"Games don't shut up anymore. At least most of the big-budget ones. There are potentially lots of reasons for that but it mostly sucks. Not sure what I'm talking about? Look no farther than this Unreal Engine 5 fan render of what a gritty Mario game might look like that's going viral again thanks to a perfect set of new voiceovers."
""This is a satire," Funkyzeit Games wrote at the time. "It's obviously an over-the-top alternate version of Mario that isn't supposed to lecture you about what Mario game should be instead. I get that the 'remake of X in UE' and 'HIRE THIS MAN' have become a meme and you are free to joke about it (this video does to some extent), just don't be the person that takes the video with Goomba blood-explosions too seriously.""
Big-budget games increasingly include constant voiced lines and intrusive hand-holding that undermine player immersion. An Unreal Engine 5 fan render imagines a gritty Mario in a dark, linear jungle filled with question blocks, Goombas, and green warp pipes. Voice actor and cosplayer ryanstewartvo overdubbed the render with cringe, self-aware barks like "A mushroom...I should take a look at that," using lines sourced from the original video's YouTube comments. The original 2022 render from Funkyzeit Games used hyper-violent animations for satire and explicitly warned viewers not to take the gore-filled parody seriously. New voiceovers amplified the parody and drove renewed viral attention.
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