Everyone knows what a Mario game looks like, right? You've got your mushrooms, your moustaches, your bright green pipes, etc. All very normal, all very friendly. But Mario fans are a observant bunch, so it's no surprise that a ton of weird and wonderful (but mostly weird) design secrets have been touted over the years.
A YouTuber has gathered together some of the creepiest Mario myths in one nightmare inducing compilation. Did you know that Mario has no pupils in reflections? Did you know that Mario can get in 'dead mode' in Super Mario 64? Infinite Bits' video rolls out a bunch of dark Mario design myths, and proves that most of them are actually true. As a bastion of cute and friendly character design, Mario is now dead to me – quite literally in one example below.
