(Mario) The Music Box

We all know Super Mario Bros. right? The colorful world of Mario and co. as they venture off to engage in light-hearted and wacky shenangans with friends and foes alike? Of course you do. You’d have to have lived under a rock (or be really old) to have never heard of Mario at all.

…This game, however, is none of those things mentioned above. This game is what happens when you take Mario out of the happy-go-lucky Mario Universe and throw him into a game the likes of Corpse Party, The Crooked Man, Mad Father, Misao, and The Witch’s House. This is the game called… (Mario) The Music Box.

Filled to the brim with gorn, this fangame created by Team Ari (lead by the talented artist Marios-Friend9) stars Mario as he ventures out to an abandoned home that’s been close to the Mushroom Kingdom for over a century. People have gone inside it before, but there have been no returns. Princess Peach was also supposed to come along for the ride to investigate, but Mario left her behind for her own safety. Soon after making it inside, the plumber comes across a quaint little music box that was playing by itself. Little did he know, the “harmless” music box would set off a series of events that would serve to utterly break and terrify him (and the players) every step of the way while also trying to get him killed. As a horror/puzzle/survival game it tests the player(s) in a way where one little thing could lead to a pretty nasty Game Over. Have a Nice Death.