{"id":119104,"date":"2020-10-09T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/random_bowser_shares_his_top_three_favourite_horror_games_doug_bowser_that_is"},"modified":"2020-10-09T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:00:00","slug":"random-bowser-shares-his-top-three-favourite-horror-games-doug-bowser-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/09\/random-bowser-shares-his-top-three-favourite-horror-games-doug-bowser-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Bowser Shares His Top Three Favourite Horror Games (Doug Bowser, That Is)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/03e416e7a5cc4\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/03e416e7a5cc4\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Doug Bowser\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e44b051ceb397\/doug-bowser.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 900 506'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e44b051ceb397\/doug-bowser.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Bowser\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when spooky versions of usernames start popping up on social media and everyone&#8217;s getting in the Halloween mood by watching their favourite scary movies and playing their favourite frightening games. Nintendo of America&#8217;s president Doug Bowser has been getting in the spirit, too, and recently tweeted out his top three favourite horror games of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Bowser was responding to a question put out on US retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetruebowser\/status\/1313894194222493696?s=20\">GameStop&#8217;s Twitter account<\/a> \u2014 as you can see below \u2014 and we have to say he&#8217;s got some really choice picks:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dead Space, Left 4 Dead and yes, Luigi&#8217;s Mansion 3!<\/span>\u2014 Doug Bowser (@thetruebowser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetruebowser\/status\/1313894194222493696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While the NOA executive ticks off <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/luigis_mansion_3\">Luigi&#8217;s Mansion 3<\/a><\/strong> on his list (a brilliant game, to be sure), he also includes a couple of cracking non-Nintendo picks with EA&#8217;s survival horror <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/dead_space\">Dead Space<\/a><\/strong> and Valve&#8217;s multiplayer zombie horde survival sim <strong>Left 4 Dead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of those classics ever released on a Nintendo console, unfortunately, although EA&#8217;s on-rails shooter spin-off <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/dead_space_extraction\">Dead Space: Extraction<\/a><\/strong> on Wii was very good. Still, it&#8217;s nice to see Bowser&#8217;s gaming appreciation extends beyond the confines of brand Nintendo. We knew this already, of course \u2014 in an interview with his old university magazine last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/doug_bowsers_favourite_video_game_may_surprise_you\">he revealed his favourite game<\/a> of all time is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/myst\">Myst<\/a><\/strong> (which thankfully <em>did<\/em> eventually find its way to Nintendo consoles).<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of Bowser&#8217;s picks? Let us know if they get your seal of approval below, and feel free to share your own top three horror games evs, too. And if you&#8217;re looking to get in the spoopy mood, you might want to check out our picks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/feature-best-nintendo-switch-horror-games\">the best horror games on Switch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when spooky versions of usernames start popping up on social media and everyone&#8217;s getting in the Halloween mood by watching their favourite scary movies and playing their favourite frightening games. 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