As stated In a previous post, I had an Idea for the Koopalings acting as the victims In the M A R I O rom hack, where as after each castle, the player would get a description of their corpses after Mario murdered them.

I've decided to expand on this concept and come up with something like this:

(No, I'm not making this a real thing, I have no experience with rom hacks, plus, the development of this would be stressful and time consuming.)

After the player clears a castle level, they would get the description of the Koopaling they just murdered, alongside a picture of their mutilated face next to the text "A face will be looking over your shoulder."

Throughout the following world, the player would have to deal with an extra mechanic having to do with fending off the Koopaling now haunting them.

Each Koopaling would have a unique mechanic that the player has to master In order to live, with failure resulting In death and the loss of a life.

This process of new Koopaling's coming and going periodicity throughout the game would eventually end with the final boss and therefore, final victim, Bowser.

After the boss is over, Mario takes a pipe down to a entirely black area, minus another pipe that Mario sits down on, his back faced towards the camera as his feet dangle off the edge, his remorse starting to show.

After a bit, Mario throws himself off the pipe Into the abyss where he eventually fades away.

Afterwards, one final victim description pops up, one belonging to him.