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* ''Scooby Doo: Escape from the Coolsonian'' is infamous for containing a ScreamerPrank played disturbingly straight: after using a crowbar to open up a sarcophagus, the player finds a message (written in a small font against a dark background, forcing you to focus to read it) which is interrupted by a full-screen image of a mummy and a loud scream. This could terrify even adults if they didn't expect it, but this was a game promoting the kid-friendly movie ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'''s Battle Royal mode often gets hit with this. Sure, it looks like an afternoon cartoon, but behind the facade it's still a shooter where the only goal is to murder everyone else until only one player is left standing, leaving many people (parents in particular) wondering how it managed to get a comparatively kid-friendly rating of Teen despite its premise.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'''s Battle Royal Royale mode often gets hit with this. Sure, it looks like an afternoon cartoon, cartoon and nobody seems to die as a holographic projector is always shown picking up the eliminated players, but behind the facade it's still a shooter where the only goal is to murder everyone else until only one player is left standing, leaving many people (parents in particular) wondering how it managed to get a comparatively kid-friendly rating of Teen despite its premise.
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* ''VideoGame/SpanishForEveryone'' on the Platform/NintendoDS appears to be merely an EdutainmentGame to teach kids Spanish. The plot involves [[spoiler:the main character Shawn turning into a drug mule at the end of the story, and his friend Miguel heavily implied to have been gunned down with his family ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}''-style by a [[TheCartel drug cartel]]. And if that wasn't enough, there's a heavy sexual reference (the town La Zorra, which in English translates to "bitch"), and a bull character who doesn't care that he's going to die and accepts his fate.]] Rated E for everyone. Apparently, the messed up plot was done on purpose by the developers, who figured that nobody was going to bother playing their game, and just wanted to have fun.

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* ''VideoGame/SpanishForEveryone'' on the Platform/NintendoDS appears to be merely an a mere low-budget EdutainmentGame to teach kids Spanish. The plot involves [[spoiler:the main character Shawn turning into a drug mule at the end of the story, and his friend Miguel heavily implied to have been gunned down with his family ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}''-style by a [[TheCartel drug cartel]]. And if that wasn't enough, there's a heavy sexual reference (the town La Zorra, which in English translates to "bitch"), and a bull character who doesn't care that he's going to die and accepts his fate.]] Rated E for everyone. Apparently, the messed up plot was done on purpose by the developers, who figured that nobody was going to bother playing their game, and just wanted to have fun.



* Practically too many [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct bootleg]] (and sometimes original) {{Browser Game}}s to count; featuring super inappropriate themes such as pregnancy, surgery, and sometimes even violence or sex (the last one can't help, but make you think [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic "fet...ish...ga...me"]])

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* Practically too many [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct bootleg]] (and sometimes original) {{Browser Game}}s to count; featuring super inappropriate themes such as pregnancy, surgery, and sometimes even violence or sex (the last one can't help, help but make you think [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic "fet...ish...ga...me"]])me"]]).
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* The [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct pirate original]] Famicom game ''VideoGame/TheLionKing5'' seems like a perfectly kid-friendly game at first, that is until you get a GameOver and find [[spoiler: the character committing suicide. Yes, really.]]

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* The [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct pirate original]] Famicom game ''VideoGame/TheLionKing5'' seems like a perfectly kid-friendly game at first, that is until you get a GameOver and find [[spoiler: the character [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide.suicide]]. Yes, really.]]

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* ''Blam! Machinehead'' was inexplicably rated K-A[[note]](Kids to Adults, the mid-90's equivalent to the Everyone rating)[[/note]] despite its cutscenes featuring a bevy of violent and sexual content (the first 20 seconds of the opening feature a [[{{Gorn}} man being turned into chunky salsa]] while the ending has the villain's head being blown off by a pistol, with bits of his head flying toward the screen). The actual gameplay is more tame, largely owing to the early [=PS1=]/Saturn-era primitive 3D, but still features enough graphic violence against organic beings that T rating would've probably been more fitting. In comparison, the same developer's far more tame ''VideoGame/TombRaiderI'', which was released a month later, was rated T.

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* ''Blam! Machinehead'' was inexplicably rated K-A[[note]](Kids K-A[[note]]Kids to Adults, the mid-90's equivalent to the Everyone rating)[[/note]] rating[[/note]] despite its cutscenes featuring a bevy of violent and sexual content (the first 20 seconds of the opening feature a [[{{Gorn}} man being turned into chunky salsa]] while the ending has the villain's head being blown off by a pistol, with bits of his head flying toward the screen). The actual gameplay is more tame, largely owing to the early [=PS1=]/Saturn-era primitive 3D, but still features enough graphic violence against organic beings that T rating would've probably been more fitting. In comparison, the same developer's far more tame ''VideoGame/TombRaiderI'', which was released a month later, was rated T.



* Some attribute the commercial failure of ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' to this, among other factors. ''Shantae'''s cutesy, colorful graphics, goofy humor, E rating, and being on the kid-friendly UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor lead to the assumption that it's a kid's game. The problem is, it's also strangely... [[ParentService sexy]] for something aimed at kids, and also more difficult than your average kid's game. Later games avert this more and more by adding some darker humor, among other content, to the point that ''Half-Genie Hero'' (and [[SameContentDifferentRating later]] ''Shantae and the Seven Sirens'' as well) is given the ESRB of T for Teen in North America.
* The ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series has you play as a raccoon thief who [[HarmfulToMinors witnessed his parents' murder at age eight]] and seeks to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge their death]] in the [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus first game]]. In addition, the series contains [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} suggestive humor]], depictions of tobacco use, and references to alcohol. ''[[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves Band of Thieves]]'' even features ''drug dealers'', and it was rated ''E''. To this day, no game in the series has ever received a rating higher than E10+.

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* Some attribute the commercial failure of ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' to this, among other factors. ''Shantae'''s cutesy, colorful graphics, goofy humor, E rating, and being on the kid-friendly UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor Platform/GameBoyColor lead to the assumption that it's a kid's game. The problem is, it's also strangely... [[ParentService sexy]] for something aimed at kids, and also more difficult than your average kid's game. Later games avert this more and more by adding some darker humor, among other content, to the point that ''Half-Genie Hero'' (and [[SameContentDifferentRating later]] ''Shantae and the Seven Sirens'' as well) is given the ESRB of T for Teen in North America.
* The ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series has you play as a raccoon thief who [[HarmfulToMinors witnessed his parents' murder at age eight]] and seeks to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge their death]] in the [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus first game]]. In addition, the series contains [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour suggestive humor]], depictions of tobacco use, and references to alcohol. ''[[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves Band of Thieves]]'' even features ''drug dealers'', and it was rated ''E''. To this day, no game in the series has ever received a rating higher than E10+.



** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' features mass government killings, including a terminally ill 12 year old girl, Eggman using "Weapons of mass destruction", blowing up the moon, and putting a gun against Amy's head, and Sonic nearly dying in the equivalent of being ''chained to a bomb''.
** ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' was going to be aimed at older fans, but they decided to tone it down. Judging by the use of realistic guns, minor swearing, dark storyline, and [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking textures straight out of an M-rated game]], it looks like they failed.

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** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' features mass government killings, including a terminally ill 12 year old girl, Eggman using "Weapons "weapons of mass destruction", blowing up the moon, and putting a gun against Amy's head, and Sonic nearly dying in the equivalent of being ''chained to a bomb''.
** ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' was going to be aimed at older fans, but they Creator/{{Sega}} decided to tone it down.down to the new [=E10+=] rating. Judging by the use of realistic guns, minor swearing, dark storyline, and [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking textures straight out of an M-rated game]], it looks like they failed.


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* ''VideoGame/SpanishForEveryone'' on the Platform/NintendoDS appears to be merely an EdutainmentGame to teach kids Spanish. The plot involves [[spoiler:the main character Shawn turning into a drug mule at the end of the story, and his friend Miguel heavily implied to have been gunned down with his family ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}''-style by a [[TheCartel drug cartel]]. And if that wasn't enough, there's a heavy sexual reference (the town La Zorra, which in English translates to "bitch"), and a bull character who doesn't care that he's going to die and accepts his fate.]] Rated E for everyone. Apparently, the messed up plot was done on purpose by the developers, who figured that nobody was going to bother playing their game, and just wanted to have fun.
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This deserves a mention. The display of blood here is even worse than in Kirby


* ''VideoGame/RType Delta'' is rated E. The final stage [[spoiler:features depictions of fetuses as enemies to shoot.]] The ending for the R-13 [[spoiler:is a DownerEnding and features it becoming captured by the Bydo, with the final shot after the credits [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie being of the ship enveloped by Bydo matter.]]]] ''R-Type Final'' later pulled it again, featuring such elements as [[spoiler:a final level which shows two people engaging in sexual behavior (albeit in silhouette) and another DownerEnding where your now-biomechanical fighter is corrupted by the Bydo and kills his former comrades.]]

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* ''VideoGame/RType Delta'' is rated E. The final stage [[spoiler:features depictions of fetuses as enemies to shoot.]] The stage beforehand isn't much better, having enemies spewing blood. The ending for the R-13 [[spoiler:is a DownerEnding and features it becoming captured by the Bydo, with the final shot after the credits [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie being of the ship enveloped by Bydo matter.]]]] ''R-Type Final'' later pulled it again, featuring such elements as [[spoiler:a final level which shows two people engaging in sexual behavior (albeit in silhouette) and another DownerEnding where your now-biomechanical fighter is corrupted by the Bydo and kills his former comrades.]]
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* Although the ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' games are perfectly family-friendly, they have a fondness for sudden dark and depressing moments that are much heavier and more dramatic than you would expect from a cutesy series about a cartoon cat-rabbit boy going on adventures. To recap the first game, [[spoiler:Klonoa's kindly grandfather dies in his arms (and the [[SpeakingSimlish "Phantomile" voice acting]] makes Klonoa sound ''[[SayMyName very]]'' traumatized by it),]][[spoiler: the BigBad of the game wants to revive an EldritchAbomination to cause a [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 Class X-4 Universal-scale Physical Annihilation scenario]],[[spoiler:and then Klonoa [[TomatoInTheMirror finds out that he has]] FakeMemories and that his best friend [[ManipulativeBastard Huepow]] has been playing him along the entire time in the hopes he would stop the BigBad's plot (although Huepow has [[BecomingTheMask genuinely become Klonoa's friend]] by this point). It turns out that Klonoa is actually a kind of interdimensional warrior who drifts from world to world to save them from whatever discord threatens to unravel them and then is forced to say goodbye to whatever friends he made on his adventures with no chance of ever seeing them again.]][[spoiler: And it is implied that his memories are wiped each time this happens, as he never mentions Huepow or the world of Phantomile in any subsequent games]]. Even discounting the actual events of the games, the FridgeLogic around [[spoiler:Klonoa's dream traveler status and how it condemns him to a life of eternal loneliness and suffering through no fault of his own is ''heartwrenching''.]]

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* Although the ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' games are perfectly family-friendly, they have a fondness for sudden dark and depressing moments that are much heavier and more dramatic than you would expect from a cutesy series about a cartoon cat-rabbit boy going on adventures. To recap the first game, [[spoiler:Klonoa's kindly grandfather dies in his arms (and the [[SpeakingSimlish "Phantomile" voice acting]] makes Klonoa sound ''[[SayMyName very]]'' traumatized by it),]][[spoiler: the BigBad of the game wants to revive an EldritchAbomination to cause a [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 Class X-4 Universal-scale Physical Annihilation scenario]],[[spoiler:and scenario]]]],[[spoiler:and then Klonoa [[TomatoInTheMirror finds out that he has]] FakeMemories and that his best friend [[ManipulativeBastard Huepow]] has been playing him along the entire time in the hopes he would stop the BigBad's plot (although Huepow has [[BecomingTheMask genuinely become Klonoa's friend]] by this point). It turns out that Klonoa is actually a kind of interdimensional warrior who drifts from world to world to save them from whatever discord threatens to unravel them and then is forced to say goodbye to whatever friends he made on his adventures with no chance of ever seeing them again.]][[spoiler: And it is implied that his memories are wiped each time this happens, as he never mentions Huepow or the world of Phantomile in any subsequent games]]. Even discounting the actual events of the games, the FridgeLogic around [[spoiler:Klonoa's dream traveler status and how it condemns him to a life of eternal loneliness and suffering through no fault of his own is ''heartwrenching''.]]
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* Although the ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' games are perfectly family-friendly, they have a fondness for sudden dark and depressing moments that are much heavier and more dramatic than you would expect from a cutesy series about a cartoon cat-rabbit boy going on adventures. To recap the first game, [[spoiler:Klonoa's kindly grandfather dies in his arms (and the [[SpeakingSimlish "Phantomile" voice acting]] makes Klonoa sound ''[[SayMyName very]]'' traumatized by it),]][[spoiler: the BigBad of the game wants to revive an EldritchAbomination to cause a [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 Class X-4 Universal-scale Physical Annihilation scenario]],[[spoiler: and then Klonoa [[TomatoInTheMirror finds out that he has]] FakeMemories and that his best friend [[ManipulativeBastard Huepow]] has been playing him along the entire time in the hopes he would stop the BigBad's plot (although Huepow has [[BecomingTheMask genuinely become Klonoa's friend]] by this point). It turns out that Klonoa is actually a kind of interdimensional warrior who drifts from world to world to save them from whatever discord threatens to unravel them and then is forced to say goodbye to whatever friends he made on his adventures with no chance of ever seeing them again.]][[spoiler: And it is implied that his memories are wiped each time this happens, as he never mentions Huepow or the world of Phantomile in any subsequent games]]. Even discounting the actual events of the games, the FridgeLogic around [[spoiler:Klonoa's dream traveler status and how it condemns him to a life of eternal loneliness and suffering through no fault of his own is ''heartwrenching''.]]

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* Although the ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' games are perfectly family-friendly, they have a fondness for sudden dark and depressing moments that are much heavier and more dramatic than you would expect from a cutesy series about a cartoon cat-rabbit boy going on adventures. To recap the first game, [[spoiler:Klonoa's kindly grandfather dies in his arms (and the [[SpeakingSimlish "Phantomile" voice acting]] makes Klonoa sound ''[[SayMyName very]]'' traumatized by it),]][[spoiler: the BigBad of the game wants to revive an EldritchAbomination to cause a [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 Class X-4 Universal-scale Physical Annihilation scenario]],[[spoiler: and scenario]],[[spoiler:and then Klonoa [[TomatoInTheMirror finds out that he has]] FakeMemories and that his best friend [[ManipulativeBastard Huepow]] has been playing him along the entire time in the hopes he would stop the BigBad's plot (although Huepow has [[BecomingTheMask genuinely become Klonoa's friend]] by this point). It turns out that Klonoa is actually a kind of interdimensional warrior who drifts from world to world to save them from whatever discord threatens to unravel them and then is forced to say goodbye to whatever friends he made on his adventures with no chance of ever seeing them again.]][[spoiler: And it is implied that his memories are wiped each time this happens, as he never mentions Huepow or the world of Phantomile in any subsequent games]]. Even discounting the actual events of the games, the FridgeLogic around [[spoiler:Klonoa's dream traveler status and how it condemns him to a life of eternal loneliness and suffering through no fault of his own is ''heartwrenching''.]]
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** The members of Abyssmare all have {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s, and Sophia's in particular [[spoiler:features a ''suicide attempt''.]] Their story also goes into the greedy business politics that happen in the entertainment industry, notably [[spoiler:Sho Mitsuhashi's tendency to discard talent that he longer finds financially viable.]]

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** The members of Abyssmare all have {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s, and Sophia's in particular [[spoiler:features a ''suicide attempt''.]] Their story also goes into the greedy business politics that happen in the entertainment industry, notably [[spoiler:Sho Mitsuhashi's tendency to discard talent that he longer finds financially viable.viable, something that ends up causing the members of Abyssmare a considerable amount of misery, especially Neo.]]
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** The members of Abyssmare all have {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s, and Sophia's in particular [[spoiler:features a ''suicide attempt''.]]

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** The members of Abyssmare all have {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s, and Sophia's in particular [[spoiler:features a ''suicide attempt''.]] Their story also goes into the greedy business politics that happen in the entertainment industry, notably [[spoiler:Sho Mitsuhashi's tendency to discard talent that he longer finds financially viable.]]
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* The [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct pirate original]] Famicom game ''VideoGame/TheLionKing5'' seems like a perfectly kid-friendly game at first, that is until you get a GameOver and find [[spoiler: the character committing suicide. Yes, really.]]
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** ''Videogame/KirbyStarAllies'' takes it a step further, actually being rated E10+, which serves as a clue that it's going to be darker than most outings. And sure enough, [[spoiler:it's revealed that the main villains are essentially a psychotic cult dedicated to reviving a dark lord of destruction (who in the Japanese version they refer to instead as ''God''), led by an absolutely insane priest who, at one point, drains his generals' life force to restore his own, then uses their husks as bludgeons, before sacrificing both them and himself to revive said dark lord. Then you get to the FinalBoss, which resembles [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Sachiel]] and has a segment where you go inside and attack its heart, complete with realistic veins, blood dripping from the ceiling, and each of the four cultists tied up in fleshy cocoons.]] To make matters worse, the lore implies the Final Boss, Dark Matter, and ''Kirby himself'' are all connected somehow.

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** ''Videogame/KirbyStarAllies'' takes it a step further, actually being rated E10+, which serves as a clue that it's going to be darker than most outings. And sure enough, [[spoiler:it's revealed that the main villains are essentially a psychotic cult dedicated to reviving a dark lord of destruction (who in the Japanese version Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions they refer to instead as a ''God''), led by an absolutely insane priest who, at one point, drains his generals' life force to restore his own, then uses their husks as bludgeons, before sacrificing both them and himself to revive said dark lord. Then you get to the FinalBoss, which resembles [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Sachiel]] and has a segment where you go inside and attack its heart, complete with realistic veins, blood dripping from the ceiling, and each of the four cultists tied up in fleshy cocoons.]] To make matters worse, the lore implies the Final Boss, Dark Matter, and ''Kirby himself'' are all connected somehow.
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* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' is famous for this.

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* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'', which is normally an adorable and colorful franchise, is famous for this.



** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' had some [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} very questionable dialogue]], two female main characters (a ghost and a wind-spirit/fairy/creature) who are completely naked (granted, [[BarbieDollAnatomy neither has nipples or genitals]], but still), Princess Peach as an InvisibleStreaker, demonic possession, and Hooktail chewing up Toads while they are still alive. The rating? E.

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** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' had some [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} very questionable dialogue]], two female main characters (a ghost and a wind-spirit/fairy/creature) who are almost completely naked (granted, [[BarbieDollAnatomy neither has nipples or genitals]], but still), Princess Peach as does an InvisibleStreaker, demonic possession, and Hooktail chewing up Toads while they are still alive. The rating? E.
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** ''Kitten Squad'', an original PETA game, is supposed to be for children, with its ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''-esque premise of {{Ridiculously Cute|Critter}} kittens shooting [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals animal-abusing]] MechaMook, happy-go-lucky music, and cute character designs. Besides the unintentional SurpriseDifficulty as a result of bad design and PETA's usual {{Anvilicious}} AuthorTract advocating animal rights, the highly disturbing storyline and cutscenes won't hesitate to use [[MoodWhiplash sad music]], blood, and [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence graphic descriptions of animal abuse]] to carry out the AuthorTract even more. An orca is separated from her family at sea, stuffed into a small tank at a [[TheWarOnStraw straw]] BlandNameProduct version of Ride/SeaWorld, forcefully impregnated six times, and DrivenToSuicide after witnessing her orca friend committing one. A sheep is castrated, forced to live under harsh weather conditions and in a crowded pen, sees other sheep painfully and bloodily sheared, and is nearly beaten to death when he faces this fate. The T rating ESRB gave isn't probably enough...

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** ''Kitten Squad'', an original PETA game, is supposed to be for children, with its ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''-esque ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''-esque premise of {{Ridiculously Cute|Critter}} kittens shooting [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals animal-abusing]] MechaMook, happy-go-lucky music, and cute character designs. Besides the unintentional SurpriseDifficulty as a result of bad design and PETA's usual {{Anvilicious}} AuthorTract advocating animal rights, the highly disturbing storyline and cutscenes won't hesitate to use [[MoodWhiplash sad music]], blood, and [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence graphic descriptions of animal abuse]] to carry out the AuthorTract even more. An orca is separated from her family at sea, stuffed into a small tank at a [[TheWarOnStraw straw]] BlandNameProduct version of Ride/SeaWorld, forcefully impregnated six times, and DrivenToSuicide after witnessing her orca friend committing one. A sheep is castrated, forced to live under harsh weather conditions and in a crowded pen, sees other sheep painfully and bloodily sheared, and is nearly beaten to death when he faces this fate. The T rating ESRB gave isn't probably enough...
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** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'' has the infamous boss fight against [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss, Zero, a giant eye with a red iris who freaking shoots ''blood'' at you as an attack, and later ''rips its own iris out of its body'' in a gory manner to keep fighting and then ''explodes, shooting blood '''everywhere'''''!]] That boss fight is ''why'' ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' is reputed as SurpriseCreepy.

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** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'' has the infamous boss fight against [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss, Zero, a giant eye with a red iris who freaking shoots ''blood'' at you as an attack, and later ''rips its own iris out of its body'' in a gory manner to keep fighting and then ''explodes, shooting blood '''everywhere'''''!]] That boss fight is ''why'' ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' is reputed as SurpriseCreepy.{{surprisingly creepy|Moment}}.



** It's practically a RunningGag for the ''Kirby'' series that it will feature pretty dark elements and SurpriseCreepy moments. ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' is probably one of the darkest games in the entire franchise, with the penultimate boss being a grieving father who slowly has the memories of his (unbeknownst to him, still living) daughter erased by the supercomputer he’s using. Then during the final battle with said supercomputer, he progressively has his ''[[CyberneticsEatYourSoul soul erased from existence]]''. Rated E for Everyone!

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** It's practically a RunningGag for the ''Kirby'' series that it will feature pretty dark elements and SurpriseCreepy moments.{{Surprisingly Creepy Moment}}s. ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' is probably one of the darkest games in the entire franchise, with the penultimate boss being a grieving father who slowly has the memories of his (unbeknownst to him, still living) daughter erased by the supercomputer he’s using. Then during the final battle with said supercomputer, he progressively has his ''[[CyberneticsEatYourSoul soul erased from existence]]''. Rated E for Everyone!



* ''VideoGame/YoshisCraftedWorld'' is a rare example of a children's video game that fits the [[spoiler:OurSlashersAreDifferent trope generally found in [[RatedMForMoney works intended for mature audiences]], thereby serving as a ParentalBonus with one SurpriseCreepy late-game level containing murderous demonic invincible axe-wielding ragdoll clowns who make loud annoying screeching sounds chasing after the player character [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Yoshi]]]], despite the game being otherwise bright and cheery.

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* ''VideoGame/YoshisCraftedWorld'' is a rare example of a children's video game that fits the [[spoiler:OurSlashersAreDifferent trope generally found in [[RatedMForMoney works intended for mature audiences]], thereby serving as a ParentalBonus with one SurpriseCreepy {{Surprisingly Creepy|Moment}} late-game level containing murderous demonic invincible axe-wielding ragdoll clowns who make loud annoying screeching sounds chasing after the player character [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Yoshi]]]], despite the game being otherwise bright and cheery.

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** ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' has the final boss Drawcia. When her first form is defeated, she turns into a partially melted looking face with five eyes, all while emitting utterly ''demonic'' sounding laughter, that turns into [[HellIsThatNoise equally as demonic screeching]].

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** ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' has the final boss Drawcia. When her first form is defeated, she turns into a partially melted looking face with five eyes, all while emitting utterly ''demonic'' sounding laughter, that turns into [[HellIsThatNoise equally as demonic screeching]].screeching.
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* ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' Might as well as be one of the, if not ''the'' darkest member of the ''Digimon'' franchise. The premise of the game is SurvivalHorror where a group of students and two locals end up being TrappedInAnotherWorld and were chased by deadly [[NotUsingTheZWord "not-Digimon" known as "Kemonogami" or "Monsters"]]. AnyoneCanDie, anyone can go insane and die, and whenever someone goes insane, there's nothing you can do about it. The game sometimes even has the audacity to provide you options that seemingly chill insane party members down and in several occasions, characters try their best to calm them down, but the deaths are all route-locked and characters visibly going insane is a point of no return. [[Anime/DigimonTamers Jeri]] might had been ended up traumatized for most of the second half after Beelzemon killed her Leomon, but at least she gets out of her funk -- if your TeamMom or [[BestFriendsInLaw Best Friend-in-Law]] went insane because someone they loved die, you might as well as build them a nice grave.

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* ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' Might might as well as be one of the, if not ''the'' darkest member of the ''Digimon'' franchise. The premise of the game is SurvivalHorror where a group of students and two locals end up being TrappedInAnotherWorld and were chased by deadly [[NotUsingTheZWord "not-Digimon" known as "Kemonogami" or "Monsters"]]. AnyoneCanDie, anyone can go insane and die, and whenever someone goes insane, there's nothing you can do about it. And whenever humans do die, they die in pretty gruesome ways, with BlackBlood splattering on the screen. The game sometimes even has the audacity to provide you dialogue options that seemingly chill down insane party members down and in several occasions, in-game characters try their best to calm them down, do the same, but the deaths are all route-locked and characters visibly going insane is a point of no return. [[Anime/DigimonTamers Jeri]] might had been ended up traumatized for most of the second half after Beelzemon killed her Leomon, but at least she gets out of her funk -- if your TeamMom or [[BestFriendsInLaw Best Friend-in-Law]] went insane because someone they loved die, you might as well as build them a nice grave.
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* ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' Might as well as be one of the, if not ''the'' darkest member of the ''Digimon'' franchise. The premise of the game is SurvivalHorror where a group of students and two locals end up being TrappedInAnotherWorld and were chased by deadly [[NotUsingTheZWord "not-Digimon" known as "Kemonogami" or "Monsters"]]. AnyoneCanDie, anyone can go insane and die, and whenever someone goes insane, there's nothing you can do about it. The game sometimes even has the audacity to provide you options that seemingly chill insane party members down and in several occasions, characters try their best to calm them down, but the deaths are all route-locked and characters visibly going insane is a point of no return. [[Anime/DigimonTamers Jeri]] might had been ended up traumatized after Beelzemon killed her Leomon, but at least she gets out of her funk -- if your TeamMom or [[BestFriendsInLaw Best Friend-in-Law]] went insane because someone they loved die, you might as well as build them a nice grave.

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* ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' Might as well as be one of the, if not ''the'' darkest member of the ''Digimon'' franchise. The premise of the game is SurvivalHorror where a group of students and two locals end up being TrappedInAnotherWorld and were chased by deadly [[NotUsingTheZWord "not-Digimon" known as "Kemonogami" or "Monsters"]]. AnyoneCanDie, anyone can go insane and die, and whenever someone goes insane, there's nothing you can do about it. The game sometimes even has the audacity to provide you options that seemingly chill insane party members down and in several occasions, characters try their best to calm them down, but the deaths are all route-locked and characters visibly going insane is a point of no return. [[Anime/DigimonTamers Jeri]] might had been ended up traumatized for most of the second half after Beelzemon killed her Leomon, but at least she gets out of her funk -- if your TeamMom or [[BestFriendsInLaw Best Friend-in-Law]] went insane because someone they loved die, you might as well as build them a nice grave.
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* ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' Might as well as be one of the, if not ''the'' darkest member of the ''Digimon'' franchise. The premise of the game is SurvivalHorror where a group of students and two locals end up being TrappedInAnotherWorld and were chased by deadly [[NotUsingTheZWord "not-Digimon" known as "Kemonogami" or "Monsters"]]. AnyoneCanDie, anyone can go insane and die, and whenever someone goes insane, there's nothing you can do about it. The game sometimes even has the audacity to provide you options that seemingly chill insane party members down and in several occasions, characters try their best to calm them down, but the deaths are all route-locked and characters visibly going insane is a point of no return. [[Anime/DigimonTamers Jeri]] might had been ended up traumatized after Beelzemon killed her Leomon, but at least she gets out of her funk -- if your TeamMom or [[BestFriendsInLaw Best Friend-in-Law]] went insane because someone they loved die, you might as well as build them a nice grave.

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