Editing Darker Side

{{SMO kingdom infobox
|subtitle=Even More Remote Region
|image=SMO Darker Brochure Art.png
|area=Culmina Crater
|area_subtitle=Every traveler's final stop.
|population=Unknown
|size=Unknown
|locals=[[Rabbit]][[Broodals|ish?]]
|currency=Unknown
|industry=Unknown
|temperature=Unknown
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}

The '''Darker Side''' of the [[Moon]] is a secret kingdom in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', and is the greater location of '''Culmina Crater'''. This is also served as the seventeenth and final kingdom overall in the game. It is accessible once the main game is completed and 500 [[Power Moon]]s have been obtained. In a similar vein to [[Grandmaster Galaxy]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', [[Special 8-Crown]] from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', or [[Champion's Road]] from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', being the final level, this kingdom is the biggest challenge found in the game, with the only Power Moon being found at the end of a gauntlet of challenges based off ones previously found within the game. Completing this challenge rewards [[Mario]] with the [[Crazy Cap#Invisibility Hat|Invisibility Hat]] and connects the [[Odyssey]]'s route from Darker Side to the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]], forming a complete loop on the map.

==Description==
[[File:SMO Shot - Darker Side.jpg|thumb|250px|A zoomed-out shot of the Darker Side's starting area upon entering the kingdom]]
Culmina Crater consists of two rocky platforms within a giant crater, which are affected by the Moon's low gravity, and underground caverns that connect the two platforms. The platform the Odyssey lands on contains some local residents from the kingdoms Mario has visited cheering him on, as well as [[Pauline]] and the [[Band (Super Mario Odyssey)|band]] performing "[[Jump Up, Super Star!]]" After completing the challenge, Pauline wears Mario's cap instead of her own in this kingdom. On the other platform is a scale model of New Donk City Hall, with the kingdom's only Power Moon, a [[Multi Moon]], being found at the top of the building.

The underground tunnel that connects the two platforms is made up of a bunch of floating platforms suspended above a sea of lava. This tunnel makes up most of the challenge found within the kingdom, being made of a gauntlet of platforming and capture challenges. There are no checkpoints, so if the player dies, they will have to restart from the entrance to Culmina Crater's underground section. However, multiple [[Life-Up Heart]]s are found within the stage to help [[Mario]] through the kingdom. [[Rosalina]] makes a cameo appearance as an 8-bit sprite on a wall on the building at the very end of this kingdom.

As Mario makes his journey across the Darker Side, the following Kingdoms' music will play in this order: "[[Jump Up, Super Star!]]" ([[Metro Kingdom]]), [[Cascade Kingdom]], [[Sand Kingdom]], [[Wooded Kingdom]], [[Lost Kingdom]], [[Luncheon Kingdom]], [[Bowser's Kingdom|Bowser's Kingdom 1]], "Underground Moon Caverns", and [[Moon Kingdom]], respectively. If the player changes the music near the last pipe and uses it to warp to the island where the New Donk City Hall replica is, the music automatically changes to the Moon Kingdom's music, regardless of which song the player chose.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Ae50V40MEt4]</ref> This is due to Pauline's singing "Jump Up, Super Star!" on the starting island where the [[Odyssey]] is.
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==Brochure details==
[[File:SMO Darker Brochure A.png|thumb|left|150px|''When things collide, holes are made.'']]
====One Serious Crater====
''This giant crater was formed by a huge meteor collision long ago.''

''The impact destroyed the civilization that flourished on the moon, which is how Culmina Crater came to be. The crater itself is so massive, you cannot see the bottom.''

[[File:SMO Darker Brochure B.png|thumb|200px|''Space. It's real pretty.'']]
====Seeing the Bright Side====
''From here you can observe galaxies shining in ways you never could see from home. Culmina Crater features vistas entirely unique from those you can find on the [[Dark Side]] of the Moon and [[Moon Kingdom|Honeylune Ridge]]. If you're feeling down or disheartened, just take a look up at the Milky Way from here.''

''You can see each star twinkle as they nestle close to one another.''

''It will all be OK—you are not alone.''
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[[File:SMO Darker Brochure D.png|thumb|left|150px|''The original? A copy? Who knows?'']]

====A Bewildering Building====
''This colossal building stands in Culmina Crater. If you look closely, it seems to resemble the city hall in [[Metro Kingdom|New Donk City]]. Some think it's based on [[New Donk City Hall]]. According to researchers, it might be one of the remnants of the civilization that once flourished on the moon. But with little evidence, this theory lacks credibility.''

[[File:SMO Darker Brochure E.png|thumb|150px|''It just sits there. Taunting you.'']]

====A Lone Pipe in a Crater====
''This is the only [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] that connects to the lunar interior. If you find it, we don't recommend jumping right in. What awaits is a trial so harsh, it lives up to the name Culmina Crater.''

''Of course, if you have the confidence of a traveler who has done everything else this world has to offer, give it a shot! Overcome this, and adventurers the world over will sing your praises.''

[[File:SMO Darker Brochure F.png|thumb|left|150px|''The only known photo of the interior.'']]

====Inside the Moon====
''A lava zone spreads throughout this giant cavern. What waits ahead? How far does it go? These answers await those brave enough to enter this unknown, unexplored world.''
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[[File:SMO Darker Brochure C.png|thumb|left|50px]]
====Moon Mysteries====
''When you look up inside the caverns, you may see deposits that look like the cubic [[Moon Rock]]s. Were the rocks that fell planetside originally formed here?''
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[[File:SMO Darker Brochure G.png|thumb|350px]]
====Three Keys to the Kingdom====
# ''See the mysterious building that closely resembles New Donk City Hall.''
# ''Reach the far recesses of the giant cavern where none dare tread.''
# ''Test your skills as a hardened tourist one last time.''
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====Map====
[[File:SMO Darker Brochure Map.png|thumb|left|200px]]
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==Enemies and obstacles==
*[[Goomba]]
*[[Yoofoe]]
*[[Lava Bubble]]
*[[Moonsnake]]
*[[Magmato]]
*[[Uproot]]
*[[Burrbo]]
*[[Fuzzy]]
*[[Pulse Beam]]
*[[Urban Stingby]]
*[[Pokio]]
*[[Barrel]]
*[[Oil drum]]
*[[Donkey Kong]]

==Objectives==
#'''[[Long Journey's End]]''': The sole objective of the Darker Side. The goal is to clear the areas inside Culmina Crater and collect the [[Multi Moon]] on top of the skyscraper.

==Paintings==
[[File:Darker Side Painting.png|200px|thumb|The painting that leads to Bowser's course]]There is only one painting in this kingdom. It is located at the end of the main challenge and it allows Mario to capture Bowser again, taking him to a special course that, upon its completion, will take Mario to the [[spark pylon]]s that spells "Thank You", and finally, to the Multi Moon.

==Power Moons==
[[File:SMO Power Moon Yellow.png|thumb|left|100px|The Darker Side has yellow Power Moons, in the form of a Multi Moon.]]
There is only one [[Power Moon]] on the Darker Side, which is a [[Multi Moon]]. <small>(❸ - Multi Moon)</small>
#'''Long Journey's End''' ❸: Obtained by climbing to the top of the skyscraper found at the end of the level.
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==Glitches==
===Swimming in mid-air===
Due to a former glitch, it was possible to capture and swim with one of the [[Frog]]s found at the beginning through midair, so that the huge abyss between the platform with the starting pipe and the platform with the skyscraper can be crossed to skip the whole challenge part. It has been patched since the 1.2.0 update.

===Skipping===
Inside the challenge part, Mario as [[Glydon]] can gain a huge boost in height while entering a whirlwind and slow down the descent by shaking the controllers to fly over the wall with the [[Bowser]] painting, skipping all remaining sections of the course.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDnkWvnW3g YouTube video showing those shortcuts by A+Start]</ref> If the player flies far enough from the island with the Bowser painting, the player will also be able to skip that section as well, and go directly to the "THANK YOU" section.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwXqlETVNgM YouTube video showing the aforementioned shortcuts plus the Bowser section shortcut by frankcubed]</ref>

==Names in other languages==
===Darker Side===
{{foreign names
|Jap=月の国 もっと裏
|JapR=Tsuki no Kuni Motto Ura
|JapM=Moon Country: Farther Side
|Spa=Cara Más Oculta
|SpaM=Most Hidden Side
|Fre=Côté très obscur
|FreM=Very dark side
|Ita=Lato Tetro
|ItaM=Bleak Side
|Dut=Duistere kant
|DutM=Dark side
|Ger=Stockfinstere Seite
|GerM=Pitch-black side
|Rus=Темнейшая сторона
|RusR=Temneyshaya storona
|RusM=Darkest Side
|Chi=月之国 更后面 (Simplified)<br>''Yuè zhī guó gèng hòumiàn''<br>月之國 更背面 (Traditional)<br>''Yuè zhī guó gèng bèimiàn''
|ChiM=Moon Country: The Farther Back Side
|Kor=달나라 더 뒤편
|KorR=Dalnara Deo Dwipyeon
|KorM=Moon Country: The Farther Back Side
}}

===Culmina Crater===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ラストクレーター
|JapR=Rasuto Kurētā
|JapM=Last Crater
|Spa=Cráter Cenit
|SpaM=Zenith Crater
|Fre=Culminatère
|FreM=From ''culminant'' (culminating) and ''cratère'' (crater)
|Dut=Kampioenskrater
|DutM=Champion's crater
|Ita=Cratere Supremo
|ItaM=Ultimate Crater
|Rus=Кратер Апогея
|RusR=Krater Apogeya
|RusM=Apogee Crater
|Kor=라스트 분화구
|KorR=Raseuteu Bunhwagu
|KorM=Last Crater
|Chi=最终环形山 (Simplified)<br>最終環形山 (Traditional)
|ChiR=Zuìzhōng huánxíngshān
|ChiM=Final Crater
|Ger=Hopp-oder-Top-Krater
|GerM=Hopp or Top Crater
}}

==References==
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