Something is clearly wrong. I’m as excited as the next guy for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, but there’s clearly something disturbing going on here. Mario, our usually affable plumber friend, has gone insane. When the box art dropped for the game, his rage-filled face was all I could see. Sure, the rest of the cast are in action poses, but Mario is on whole other level. Frankly, it’s horrifying.
This prompted me to look back at Mario’s history on the cover of Super Smash Bros. games. It’s not pretty. Throughout the years, Mario has gone from the fun-loving plumber we once knew to the satanic visage we see today. What has gone wrong in Mario’s life and can we ever get him back?
Source: Destructoid The dark and tortured history of Mario in Super Smash Bros.