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The Dark Curse is a spirit that possesses the Dark Lord, and later the Great Sage, and the true main antagonist of Miitopia.
The Dark Curse was originally a normal Mii living amongst the people of Miitopia. After years of neglect, however, he cast away his face, leaving his soul to become filled with hate and envy. After possessing a factory worker, he appears as an arrogant troublemaker responsible for stealing the faces of various Miis across Miitopia, giving said faces to monsters.
History[]
Background[]
The Dark Curse being ignored by his peers.
Prior to the events of Miitopia, the Dark Curse was an ordinary man who lived in Miitopia and blended in with the rest of its people. Unfortunately, because he was so mediocre, no one paid attention to him, making the man feel lonely and left out. After looking at himself in a mirror, he concludes that it was his face that made him so average-looking and decided to be rid of it. Without a face however, he could not live, and before long he faded out of existence, leaving his soul to become filled with hate and envy. As his hatred grew, the Dark Curse became a shadow of his former self, no longer wishing to simply "fit in" and instead force others to suffer. Furthermore, his soul was completely powerless without possessing a face, with his only ability being to possess people or communicate through telepathy.
A Factory Worker[]
The Dark Curse possessing the Factory Worker, merging them into the Dark Lord.
Although it is unknown how many people the Dark Curse affected, at some point it was sealed away in a forbidden box that eventually ended up in a factory that produced HP Bananas. The Dark Curse spoke to one of the factory's employees and promised him great power and wealth. Tempted by the Dark Curse's offer, the employee agreed to open the box containing the curse, leading to him promptly being possessed by the Dark Curse not long after. Now under control of a face and dark powers as a result of his hatred, the Dark Curse and the factory worker merged together to become The Dark Lord, and quickly began plotting his revenge against Miitopia for their negligence of him.
Defeat and a New Body[]
The Dark Curse possessing the Great Sage, thus turning him/her into the Darker Lord.
After a long, tough battle, the Dark Lord is defeated, and the Curse escapes from the now-broken medallion. The factory worker he possessed leaves the castle, confused by what happened, but still proves to not be the end of the Dark Curse. In a rage, the Dark Curse attempts to possess the hero, only to be blocked out by the Great Sage, unintentionally possessing him/her instead. This, however, only makes the Dark Curse even more powerful, as his original powers are now combined with the Great Sage's powers. Naming himself The Darker Lord, he leaves the castle, and creates a new castle with his new powers.
Now even more powerful, The Darker Lord resides in his Sky Scraper, awaiting the protagonist to face him/her again. Eventually, the Hero does make it to the Sky Scraper, and the Darker Lord steals the faces of the Princess, the King, the Genie, the Fab Fairies, and the Factory Worker once again, attaching them to a Gold General, a Strong "Golem, a Pharaoh II, a Red Frog with two tadpoles , and a Phantom of Evil, respectively. All of these monsters are simply harder versions of end-bosses faced at the end of each world, with the exception of the Cerberus. After yet another defeat to these monsters, all the faces are rescued, with the Princess, King, Genie, and Eldest Fab Fairy relying on the protagonist can defeat The Darker Lord, the Middle Fab Fairy saying that she and her other two sisters be waiting in the Elven Retreat, and the Youngest Fab Fairy telling the player not to lose, otherwise he'll/she'll have to fight with her, and the Darker Lord retreats to his pocket dimension of Otherworld, made up of all the faces he had stolen before.
With nowhere left to run, the Darker Lord confronts the protagonist for the last time, saying he was going to die of boredom if they never showed up. The hero demands that the great sage wants to be released from his possession. The Darker Lord, seeing this as one more challenge, absorbs a huge amount of faces. This overwhelming amount of faces makes the Darker Lord even more powerful, and turns into his second form. Due to the extent of the Darker Lord's power, the hero cannot face him alone, and must choose all 9 of his/her party members to face either portion of the Darker Lord: three for the left hand, three more for the right hand, and the remaining four for the head, before facing the Darker Lord himself. After choosing who fights each part, the battle begins.
The battle first starts against the Darker Lord's left hand, which can slap members of a party, or slash at them with its claws. This hand is attack based, a counter to the magic-based right hand, and has some of the highest attack power in the game by far. After a short battle, the Right Hand is battled, which is completely different from the Left Hand. Rather than using brute strength, the Right Hand uses magic from the Darker Lord's staff, and can cast spells such as lightning or fire. The right hand can also target two random party members, which are used as victims to the Right Hand's devastating Tower of Flame. However, the Right Hand is defeated, leaving only the Darker Lord himself.
However, the party has not finished the battle yet, and the Darker Lord appears before them, stealing and absorbing the faces of the party members that faced both of the hands. These six new faces further extend the Darker Lord's power, resulting in the birth of the Darkest Lord, and it falls to the four remaining party members to finish him off with.
In battle, the Darkest Lord is by far the hardest boss in the main game, having huge amounts of attack power and defense, and attacks by throwing coins with faces on them. He can also summon "Teammate" Coins to assist him in battle, using the faces of the other six party members each time, similar to the battle against the Dark Lord. Additionally, like the Dark Lord battle, his pattern will change after half of his HP is depleted, such as a move that drops the HP of every party member to 1, or summoning a wave of meteorites to damage all of the party. After a long, tough battle, the Darkest Lord is defeated, and explodes in a wild fury, releasing the Great Sage.
The Fate of the Dark Curse[]
The soul, trapped in the confined bubble by the Great Sage.
However, even this is not enough to destroy the Dark Curse, and it appears as the hero celebrates his/her victory. Now angrier than ever before, he attempts to possess the hero again, only for the Sage to trap him inside a confined sphere. With the Curse struggling to get free, the Great Sage tells the Hero of the Dark Curse's origins, and how he came to be known as this Dark Curse. They then ask the protagonist what can be done with this shadow of a soul, allowing the player to choose the Dark Curse's fate:
Ending A: Break the Curse[]
The Dark Curse is destroyed.
The hero, deciding that the curse should be broken, uses the divine power to obliterate the Dark Curse. As the soul is destroyed, the human that became the Dark Curse says one last thank you as he fades away. With the Dark Curse gone once and for all, all of the faces he had stolen return to their respective owners, while the monsters he created disappear. Peace is restored to Miitopia.
Ending B: Save Him[]
The Dark Curse, realizing that his original self is restored.
The hero decides to forgive the person that became the Dark Curse for his evil doings, and decides he should be revived as his human self, to which the Great Sage, though shocked, agrees to. Using the divine power, the hero revives the Dark Curse's human form, restoring his face in the process. The Dark Curse, realizing that he is back to normal, thanks the hero for "saving him". The Great Sage then takes in the reborn Dark Curse as his/her apprentice, in order to atone for all the evil they committed as the Dark Curse. With the Dark Curse human once again, all of the faces he had stolen return to their respective owners, while the monsters he created disappear. Peace is restored to Miitopia.
A Second Encounter[]
The Reborn Mii in New Lumos, summoning the Tower of Dread.
If the player chooses the second ending, the reborn Dark Curse will be seen in New Lumos, although oddly separated from the Great Sage, at the edge of the city after the player completes the city's first three districts. As the Reborn is approached, he will ask the player if they know who he is. Regardless of their answer, the Reborn will explain that they have one final task, and will summon the Tower of Dread. He is not seen again for the rest of the game.
Trivia[]
- Both "Break the Curse" and "Save him" have their own music. This means that, to complete all Music and after all Medals, you have to beat The Darker Lord multiple times at least twice.
- The Reborn Mii is the only NPC Mii who cannot be recast from the Journal, although he can still be recast by fighting the Darkest Lord again.
- This results in it being impossible for one to generate a QR code if a new Mii is made from scratch for him.
- However, in the Nintendo Switch version, the Dark Curse is able to be edited, copied, or given makeup and wigs in the Mii Characters section.
- When choosing to create a new Mii for this role, the game will not allow the player to name the Mii. His name will automatically be set to "???" unless a premade Mii is chosen.
- This is not much of a problem because his name is not used anywhere in the game besides the credits or when he rarely appears in the Quizmaster's quizzes.
- In the Nintendo Switch version, this is different, as it uses the Nintendo Switch's Mii maker which already has a naming function built in.
- The spirit's last "thank you" is a red herring as its death prevents the Tower of Dread from appearing.
- However, the answer is not locked. The player can fight the Darker Lord again and choose to save him, then the Tower of Dread will be accessible.
- If "Break the Curse" is chosen, then he will not appear in the credits, with that portion only showing the Great Sage.
- If "Save Him" is chosen, the hero will be alone when the Guardian Spirit consecrates him/her, as the Great Sage left with the Reborn.
- After defeating the Dark Lord, the Dark Curse's symbol will appear for the remainder of the game (especially during the postgame) whenever a monster is encountered.
- In the Quizmaster's "Who Am I?" quiz, he will be called the Dark Curse and not the Reborn.
- If the player deletes the Reborn, he gets replaced with the default male Mii named Mii in cutscene viewings. This makes sense, as the Dark Curse is supposed to be average-looking, and the nose and mouth line up with what the Mii's face looks like in the backstory cutscene.
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