In addition to the costumes, the large bowls of sweets and the impending fear I’m a celebrity will soon rule TV again, if there’s one thing you can count on for Halloween, it’s lots and lots of scary video games. Spooky season has a nasty habit of finding those of us – this writer included – who aren’t the best with the stuff that happens at night, decorating our news feed. with list ‘Top ten games to control your sleep schedule‘ or ‘Video game moments that will make you think twice before turning off the lights‘. Yes, we read them, and yes, they always keep us up at night.
For some people, horror is more than just clicking – books, movies, and games matter. Still, many of us still enjoy participating in festivals, albeit in a more cozy way that doesn’t keep you up at night for a week.
That is why we have put together the following list. Made up of games that aren’t too spooky, we’ve picked out just the right number of spooky levels so we can all feel like we’re part of the same celebration without breaking a sweat. cold because of fear. More importantly, each of the following selections comes from non-horror-themed Nintendo games. Will you see? Luigi’s Mansion or Majora’s mask (look, it’s scary, okay?) here, we’re scared.
Instead, these are much lighter games that have the odd twist of Halloween flavors thrown into a specific area or level. There’s a lot of levels we could have included here (Nintendo has a real one for doing unexpected spooky spins), but we decided to keep it limited to 13 entries, because, you know. you know, scary numbers.
Even if the spookiness of Halloween is a bit overwhelming, there’s no reason why we can’t all play some carnival games!
The most spooky levels in the game are not spooky
Big Boo’s Haunt, Super Mario 64
It’s one thing to have the weird Boo-based levels in the Mario game – a fact we’re all reluctant to accept – but has to go from the light sequences of Super Mario 64 Big Boo Haunt’s empty and windy metal castle grounds? Now that’s just asking to give us creeps.
Look, a lot of this level of spooky is emphasized in our minds through a certain level of nostalgia, but Big Boo Haunt is actually still creepy to this day. Maybe it’s the bare walls and pointed profile of the N64 graphics, but such an environment is the kind of nightmare fuel that Slenderman can only dream of achieving. No wonder the title has been revised to a first person horror game.
Creepy Castle, Donkey Kong 64
You know you have an appropriate level of creepy when the game designers put it in the title. Creepy Castle is just that. The Donkey Kong 64 The stage has everything that we’re after for some low stake spooky. There’s an opening cutscene featuring one of the slowest ‘dancing scares’ ever brought to the screen, creepy organ music from Grant Kirkhope, a full moon, rain, a giant gorilla – it’s all yes.
Yes, this might be one of the more linear levels in Donkey Kong 64, but we’re not here to linger on the spooky feel. Oh no, for the modest amount of fear we’re after, linear is therapeutic, thank you very much.
Ghost Ship, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
For a game often filled with brightness and fun, Wind WakerThe ghost ship was always by our side in our youth years. To go straight from the fun Ocean Theme into a room full of scary monsters? No, you’re fine, thanks.
Seriously, Ghost Ship doesn’t waste time throwing you face-to-face with Wizzrobe’s haunting expressions, and then you clean the room for what? A Triforce Shard, yes, but the most notable thing on our minds is the pre-awake sneer on the King of Red Lions. This is not what we signed up for in the fun little boat game!
Haunted Mansion, Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Look, we can’t include anything from Luigi’s Mansion on this list because those games have that spooky look right up their sleeve, but what we can do is include levels. matches the vibe of Luigi’s Mansion with T. Such a spooky look can be found In Kirby: Deluxe Triple Roomof Haunted Mansion, a level filled with catching ghosts and sucking them in, only the capture is slightly less vacuum-based.
There are plenty of spooky themed levels in the Kirby franchise, and we’ll admit it, none of them will keep you awake at night – but hey, that’s not the point. the whole problem? The Haunted Mansion in Triple Deluxe may not be any more or less spooky than the franchise’s other offerings, but you can’t really go wrong with the low-stakes background of Nintendo’s least threatening character. .
Don’t tell Kirby we said that.
Horror Land, Mario Party 2
As if the thought of putting your relationships first just for the sake of a few stars wasn’t scary enough, The Land of Horror in Mario Party 2 Raise the stakes with some seasonal ghosts to boot.
What’s better about Halloween than replacing the realistic jumps and screams of horror games with a Mario party with a big bowl of sweets? The characters wear spooky costumes for this board (a tradition we consider right to the real world), and there’s enough Halloween imagery to make sure you feel part of the carnival without actually doing anything scary.
Lavender Town, Pokémon Red and Blue
Many other levels on this list have just been inspired horror, or take some Halloween theme as a fun little treat for the festive folk out there; but Lavender Town, Lavender Town is a straight up horror show.
It’s rare to find a name so iconic that just hearing it brings haunting memories of a soundtrack back to mind years after it’s played, and oh it’s a horror song. From these accursed stings to the Pokémon Tower and the concept of real death, Lavender Town is one of the scariest locations in all of the games. Stage = Stage.
If it weren’t for the sheer joy of the rest Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow (and green), you know this will kick off straight out of this list and in all the other horror titles.
Mad Monster Mansion, Banjo-Kazooie
When you think about the horror in Banjo-Kazooie, can think of a lot of things, but what is the spookiest of them all? That’s right, camera control Mad Monster Mansion! [*raises eyebrow* – Ed]
The level has everything a good Halloween must have: tombstones, mummies, throwing eggs in flower pots, etc. Throw in some creepy viscera – music from conductor Kirkhope – and you have a recipe for spooky success.
All of this is, of course, met by Kazooie’s squeaks and the eerie intermingling of Banjo music, so it’s pretty easily forgiven on the fear front. That being said, the pointed N64 polygons once again play their horrible role to perfection – there has never been a cartoon witch that has looked scarier.
Seven down, six to go in this round up 13 creepy levels in other non-scary Nintendo games…
