Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: Color Splash | A Complete Analysis
Oh, scrap...it's a remake of my Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: Color Splash analysis! I tackle the toxic, parasitic black paint that posesses Bowser, the horror of a paper person being drained of their essence, and a certain very special existential Shy Guy among other topics.
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Music used (in order):
♫ Indigo Underground
♫ Rumble with Wendy - Color Splash
♫ White Letter Opening
♫ Straw of Doom
♫ Fortune Island (Parallel)
♫ Straw of Doom (Reprise)
♫ A Fearsome Foe
♫ Bowser's Theme
♫ Get the Boat Back
♫ Paint Star Memories
♫ Bowser Attacks Port Prisma
♫ Bowser's Fury - Super Mario 3D World (Switch)
♫ ROYal Rumble - Color Splash
♫ ROYal Rumble (Black)
♫ Thing Claw Hammer
♫ Black Bowser's Castle
♫ Bowser Battle
♫ Blackout
♫ Iggy Battle
♫ Farewell
♫ The Grand Finale - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
♫ Cherry Lake - Color Splash
♫ Shy Bandit's Theme
♫ Excess Express at Dusk
♫ General Guy's March
♫ Emerald Circus
♫ Paranormal Accommodations
♫ Tangerino Grill
♫ Snifit or Whiffit Theme
♫ The Golden Coliseum
♫ Thrills at Night - The Origami King
Sources & further reading
Additional video clips:
⍟ Luigi's Mansion beta game over clip uploaded by Depressed Luigi 92 (ARCHIVE)
• luigi's mansion "Beta GameOver" HQ
⍟ Iggy crushing Mario with Thwomp footage by Mario Party Legacy
• Using the Bone Thing Early During the Iggy...
⍟ Mario refuses to get on Luigi's kart footage by Gaming Reinvented
• Failing to Get on Luigi's Go Kart at the e...
⍟ Rainbow flag footage by BackStageProd
• Pride Flag 5 Minutes Loop - FREE 4K Stock ...
Images:
⍟ Thumbnail sprites ripped by Random Talking Bush
https://www.spriters-resource.com/wii...
⍟ Art used for the "spoiler warning" ripped by Trig Jegman, RafaelGN, and TPG
https://www.mariowiki.com/Gallery:Pap...
⍟ Patron "thank you" art ripped by RHG1951, Mister Wu, RafaelGN, and Scrooge200
https://www.mariowiki.com/Gallery:Pap...
⍟ The "Thane Gaming" logo uses a connected font called “filaturestd” by JBFoundry.
Articles referenced:
⍟ Donkey Kong Country instruction manual
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manua...
⍟ Prisma Times - Super Mario Wiki
https://www.mariowiki.com/Prisma_Times
Sound effects:
⍟ EarthBound "Wow!" from intro uploaded by Starmen dot net
https://starmen.net/mother2/soundfx/
⍟ Donkey Kong voice (Mario Party 1) uploaded by NintendoTV64
• Mario Party 1 Donkey Kong Voice Clips
⍟ Toad voice (Mario Party 9) uploaded by 🐇EvilnissanGTR🐇
• Toad's voice - Mario Party 9
⍟ Super Paper Mario voice clips uploaded by Michael
• Super Paper Mario Character Voice Clips
⍟ Mario says "So long-a, Bowser!" (Super Mario 64) uploaded by TMK
https://themushroomkingdom.net/media/...
⍟ Shy Guy voice clips (Mario Party 9) uplaoded by 🐇EvilnissanGTR🐇
• Shy Guy's voice - Mario Party 9
⍟ Mario screams "hot" (Super Mario Sunshine) uploaded by TMK
https://themushroomkingdom.net/media/...
⍟ Crowd Aww Sound Effect by S Media3
• Video
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0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Body horror
3:38 - Black Paint & Posession
13:17 - Non-standard game overs
14:10 - Character sacrifice
15:30 - More Black Paint
16:28 - Shy Guys
17:40 - Existentialism
21:08 - Adult humor
23:51 - Patrons
23:59 - End card
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