7 Cutesy Games That Are Secretly Nightmare Dystopias

Think these games are cute? THINK AGAIN. Here are a few adorable looking titles that actually have some pretty dark backstories...yeeesh...
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[@outsidextra]

Aww look at the cute little creatures and the happy fun times! Nothing could spoil these for you, except the possibility that they're all built on the ashes of a dead civilisation, or are morally ambiguous. Oh.

[@IamaPERSON]

Outside Xtra hey if/when you do a commenter edition, do you think you could add the Kirby series to it? You literally fight the series version of Satan, Cthulhu, and other horrors.

[@finncampbell3953]

If u do a commenter addition can u include petscope plz ... or actually don't and save yourself some nightmares and forget this comment even existed

[@Makarosc]

My little pony it's uber dark with all of the livestock byproducts they use

[@cookiebombcasualemail5284]

two words: FNAF world

[@DerekBarns]

Krabby Patties=Soylent Green

[@justinlawson4679]

Game: a war between humans and birds Australia: ah shit here we go agaın

[@rexythet.rexfromjpreadabou186]

EMU WARS LOOK IT UP

[@sweatnuts81]

@@rexythet.rexfromjpreadabou186 he knows that's te joke

[@sweatnuts81]

Wait I think I'm going to get woooshed

[@Thestellarquarrion]

@@sweatnuts81 *Inhale* R/woosh ?

[@josephjennings3146]

only Ty the tasmanian can help

[@BesterP12]

Any lego game. You're basically killing enemies and using their remains to either build or buy what you need. But so cute!

[@Mekora]

Lego Racers 2 very quickly stood out to me as a game in which you take part in street races full of destruction of property, then you get in a taxi and drive recklessly. Also, the 1st and 3rd bosses give you special car parts when you defeat them. The second one? He throws a tantrum and storms off. Then your mechanic helps you steal the shield generator from the boss' vehicle. You and your mechanic promise themselves that they'll give the shield generator back after you're done with the racing tournament, but you never do.

[@pundertalefan4391]

Yeah, but they're fine. They respawning very quickly. That being said, I dont like to kill civilians.

[@tracimiller9214]

thank you for ruining my childhood

[@ognjenilic3001]

They are also dark if you take into account they are living in a world made out of their own flesh

[@darnit16]

@@ognjenilic3001 "A Lego man sits in a Lego house. Is the house made of flesh or is he made of house? He screams, for he knows not." Something like that.

[@Zero-to-0]

I just realized this, inklings and octolings evolved from sea creatures. But they disintegrate when in contact with water.

[@lisabilby2006]

they drown the equipment is to heavy and its faster to respawn

[@Pikrioling]

Would you rather wait 30 seconds for your character to drown or would you like to instantly respawn?

[@gadygadygssg422]

Because they evolutioned to become more inky but getting away from water cause their bodies to develop an unstable molecular structure to water they’re ink now. Ink dissolves on water

[@justpeachy7812]

Inklings can go in water but can't be fully submerged. The drink water based things like coffee and smoothies. The director of the game (I think) explained that Inklings and octolings evolved to be on land but in order to do so they have to sacrifice thicc skin for thinner skin. That and what @Gady Gady GSSG said about having a more inky structure which is unstable to water.

[@dakrabking]

The water is to acidic for them to survive and the fact that they can transform made their skin to thin to actually survive it

[@mitspeithetc]

Fun Fact: the first Cars game came out before the first Cars movie did.

[@pacifistminigun3987]

interesting

[@pundertalefan4391]

One of those tie ins I suppose? :03

[@nonaG123]

@@pundertalefan4391 not really, a lot of big movies especially kids movies released a game and toys as the movie was coming out.... jumping the gun a little on marketing considering a lot of times it reveals story plot elements before anyone's seen it yet... and yea i get that most of the time it's kid movies and they care less about spoilers but still they should let them have all the discovery and wonderment they can while it's still magical to them.

[@pundertalefan4391]

@@nonaG123 I suppose that ma,es sense. In the world of marketing.

[@vickijohnston4344]

LIGHTNING MCQUEEN FOR SMASH-

[@scorpix96]

when making a post apocalyptic shooter: valve: a group of survivors flee the zombie horde bethesda: a lone wanderer must survive in the highly irradiated wasteland nintendo: _squids, paint, _*_ELECTRO DANCE PARTIES !!!_* ah, never change nintendo, never change...

[@scorpix96]

poster apocalypse ?

[@scorpix96]

(sounds like an invasion of mailmen) soon to be followed by the postest apoclypse : _the end of the universe !!!_

[@nickstrong1558]

Left 4 dead, Fallout, and Splatoon.

[@aquamon1687]

Um, Metroid?

[@mihnea5111]

scorpiñator Let me get that right, you tried to steal a meme, turn it into text, and post it here. On a video that remotely mentions Splatoon

[@ayanhaider303]

Pokemon. 2 words. Pokedex entries. Instead of cute descriptions, it's entries are like a database of every nightmare ever.

[@marhawkman303]

One of the geodude ones is something like "be careful of which rocks you step on because they might get annoyed and kill you"

[@ArchmageOfAnarchy]

Like how Spoink dies if it stops bouncing, and if it faints, it therefore has stopped bouncing. Meaning that defeating a spoink in battle is the equivalent of shooting it dead.

[@ArchmageOfAnarchy]

Or how Kubone's bone is actually HIS DEAD MOTHER

[@alphabetaxzt]

That’s Actually 2 words

[@ayanhaider303]

AlphaBeta XZT The Skybyss Oh yeah, sorry bout that. It's fixed now.

[@izukumidoriya6360]

For the splatoon part in the vidio. The humans died because the earth heated up to much that the north and southpole melted and the water rised. The co2 that the humans had produced with the factorys mixed with the water and made it lethal to the see-animals. And the radiation from old toxic waste has caused the sea creatures evolution. They evolved to escape the deadly waters. Thats why you cant touch water in the game too. Its way to toxic for them

[@ForrestFox626]

You aren't making things better!

[@LilyTheMuggle]

Splatoon predicted global warming.

[@themaqueovelic2195]

Even better when you reconsider the fosil found in that sunken scroll, not only is that human dead, but was most certainly playing the very game of Splatoon, as the procontroller with the wii mote straped to it will tell you. So yes not only did all of that happen, but it took place on a world that actually had Splatoon in it. Good night everybody!

[@dakrabking]

@@LilyTheMuggle pretty much

[@someoneawesome8717]

Exactly!

[@Grymbaldknight]

"Splatoon is a fictional world in which trendy squid-children fight to cover the largest amount of the floor in ink... with the reckless abandon that only those young enough to have never had to mop a floor can have." I lost it.

[@lordbanetheplayer8844]

Understandable.

[@justanamezain3602]

Why?

[@isquack4592]

@@justanamezain3602 why what?

[@isquack4592]

@@justanamezain3602 Is it because they never had to mop a floor.

[@pokemasta6019]

Fun fact; The ink actually gets eaten by microscopic bacteria.

[@Artaimus]

It's been pointed out that other official source material for Mario states that only the question mark blocks are the ones that are transformed citizens, not the bricks themselves. When Mario hits them they are released from the spell and as thanks give him a reward in the form of coins and powerups.

[@thegamepunch._.4096]

no m8 the only ones are the x-4 levels bricks that cannot be broken.

[@arsonorkal1749]

My favorite quote from this whole channel is "How can this be scary? That's why you don't work at the Pokemon team my friend"

[@betka5791]

Like phantump or mimikyu or hypno or gengar! Look at their dex entries

[@arsonorkal1749]

@@betka5791 they are so interesting !! especially bannet :o

[@OversoulGaming]

I know I'm like a year late but Kingdom Hearts definitely fits this list. Majority of the franchise takes place after the great keyblade War which saw thousands of children dying and the entire world was split into multiple different worlds. You may also notice that the populations of every world in the early games are scarce.

[@justicegandy7517]

Oversoul Gaming I mean it’s not really a secret, just playing the games it tells you the worlds are messed up

[@BonaparteBardithion]

I figured the population was scarce because everyone was a Heartless, which is why there's a never ending supply of them.

[@bradyp8868]

Congrats! You got a mention in the newest vid!

[@lpsloveandgame6046]

Em, I thought the population in the worlds was scarce because of system limitations...?

[@neondemonir]

When I saw hatoful boyfriend I started cackling, I remember my friend explaining to me the entire plot of the game at like 3 am it took an entire night to explain it and I was horrified.

[@LordBucketsMK2]

What’s the game called?

[@demonzabrak]

@@LordBucketsMK2hatoful boyfriend. Game grumps have at least some episodes. I’m sure there are others.

[@AlphaOrion98]

Legend of Zelda: wind waker. It’s cutesy art style makes you forget that the opening cinematic says that the hero of time never returned to hyrule to save it from ganon so the gods just flooded everything. It said they were told to get to safety but this hyrule is vastly underpopulated. The zora, instead of living in the water like you’d expect fish people to do, decided to evolve into birds and reside in death mountain. What that says about the mysterious disappearance of the Gorons is disturbing.

[@callmehanson9466]

I mean, Gorons can't swim, so they probably helped raising the tide, not to mention the game had one of the most violent endings of a Zelda game.

[@XxLgrande77xX]

"Decided"? What are they? High elves?

[@TheFirstAifos]

Well, Zora can only live in fresh water. The Great Sea is likely salt water.

[@AlphaOrion98]

Michael Tillotson I know that. I said it mostly for comedic affect

[@thegoldenoneful]

but there are Gorons, the three or so traders with the massive hats, floral shirts, and giant backpacks

[@beholdnonsense5100]

If you think about it, it's likely the reason the Toads aren't rising up against Princess Peach is because they're just grateful that they aren't pieces of scenery.

[@kusaisama]

Wow...that's DARK. Also the toads are underpaid.

[@yoda908]

So glad aquatic life evolved and developed a fascination with J-pop in Splatoon.

[@xonirix]

Hatoful boyfriend! Finally somebody noticed that surprisingly deep game

[@Kaatze14]

Dominik Ciepłuch it’s a Great weird and funny Game. I enjoyed it (until the dark story begins)

[@xanecho]

Don't forget the sequel, Holiday Star! Don't know how I was somehow taken by surprise AGAIN, but it sure happened

[@someoneawesome8717]

As someone who works at an aviary I became very unsettled to say the least.

[@aliasalias8905]

Yeah! I loved that game it deserves way more recognition

[@jacksonlay6739]

I just assume that when Mario breaks the bricks, he is freeing the Toads. The pieces of the bricks reform back into toads off screen. It helps me sleep at night.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

The later games suggest this. It also sugests some blocks just form naturally

[@Boomblox5896]

Don't forget that one Frozen Planet on Kirby 64 that is shown to resemble Earth, and also take into consideration the terrifying final bosses of many of the Kirby games, that are more nightmare fuel than the Nightmare man himself from the original. I'm talking about Miracle Matter, Zero, Zero2, Void Termina, and all those guys.

[@cptseagrave1191]

The Soul of Sectonia description reads like it comes from fucking Darkest Dungeon. "Taranza's final words and offering can no longer reach her ears. The former queen has become a pitiable husk in the throes of madness after losing everything. She has consumed the world, and all she has left to cling to is her vanity"

[@AstralToastie]

That frozen planet is Shiver Star.

[@DoodleWill]

Star Allies implies Kirby is actually related to a dark elder god, which is also related to Dark Matter, Zero, Dark Mind. Said Dark Lord having a cult devoted to it and- Kirby what are you doing.

[@sfmaub234]

Kirby Lore in general, also don't look up Susie and Mr Haltman's backstory, it's sad and dark

[@sfmaub234]

Go to Meteorz for more info on all Kirby lore

[@emilyapricot1313]

In the Mario Bros manual, it also mentions the Powerup mushrooms are actually friendly, helpful toads. As a friend, I felt they were giving their life when they disappeared.

[@RPandorus]

Well even as a kid I found Pikmin kinda weird because there weren't any humans around but there was human evidence like old coins and bottle caps. Me: Mind explodes*

[@yoda908]

But is it possible to turn Pikmin into a R rated full-fledged horror film?

[@Mini_Squatch]

Actually andy, we dont even have to go as far as "they're an alien species, so the smiles might be fake" - look at chimps, one of our closest genetic relatives. In them, what appears as a smile to us, is actually an expression of fear.

[@CantankerousDave]

Yup, they're baring their massive fangs as a warning. It's when they bare their lower teeth that they're smiling.

[@stevenn1940]

I would like to counter point that them eating plorts is a natural part of their ecosystem, so, that parts not bad. Also, this ranching is selling the byproduct of the live animal...which is a lot better than ranching to sell the *dead body* of the animal. Just saying.

[@serbanignat7696]

And also slime which aren 't feed make grumpy faces

[@oucyan]

anger. not fear.

[@DaZebraffe]

David Parisi Aggression, actually, which can be caused by both anger and fear.

[@zarnox3071]

Every single Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game. All of them. The Pokémon world has encountered a whopping FIVE near apocalypses, all of which would have resulted in virtually no life remaining, and one of which would have resulted in the entire planet being destroyed. Oh, and every single ending is bittersweet as hell.

[@caav56]

Well, the one in the Gates to Infinity is much sweeter (if you don't refuse to return to the PMD world and, therefore, don't trigger the game over). Your protagonist now can jump between two worlds at will, spending time with family and friends on both sides!

[@moltres234]

I hated the unskippable cutscene in super mystery dungeon where the legendary pokemon get turned to stone

[@yoshitotem]

While i mostly agree, there are a few things i find off about your statement. Not every PMD "Apocalypse" would result in a lifeless planet. In the PMD Explorers games (Time/Darkness/Sky), at one point in the story, you get to visit the dark future (or rather are taken there by force) and get to see what happens when the planet is paralyzed. Sure its a dark future ruled over by a ruthless, insane version of Dialga, but Pokemon still live in that dark future, the planet still has life. If the planets paralysis had killed off all life, you and your partner never would've been able to go back in time and prevent the planets paralysis from happening in the first place. I've never played either of the rescue team games, and i never finished gates to infinity, so i don't know much about the possible "bad endings" for those two games, but i doubt they could be as bad as the possible bad endings of the Explorers games and super mystery dungeon. Other than that, i agree with everything else. Also, Five? I'm pretty sure there have only been Four near apocalypses in the pmd verse. As there have only been four generations of PMD at this point. Red/Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky, Gates to Infinity, and Super Mystery Dungeon.

[@darkraidisciple8717]

@@yoshitotem There was also stormy/blazing/light adventure squad but they were japan only on the wii shop channel.

[@jamesclack7004]

7:32 After doing a lot of thinking I've concluded that the fossilised human is meant to be YOU as I'm pretty sure Splatoon is a Wii U exclusive, and the fossil is holding said Wii U.

[@noodlepudding3464]

At first I thought “HOW IS MY FAVORITE GAME OF ALL TIMES ON HERE” and after I looked away from my screen and rethought my life.

[@xanecho]

same here

[@carverredacted]

No but what *if* 7up is a universal constant. Think of the Implications. *shudders*

[@loka7783]

Yeah... Nuka Cola is just on the horizon right? ;)

[@supremeleadersnoke2246]

I believe that the hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy states fairly clearly that any advanced society will eventually develop a beverage that they name Jin and tonics

[@cherrydragon3120]

C. August McMullen its fallout in space fcourse

[@tiagodarkpeasant]

pikmin is clearly on earth because of the fruits and garbage, but what if it is in australia, that can explain all the weird creatures

[@theroguenetwork1083]

Sweet merciful Jesus, mediocre soda pop plaguing the entire universe...

[@spiritofchaos58]

What about Katamari Damacy? You are forced to put a ball of living humans and trash into space because your abusive drunk of a father demands you do so.

[@disarisumbrus4492]

SpiritofChaos That's not so bad because not only do they survive, they also enjoy it.

[@sinteleon]

I'm not to convinced of that. They're clearly flailing in terror when you ball them up...

[@disarisumbrus4492]

Primarina Queen *cough* en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Love_Katamari

[@takatacheroki2624]

@@disarisumbrus4492 * reads the wiki article * Wait wait wait... They use the EARTH as a katamari and push it INTO the SUN?!?!

[@erinmiller1433]

“Trust us when we say that dating a pigeon is a bad idea.” (insert Nikola Tesla joke here)

[@NinjaKIngAce]

And that's not even mentioning what happens in Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion DLC.

[@winterohlson9432]

I like how you can assume the footage of these games is from these guys playing it, and in splatoon, He used an aerospray.

[@sparklingsora]

IN RANKED :((( Also why am I replying to an almost year old comment...

[@sweetheartdjdj2537]

Also with Splatoon (SPOILERS BELOW): Don't forget the mind controlling, oppressive Octarian society and how Callie was captured and brainwashed by DJ Octavio. And the murderous A.I. that has imprisoned, brainwashed, and blended over 10,007 test subjects and more. And who makes the blended test-subject remains into a primordial ooze that it plans to destroy the world with, AND who succeeds if you die or don't finish the final fight within the time limit. And how Captain Cuttlefish and DJ Octavio were probably friends before the Great Turf War. The Inkling talking with an Octoling in one of the sunken scrolls has Captain Cuttlefish's hat, badges and Bambozler/cane, and the Octoling he is talking with is wearing DJ Octavio's hat/helmet and is holding a wasabi plant.

[@christinastarcloud5312]

Oh cod ( sorry ) I forgot about the bender. Did Tatar really kill over 10,000 people? But yeah, kinda makes sense since you do die from the ooze causes it's not like ink ( Agent 8 actually dies from the ooze in the final 8 levels/phases, that's why Marina, Pearl, and the Cap'n panic every time you get "splatted" ) Splatoon is WAY darker than I remember. Also nice info on the Octavio and Cuttlefish part, glad I'm not the only one in this comment section who thinks that.

[@christinastarcloud5312]

Oh wait wait wait, don't forget about Salmon Run. What does Mr. Grizz do with those poor salmon eggs?

[@TheRatedOniChannel]

Poor? Salmonids are basically feral and salmons eat squids and octopi in wild life, guess what those things want to do to Inklings? I'm more worried that Grizz could start making salmonids under his control, which kind of sound cool for a DLC like octo Expansion.

[@dakrabking]

@@christinastarcloud5312 do you ever wonder if you would be able to survive it if you could make your character lie down

[@dakrabking]

@@TheRatedOniChannel what about the technology they use to splat inklings and octolings

[@byronholt2031]

When you thought the bird dating simulator couldn't get weirder...

[@imayeti.4674]

THEY GOt MY TOnsILS I REpeAt ThEY GOt DA TOnSILS

[@MunchKING]

You squeeze a Pikachu by his cheeks like that, you're going to get zapped. That's where it makes its electricity.

[@patrickphelan279]

I do love that that happens in the games where you can pet them. You pet a Pikachu's cheeks, you get shocked... and the Pikachu has an amazing troll grin the whole time.

[@barbaramontesino1]

Ok never touch a pikachu

[@ammex7444]

You know when I started the video I thought how could a dating sim about birds be dark in any way and wow

[@captainacorn7885]

Hey Yang....how's it goin

[@yoda908]

You know it's a Japanese game when it's something wierd like pigion dating sim.

[@tfwagner81]

at the end dont forget he COULD be freeing trapped souls of to heaven

[@SaintJimmy379]

Owns a WiiU... Guess I belong in a museum

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

Hey, I'm now looking to buy one.

[@Solarstormflare]

how else could i play zelda botw? lol. too broke for a switch

[@atticusblack974]

I belong in a museum I own a game boy color

[@xaviesnondo7612]

@@atticusblack974 A Playstation 1, a Nintendo 64... i am getting old... ;-;

[@theutubepower1243]

Lol i have both a wii u and a gameboy color

[@TheIceCreamWizard]

Where is Kirby he’s a killing eating theft machine

[@hero-bo7qc]

Idk

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

Also his stomach is a black hole (Found in the anime I think)

[@crazycrew1284]

He only eats people who are evil

[@evankearns3116]

In Kirby 64 it has a Frozen over planet earth

[@LUNCHLEAMs]

Plus, the bosses are *STRAIGHT FROM HELL*

[@adamhodgson4580]

Andy's reaction to the slimes in the trenchcoat implies a yet to be revealed alter ego, always wondered what he did in his spare time.

[@kendoyle]

Ajay Likely to be a Private Investigator trying to track down subpar punnage

[@adamhodgson4580]

Ken Doyle My thoughts exactly.

[@peachesplums]

the thing about cars is that on the first film is that there's a highway that exists in our world but was built in living memory in the Cars universe

[@rinthetrashbin]

Pikmin eating tonsils? Well I don’t have tonsils so.... Nothing to worry about here!

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

I've got double tonsils! I'll be a buffet!

[@Imgay-wk4id]

Lucky u with no tonsils

[@dakrabking]

I don't have them either

[@LEEPICTOASTER21314]

Pikmin are too dumd they need a captain to do that also olny bule and bulbmin have mouths

[@McDDcM]

A murder mystery? What's so mysterious about a flock of crows?

[@marhawkman303]

What they did with your stuff. :p Crows are already some of the smartest animals in the world. Make them even smarter and they'll take over.

[@ienzio7795]

Adam McDDcM Nothing much but those Ravens are cooking up a conspiracy and are being very unkind. I'm not sure anyone will get that joke but oh well

[@Ghiaman1334]

They leave no 'ovoid'ence. The murder scene rock(dove)s you to the caw. It's always murder most fowl.

[@CasualNotice]

@lenzio: The rooks in Parliament have received your joke and are considering their options.

[@danielhooper152]

In the words of Andy; "Boo!"

[@brentage5000]

Oh my God....no wonder those bricks had so much stuff in them - we were emptying their former owners' wallets!

[@Dargonhuman]

Worse, we're either murdering the poor ones or graverobbing their corpses. It's essentially The Purge: Mushroom Kingdom.

[@JotaC]

Actually the ones with multiple hits are mass graves

[@Sableguy97]

7:24 for someone who decided to spend their last moments in life playing a wii U, they look awfully fit

[@obliveratrix8917]

Hollow Knight. I know it's obviously an evil nightmaric dystopia, but please notice that the art style is cute. Also, notice how they use nails, lamposts and even homes, all the same ways humans did, yet not a single human being exists in the game. Interesting.

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

Pikmin are harmless. Before Olimar showed up they were at the bottom of the food chain

[@Koenna99]

What about the Bulbmin?

[@Koenna99]

Still Pikmin so yes they do count

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

mkoch99 bulbmin? Never came across them what do they do?

[@tylerherr4288]

their a rare strain of pikmin that are in fact parasitic and has inhabited and controls the deceased body of a bulborb

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

Tyler Herr oh, where do they stay at night or are they 1 use pikmin?

[@laurasaurus7399]

"it belongs in a museum". Is Luke talking about the human or the Wiiu?

[@merrittanimation7721]

The human. It's clearly a mad man

[@samualwatkins]

You shit gets weird when a situation can be described with the phrase “and then the sirens go off”.

[@aguywithoutalife7346]

“It belongs in a mueseum” Busting out Indiana Jones references I see

[@atticusbulan3508]

Slime rancher isn't necessarily a dystopia. It's just like the current world but with more technology

[@Jeliwood05]

atticus bulan 🖒

[@mikes9700]

atticus bulan see he gets it one like = slime rancher is of the list

[@mikes9700]

And slimes

[@astrophelX]

atticus bulan So what you're saying is; we assholes got better at being assholes, so we expanded to other planets? Also, I think it's referring to Earth as a dystopia, not the world we're on in Slime Rancher, and we're fueling the wars on Earth to get rich. Besides, I think the game turns the planet you're on into a dystopia. Haven't watched much on it so forgive me if I'm wrong.

[@atticusbulan3508]

Melody Song I meant earth. I suck at being specific

[@legocorvo8699]

I mean to be fair people were probably already going into Hatoful Boyfriend with the vague suspicion something was a little off. Then again I didn't try to seduce a load of doves in high school so maybe I'm the weirdo here.

[@NotHereAnymkreLolll]

This is old but...what about kirby?? Cute but...magolor...dark matter....haltman...marx...i could keep going

[@SuperPlacido1]

Big blood eyes!

[@Peaman42]

NOT TO MENTION THAT A LITERAL BUTTERFLY HAS BEEN TRYING TO EAT THE SOUL OF THE GREATEST FIGHTER FOR YEARS NOW!

[@_.rainydays._]

indeed indeed indeed...buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...

[@Antorion]

You forgot Doki Doki Literature Club. That game is freaking terrifying...

[@gabrielleleach1064]

Sayori's dead... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Antorion]

@@gabrielleleach1064 and Yuri And I guess Natsuki aswell I mean she (spoilers) snaps her freaking neck

[@gabrielleleach1064]

But... Sayori... 😭😭😭😭

[@markulyssestabasan3064]

@@gabrielleleach1064 Why did we leave her *HANGING* that morning? But still, Doki Doki Literature Club was terrifying and tragic.

[@CaitlinRC]

Life advice for you all. If its cute and cuddly, it'll probably chew the flesh from your bones. So beware... Especially of Ellen :P

[@IamaPERSON]

Caitlin RC yeah, just look at dogs and cats! One moment they love you, the next you're bleeding from your hand

[@tommydoez]

So the research on why we smoosh cute things which it says is because we don't know what to do with cute things is false, IT'S AN ACTUAL INSTINCT TO FOLLOW

[@scorpix96]

yeah, I learned that lesson with the xenomorph... (wait, you guys find it cute too, right ? guys ?)

[@marhawkman303]

Yes, if not for their murderous urges Xenos would make great pets. :D

[@smileypsyykotic3706]

I really don't know why, but having the flesh chewed from my bones by Ellen doesn't seem like such a bad way to go... Jane, on the other hand, would probably find some way to make it even more painful and humiliating than it already is.

[@MrToasty9000]

what about Kirby? isnt there a planet that looks eerily similar to Earth, only frozen over and populated entirely by robots in abandoned factories? paints a pretty clear picture of what might have happened to its previous residents

[@Crystalluss]

And that's only scratching the surface of how messed up Kirby games can be.

[@ultrainstinctshaggy7202]

Example of how creepy Kirby can be: Lord Hyness unhooded

[@97dusk]

Yup. Shiver Star from Kirby and the Crystal Shards. Though, as stated previously, that's only scratching the surface. I'll always take a frozen planet populated by robots over ripping out a boss's eye, in a literal bloody storm, with a weapon that supposedly uses the power of love any day.

[@thabosnob9115]

Quinn O'Grady A homestuck? In this comment section? Its more likely than you think.

[@_justincredible_]

dufe look at kirby himself he eats other creatures on his way of kicking butt

[@jenniferharris4997]

When I saw a yellow pikmin in the thumbnail Inwas like, "I'm throwing away my wii!"

[@brycesanders1561]

Mother 3 deserves an honorable mention, I feel. Adorable pixel art and a soundtrack with tunes like "Bein' Friends" and "I Believe In You" is in stark contrast to the games storyline and themes. Your brother gets turned into a killer cyborg by the abused sociopathic child from Mother 2 that has preserved himself in a mechanical cradle for the last thousand years.

[@kaimera420]

I can't believe Mike, the world's only owner of a wii U, got featured in Splatoon lore. Shame about the whole being a fossil thing, but still!

[@hamstergoddess1344]

My name is Mike?!

[@DropkickedBarracuda]

Hamster Goddess I didn't believe you owned a Wii u at first, but the lack of intelligence a person must have to not know their own name makes it possible.

[@hamstergoddess1344]

James Sheridan I take offense to that lol

[@2013Fangirl]

What about Grey Goo from Tasty Planet? It was supposed to be a prototype bathroom cleaner, but the more it eats, the more it grows! Those adorable eyes look through your soul before it gobbles you up.

[@VivelaSlime]

OMG!!!!! YOU GET AN ACHIEVEMENT NAMED “BOOP” FROM SLIME RANCHER

[@o-mangaming5042]

Yup. The cat-shaped slimes bounce around and bop people. You get it when one of them does it to you.

[@finchwave]

Yeah there is some cute achievements

[@orlaithmcg]

@@finchwave And one horrifying achievement.

[@maddestmike5791]

Actually, wasn't Bowser's spell undone when Mario defeated him at the end of the first game?

[@alohadoodlez]

What about oxtra/oxbox? We all know Jane's a tyrannical ruler, but Ellen and Luke are so adorable!

[@Banquet42]

Jane can be adorable and tyrannical. She's talented enough to do both. Andy's a heartless silent assasin with a penchant for singing Disney songs and Mike just wants to watch the world burn in a really cool way. I'm not sure we can trust any pf them.

[@scorpix96]

well : Mike is a pyromaniac with a soft spot for explosions Andy is an immortal vampire who went through a pirate phase (with all the killing and looting that implies) Luke has a massive multiple personality disorder, one version being evil and wearing turtlenecks, Ellen... well she's the cutest, so probably the most dangerous. _beware of the Ellenning !!!_

[@mnArqal93]

So does that mean Jane is the safest option?

[@dragon-kitty]

mhJazz93 - nah she's just the most honest

[@Sol-mr1lv]

Well, Ellen can get quite violent when she's playing Overcooked with other members of the OX teams. And Luke has an evil clone from a parallel universe.

[@allegedlyfalse6779]

General rule of thumb I've found with Nintendo games in particular: the more cutesy it seems, the darker it really is. Kirby and Earthbound are both full of existential nightmares from the outer veils invading cutesy, colorful worlds; Pokemon's Pokedex entries reveal the creatures are a lot more dangerous than you'd think; Splatoon, Pikmin, and Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker take place in post-apocalyptic landscapes; even the Mario series dives into existential dilemmas and horror surprisingly often.

[@shinyneko8136]

Here's a video idea: Top 10 "cutesy" looking video game mascots that are anything *but* kid friendly.

[@keykey9973]

You know that ants movie there are no humans on sight and the insects evolved to fit inside cars and now they use the cars so literally opening the door is opening a to skull

[@ironicdutchmoonshade1394]

What about 10-year-old kids making money with dogfights between, among others, giant spearbees, giant cannonturtles and camels with vulcanos on their back. Face it: the Pokémon world should look more like the world of Fallout.

[@npc6924]

And beedrill, blastoise, and camerupt aren't even the most dangerous things in the Pokemon world (they're around medium-low levels in-game)

[@johnmasek2416]

NPC Indeed. Gyrados goes on rampages that leave miles of devestation; in a world were more than half the population has pokemon. Hydregon is potentially worse, as it also rampages... and is most likely going to be at a higher level. And then there are the legendaries. Shaymin has destroyed entire forests with seed flare. It's one of the weakest, lore-wise, as this group also includes things that erase the memories of anyone who looks it in the eye, trap everyone nearby in endless nightmares, control time and space, are the avatar of death, and created the universe. And yes, you can catch all of them.

[@Reicha]

john masek AND feed them pokepuffs! :D Who's a good avatar of death? You are, yes youuu are

[@manictiger]

Probably more like Reign of Fire. The entire world feared him as his dragons turned everything into ash and consumed them. In desperation, the humans launched all their nukes, but this only gave the dragons more to eat. Red, somehow having survived the nuclear holocaust, has returned to claim the lands the remaining few humans cling to. Humans hide underground, eating what few rodents and insects still exist. They are poorly equipped, demoralized, diseased and starving. The hour is dark and the situation dire. T H E S E C O N D F I R E I S C O M I N G

[@seaseaseaseaseaseaseasea]

Kirby. In that universe, the entirety of earth has frozen over from some sort of nuclear winter.

[@thelazyblade1016]

1:05 Thank you. Now I'm going to have nightmares about that!!

[@thenyansquidman]

Actually here's a slight correction on the slime rancher part they are generally happy except when not fed they don't need food only want it because if you don't feed them they don't die and finally yes the plorts are used for war and such but they are also used for clean energy sources

[@Jeliwood05]

The Nyan Squid Man, is it alright if I quote you when explaining the game to my friends? You seem to give a great explanation.

[@supahshadow9]

The thing is, Octarians and Inklings are actually beginning to share the land.

[@LimSiege]

...That is until the Inkling v Octoling Splatfest.

[@breanna1959]

Zach Lim The Second Great -Race War- Turf War hath arrived.

[@sinteleon]

Yes, but the inkling vs octoling splatfest is just a reenactment of the original war.

[@prinzkomi5490]

eh, if you hear it from Tartar, neither species is worthy of continuing to exist anyway

[@christinastarcloud5312]

Zach Lim Yeah but it was just a Splatfest, all fun and games. The players irl could of took it too far. But it really just means that squids are legally better.

[@jonomarshall2208]

16:10 The words that will spell the end of the universe as we know it.

[@jonnyvegas4391]

Roger and Flossy, the very first ship that blew up seconds after being made.

[@Rahat-tw8vg]

1) You should look at the Luigi's Mansion cut gameover screen 2) I think showing the Pikmin 1 bad ending would have been relevant for this video.

[@rabbit0664]

Rahat Good point. Especially the bad ending.

[@josephwilkins238]

What about the liquid like bosses that appear e.g. waterwraith

[@Serasia]

I was kinda scared about playing Hatoful Boyfriend but I might give it a try. I'm still not touching Doki Doki Literature Club though. That game's a little too real for me....

[@Serasia]

Thanks for the advice! I went to the Steam page and saw that it had a warning and thought, "Hmm...maybe nooooot...." I do hear good things about it though. I think there might be a sequel coming out (I saw a Game Theory about it) that might be dark from the get-go and I might give that one a try. Maybe.

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

My boyfriend and I played it (it was like a free trial thing) and we got to finish two maybe three endings but after that the trial ran out. We did have a few Theories based on the archive articles, that we were the last human remaining and it was a post-apocalyptic world ruled by birds etc. But we never did find out the ending... Well until now I did, I didn't even notice it was on the spoilers list but I'm kinda sad that I watched the whole thing :/

[@hudsondzc]

12:21 and then the sirens go off...

[@300IQPrower]

Thank you for describing manuals as “the thing you read in the car on the way home from getting your newest game” because i defy anyone to tell me that wasn’t their main use

[@yoda908]

Some manuals were interesting to read; even to read each characters biography. 1st one I read was the Legemd of Zelda.

[@Megamean09]

"For more intel, we have to refer to the game's manual. Oh, sorry, a manual was a piece of tree hammered flat on which were game instructions that you used to read in the car on the way back from the game shop. A car is what we used to call an Uber, and a game shop is kind of like an Amazon.com made of bricks..."

[@Serasia]

Hahaha. I remember those times. I also remember going to school in the snow uphill both ways. Wonderful times.

[@Rahat-tw8vg]

Skelespook yeah I see what you mean I don't like it when dialogue sounds "too scripted" but the joke wasn't that bad

[@OkSharkey]

Back in my day 10 minutes ago, some guy in a video said that

[@breuther]

The joke is a little offensive.

[@ghoultooth]

Sand Person No it isn’t.

[@DavidTokugi44]

No mention of the Kirby and the Crystal Shard? Nintendo really likes putting Earth in apocalyptic situations

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

As much as Ubisoft puts America in its death throes with Far Cry 5 and the Division.

[@barbaramontesino1]

FUCK YOU

[@guerafossilfightersfan]

there we go someone who agrees with me

[@seanpaul9808]

cough cough *fallout* cough cough

[@ProtoMekka]

Sean Paul this is more of an unexpected kind of dark backstory fallout doesn’t really fit in the category

[@seanromine3932]

Imagin the mushroom power ups are actually the stillborn children of the stone citizens, some preserved better than others henceforth the poison mushroom, regular power up mushroom or the extra life one. Meaning that you are likely desecrating the remains of the dead and potentially consuming the fruitified mushroom children hidden inside.

[@BennyG4336]

that last one ups marios kill count by a million!

[@BeeLy1011]

6:32 Actually, the ink is broken down by microbes, according to a sunken scroll

[@Slavecutter]

13:40 Don't you mean "... Birdpolice flocked the biilding..."?

[@orcatwar9810]

and i was also thinking the students are saying what in the Box ????

[@deoxysoverlord8710]

What is it with Nintendo and humans being wiped out/hated? In AC, there's only one human, in Splatoon, humans are extinct, in Pikmin, humans are extinct, in Pokemon, humans treat the little creatures like slaves, and in Kid Icarus, Viridi literally throws shade at the human race.

[@orbita2k2]

"7 Cutesy Games That I Can Get Away With Playing While Remaining Edgy" thank you~!

[@Makarosc]

Actually my little pony is pretty unsettling too when you realize how many livestock byproducts they use I.e. leather, jello, Marshmallows, etc... They may as well be cannibals

[@Geek-LDS]

Makarosc 666 I’m almost positive that they use different methods than we do to make all of those products!

[@Makarosc]

VG Philosophy that's what they want you to think

[@marhawkman303]

well.... I don't remember cows and chickens being sentient in that fictional universe, so.....

[@Makarosc]

Mar Hawkman cows are sentient chickens aren't

[@Makarosc]

Jasper Zanovich uhm I'm guessing yes

[@chrisbandicoot9552]

The subject of this video is kinda like real life. When you're a baby/toddler everything seems cute and cuddly. Then you grow up and realise you're living in a dystopia.

[@chattychatotchannel]

god hurtful boyfriend is so damn good it made me almost cry and it just rips your heart out I wish everyone played enough to experience that part of the game

[@caderidley2309]

I think "a manual is what you read in the car on the way home from the game store" hit the nail on the head, I'm only 17 now but i still fondly remember when they were a one of the best parts about games, well for the time driving home at least

[@keyblademasterkatsu7839]

Viva piñata for sure is a horrifying glimpse into the future...

[@tenshi3]

Capturing and breeding animals just so they can be smashed apart for their innards, I'd say this game merits inclusion...

[@CantankerousDave]

Ah yes, the game about animal capture, breeding, incest, and beating to death with a magic shovel. The review of this game on X-Play back in the day was even darker than usual. I could swear I remember the camera zooming in for a closeup on a horse pinata's tear-filled eye just before it exploded into candy.

[@IamaPERSON]

KeybladeMaster Katsu I forgot about that. Not to mention, in the first game when you see stardos, he looks creepy af.

[@mikeshogunlee]

Psychonauts, Suicide Milk Bombers, child abuse, burning orphanages, The only thing that could make this world more terrifying is if it had giant sea monsters or something....... *WAIT WHAT!!!!*

[@travisroth]

OHMYGOD YES. THIS.

[@bidoof367]

16:52 okay, but can we talk about how peach is a toad in the manual?

[@HylianFox3]

How about that crown item that turns Toadette into some of sort of Peach simulacrum? That caused quite a stir when it was revealed.

[@duscarasheddinn8033]

3:00 I mean, the first Pikmin game has a literal Geiger counter that indicates the planet has strong and constant radiation, so a nuclear apocalypse is more likely than you think.

[@rosiepotato_playz9664]

What about DDLC? (Doki Doki Literature Club)

[@raulphilipgoco403]

Rosie Potato_Playz I mean it had the tag of “Phycological Horror” so you would expect horror.

[@EldritchyWitchy]

Have you literally seen the tags and read the Description of it?? It already warns you of Horror and Psychological Horror

[@nikitamatakupan3614]

Wait, I think it's because Monika knows our (the players) world, and keeps breaking the fourth wall since she is aware that there's another world exist (our world). That might be scarier than the horror vibes that Dan Salvato adds.

[@nickysite1958]

just monika

[@harley898]

just monika

[@Heartshapedbox81]

Wait did Luke just squeeze Pikachu's cheeks? That's also an inadvisable thing to do just because something is cute lest one wants to get shocked

[@tylerherr4288]

i was thinkin the same thing

[@Fr0zenEagle]

I once saw the cutest little thing when we were on vacation in Canada to visit my aunt. Of course, me being only 7 years old at the time, I immediately ran up to it and started petting and cuddling it. My parents didn't really notice, until they heard me scream. Turns out the cute little thing was actually a small bear, which nearly bit two of my fingers off when my hand came too close to its snout. Six broken bones and years later (I'm 20 now), one joint is still a bit crooked.

[@Geek-LDS]

Fr0zenEagle Bears are incredibly cute monsters.

[@willhuey4891]

they are cute until they try to maul you

[@CasualNotice]

No, they're still cute, then. Just cute and licking the blood off their fuzzy-wuzzy fur.

[@Bluebedo]

Makes you wonder what humanity is thinking with the concept of teddy bears. Trying to kill off our own young to control overpopulation or something?

[@christophersmith8316]

Bluebedo You were SUPPOSED to be practicing bear strangling all those years.

[@charliecat2948]

Me: *goes to so finish watching this video* Also me: *falls off my bed* …*squeaks* Oh CoMe oN

[@amy-clarefidgett6505]

I am amazed oxbox and oxtra have time to make any new videos, what with all the letter and email writing, and follow up they engage in. Amazed, and grateful.

[@plant3341]

"...attend a prestigious highschool for birds!" UUUUMMMMM WAT?

[@froginatub]

3:55 : he says, as I am eating the omelette i JUST made for breakfast. Swear to god my hand stopped on its way to my open mouth like I was a shocked cartoon character. (I then continued to eat the omelette becuase it's delicious & I need my protien!)

[@ritter3723]

another thing for pikmin, WATERWRAITH, the scaryest thing alive and every pikmin players nightmare

[@alexernst9448]

Or maybe Mario is mercifully freeing the brickified toads from their unending torment, which is why he's rewarded for breaking blocks. "Thank you Mario, but I have no mouth and I must scream."