History VideoGame / NintendoNightmare

* XanatosGambit: The antagonist, [=Supmaster004=], fooled Mario into believing that there were viruses causing the monstrous entity known as The Twibug. The Twibug was actually the result of a loss of control of the Dark Star. The 'game backups' that Mario was sent to find were actually tools being used to regain control of the Dark Star. The programmer was in a win-win situation. If Mario collected enough of the 'backups', then the Dark Star would continue to grow and engulf the world and the Programmer would win by default. If Mario failed, then he would ''fail'', and the Programmer would also win.

** In the Lost Woods, you fight a giant green mushroom by tricking it into breaking the floor on the arena. After you collects the backup, the mushroom manages to transform you into a red Pikmin, and after a brief interlude of working and producing more red Pikmin, you have to fight off an invading blue Onion. What veers it into this trope is that you're not allowed to go back to [[HubWorld Hyrule Field]] while you're still transformed, forcing you to fight both the mushroom and the Onion in one go.

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Link's half of the game is exactly what you'd expect from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''; you collect an item from one dungeon and use it to defeat the respective boss and enter the next dungeon. In particular, you need bombs to progress through Luigi's Mansion and Gyrog's Tower, the hookshot to enter the Volcano Temple, the hammer to enter World -1, the Pokeball to capture a Machamp guarding the Space Station (where you enter the Death Egg from), the jetpack to enter the Temple of Sand, and finally the hourglass to progress through the Temple of Sand. These restrictions also mean that Mario can't access any of the dungeons himself, since he can't acquire any of Link's items.[[note]]The Death Egg is technically an exception, but the rooms Mario enters are completely disconnected from the rest of the dungeon.[[/note]]

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Link's half of the game is exactly what you'd expect from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''; you collect an item from one dungeon and use it to defeat the respective boss and enter the next dungeon. In particular, you need bombs to progress through Gyrog's Tower, the hookshot to enter the Volcano Temple, the hammer to enter World -1, the Pokeball to capture a Machamp guarding the Space Station (where you enter the Death Egg from), the jetpack to enter the Temple of Sand, and finally the hourglass to progress through the Temple of Sand. These restrictions also mean that Mario can't access any of the dungeons himself, since he can't acquire any of Link's items.[[note]]The Death Egg is technically an exception, but the rooms Mario enters are completely disconnected from the rest of the dungeon.[[/note]]