With Halloween right around the corner, we here at NintendoGal thought it would be a perfect oppurtunity to look back on some of the scarier moments of the Big N’s long catalogue of games. You may not think there would be that many - after all, Nintendo has always been kid-friendly, right? Not always. And sometimes something can become even more disturbing because of the otherwise innocent landscape surrounding it. So without further ado, here are our top 13 scariest Nintendo moments.

13. Super Mario Bros 3 - Here comes the sun...

Maybe I’m the only one who was freaked out by this as a child, but I never forgave Super Mario Bros 3 for turning the sun against me. The desert level starts out like any other, but midway through changes into a deadly cat-and-mouse chase with the sun itself. And boy, did it look PISSED. The video below is almost a catharsis of sorts, as the sun is finally defeated once and for all.