Video Games About Curses

"Huh? Whoa, whoa, whoa! The... The tree just shook! What was it? An earthquake?"

"Mario, look! Look look look! It's the Crystal Star!"

"What? Did he just... Hey! What's going on here?"

"D-did he just say... Eek! H-hurry! We have to get the heck out of here!"

"We'll come back and see you again, I'm pretty sure. But... For now, we gotta go."

"Uh-oh! Ohhhh, man! Incoming mail!"

"Pretty nice, huh, Mario?"

"Um... Go for it, Mario! Break out the Crystal Star!"

"Cool! The next Crystal Star showed up on the map! Hey, but... is it me, or is it up in the sky or something? Um... What could that mean?"

"Whoa, Professor Frankly!"

"Um... Excuse me, but, uh... That's not true! The treasure is real! Honest!"

"Sure! We can do anything! What is it?"

"Umm... What should we do? I mean, I guess we should go tell Don Pianta something. But I... I don't want our luck to turn terrible... Whatever THAT means!"

"Wow, we did it, Mario! We can go to Glitzville!"

"Ummm... Yeah, this would be Glitzville, all right... How do they make it float? I mean, it hasn't ever, you know, plunged from the sky or anything, has it? Time to hunt down that Crystal Star, huh, Mario? I know I'm ready!"

"Wow! This place is so cool! Hey, Mario, look up there! There's a battle match going on right now!"

"Umm... You see that, Mario? The thing on that shiny belt! Is that a Crystal Star? Yeah... Yeah! It's gotta be! That sparkle's a Crystal Star! Umm... But that doesn't make much sense at all. Why would it be on that guy's belt?"

"That's the ticket, Mario! Do this thing RIGHT! All you have to do is become champ and you'll get that belt fair and square!"

"Hey! That's no fair! You can't attack before the bell rings! That's cheating! Come on, Mario! We can't let a bunch of cheaters beat us. Let's take them down!"

"Ummm... OK, we can do this!"

"I'll try not to get in your way, Mario..."

"We... won? Cool!"

"We did it, Mario! Wow!"

"...Hm? Is it just me, or do you think that egg... What? You want our help, egg? Umm... Your call, Mario. What do you want to do?"

"Yeah, we can't ignore it... Good call, Mario. Let's set this little guy free. Ummm... Provided that's OK with you, too, sir."

"Well, cool. Looks like you're free and clear, little guy. 'Bye!"

"Huh? What's with you now? You want to follow us or something? Ummm... I think he definitely wants to stick with us. What should we do, Mario?"

"That's great, Mario. You're in with us, little buddy! Stay out of the way, OK?"

"Umm... Hey, uh, Mario? Did you notice that the little bouncy egg isn't here? Where do you think it went?"

"Ummm... WHAT?!? You hatched out of that egg? That's nuts. So you're a Yoshi, huh?"

"Ummm... Mario? Wasn't that your e-mail alert just now? Shouldn't you check it?"

"Gee whiz! That X guy again? He wants us to go to the "watering hole"? Who in the world is this guy?"

"Wow, Mario! E-mails are coming fast and furious now!"

""The blockade in the minor-league locker room," eh? What might be behind it?"

"Wow, Mario! That's a research document on the Crystal Stars! Unbelievable! Someone commissioned a report on the Crystal Stars! A report with pictures! Ummm... Maybe I'm being paranoid, but it seems odd that someone would lose this."

"Oh... Well, there she goes... Taking that document we worked so hard to get... Well... I guess we know that the Crystal Star is in the arena, at least."

"Hey, that looks pretty good! You could probably get a quick energy boost from it..."

"All right! Cake time!"

"Umm... Was that King Bowser? What was he doing here? That... kinda freaks me out."

"Oh! Ms. Mowz! Hi there! Are you stealing something again? How exciting for you! Hey, by the way, a security guard heard you in here. Were you making noise?"

"Oh, sure, right, of course! I didn't mean to doubt you, Ms. Mowz..."

"Oh... Mario, you lucky dog..."

"Boy, Ms. Mowz sure is cute. Too bad I sound like such a dork whenever I talk to her. Hey, but enough of that... What was that last thing she said, about people upstairs?"

"Ummm... "The staircase switch"? There's supposed to be a staircase in here somewhere?"

"Mario! Did you get all that? Fighters are going missing! Talk about scary! I figured King K took an early retirement and headed home..."

"Wow, that was TOO close. So, Mario, you heard that part about the Crystal Star, right? Ms. Jolene acted pretty weird, I thought. Kind of suspicious... We can look into it later, I guess. For now, we better clear out before they find us."

"Ummm... Say, Mario, you notice this guy over here?"

"Umm... You know what, Mario? That cake was poisoned! We almost ate that thing, too. If we had... Gee, if we had, we'd be in big trouble!"

"Hey, another mail, Mario! Who is it this time?"

"Oh, OK. It's that X guy again. His messages still freak me out, but this is our only clue. The Great Gonzales posters in the lobby, huh? We have to peel them off? Well, let's give it a shot."