Super Mario Bros. has always been a multiplayer game within the strictest sense of the word as players could always alternate between Mario and Luigi. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Nintendo introduced the idea that of letting four players play together straight away. Remember that, it wasn’t pretty.

In its TV ad for Super Mario 3D World, Nintendo is again selling the belief of a co-op Mario game. In it, we see a gaggle of friends having a great time because the world around them transforms in time with what happens within the game.

What this TV ad hides from the viewer, however, is modern Mario’s darkest secret. This game, very like New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. U before it, will make you hate your folks. You’ll grow to resent their very existence as they fail to take care of with you, or worse yet, they intentionally kill you for an inexpensive laugh.

Now some may argue that the move to a 3D plane can assist divert most of the more troublesome problems that faced four player co-op in New Super Mario Bros. U. That can be true, but you’re still going to have that one friend who will do everything in his power making sure that you die a lonely and painless death on the bottom of a ravine, or find yourself within the jaws of a piranha plant.

All of this isn’t to assert that Super Mario 3D World won’t be a fun game. It feels like a blast, and Mario fans are going to eat it up. Just be forewarned while you commit to play with friends. They’re unlikely to suddenly be wearing a catsuit and you’re not likely to be laughing. They’ll be wearing an evil grimace, and you may start to suspect that your friend was overtaken by an otherworldly presence.

Super Mario 3D World launches November 22 exclusively for the Wii U.

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