo III, you know this isn’t going to lead to good storytelling. The Trilogy is the Sonic.EXE of creepypastas based on how poorly both series' first two plots were written. Even though Pokemon and My Little Pony have their own EXE CPs, they weren’t as terrible as these two series. The question is how there exists a third arc when the second ended with no cliffhanger. You’ll be surprised what some will do as an excuse to make an unnecessary sequel. A perfect example comes from the infamous film Troll 2 which not only had nothing to do with the first movie but used that as an excuse. Can the third MaRIo redeem itself by being a decent tale? Or follow the Troll 2 formula without the “it’s so bad it’s good” shtick?
