History VideoGame / B3313

** Trying to move close to either the Shadow or Faceless Marios will cause the surroundings to transform in a split-second while they become hazardous, though they'll still be immobile.

** There's little indication of what even is going on. Did Bowser kidnap Peach as usual or is she somehow the villain luring Mario and Luigi to their doom? Are the Shadow and Faceless Marios representations of the "Personalization A.I." from the iceberg memes?
** Warping to the main lobby from the pause menu will actually land the player on a ''version'' of it in cycling order, which can be identified by the numbers marked on the doors. Similarly, dying or clearing levels will warp the player to certain rooms instead of their entrance to make them lose their sense of direction. ​

* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: The more intuitive route to the final level involves climbing several slopes within the castle, though there's an even shorter non-Euclidean route from the castle's back door.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Dark Downtown's star requires you to drown the whole village. If you go to Bob-Omb Village, a Bob-Omb will tell you that [[spoiler:the level has been their refuge ever since you flooded the town and begs you to leave and "not take their energy sources", lest "everyone and everything will die". Collect any star from the level, and you're treated to a dark snowy field that is implied to be the village in decay. Congrats, you extinguished a whole civilization.]]

* GuideDangIt: The Caps and the route to the final level are essentially HiddenInPlainSight and rather easy to go to once one finds out about them, but until then they'll only be able to stumble around the maze without a guide. It's also deliberately difficult to keep track of which levels contain stars and which ones the player has already collected because there are no title cards for them. Just vague notes on the pause menu.

* NothingIsScarier: Surprisingly for a creepypasta-themed game, there are few JumpScare scenes and not many horror elements that weren't already native to ''Super Mario 64''. Instead, the Castle's confusing architecture, signs of desrepair, red mist in certain areas and off-key music make for an unsettling and lonely atmosphere even when nothing is actually threatening the player.

** Unlike in the original game, it is possible to move around all of Peach's Castle from the outside, so any outdoor areas found within make no sense. The haunted back courtyard from the original in particular has two more overlapping versions and can be entered from at least seven doors.

** The Destroyed Castle Grounds are seemingly set AfterTheEnd, on a red flooded field surrounded by ruins and two massive portraits of Peach in the distance. Entering a pipe warps back in time to the Haunted Castle Grounds. It start with Mario atop Peach's Castle, but the whole scenery is likewise crimson red-and-black and ominous despite the circus music playing. Yoshi is gone and Toad's statue is beheaded for some reason.

** The Ice-Cold Warzone is a version of Bob-omb Battlefield set during winter at night that portrays a war between crowds of Bob-ombs and Goombas. It is contrasted by two past versions -- a "beta" which lacks most of the enemies and a lively one where more enemy species inhabit the area.

* AlienGeometries: The locations of the various areas do not add up at all. A given door might lead to one of multiple locations and be reached from multiple different routes. There are many versions of the Castle Lobby and the other floors from the original, and the beta one comes in multiple variants to further confuse players.

* NoIndoorVoice: All text boxes are written in caps.

* OverlyLongGag: In V0.7, the Forest Maze is changed to a set of three long hallways divived into several rooms. So you'll keep opening doors over and over until, in two out of the three paths, it just sends you back to the entrance. The correct hallway then has a Toad in the way who asks Mario to keep quiet, which disables all sound effects for the rest of the area.

** The FUNHOUSE is a large set of colorful wide corridors with no apparent exit. All the doors are hidden, so the player must keep hugging the walls to break out.

** The "beta" versions of levels from the original ''Mario 64'' start with a sign ordering the player to turn their console off. It is only in Hazy Maze Cave, though, that the player will actually be killed if they stand still for a total of four seconds.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Dark Downtown's star requires you to drown the whole village. If you go to Bob-Omb Village, a bob-omb will tell you that [[spoiler: the level has been their refugee ever since you flooded the town and begs you to leave and "not take their energy sources". Collect any star from the level, and you're treated to a dark snowy field that is implied to be the village in decay. Congrats, you extinguished a whole civillization.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Dark Downtown's star requires you to drown the whole village. If you go to Bob-Omb Village, a bob-omb will tell you that [[spoiler: the level has been their refugee ever since you flooded the town and warns you to "not take their energy sources". Collect any star from the level, and you're treated to a dark snowy field that is implied to be the village in decay. Congrats, you extinguished a whole civillization.]]

* {{Anticlimax}}: As of V0.7, there is nothing after the endless staircase in the normal top floor which requires 70 stars. What would be the warp to the final Bowser level in ''[=SM64=]'' doesn't work.

* {{Anticlimax}}: As of 1.7, there is nothing after the endless staircase in the normal top floor which requires 70 stars. What would be the warp to the final Bowser level in ''[=SM64=]'' doesn't work.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The "beta" versions of levels from the original ''Mario 64'' start with a sign ordering the player to turn their console off. It is only in Hazy Maze Cave, though, that the player will actually be killed if they stand still for a total of four seconds.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Right before the final level you'll get warped to the rooftop of a crimson version of the castle. Everything looks black-and-red, the lake and waterfall have dried out, the toad statue is beheaded, Yoshi is nowhere to be seen, and yet circus music of all things is playing.

* TheMaze: The corridors, gateways, lobbies and actual stages are tangled together with multiple route options and secret doors.

* MindScrew: Warping to the main lobby from the pause menu will actually land the player on a ''version'' of it in cycling order, which can be identified by the numbers marked on the doors. Similarly, dying or clearing levels will warp the player to certain rooms instead of their entrance to make them lose their sense of direction. ​