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)
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⍟ Iggy crushing Mario with Thwomp footage by Mario Party Legacy
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⍟ Mario refuses to get on Luigi's kart footage by Gaming Reinvented
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⍟ Rainbow flag footage by BackStageProd
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⍟ Art used for the "spoiler warning" ripped by Trig Jegman, RafaelGN, and TPG
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Articles referenced:
⍟ Donkey Kong Country instruction manual
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⍟ Prisma Times - Super Mario Wiki
www.mariowiki.com/Prisma_Times
Sound effects:
⍟ EarthBound "Wow!" from intro uploaded by Starmen dot net
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⍟ Donkey Kong voice (Mario Party 1) uploaded by NintendoTV64
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⍟ Toad voice (Mario Party 9) uploaded by 🐇EvilnissanGTR🐇
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⍟ Super Paper Mario voice clips uploaded by Michael
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⍟ Mario says "So long-a, Bowser!" (Super Mario 64) uploaded by TMK
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⍟ Shy Guy voice clips (Mario Party 9) uplaoded by 🐇EvilnissanGTR🐇
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⍟ Mario screams "hot" (Super Mario Sunshine) uploaded by TMK
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⍟ Crowd Aww Sound Effect by S Media3
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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
#PaperMario #ColorSplash #Nintendo

[@ThaneGaming]

Warning: in addition to Color Splash, there are a couple of spoilers for The Origami King featured in this video. I forgot to mention it in the disclaimer...sorry about that! Correction: (2:33) - commenter "Skypatroller_BenCD" informed me that fire is not the *only* way to defeat a Shunned Guy. They can also be defeated with Ice Flowers or Thing cards!

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

Thanks for the mention ✌🏿🥕

[@ThaneGaming]

@@Skypatroller_BenCD You're welcome, I'm glad you said something! I am currently working on a Dark Aspects of Sticker Star, with the plan of combining all of these episodes into one compilation. It gives me the chance to fix any errors, so I'll correct in the actual video!

[@BobKirbyman-kz1fo]

Did you get the mother 3 plushies

[@ThaneGaming]

@@BobKirbyman-kz1fo Not yet! I got a notification that they shipped out yesterday so I haven't recieved them yet. I'm very excited and will do a small photo shoot with them. I'll share the pictures in a community post here on YT!

[@Obsidian_Knight]

Ok but i love how Bowser, in his confusion on why Mario's there, asks if they have a kart race scheduled for that day, showing that they arent just hero and villain, but enjoy other hobbies too

[@petrblaha8806]

It makes mario cart essentialy canon

[@iantaakalla8180]

To the Color Splash universe

[@sonarchy5158]

Paper Mario Kart when?

[@globingoblin8625]

I love my Paper Mario games with blood and lifeless bodies

[@globingoblin8625]

I like to think Huey dumped the black paint into outer space itself, which is already black, in order to neutralize it. This game's artstyle shows the sky as a flat backdrop, so it makes sense that you can paint it too. And yeah, I agree that having a few possessed enemies through the game would've been really fun

[@NotsilYmerej]

Yeah, all three of them were good games

[@Bald_Frisk_Undertale]

Me too!

[@benlee822]

Me too

[@xxsuperproductionsxx138]

yep.

[@doctorwormcat]

I laughed so hard I cried when I first saw the toad say "My wife left me!", the idea that it could be the last thing Mario hears before he dies made me laugh even more... i love paper mario

[@AndyToons64]

i miss my wife Mario i miss her a lot

[@doctorwormcat]

@@AndyToons64 mario she took the kids mario i just want to see my son mario

[@mobgabriel1767]

Also "Luigi wouldnt do this to us"

[@trevorragan2464]

@@AndyToons64I’ll be back

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

18:50 fun fact related to a personal experience of mine: After i defeated that Shy Guy i got a Red Shy Guy card as a reward so to me he's still alive in some way

[@ThaneGaming]

That's the best outcome for sure! If only he were summanable during boss fights so that he could land the finishing blow on Bowser and take a much needed vacation...

[@allpremier]

And let’s have a sad fact to balance the scale! When you go back to the train to trigger the cutscene again, every other character is there, except for the Red Shy Guy. Fly high, RSG, you will be missed.

[@ayo.2022]

Same here, I really hope they did that on purpose so that you could paint him back to life and let him run free to do his own thing in life later on

[@Crimson-Hat]

The black paint factory blowing up is nightmare fuel no cap. These guys are just working their job and Mario blows up the deadly super acid tank and now the room is rapidly filling up with flesh melting liquid. Those minions had families. Wives, Husbands, kids, siblings. How many families did you just ruin?

[@mobgabriel1767]

"its a massacre! A paintbath! Mario the War criminal emerges victorious"

[@ayo.2022]

I wonder if Mario himself ever considered this typa stuff. If not in this game, then surely after the Bobby incident...

[@dylatron4533]

I think the creepiest/weirdest moment is the black paint bowser’s final attack. Imagine just chilling, being possessed, and the creature possessing you decides to take itself, and all of YOUR life essence to kill some guy with a moustache that you don’t like.

[@KC_Garcia]

I can't believe "Mario the war criminal" is a real line

[@3DSCarnaje]

I do have to wonder if they were referencing matpat with the line. Not sure on the time line but it seems possible.

[@TwilightChomperEnthusiast]

15:00 I’ve interpreted it that all of the black paint coloured the night sky in that instant. It doesn’t make a lot of sense if you think about it for like… ten seconds, but that was my immediate thought, and I can’t change it.

[@whichcache2517]

My headcanon is that there's "okay" black paint, and "not okay" Black Paint. The "okay" black paint is any instance where the color black is utilized, whether it's an outline, a character's pupils, a Fuzzy, etc. The "not okay" Black Paint is whenever the sacriligeous slurry fromed from mixing the Big Paint Stars's paint together is propagated. Huey sending the Black Paint towards the black-painted night sky is his way of safely disposing of it, since the infinite vastness of black paint outweighs the Bowser's Castle's worth of Black Paint. If the Black Paint is synonymous to a symbiote, it would be like defeating it by stretching its waning consciousness across the universe, making it so that it's completely ineffectual and rendered inert (like that Adventure Time episode where Jake tries to solve a labyrinth by literally stretching himself thin).

[@user-ye1ed7gq4n]

I think it went to bowsers furys

[@whichcache2517]

@@user-ye1ed7gq4n Nah, Junior explained in that game that he was the one who painted Bowser that way… Meaning… Bowser Junior’s Magic Paintbrush is Big Paint Star-level, confirmed.

[@renevorster6272]

My theory about where Huey took the black paint is that he used it to paint space. We know our universe is still expanding, so that means he’s still out there, using the black paint to color the night sky.

[@pedroivog.s.6870]

I thought it was him painting the sky a little more black as night arrises

[@michaelkaduck1915]

I like the comical horror elements in both Color Splash and Origami King. I haven't beaten Color Splash yet just because I've been busy, but the amount of humor in that game, and Origami King is just cute fun! And even without too many unique characters, I think they did add real humanity to the ordinary Mario NPCs and Enemies that can make you laugh...and even cry. (Rest in Peace Shy Guy I met on the train.) :( And for the few unique characters, like Huey, and later Bobby and Olivia in Origami King...it still has that beautiful children's media kind of sacrifice at the end of the story.

[@uroskesic6117]

Right on man … right on

[@Grane1234]

The manual for color splash is actually so good. My favourite part is when they talk about the meat boss, they mention how they actually went out and bought actual meat using company money and had a cook-out, even showing and comparing the meat they cooked to the one in game. I love it

[@avery1205finatic]

Remember when Mario was watching Toad’s color getting drained and did nothing? 3:04 Mario gets his color drained, but no one is there to help him

[@avery1205finatic]

Karma tracks you down, even in a world made of paper

[@lorenzoantonio3630]

How you react if you see one of your friend getting their paint dry as they slowly die how you see it that also have a nice day

[@Mr.Morton127]

...But nobody came

[@RylixBlizzai]

i genuinely wish colour splash was more loved in the fandom sure it's not the gameplay return to form with a deep and interesting story people wanted after sticker star but the game still oozes so much charm i still hold it towards the upper edges of my favourite games even all these years later

[@Dat1star]

yeah I kinda want it on the switch more than the thousand year door

[@renomiz2373]

It's such a shame too, there is so many great concepts piled into terrible ones. If they honestly had stopped the card based battles and requiring a specific item to kill a boss it wouldn't be a easily be considered another classic in the series. SS was terrible but at least you could beat bosses without things. Kinda wish the map wasn't locked too so you could go after any big paint star but it was still cool there was a legitimate story reason why you couldn't get in some places till you got em. Definitely underrated thanks to SS though and honestly a better game than Origami king.

[@skelaboi01]

I love color splash. It gets more hate that it deserves. At least its not sticker star.

[@ThaneGaming]

I've played through Color Splash twice, 100%. I really like it, but not Sticker Star. I know the battle system isn't much of an improvment (and is even admittedly a bit slower), but I enjoyed the paint managment aspect and Hammer Scraps "leveling up" your total paint capacity. Everything else about CS is brimming with charm & personality (which I felt was lacking with SS). The main plot is simple, but the idea of parasitic Black Paint posessing Bowser is really cool. I think Color Splash & TOK proved to me that Intelligent Systems did the best they could with their odd creative limitations. I love these games

[@Wilmadiamond]

The sad part about sticker star is that it has some potential. The sticker management is a good idea imo, sure you can carry around a bunch of overpowered thing cards but you have limited inventory space. The game also has some nice moments. Mostly in the later half though. The shy guy/snifit game show trend started here. The mansion level where you need to find a bunch of boos as well as the ski lift level are cool as well. Also seeing the festival square being rebuilt as you progress through the game is very nice. However, because all the characters are toads you don’t really remember any of them. TLDR: The game, while flawed, had potential.

[@ThaneGaming]

@@Wilmadiamond The levels that you mentioned are my favorite parts about the game. The Snifit gameshow & Enigmansion are genuinly fun, and I remember having a better time with the ice levels in general. I think Mizzter Blizzard was a good idea for a boss, with a bit more of a story than "found a Royal Sticker, put sticker on and went mad". It is funny how that's all post chapter 3, the longest one by far! I do agree that sticker management itself is a good idea, it's just tough to base an entire battle system around that concept. I think the ring system in The Origami King is really clever and the bosses are pretty great, but it had a similar problem where the late game starts feeling tedious. The little bit of incentive Color Splash provided w/ its Hammer Scraps helped, so if Sticker Star had something like it and more interesting earlier chapters I would've enjoyed it so much more. You're right, it did have potential.

[@gay4sswhovian]

Colour Splash Writting is as good as super paper mario and thousand year door change my mind

[@projectz358]

Sticker star bar is so low that anything that does a slight opposite of it is better by default.

[@BlueJack222]

7:21 I am so glad somebody acknowledge that because they literally did color splash again in Bowser's Fury

[@derpyderp2270]

3:22 Paper mario, the game where you can care more about a paper flying paint bucket, more than a sentient crown sticker

[@barelyhere7200]

I don’t mind this game having a Basic story because it’s not trying to have a grand story. It’s just trying to be a funny Mario adventure and I’m fine with that. My only problem with the story is that it’s heavily implied and then revealed that Bowser was possessed by the black paint the entire game, but they never do anything with that and then at the end of the game everyone acts like he was the bad guy the whole time even though he was doing everything against his will. It’s just so weird. I also don’t buy that Kamek didn’t know bowser was possessed. He’s smarter than that. The game also could have made the black paints plan be a lot more interesting just by using what’s already in the game. In the game black paint is extremely toxic and can kill you and it can also possess you. The paint possessing Bowser wanted to cover the entire world in black paint, so why not reveal that the reason he wants to do that is because he would kill everybody on the Earth, and then the black paint would possess their dead bodies creating a new world of paint folk that he would be the ruler of. All of the pieces are there it’s just that the game doesn’t use any of them

[@ThaneGaming]

Well said! I agree that all of the pieces are there, so it's a great idea, but it isn't executed as well as it could have been. I did find it weird that Peach says something along the lines of "I hope Bowser's learned his lesson this time" during the ending...dude accidentally caused trouble because he wanted a cool shell. The fact that Mario says nothing (off-screen of course, I know he doesn't normally have lines) makes me think that he's unaware his archnemesis was possessed at all, despite Bowser's dialogue and attitude making it very obvious he didn't know what was going on. I like your point about Kamek, you're spot-on about that. I get that they wanted to save the reveal of the Black Paint puppeting Bowser for the final memory, but Kamek could have at least alluded to it (like Peach early on saying that Bowser's not himself). I like the idea of Black Paint being this primordial evil that simply wants to spread itself across Earth (and yours about it wanting to revive color-drained folk with black paint so that it can rule over them), but sadly any motives for it are headcanon because the game doesn't offer any :/

[@ajenethedrawer3718]

​@@ThaneGaming what if color splash does come to switch? That's what I'm hoping for?

[@gavinarad2288]

@@ajenethedrawer3718 I have a strange idea, but what if, probably on the next console after the Switch, they do a paper mario collection similar to all stars, but with all the paper mario games possibly excluding origami king. Definitely a stretch of an idea, but it’d be fun.

[@emperorbooglitch8540]

​@ThaneGaming Even when I was a big Modern Paper Fan (Nowadays, I want nothing to really do with the Nintendo Switch anymore) this was a big criticism I was thinking in the back of my head and I believe I made (Or was thinking about making but I just didn't for whatever reason) a Paper Mario Color Splash post about it.

[@ryanbaker2762]

That “so long gay bowser” part was good lol

[@nurfboy7635]

This is why Color Splash is an underrated gem.

[@RedMint_Tea]

color splash has always been one of my favourites, even if it isn’t really considered ‘good’ by a lot of people, i love the whole concept of paint being used. seeing this video’s really opened my eyes more, considering it has been a long, long while since i’ve seen anything on the game. love the video!!

[@Shwiffle]

It's really nice to see some Color Splash love in the comments. I understand how the modern PM games have issues like the battle systems, but I've gotten REALLY tired over the past several years of any and all praise towards the modern games always being undercut by someone bringing up those issues. It's perfectly valid to dislike the modern games for those reasons, don't get me wrong. But there's still a lot to like about them and I wish more people would be able to see past the "old games good, modern games bad" filter.

[@ayo.2022]

I don't like to be _that_ kinda guy, but honestly I think that most people that do this likely haven't even played the game and just like to jump on a hatewagon for the sake of it, because you'd think they'd have at least some knowledge about the game beyond "this game is bad because the internet told me it was 8 years ago". Francis's words still hold true to this day.

[@CocatGaming]

I love Color Splash, and I am excited to see this overhaul video.

[@ThaneGaming]

I love Color Splash too, I was especially excited to share this one because I think the game's really underrated (and not a lot of people have actually played it)!

[@CocatGaming]

@@ThaneGaming it’s just so nice to see people talk about this game. This game has just so many interesting details to it.

[@shane8269]

Laughed so hard at the fact that you could possibly die because of a toad screaming “my wife left me” 20:15

[@lasercraft32]

Venom Symbiotes are canon in the Paper Mario universe.

[@mobgabriel1767]

And War crimes too

[@Supermarioplushworld.]

The fact bowser got possessed by black paint twice is funny

[@I_love_eating_plutonium]

The funny thing is, the 2nd time he did isn’t even in the same universe as the 1st time

[@Bluebadgerxoxo]

Man when I was younger I remember being bummed that I couldnt play this game cuz i didnt have a WiiU. For years I only ever heard crap things about this one tho mostly due to the battle system, however tbh I would love to get a chance to play this game someday if they ever decided to somehow port it to the switch. I love how dark this game technically is especially compared to Origami King. Thank you so much for making this video! I got to see and enjoy for the first time said dark aspects of it because of this!

[@theghostwiththemost789]

I think color splash is by far the funniest Mario game ever made

[@ThaneGaming]

I would agree with that. The Origami King has some moments that come close, but I think Color Splash inches past because of the sheer amount of genuinely funny dialogue. You can bet Color Splash will be at the forefront in threads about examples of suprising writing in Mario games

[@MatthewWeinberg-lr6kv]

It’s either Color Splash or Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Personally, I think Kingdom Battle has some lines that are just a little wittier. Speaking of which, Thane, do you think you’ll ever do a Dark Aspects on the Mario+Rabbids games? Because I bet you could find a few gems in those games.

[@bunsmasterbunny]

Old games are way funnier.

[@ThaneGaming]

@@MatthewWeinberg-lr6kv probably! The games have always interested me but I've admittedly only played the first world of the original, despite having owned it for a few years now. I just put it down for whatever reason and haven't gone back yet...I really need to cover the Mario & Luigi series too, I've played a couple of them but the ones I haven't are big gaps in my Mario RPG knowledge!

[@ThaneGaming]

@@bunsmasterbunny I can see a case for maybe TTYD being funnier, but I can't for the original Paper Mario (which is my personal favorite overall). The N64 original has lots of humorous moments for sure, but really funny NPC dialogue isn't as prevalent as it is in Color Splash. Anyway, what do you think of TTYD remake being closer to the Japanese script? I love the examples I've seen so far.

[@theartist1256]

18:44 After you defeat him, if you go to the train again, there's just an empty seat.

[@DolphyShark]

i used to be obsessed with this game when i was a child and still, the art style and everything is so pretty (nothing to do with the video just had to put it out there)

[@renevorster6272]

Paper Mario Color Splash fans deserve a Re-release on switch 2 (me being one of those diehard fans even though I’ve never played the game, I love the aesthetic and story so much) Who’s with me 👇

[@The_hot_blue_fire_guy]

It’s things like this that makes me believe that at least some of the people working in modern paper Mario actually care, at least a bit about the world the games take place in. Even though there are still many many issues and problems with color splash and the other modern paper Mario games, I feel that after sticker star they at least TRIED to make a interesting world while still sticking to “only use established characters” rule. The dialogue in both color splash and origami king is done with as much care as the dumb restrictions allow for. It’s sad that we can’t see the alternative timeline where color splash (sticker star and origami king as well) would have been created in a similar way as the first two games. You can still keep the paint mechanic. And if you did it right a card/deck builder would actually work pretty well and it could be simple yet complex enough for both casual and hardcore players. Even sticker star could have at least been labeled decent if it’s story and characters were less two dimensional. At least TTYD is getting a remake so if that sells well we might get at least some of the old paper Mario in the next new game. Even if it’s just some interesting characters or party members that would be enough for me to be satisfied.

[@CheeseChao]

It’s great knowing that a funny game that I played when I was younger actually had that much more thought put into it. Honestly great video and now I’m willing to play the other paper Mario games, I’m that is if I can reasonably pay for them.

[@Bluegirl12345]

My favourite game over is the Toads lining up to beat up Mario

[@Eterna_B0i]

The best one is when he dies to “MY WIFE LEFT ME”

[@agentomecha634]

Say what you will about the battle system in the recent Paper Mario games. But the writing in Color Splash and Origami King is both funny and occasionally deep at the same time. I like when you’re given the chance to talk and interact with Bowser’s minions in both games since you’re able to get a glimpse of how they see things from their perspective. Whether that be what it’s like working under Bowser or learning about their own aspirations. Showing that the minions are more than just two dimensional characters. (Despite all the characters literally being two dimensional in the Paper Mario series.) Color Splash and Origami King may have far more restrictions put on them compared to their older counterparts, but they still have tons of charm and world building in my opinion. And it’s a shame they aren’t looked upon as fondly as their older counterparts. Though I suppose it’s to be expected with how much Nintendo had sterilized the franchise. At least with Origami King, it seems that might be changing since we got to see more visually interesting places and some characters did have unique designs and personalities. Maybe with the TTYD remake, it will do well and we can see Nintendo start to lift more of the restrictions on the series with future releases.

[@einmensch2973]

I will allways love this game . Moments like these are what make this game one of the most memorable mario games ever in my opinion .

[@littlelostlune2220]

Finally, someone talked about my since years favorite game! Heck yea! And awesome video!

[@user-wb2vx2vj1s]

About where all of the black paint from Huey disappeared. As I was young, when played PMCS, I had the same question, but later, I revisited the game and got the theory: the sky. The night sky, as we can partially see at the Starlight’s Cape and above the Bowser castle, is dark-blue, with a bit of a purple, but most of all - it is paper too, like everything in this world. Slurp Guys are known for sucking the paint from not only just toads and nature, but from even a freaking ocean and sky itself, as we see, when we first time arrive to the bridge of the Scarlet Tower. The Big Paint stars have enough power fix it, so, as Huey is connected to the Paint Fountain, he has a bit of such power too. Connecting everything, I say that Huey simply painted the sky to a darker tone ( plus the sound and sparks going after the Huey’s ascension indicates, that something was PAINTED COMPLETELY ), making nights in this world… well, nights-nights. That’s my crazy theory, but it looks kinda persuasive, so, this is how I think this happens.

[@goldenyoshistar1]

17:25 I just noticed that the Shy Bandit does a sort of "Calling Card" to the spot where it is attacking, just like the Phantom Thieves in Persona 5/Persona 5 Royale.

[@the_godbodor7026]

The biggest pro Id give Color Splash and have been giving it since its release is that opening cutscene and the whole premise. The whole draining characters of their paint, leaving them basically lifeless immediately hooked me when I first got the game and, while the rest of the game isn’t that good, it doesn’t change the fact that this is a killer premise

[@Ceruchi]

Colour splash my beloved

[@meandmyboys8728]

This game is actually one of my favorite games of all time

[@newerboomerangmiaro7778]

I think its basically assumed that the dark paint was used to become the night sky, as huey explodes as the sky turn the sky black to nighttime.

[@charismaentertainer1657]

15:10 I’m 90% sure that the sky turning black after the explosion is implying that Huey painted the night sky. So that’s a cool

[@francisslider64]

This kinda make me question if the black paint in Bowser's Fury is actually the same paint from Color Splash who want to takes revenge after Mario ruined his plan. I know that this one was summoned by Bowser's Jr. brush and the one one in Color Splash was summoned from the Prism Fountain which can bring explanations that they could be different because of that but tbh I like to think they are both the same black paint and it has the capacity to be summoned by any tools. Also geat analysis btw!

[@aidanhammans9337]

Being these are two different worlds, I have my doubts they are the same. They are likely counterparts though, due to similar M.Os and powers. Fury Goop is what it says on the tin, toxic goop that can influence someone’s fury, while also turning them giant. It likely has something to do with the fact this is the magic paintbrush that could make literal creatures and Powerups. Black Paint is different. It’s actually sentient, with actual planning capacity, and can be crafted with paint from anywhere. Thinking about it, Fury Goop and Black Paint are equally as dangerous. Fury Goop has more inherent power, but is the result of magic paint. Black Paint is easier to make, all you need is the primary colors and a mixer, but at its maximum, it’s less powerful.

[@francisslider64]

@@aidanhammans9337 Yeah I completely forgot the fact they are from different worlds which contradict some of my argument but I definitely see them being counterparts to each others!

[@elias0240]

@@francisslider64While the two black paints may not be the same entity lore-wise, I do think unused elements form colour splash were considered in the making of bowsers fury. One of the paint-bowser concept arts shown in this video even has the same colour scheme as fury bowser!

[@larrykoopa64dshacker64]

@@aidanhammans9337 Two different worlds doesn't make a difference because Paper Jam also established that the events in both worlds are mostly the same, Paper Bowser with Paper Kamek even unknowingly having the same conversation that 3D Bowser had with 3D Kamek at the same time when they separated briefly. Also, if Paper Mario didn't happen for the 3D Mario, then how did Goomboss return in Super Mario 64 DS? The explanation for his existence at all was in Paper Mario. Other than that, I do see your point since the Magic Paint Brush has been shown to be able to bring drawings to life.

[@gaminggeckos4388]

15:11 It goes into space. I'd like to think that, before releasing the black paint into space, people could go to space and be just fine, but now it's the black paint that causes you to die in space

[@Pitrek1113]

Color Splash reminds me of the Pokemon anime, in which there are many comparisons between the XY(Z) anime and Sun and Moon anime. It's like TTYD vs. CS. While the former is more epic and adventurous, the latter is laid back and has funny gags and dialogue. Both also having different artstyles. Also like CS, Sun and Moon weren't shy of touching various darker topics like possession and death.

[@andy-opia4306]

If Paper Mario 7 follows closer to the structure of 64 and TTYD, I really hope the writing style stays the same. It’s genuinely really good stuff.

[@yohhh6715]

Ngl this game made me cry at the end of the train level cuz for some reason cuz the whole music and atmosphere hit me just right

[@bucko2356]

I felt only joy watching the toad having his color sucked out of him

[@Croshau]

That's understandable after sticker star

[@MathiMan12532]

“This is the 3rd time a companion sacrificed themselves in a paper Mario game… let’s hope origami king doesn’t follow” I’ve got bad news and even badder news…

[@Victini7472]

i literally watched the og the other day LMFAO, this is very good timing

[@chasani]

I didn't know people were still talking about this game great to see it still getting attention :)

[@jonathanhargraves2241]

New day, new Dark Aspects video. It's going to be a great day! :)

[@ThaneGaming]

I hope you enjoy it! I've been really excited for this one in particular, I think Color Splash is underrated and it was chock-full of stuff to talk about

[@basedguy.4229]

Im scared that while I'm sleeping the shy guys will come to suck me dry..its my biggest fear!

[@ThaneGaming]

It's so silly to read or see in the game but actually envisioning that is frightening 😅 imagine a group of masked men dressed in red robes standing in the corner of your room ready to drain your blood

[@loopsjam4713]

​@@ThaneGamingwith dollar store bendy straws

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

However, the darkest aspect of Paper Mario: Color Splash has to do with the fact that throughout the game, there isn't a single snowy area within Prism Island. Paper Mario games (and Mario games in general) are know to have vibrant worlds that somehow have a vast range of environments. So the decision for Nintendo to not have any snowy areas in Paper Mario: Color Splash baffled me, until I started thinking deeper. Maybe, Nintendo was warning about something. That Prism Island had already started to be ravaged by climate change, and all the ice and snow in the island had already melted away. It's a warning from Nintendo about an issue that we shall deny no longer, and if humanity continues on this path of polluting the planet we live in, we will all be doomed. And not only that, in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, we see a tree in Twilight Town with crows perched onto it, discussing about how fossil fuels are being depleted, and people's environmental issues can't just go away, cementing the fact that climate change is canonical within the universe of Paper Mario.

[@GMDGeojumper2011-bl8sx]

That means the black paint is fossil fuels

[@starlord8739]

Huey took the black paint to a the Giga bell lmao

[@WooperK]

I’m glad the Wii U and paper Mario color splash is getting more attention now I’m so happy Also but FR this is the best PM game

[@aydencahoon6557]

15:00 I think the black paint he took is the paint that covers fury bowser

[@hi-rv1ey]

It's the same paint

[@Dexuz]

19:42 One of the cleverest jokes of the game.

[@cristianrygiel5596]

Most underrated game of all time.

[@TheZorx]

The black paint went to the cat kingdom (bowser's fury) and anger may have caused it to transforn into what it is in the game. (This is a headcannon)

[@Taco_muncher]

I LOVED this game back when it came out

[@PFGFrankly]

I love the fact in the paper Mario universe, bowser is just a big dummy which I enjoy

[@togeluga_the_cat]

wait, so does this mean paper bowser has cannonicaly used chemichal warfare as a tactic

[@raphaeldagamer]

I think I'm gonna get around to finishing this game finally.

[@Exsaviourthefurryguy]

"ik color splash isnt a popular paper mario game" meanwhile sticker star in the void:why am i still here...just to suffer...

[@UltraPlasmaMan]

Sticker Star is underrated

[@Exsaviourthefurryguy]

@@UltraPlasmaMan ikr

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

...I do not remember this game calling Mario a war criminal.

[@afunnylittlegoober]

shy bandit was just trying to steal hearts bro

[@JWillyP]

10:10 thats bowsers fault for keeping tons giant bombs in a nuclear bomb factory

[@hi-rv1ey]

I mean the factory wasn't keeping black paint near the bob ombs UNTIL he got possessed by the black paint so I'd blame it on the black paint.

[@FailureGamin]

I love this game's writing

[@UniChavez_]

I played through every paper mario game and I love watching your videos and seeing all the dark but true aspects of these games and the lore is so good which you describe perfectly

[@ThomasSH]

Loved your earthbound vids happy i subbed keep up great work 😊

[@AntoninBrochu]

Paper mario Color splash is my childhood game. Mh yes, blood.

[@nobodyatall9999]

Imagine he travels back to Super Paper Mario to dump it into the VOID so it CEACES TO EXIST 💜🕳️

[@bluevern904]

Didn’t expect a Toad to watch DougDoug

[@Sqidzies]

I love this game. S tier game imo, it’s such a shame more people don’t play it.

[@goldenyoshistar1]

Can you imagine if Mario could not recover any Toad that was painted over? Adding to the factor that losing your paint meant the end of your very paper life, and the only way to save everyone would be to use the power of the Big/Grand Paint Stars to just restore everyone who has ever been drained of their color.

[@TheRealAlbinosquirrel444]

My favorite paper Mario game is color splash, and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.

[@ThaneGaming]

I'm happy I've seen more Color Splash love lately, the game deserves it. What's your favorite part?

[@TheRealAlbinosquirrel444]

@@ThaneGaming To be honest, it’s been a really long time since I’ve played it. I should really replay it sometime. I don’t really remember much about the game.

[@comparatorclock]

It's Bowser wanting a rainbow shell which makes me wonder why there isn't a hippie koopa who has painted their shell tie-dye lmao

[@epiclegosnailchannel4334]

I wish stick star was more like this plot wise and comedy wise. I still will forever Love that game despite being the worst paper mario game

[@ThaneGaming]

I am working on a Sticker Star video now! While I'm not a fan of SS overall, I do think there's enough to talk about & some things I did enjoy about it in hindsight. Color Splash greatly improved upon it with the aspects you mentioned imo, so I retroactively wish the same!

[@Finnegan-ed3hj]

I love color splash

[@R.ipM.yF.ishnets]

Bro Bowser deserves better 😔🙏

[@nekonomicon2983]

I had no idea this game had so many interesting moments. I just chalked it up as Sticker Star 2 and left it at that.

[@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD]

23:14 (looks at the crime rate in Chiraq and Baltimore) “No no, he’s got a point”

[@remcobunschoten735]

In my headcanon he justs brings it to space, the black paint he brings there slowly transform into black holes, so if you ever see those in a mario game, they are probable made out of black ink

[@ProjectMirai64]

Nice video!

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

16:28 honestly (and I'm probably kidding) i would have loved to a white paint be involved in some way and that white paint could be the opposite of black paint because in color theory if you mix all color (mainly the main 3: Blue, Yellow and Red) you get black and white paint is not a fusion of color. And heck they could also introduce grey paint which is a fusion of black and white so as a light and darkness situation

[@the_godbodor7026]

If Color Splash had good gameplay, I’m very certain this game would be placed right next to TTYD and Super as amazing Paper Mario games. Maybe a future remake of it could fix the gameplay and give us an amazing experience

[@Bee_honk13]

Shunned guy looks like if you were to add heavy shading you could pass it as a horror game character if shown to somebody who barely knows the game

[@Bulblorb]

Honestly, Dark Bloo Inn is my favorite stage.

[@UltraPlasmaMan]

It was stressful for 10yo me, having to solve the puzzle before the clock.

[@springtrap_66pg66]

your analysis vids on the paper mario series has opened my eyes to the fact that nintendo is SUPER BASED. I LOVE IT!! Japan is the only culture promoting actual diversity rather than mixing everyone together

[@YesImFine]

I love the part where the shy guy drinks the toad’s blood and Mario watches and does literally nothing

[@gc6096]

Awesome!

[@LemonCuppy]

As a person playing the original Paper Mario 64, I can safely day… We needed this.

[@Thedragonlover95]

Bowser just wanted a fabulous shell

[@frostflamegames673]

We know what Huey does with the paint: He paints the night sky black with it, as seen with the clip at 15:11.

[@HandleNuggetREPLYCOMMENT]

I lost my copy of this game and wanted to revisit it. i still think why this game is supposed too close to a horror game sometimes. I hope huey comes back eventually.

[@avery1205finatic]

Something I always wondered about this game is why did they make some of the shy guys cover Mario’s face as his color gets drained, there’s really no reason to cover it, he would probably just look like the other enemies that had their colors drained, or just a paper that hasn’t been colored yet

[@jaydendahler9004]

the black paint went to bowsers fury