Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Oh, scrap...it's a remake of my Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: Color Splash analysis! I tackle the toxic, parasitic black paint that posesses Bowser, the horror of a paper person being drained of their essence, and a certain very special existential Shy Guy among other topics.

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Music used (in order):

♫ Indigo Underground
♫ Rumble with Wendy - Color Splash
♫ White Letter Opening
♫ Straw of Doom
♫ Fortune Island (Parallel)
♫ Straw of Doom (Reprise)
♫ A Fearsome Foe
♫ Bowser's Theme
♫ Get the Boat Back
♫ Paint Star Memories
♫ Bowser Attacks Port Prisma
♫ Bowser's Fury - Super Mario 3D World (Switch)
♫ ROYal Rumble - Color Splash
♫ ROYal Rumble (Black)
♫ Thing Claw Hammer
♫ Black Bowser's Castle
♫ Bowser Battle
♫ Blackout
♫ Iggy Battle
♫ Farewell
♫ The Grand Finale - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
♫ Cherry Lake - Color Splash
♫ Shy Bandit's Theme
♫ Excess Express at Dusk
♫ General Guy's March
♫ Emerald Circus
♫ Paranormal Accommodations
♫ Tangerino Grill
♫ Snifit or Whiffit Theme
♫ The Golden Coliseum
♫ Thrills at Night - The Origami King

Sources & further reading

Additional video clips:

⍟ Luigi's Mansion beta game over clip uploaded by Depressed Luigi 92 (ARCHIVE)
youtu.be/hWxq5GYY4oo?si=Vx3NHp7QkHefNHO3
⍟ Iggy crushing Mario with Thwomp footage by Mario Party Legacy
youtube.com/watch?v=KZ9xLcs5Jy0
⍟ Mario refuses to get on Luigi's kart footage by Gaming Reinvented
youtu.be/7bdeBTd3sRI?si=ghDYGEV2hfLanqyk
⍟ Rainbow flag footage by BackStageProd
youtu.be/33rOVGrhjpU?si=MZkqhAo8u_z1M5a2

Images:

⍟ Thumbnail sprites ripped by Random Talking Bush
spriters-resource.com/wii_u/papermariocolorsplash
⍟ Art used for the "spoiler warning" ripped by Trig Jegman, RafaelGN, and TPG
mariowiki.com/Gallery:Paper_Mario:_Color_Splash
⍟ Patron "thank you" art ripped by RHG1951, Mister Wu, RafaelGN, and Scrooge200
mariowiki.com/Gallery:Paper_Mario:_Color_Splash
⍟ The "Thane Gaming" logo uses a connected font called “filaturestd” by JBFoundry.

Articles referenced:

⍟ Donkey Kong Country instruction manual
nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/common/pdf/CLV-P-SAALE.pdf
⍟ Prisma Times - Super Mario Wiki
mariowiki.com/Prisma_Times

Sound effects:

⍟ EarthBound "Wow!" from intro uploaded by Starmen dot net
starmen.net/mother2/soundfx
⍟ Donkey Kong voice (Mario Party 1) uploaded by NintendoTV64
youtu.be/dYuJ5FXXMzU?si=bmAc451UK3TLM-iA
⍟ Toad voice (Mario Party 9) uploaded by 🐇EvilnissanGTR🐇
youtube.com/watch?v=ntL2WwKqnX0
⍟ Super Paper Mario voice clips uploaded by Michael
youtu.be/UL_CG3UUjhM?si=m232aYksfS3J-qT-
⍟ Mario says "So long-a, Bowser!" (Super Mario 64) uploaded by TMK
themushroomkingdom.net/media/sm64/wav
⍟ Shy Guy voice clips (Mario Party 9) uplaoded by 🐇EvilnissanGTR🐇
youtu.be/bcJmaqqDpCE?si=SUXa84pOjffAohpD
⍟ Mario screams "hot" (Super Mario Sunshine) uploaded by TMK
themushroomkingdom.net/media/smsunshine/wav
⍟ Crowd Aww Sound Effect by S Media3
youtu.be/TLq9EyaCy5s?si=pKGFJTdE4vnwr0XQ

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0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Body horror
3:38 - Black Paint & Posession
13:17 - Non-standard game overs
14:10 - Character sacrifice
15:30 - More Black Paint
16:28 - Shy Guys
17:40 - Existentialism
21:08 - Adult humor
23:51 - Patrons
23:59 - End card

#PaperMario #ColorSplash #Nintendo