“Super Mario Multiverse” – Mario Is Missing (MS-DOS/SNES) by VulgarLeader

Mario is Missing: Luigi’s Misadventure

by VulgarLeader

I remember the date well. It was July 15th, 1997. Most people were playing their Playstations and cruising down the street in their N64. I, on the other hand, was still gaming on my Super Nintendo, with an onion tied to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Anywho, my family wasn’t what you would call rich. And I, as a delinquent, had no interest in this getting a job phenomenon. Where was I? Oh, yes. On that fateful weekend, I scrounged up what cash I could from beneath the couch cushions and rented Mario is Missing. I was expecting another platformer that would cause me to spew out curse words at the TV at a near-constant rate

But what I got was an edgemacational adventure. I got stuck almost immediately but I wasn’t going to let this game make a fool out of me. No, sir! I read through book after book (I didn’t have a PC at the time, let alone any internet) until I found the answer. No, seriously. I learned more from this game than I did from school. Though that’s because I actually paid attention to it. Mario is Missing is mostly hated on for not being a good game and well, it’s not. All you have to do is find the items, get Yoshi and answer some dumb questions. You can’t even die. There’s absolutely no fail state. Even the bosses can’t harm you.

But for one weekend, I had fun exploring the different cities, talking to the NPCs (yes I’m that guy who has to talk to every NPC in RPGs) and finding joy in my discoveries.

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