Paper Mario: The Origami King‘s announcement this morning was a major surprise, but the trailer’s darker tone might have been even more surprising than the game’s reveal. When the trailer begins, Peach slowly comes on-screen, but as she departs from a darkened room behind her, it becomes increasingly obvious that something terrible has happened to the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. The scene is made all the creepier as she asks Mario whether or not he will “crease” himself, in order to be reborn like her. It’s a surprisingly dark moment for a series that tends to put a huge emphasis on humor, and Mario fans were clearly taken aback by it!
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Talk about an effective way to start the trailer!
โWill you crease yourself and be rebornโ is such a fantastically horrifying line, especially with the dialogue around it, and coming from a familiar character. Wowโ Caw (@CawMusic_) May 14, 2020
Nintendo fans were definitely taken aback by it!
"Will you crease yourself and be reborn like me?" is absurdly hardcoreโ ^_^ (@GianEnemyGoomba) May 14, 2020
The games are only gonna get darker from here…
Paper Mario 2020: CREASE YOURSELF AND BE REBORN
Paper Mario 2022: DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHEDโ addy !! | ะดััะณ ๐ (@Addark) May 14, 2020
It’s no Eternal Darkness, but it’ll do.
"Will you crease yourself and be reborn?"
Holy shit, when did Mario get Lovecraftian? https://t.co/SH0T0tT6Qrโ Andy Dick Tracy Morgan Freeman (@TheNYCBuckeye) May 14, 2020
Definitely up there.
"Will you crease yourself and be reborn, like me?" might be the best opening line to a video game trailer I've ever seen. #Papermarioโ Spanticide (@Spanticide) May 14, 2020
That’s a scary line for any game!
"Will you crease yourself and be reborn like me?"
That's a scary line for a Mario game. Legit gave me chills man https://t.co/b7dl30r2Hsโ CineGamer (@RealCineGamer) May 14, 2020
No one was expecting this from a Paper Mario game!
Paper Mario: we have wacky hi-jinx and silly paper puns and look! Mario wearing a giant paper-mache Samus helmet.
Also Paper Mario: "WiLl YoU cReAsE yOuRsElF aNd Be ReBoRn LiKe Me?"โ Lucifer Hunklehead (@AmonduulUS) May 14, 2020
And it’ll live with a lot of other folks, it seems!
Origami Peach saying "Will you crease yourself and be reborn, like me?" will live with me for a long time. https://t.co/HnmZaGfKBAโ Reb (@reeeb2212) May 14, 2020
