History YMMV / MarioTheMusicBox

** Then there is the [[spoiler: "Omitted Memory" ending, where Mario is forgotten as he never existed.]] Long story short, in the 1 of April, SilvaGunner made a event where [[spoiler: Mario vanishes, including Grand Dad.]] Even the viewers behave like how they should.

* SequelHook: The "No Save Ending" of the ''ARC'' Expansion, which sets up the plot of a future installment, titled "Mario: The Pocket Watch."

* Sequel Hook: The "No Save Ending" of the ''ARC'' Expansion, which sets up the plot of a future installment, titled "Mario: The Pocket Watch."

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Len, the Witch of Fate and the BiggerBad of the whole Music Box saga and the ''ARC'' Expansion. Interested in human behavior, she gave Marchionne a ring that would grant him his deepest wish if he was in the verge of death. When Riba betrayed and publicily executed him, Marchionne wished to be with his deceased brother Luciano once again, resulting in them reincarnating into Mario and Luigi. Later, when Mario enters the Aduraice Mansion, she keeps resetting Mario's constant deaths. In the few timelines Mario was aware of her existence, she declared the timeline a failure and proceeded to kill and revive Mario again. The only way to outsmart her is when the player does a "no-save" playthrough, making Len lose all interest in Mario and freeing him from her constant timeloops. Frequently displaying a tactical brilliance and LackOfEmpathy, Len shows why she is the true villain of the series.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Alice's massacre of the mansion residents, starting with Alfred, cemented her into the irredeemably evil person she is in-game.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Although receiving a bit of recognition, most people see this fan game as a mediocre horror game.

* UnfortunateImplications: Alfred's romance with Rosa consists of the former repeatedly trying to get the latter's affections even after she clearly rejects him. It culminates with him assaulting her, and then writing about how terrible he is afterwards. Rosa as a spirit regards Alfred as someone she loves, and learning he was planning to marry her as well as reading his "apology" letter is all it takes to put her to rest. That's all the audience is given, so the implication is that [[EntitledToHaveYou all it takes to win someone over is to refuse to accept "no" as an answer.]]

* AwesomeArt: This game is packed with surprisingly good art, especially the full-screen pictures.

* FoeYay: [[spoiler: Alice seemed way too obsessive when it came to stealing Mario's body from him. Even after she was exorcised from him in "Omitted Memory", and the perfectly serviceable Luigi was present, she only shows an interest in taking the unconscious Mario's body. In the "Sealed" ending she goes as far as to drag Mario's soul with her after having been successfully sealed back into the music box. Of course she could have done that out of spite for losing, but it's definitely eyebrow raising seeing as how Mario would have been of no use to her by then unless she planned on devouring his soul.]]

** [[spoiler:Anna. She's at best a morally ambiguous character who killed her own sister--but she was abused and neglected by her mother, became a virtual shadow of said sister (who received all the love and attention,) and only killed her so she could be loved for once--but instead she was brutally murdered by her mother.]]

* ParanoiaFuel: Sometimes you won't know whether something will result in a game over or not until it's already happened. There's also a few spirits that come to kill you out of nowhere (especially when it's really hard to see them when they're on the move, when they're right next to you when they start attacking, or when there was no prior indicator that they're even there.)

* UnfortunateImplications: Alfred's "romance" with Rosa consists of the former repeatedly trying to get the latter's affections even after she clearly rejects him. It culminates with him assaulting her, and then writing about how terrible he is afterwards. Rosa as a spirit regards Alfred as someone she loves, and learning he was planning to marry her as well as reading his "apology" letter is all it takes to put her to rest. That's all the audience is given, so the implication is that [[EntitledToHaveYou all it takes to win someone over is to refuse to accept "no" as an answer.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The very execution of this game when it comes to depicting the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' characters (like Mario being able to die more easily compared to his canon depiction) and the {{Animesque}} [[OriginalCharacter original characters]] and artwork pretty much drive even ''Mario'' series fans away. Many people question why Mario characters are involved in this game in the first place, commenting that nothing would change if they were original characters as well.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The very execution of this game when it comes to depicting the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' characters (like Mario being able to die more easily compared to his canon depiction) and the {{Animesque}} [[OriginalCharacter original characters]] and artwork pretty much drive even ''Mario'' series fans away. Aside from questioning why the ''Mario'' characters are involved in this fan game, many people often comment that even if said characters are replaced with also-original characters, nothing will change.
* AwesomeArt: This game is packed with them, especially the full-screen pictures.
* FoeYay: [[spoiler: Alice seemed way too obsessive when it came to stealing Mario's body from him. Even in "Omitted Memory" after having been exorcised out of him and when the man's unconscious brother is present, she only shows an interest in taking Mario's body from him (going so far as to say that she'll take care of Mario's body if he gave it to her). In the "Sealed" ending she goes as far as to drag Mario's soul with her after having been successfully sealed back into the music box. Of course she could have done that out of spite for losing, but it's definitely eyebrow raising seeing as how Mario would have been of no use to her by then unless she planned on devouring his soul.]]

** All but a few spirits (i.e. the spirits that ''[[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch don't]]'' try to kill you) qualify. Yes, they all try to kill you in very horrible ways, but they were nothing short of good people in life screwed over by Alice[[spoiler: and cursed to more or less try to kill you]].
** [[spoiler:Anna without a doubt qualifies for the former. Abused and neglected by your mother, becoming a shadow of your sibling who ended up getting all the love and attention you deserved as well, intended to be used as a sacrifice (even though Anna actually wasn't), killing your sister so that you could be loved only to be brutally murdered by said abusive mother? Small wonder Anna's such a bitch.]]
* {{Moe}}: The Spirits. Some of them generally keep most of whatever good looks they had after passing, such as Rosa, Aria (who looks almost exactly the same as she did in life), and Serina. The [[ShearMenace scissors girl]] retained ''some'' of her moe in life.
* MoralEventHorizon: It was no surprise that once Alice lost what was left of her sanity that she'd cross this sooner or later. Her killing of Alfred isn't considered so much as an unforgiveable act compared to the others she had killed but it was then she had become irredeemably evil.
* ParanoiaFuel: This game is absolutely ''rife'' with it. Sometimes you won't know whether something will result in a game over or not until it's already happened, or for some things that do kill you, you don't see how you die. There's also a few spirits that come to kill you out of nowhere (especially when it's really hard to see them when they're on the move, when they're right next to you when they start attacking, or when there was no prior indicator that they're even there), and the sheer implications of a few game overs and endings will give the player enough shivers to last for a while.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Once it's gained a bigger recognition, most people see this fan game as a mediocre horror game.

* LoveItOrHateIt: This fan game is either liked by casual horror game fans and/or casual ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' fans for its AwesomeArt and its take on a horror game featuring Mario or outright hated for being a mediocre indie horror game with ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' characters shoehorned in.

* FoeYay:[[spoiler: Alice seemed way too obsessive when it came to stealing Mario's body from him. Even in "Omitted Memory" after having been exorcised out of him and when the man's unconscious brother is present, she only shows an interest in taking Mario's body from him (going so far as to say that she'll take care of Mario's body if he gave it to her). In the "Sealed" ending she goes as far as to drag Mario's soul with her after having been successfully sealed back into the music box. Of course she could have done that out of spite for losing, but it's definitely eyebrow raising seeing as how Mario would have been of no use to her by then unless she planned on devouring his soul.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The very execution of this game when it comes to depicting the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' characters (like Mario being able to die more easily compared to his canon depiction) and the {{Animesque}} [[OriginalCharacter original characters]] and artwork pretty much drive even ''Mario'' series fans away. Aside from questioning why the ''Mario'' characters are involved in this fan game, many people often comment that even if said characters are replaced with also-original characters, nothing won't change.

* LoveItOrHateIt: This fan game is either liked by casual horror game fans and/or casual ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' fans or outright hated for being a mediocre indie horror game with ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' characters shoehorned in.

* DummiedOut[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: We've seen the proposed screenshot and it shows us that Mario could go to the courtyard, Luigi could go to the library, and Riba could go to the basement. An incomplete map in Marios-Friend9's gallery shows us that the basement, parlour, and dining room were past the F1 rooms locked doors, and it was said in-game that the areas would become accessible in future updates. Though the game is complete enough to be considered a full game, these areas are incomplete.

* JerkassWoobie: All but a few spirits (i.e. the spirits that ''[[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch don't]]'' try to kill you) qualify. Yes, they all try to kill you in very horrible ways, but they were nothing short of good people in life screwed over by Alice[[spoiler: and cursed to more or less try to kill you]].

* JerkassWoobie[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: All but a few spirits (i.e. the spirits that ''[[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch don't]]'' try to kill you) qualify. Yes, they all try to kill you in very horrible ways, but they were nothing short of good people in life screwed over by Alice[[spoiler: and cursed to more or less try to kill you]].

* ParanoiaFuel: This game is absolutely ''rife'' with it. Sometimes you won't know whether something will result in a game over or not until it's already happened, or for some things that do kill you, you don't see how you die. There's also a few spirits that come to kill you out of nowhere (especially when it's really hard to see them when they're on the move, when they're right next to you when they start attacking, or when there was no prior indicator that they're even there), and the sheer implications of a few game overs and endings will give the player enough shivers to last for a while.

* DummiedOut[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: Your guess is as good as ours as to why the courtyard and basement are inaccessible (we've seen the proposed screenshot show us that Mario could go to the courtyard, Luigi could go to the library, and Riba could go to the basement). An incomplete map in Marios-Friend9's gallery shows us that the basement, parlour, and dining room were past the F1 rooms locked doors, and it was said in-game that the areas would become accessible in future updates.
* FoeYay:[[spoiler: Alice seemed way too invested in killing Riba, and her continuous and obsessive desire to steal Mario's body from him (even after having been exorcised out of him) doesn't do her any favors. Luigi was even unconscious then and she still wanted Mario, not his brother.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: It was no surprise that once Alice lost what was left of her sanity that she'd cross this sooner or later. She finally does so when she disowns and kills [[spoiler:Anna]] after[[spoiler: Anna murdered Serina]].
* ParanoiaFuel: This game is absolutely ''rife'' with it. Sometimes you won't know whether something will result in a game over or not until it's already happened, or for things that do kill you, you don't see how you die. There's also a few figures that come to kill you out of nowhere (especially when it's really hard to see them when they're on the move or when they're right next to you when they start attacking), and the sheer implications of a few game overs and endings will give the player enough shivers to last for a while.

* FoeYay:[[spoiler: Alice seemed a bit way too invested in killing Riba, and her continuous and obsessive desire to steal Mario's body from him (even after having been exorcised out of him) doesn't do her any favors. Luigi was even unconscious then and she still wanted Mario, not him.]]