There's this fan series that I've recently become OBSESSED with and that series is called There Will Be Brawl. The series is parody on Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl. You can watch it on its official website or you can watch it on The Escapist.
This series is delectably dark. Also there is a great sense of maturity. That's right its satire with out stupidity. There is no toilet humor or all too cheep gags. The story is sophisticated and complex which seem unfortunately lacking in most parody series.
The main protagonist in this series is, the over looked yet lovable Mario brother, Lugi. Princess Peach has gone missing...again...but there a twist! In the twisted and sinfull world of There Will Be Brawl the city is ruled by four mafia dons, Ganadorf, Dedede, Mewtwo, and Bowser. Someone's been picking them off one by one and it might have something to do with the princess's dissapearance. To make thing worse martial law has been put into place and Mario has been made itno a suspect. Its up to the Lugi to set things right.
It's creators, Matthew Mercer and Zach Grafton, are nothing short of geniouses. The writing for this mini drama is simply top notch. Another thing that blows my mind is the production value, especaily the make up design. You can really see the artistry in episode 4: Strange Bedfellows.
My only complaint is the same thing that I just gave this series praise for. After episode 4 the make up, wile still pretty good, became kind of spotty. This can be noticed especially during the conversation between Lugi and Dedede in episode 6: Loyalties. Another minor complaint is that it takes so long for episodes to come out. But with production quality as high (most likely their doing this out of pocket) as this I'm willing to wait once a month.
The series throws plenty of references to Nintendo games past and present. Some references more are more ovious other are for the tide and true Nintendo fanboys/girls out there. Even if you are not a fan of video games you would deffinetly enjoy this web drama.
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