Shoutout to executable files. Gotta be the scariest thing known to man.

and then mario came out of the screen with hyperrealistic eyes with hyperrealistic blood and then we made out hyperreallistically

When I die im going to possess the video games of my loved ones just like in the super mario romhack

I find the implication that Sonic's rough transiton to 3D follows him even in his horror fare, extremely funny

23:58 It should be noted that the text is from Sophie’s perspective with lines like “HE NEVER LOVED ME” so it could have been an accident and she sees it as him letting her die on purpose because she’s angry.

I genuinely laughed when toadbup censored the satan symbols with blueberry cats. Screw boring boxes, let's censor stuff with fruit animals instead!

What makes Mario so much easier to twist into horror than Sonic is ironically that Mario is so light on story while Sonic relies very heavily on it. With Mario, you're given so little substance to work with that you can pretty much twist a Mario game into whatever you want to make of it. Mario is an abstract medium that's very easy to twist and shape into just about anything. The characters are less "characters" as much as they are concepts or representations of an abstract concept or idea. It's easier to project onto them, they hardly ever speak, their personalities are constantly shifting, the world around them is constantly shifting, everything about Mario can be anything, and that's what makes it so much easier to turn into horror. Super Mario 64 is such a prime example of this abstraction to the point that it has its own horror subcommunity, because it's such an abstract and open concept of a game with such little story that it can be whatever you make of it. The reason this can't work with something like Sonic and why, beyond 2D Games being exponentially easier to make, you hardly ever see any non-Classic Sonic horror games, is because Sonic characters and their worlds are built upon personality and detail. They are the polar opposite of Mario characters, they're distinct and unique, you can't just "project" onto them or twist them into whatever you want them to be, at least not nearl as easily. This is why a "Sonic Adventure.EXE" or whatever the hell can't work, because at that point in Sonic's history, the games became extremely story-focused, the game is the story at that point- now, that was always the case, but at least the classic games didn't have much in the way of direct voice acting to fully solidify the characters. But by the time the Dreamcast era rolled in, unlike Mario which continued in the path of simple barebones storytelling, Sonic became all about personality and character as part of the series's identity, which is why it would be exponentially harder to create a horror game even remotely similar to something like Please Come to the Castle or, hell, Sonic.EXE itself. Their horror aspects are derived from meta fourth-wall-breaking horror that distances from the games' canon, which is borderline impossible using a Modern Sonic game. The closest you can get is something similar to Another Princess is in Our Castle, and at that point it's not neccessarily creepypasta anymore unless you massively alter the game's substance and progression itself to fit around a fourth-wall breaking narrative. Because if you don't, how is anyone going to get scared of a battle against a red-tinted Chaos 0 in SA1? What, is Eggman going to start bleeding from his eyes mid-twitter announcement in SA2? It just doesn't work.

MiMi is genuinely horrifying. I’m glad that Super Paper Mario refused to go past the first level for me as a kid, I would probably have been traumatized…

I like how you saw a rom hack made for a speed runner and said "Yeah I could beat that" and immediately called for help lol

In regards to B13313 Have you seen the map someone made of the entire castle? It's insanity to look at.

I like how you completely glossed over the fact that Mario in the first game killed Luigi with a goddamn Katana.

Thanks Buddy James for helping ToadBup, you’re a real g bro 👍🏻👍🏻

The scariest thing in the Mario franchise are WaLuigi's freakish legs. Look at him in MarioKart, its like slenderman driving a go kart.

Being a fan of ToadBup is like being a fan of James before he beat that one level in Please Come To The Castle

The first Mario.exe game has a remake that changes things Level 1 replaces the falling spikes with huge fires you need to jump over. Let the timer run out and you get a secret. Level 2 changes the spikes into falling bricks you must dodge. Level 3 removes the jumpscare, only for Level 4 to add in a newly animated jumpscare and a certain character missing from the original game.

Man I love Luigi’s signature move, the Luigi clothesline

Shoutout to the glowing ball from Eyeless that is actually a part of the last level of Super Mario World, where Ninjis also appear.

THE MUSIC BOX IS MY DAMN CHILDHOOD I LOVED WATCHING VIDEOS ON IT SM IM SO GLAD ITS GETTING A VIDEO OF IT'S OWN!! about to eat it up...

24:00 I’d say this could also be an unreliable narrator trope, her memories twisted to convince her that what she assumes is correct. It really could have been an accident, but she refuses to accept that for one reason or another.

Bro I love this guy he is like a modern spacehamster

16:00 I love the Super Mario 64 beta. So much stuff we never got because of hardware limitations but it’s great to see it finally in the modern era.

Fire video, and I wholeheartedly agree that a lot of these games could really work on their own as standalone horror games, but it also has a sort of charm with using pre-existing properties as its main point. Its just such a specific idea that works surprisingly well. (for the most part) Anyways, I can't wait to see more from you ToadBup!

0:29 i mean Luigis mansion was legit scary to me as a kid, like before the age of about 8 specifically, 8 is basically when i started getting more competent at games and started to actually make real progress in games that i had never made it that far in before lol

There was this enemy in Super Paper Mario that would appear and chase you if you spent too long on one screen in chapter 5-1 That spooked me as a child.

B3313 is an absolutely crazy game, probably my favorite fangame/mod of all time

16:45 The numbers aren't for a star requirement but instead how many stars are in the level.

Mario has so many good 3D creepypasta games, The moment we finally get a great 3D Sonic.exe game made with pure passion that is actually scary, the whole fandom will blow up. i have been patiently waiting until someone is able to make that come true, there were some 3D Sonic & exe fangames in the past, they were okay but some felt like they needed a little more time in the oven, and some nowadays just feel a little too experimental, imagine if they were fully fleshed out!

Thanks, Buddy James

You know it's a good day when toadbup uploads

Great video, very glad you talked about B3313, I've played it a LOT and I think the version you played was an earlier version, there's a newer version out now with a lot more content that might be worth you covering in a future video.

I wish exe files were real😔

I've been thinking about why I like Mario recently and I think I figured out why: Whimsy. Mario games at their best are games that feel whimsical, as they're great journeys will all kinda of strange imagery. Seriously, take a step back and look at the entire concept of Mario and you'll see how stange it really is. Mario at its best is a journey of childlike wonder and whimsy. The reason I say this is becuase I feel like that is prime material for a horror game. Take the normally whimiscal nature of Mario and twist into something that just feels uncanny. Like you're trapped in a world where nothing feels quite right. Another idea could be the concept of nostalgia blindess. Only being able to see everything in this whimsical state as in reality, things are falling apart.

i love the absolute acid trip that b3313 is, I watched DGR play it and it's insane

Nintendo in 1980: Hmmm... a red plumber seems friendly and nice. The .EXE community: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT!!

I am loving how many views you are getting as you definitely deserve them. You are within my top 5 content creators at the moment, so I can’t wait to see how the channel flourishes in the future! Also thanks buddy James

thanks buddy James

Thanks buddy James

With Sonic getting all of the fame, Mario has some room to spread his wings

Man, I'm glad to see a new episode. Your first Mario horror video got me obsessed with the' (Coronation Day), so thank you for introducing me to that!

13:15 that disco light was in the vanilla game

"Once again, I've beaten you, hedgehog-a..."

thanks buddy james

amazing video toadbup!

.exe mfs when the .elf enjoyers show up also thanks buddy james

Thanks Buddy James

love your videos man, keep it up!

ToadBup back at it again with another banger!

16:26 I really hope Super Mario Wonder opens like that.

The tear made me laugh lmao Good original content man

1:30 and honourary mention: theres a series of games like mario and the music box named mario at freddys or something like that and its about mario surviving against the fnaf animatronics and the second game just skips ahead to the fnaf 4 gang

Great video as always Toadbup keep up the good work! :D

Luigi is Nintendo Tails. Poor guy just can’t catch a break.

"Brooklyn plumber stare" and "Luigi clothesline" are my new favorite phrases

the way i literally just watched your other videos on this stuff and you upload a new one

thanks buddy james also 4:40, i imagine peoples ears 💀

If you were gonna do this again, I think Mario and the Monstrous Manor would be a good pick. 3D one that plays a lot more like an actual game, and the horror is less from jumpscares or even the moment to moment gameplay being particularly scary, but more from the slow realization of what’s really going on. You’ve definitely covered more overtly horrific stuff in these two videos, but Monstrous Manor deserves some recognition.

This video just reminded me of SMW: Call of Cthulu, which seemed really fun from what I remember of it (as long as you can find the version that isn’t missing one of the key items)

Another banger video. Thanks Buddy James.

20:07 I ADORE how toad looks like a yokai here.

Great video as always! Keep up the good work! Btw thanks buddy james

Thanks buddy james 🤝

2:59 Mario just noped outta there after you said that. Oh right uh- Thanks buddy James

You're very well informed. Nice video.

insert that crying seal with the caption “he was forced to be luigi in a mario horror game”

Toadbup talking about b3313: "This is a weird ASS game in the BEST way possible." Jim's Computer: *confused roblox noises*

Off topic: but splendid nails.

That face gave me nightmares AGAIN

Thanks buddy James!

Luigi seems to be the tails of the Mario exe sector of fan games

i cant wait for that mario music box video!

Thanks Buddy James 👍

16:24 *WELCOME TO MARIO WONDERLAND.*

1:09 NO WAYYYY

Fucking died when u used the metal whack sound when luigi got skinned to a t posing skeleton

Thanks buddy James 🙏

By the way, B3313 got updated a while back. The changes are neat, but I personally don’t like the new stuff. B3313 used to be this big unknowable maze where you would learn the layout over time and get sucked into a flow state only to come to hours later with 50 stars and no idea where you are, but now it’s literally random and you can get forced to play a literal creepypasta level that unlocks horror elements as your first level. Like, Mario’s moveset is neutered unless you grab a red star, but those also completely change the layout of the castle and activate random jumpscares. I’m pretty sure the game also has real-time elements using the often forgotten N64 Real-Time Clock feature, which I know a lot of people like but I personally hate in games because not everyone can play a game at any time of the day they want, people can have responsibilities or medical conditions or an endless list of other reasons that prevent them from ever beating your game all the way through because of the position of the Sun in the sky. Also the game has a random seed called a “Personalization Value” that gets generated randomly when you grab a red star that basically acts as a “fun limiter” where it randomly activates small subtle changes ranging from doors being swapped or stars being changed to entire hub areas not existing or being locked into the horror nightmare realm. They took a game where the fun part is trying to figure out what’s going on and mapping out the layout through this confusing and indeterminant Hellscape… and removed that part. I COULD avoid the horror before if I wanted to, but my first impression of the new version is being forced to beat a creepypasta level under a short time limit without half my movement utilities. There weren’t just 4 copies of the beta lobby for fun! It was to add mystery and make the maze more complex! What’s the point of still having those if now you can just randomize the doors and paintings?

wahoo yippee yay it's maro again!! your content is really filling that spacehamster-shaped hole in my heart

6:42 this joke made me laugh hard, the timing was way too good.

No blood in a EXE game? Damn, he must be a good doctor.

Ysss my favourite rom rock got picked. Please come to the castle is one of my favorites mario 64 rom hack besides b3313. It just has the liminal and off putting effect which I love. Thanks for covering it ha

can’t wait for the music box video at this point thanks buddy james

Luigi is the Tails to Mario's Sonic horror

Thanks Buddy James I had to do what ToadBup says.

i love that the intro is literally just the background jumping out of a pipe

Me seeing the few seconds clip of Glich'e gamings channel is still very nostalgic

Cool vid! Good job

2:11 I love the double meaning of that

photoshopping mario.exe on top of To Pimp A Butterfly actually made me belly laugh peak meets peak 🙏

this is my first video for this guy and I like it ^-^

0:30 Mimi is a horror we will never speak of again. IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

B3313 is truly an experience

B3313 reminds me of yume nikki. Neat

21:25 bro got some Italian rizz💀

Thanks buddy james!

Thanks buddy James.

Thanks, Buddy James!

“ you won’t believe what mario is missing- “ KZfaq premium add: *Allow me to introduce myself*

33313 is basically a roguelike mario horror game when you first play

"Tiny exterior big interior" Gee, wonder where I've seen that *cough cough* Pokemon *cough cough*

Can’t wait for the full version of Another Princess is our Castle