Vhite said:
Super Mario Brothers
Princess actually is in this castle. You can turn off your NES and continue with your homework.
Not really dark. How about...
Mario finally arrives at Bowser's final castle and makes his way to the bridge room. After a long, hard battle, a powerless and weary Mario manages to duck around Bowser, grabbing the axe and cutting the tie to the bridge. Battered and out of breath, Mario watches Bowser fall into the fire pit below one last time. Rushing into the back room finds only bones, tattered pieces of fabric and a bloodied, mangled crown.
Hearing a deep, gutteral laugh behind him, Mario swings around to see Bowser looming over him. As the shock of the Princess' final fate fades, Mario begins to rage, seeing nothing but red. Dodging Bowser's initial fireball Mario retrieves the axe and swings it upwards into Bowser's lower jaw. With Bowser reeling, Mario pushes the attack, hacking away with every last bit of strength he has left. When the rage subsides there is nothing left of Bowser but an eviscerated, bloody blob. Mario, exhausted and drained stands there breathing heavily, covered in the blood of his fallen enemy.
As he finally catches his breath, Mario allows the axe to fall to the stone floor, clattering loudly in the silence. He himself follows shortly after, falling to his knees, his head hung low in sorrow. As Mario softly starts sobbing to himself, the screen fades to black.