Mario Nights

Mario Nights is a horror game created by RomiXn and developped by Star released in 2015. First game of the Mario Nights series, the game takes place in a mansion where Luigi tries to find Mario and his friends but they have become monstrous and Luigi brother needs to survive until 6 am by moving through the different floors and rooms of the mansion.
The game was reveal on mid-2015 and was later annouced to be a part of the 30th Anniversary of Mario and obviously due to the nature of the original character caused a lot of controversy. The game first released the 13th September on Steam and STAR.com (The Website of STAR the developpers) and the 31th October the 3DS and WII U port come out the Switch version is only available in the Mario Nights Arc I : Deluxe Collection released the 13th September 2020 for the five years of the first game
===Gameplay===
Mario Nights is a free-roam survival horror game. The player controls Luigi in a mansion with 4 floors (including the ground floor) and several rooms with each ones. You needs to survive 6 hours (in real time) without being caught by Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Toad and Bowser who have become monstrous for helping you have a flashlight but with limited power (you can find batteries in the game) and you can close the doors of the room with your master key. Each ennemy have his own weakness.
Luigi can run and bend down to pass through narrow spaces such as vents or hide. Due to the long duration of the game you can save whenever you want but not when you are less than 5 meters from an enemy.
==== Challenges ====
You can play some challenges in the game which makes the games more difficult this mode is added after completing the story mode in hard you can choose how much time you play
* Blind Mode : You can't see anything you have only a map and a danger indicator you need to hear carefully
* Reverse Mode : The controls are reversed
* No Save Mode : You can't save the game so don't die
* Exploration Mode : No monsters here you can exploring the mansion calmly
* Fast Mode : You run and walk very fast but you can lose control
* Deaf Mode : You can't hear anything and your have not danger indicator
* Back View Mode : You only see whats behind you
* Unfair Mode : Every Monster is Extremly Agressive they are more faster they destroy the doors and can even see far away at least they are more disoriented with the flashlight
====Custom Night====
In this mode added one month after the release of the game. You can put the different characters with a difficulty of 0 to 20 or choose from a few challenges you unlock this mode after finish the game in hard
You are in the office into the floor 2 you have to watch the different monsters using cameras close the doors when necessary to save energy you can also put a Mario mask and turn on your flashlight in the office and the cameras. A tribute to Five Nights At Freddy's
Every Characters has unique instructions :
*Monster Mario : Watch the cameras slow down the progress when he reachs the left door close it it will head back to its initial position in the main room before starting again. He will advance to the office when the energy drops to 0 and jumpscare you
*Monster Peach : Will randomly appear on the office put the Mario mask and she will go away
*Monster Yoshi : Check out the East Room and put the flashlight on the Kitchen door and Yoshi will regress is position if he leaves the room he will kill you
*Monster Toad : Will randomly appear on the office put the flashlight on him and he will go away
*Monster Bowser : Begin to the East Hall and advence slowly to your office you need to close the right door and it will head back
*Metal Mario : Will rarely spawn in front of the left door close it immediatly if Mario is here he can't spawn
*Ghost Peach : Every time you change a camera she can very rarely spawn don't put the flashlight on her or watch the camera for 3 seconds or she will kill you
===== Custom Night Presets =====
* 1987 Challenge : Monster Mario (1) / Monster Peach (9) / Monster Yoshi (8) / Monster Bowser (7) / Metal Mario (20)
* Plumber Panic : Monster Mario (10) / Metal Mario (10)
* Lovers : Monster Mario (20) / Monster Peach (20) / Ghost Peach (5)
* Spawners : Monster Peach (10) / Monster Toad (10) / Metal Mario (15) / Ghost Peach (15)
* Best Ennemies : Monster Mario (20) / Monster Bowser (20) / Monster Peach (5)
* Mansion Troubles : Everyone (20)
===Plot===
Mario and his friends went to a new restaurant named after them and then they all disappeared. Only Luigi who was sick couldn't come and wonders what happened to them. A week later Luigi then went looking for them in the only place where the police have not yet searched, the mansion being in the forest, armed with his flashlight and his master key, he went inside and the door closed. closes without being able to open it even without its tools after exploring he finds Mario who is no longer himself he now has red eyes, claws and monstrous teeth. Luigi runs away. He is now alone against everyone.
During your long night you can find a newspaper in the back room of floor 1 telling of a strange event in a Mario restaurant in 1988 with animatronics. The animatronic Peach fell from her stage and crushed a child in her fall, killing her. strangely Luigi says after reading the newspaper that this event never happened.
Looking at a calendar on floor 3 in the bedroom we see that the game takes place in November 1993.
Finally there are several different endings depending on the difficulty of the game you set :
*Worst Ending (Easy) : Luigi is captured by metal Marios. A transparent text says : You one of us now
*Bad Ending (Normal) : Luigi leaves the mansion without finding anything about his friends. The transparent text says : You left like a coward
*Good Ending (Hard) : Luigi found the real bodies in the hidden basement stored in compartments and Luigi frees them all. However, they cannot find the person responsible. A another transparent text say this time : Good job but that's not the end
*Canon Ending (Unfair only in Challenge Mode 6am Activated) : Luigi decide to burn the mansion, escapes and everyone is carbonized except the real bodies. The final transparent text say : That's the best thing to do...for now
In the Custom Night when you die you see Luigi in compartments. After you finish the "Unfair" challenge in the Thank You For Playing you can hearing a radio communication saying "I bet you can't find me"
=== Development & Release ===
After the success of Five Nights At Freddy's. RomiXn wanted to make a Mario version, he asks Scott Cawthon who kindly accept, the developpement begins in December 2014 and Nintendo was very interested for the game. An agreement was reached in February 2015 for the production of a game which will be released on PC then on consoles as long as Scott Cawthon and RomiXn had full creative control Nintendo released the game under good conditions. The game is officialised has a "Five Nights At Freddy's Official Alternate Universe" by Scott Cawthon and the first teaser was released the 24th April 2015 and the controversies related to Mario who is supposed to be a family icon begin which won't prevent the game from being released at all. A Second trailer is released the 16th July 2015 and the game is released two month later.
=== Reception ===
The reception was positive with the VideoGame Reviews who gives a 15/20 by the testers and a 14.2/20 by the public. The testers thinks the game got a very creepy ambiance, sound design and the designs are pretty horrific "got a jumpscare in this game is like a heart attack". The secrets that this game is full of arouses the curiosity of players however the reason because it's 15 and not 18 is the bugs they had a lot but not too much and the game is a little repetitive into the last two hours of the game.
=== Trivia ===
* In the Bedroom you can see a television where you can play the entire "Super Mario World" game
* In the Extras you can see the family name of Luigi is hidden by black square
* In the Plush room if you click on Mario's nose on the poster and on the plush you can hear a honk like with Freddy poster in FNAF
* The Mario plush is actually named "Mirio" in the files
* There's a secret message in the floor 3 on the balcony if you see outside and watch closely in the forest between the trees you can see "To my friend Scott Cawthon"
* Unused audio track can be seen in the files like a alternate jumpscare sound, Mario saying "Here we go brother" and Peach sing the castle theme from Mario 64
* If you go to the Extras Menu go to Yoshi Monster character page and wait three minutes you can hear a darker version of the Totaka Song
* There's a unused camera called M
==== Challenges ====
* The Blind Mode and the Deaf Mode was added at the very last time with FNAF 4 who had the Blind Mode
* The Back View Mode is a reference to the Back View in Mario Kart Series
* There's a unused mode named Mario Mode who can be accessible only on Mario Nights Arc I : Deluxe Collection
==== Custom Night ====
* In the custom night there's a challenge named : 1-9-8-7 in reference to the 1987 event in FNAF in this challenge Metal Mario is set to 20
* The Kitchen is the only camera you can't view like in FNAF
* You can't close the left door if Monster Toad and Metal Mario appear at the same time