Every Copy of Super Mario 64 is Personalized: A Deeper Look

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  • Join me as I talk my way through explaining Super Mario 64's Personalization AI, with my own personal opinions, anecdotes, and theories, but mostly, just going off all the information the wiki has to offer. I definitely do NOT expect to cover EVERY possible piece of personalization that's on the wiki, because really, there just IS that much, but I think I did a decent job covering most of it. Maybe in the future, I'll make a second video discussing newer discoveries!
    Glossary and music used!
    00:00 - Introduction
    04:55 - All Standard Courses
    42:40 - Removed or Other Stages
    51:06 - Peach's Castle
    01:02:39 - Miscellaneous phenomena
    01:08:37 - Ending/Outro
    SONGS USED IN ORDER
    Bob-Omb Battlefield - Super Mario 64
    Green Garden Theme - Bomberman 64
    Rainbow Road- Mario Kart 64
    Wario Apparition - PERSONALIZED Super Mario 64
    Redial - Bomberman Hero
    End Credits - Super Mario 64
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  • @NintenJoeGamer
    @NintenJoeGamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3077

    I just watched an hour long video consisting of lies made up by little kids and what they've told their friends, I like it.

    • @ThomasFraileySkyeCasey
      @ThomasFraileySkyeCasey ปีที่แล้ว +90

      I know it's most likely not real but I just like believing in it

    • @stussymishka
      @stussymishka ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Detailed InfoDisplay lmfao

    • @NintenJoeGamer
      @NintenJoeGamer ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Aidan Milne yeah but acknowledging the fakes is funnier :p

    • @tylorkenniston1192
      @tylorkenniston1192 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I’m not watching the whole video but the chain chomp being able to be set free mentioned early on I definitely was able to do on my original copy of SM64 and in emulation I cannot replicate 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @professorcube5104
      @professorcube5104 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      i think this is how these rumors start, children wanting to act cool tell lies to their friends or something, we all did this when we were young, don't lie i know you did it

  • @Lasse3
    @Lasse3 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    I had a personalized copy myself.
    When i started the game, everything seemed normal to me, but upon watching TH-cam videos i realize that indeed my copy was nothing like what everyone else bought.
    That's when i realized i was instead playing Mario Cart, and not Mario 64

    • @SuperKlondike64
      @SuperKlondike64 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Didn't know Teddy Roosevelt played Mario 64

    • @Crypticyokai
      @Crypticyokai 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      OMG i think my copy is paper mario lol

    • @ChrisPoindexter98
      @ChrisPoindexter98 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mario Cart, like a Cartridge! :) Cart and ridge...makes me wonder about their etymology, what the names originated from, and how they came to combine for these computer apparatuses.

    • @peterosullivan4764
      @peterosullivan4764 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I had a personalized copy myself.
      When I started the game, everything seemed normal to me, but upon watching TH-cam videos, I realized that indeed my copy was nothing like what everyone else bought.
      That's when I realized I was instead playing Super Mario RPG, and not Mario 64.

    • @Super_ATI
      @Super_ATI 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I will admit, ive always been intreaged about persionalized copies of games and i always wanted to make a game around the persionalitation

  • @FourthDerivative
    @FourthDerivative 2 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    My dad works at Nintendo and he programmed the AI. That's why my copy of SM64 was just Mario sitting there telling me to bring him a beer

  • @egg_ox
    @egg_ox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1033

    I could never bring myself to get all 120 stars. It's just so hard when every level is completely made of ice; a huge oversight from the developers imo

    • @HugeMamamia44291
      @HugeMamamia44291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Sources: dude trust me.

    • @somerobloxdude3699
      @somerobloxdude3699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Imagine how Rainbow Ride or Tick Tock Clock would be if it were made out of ice

    • @askmeaboutsugma
      @askmeaboutsugma ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@somerobloxdude3699 What do you mean by ‘imagine?’ They already are made of ice

    • @ElectrikStatik900
      @ElectrikStatik900 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Dude got a bootleg copy 💀💀💀💀

    • @FingerSpazm
      @FingerSpazm ปีที่แล้ว +30

      What are you taking about? There wasn't a single ice level in Mario 64?

  • @joeycochran3894
    @joeycochran3894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2895

    Someone should make a fan mod including all of these rumored features and randomizes them all at the beginning of each play through, so every play through is personalized

    • @NEScRETRO
      @NEScRETRO  3 ปีที่แล้ว +368

      That'd be amazing!

    • @golfboyshi
      @golfboyshi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I would love that

    • @RedoCasshan
      @RedoCasshan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Genius

    • @predeterminedtornado
      @predeterminedtornado 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes please!

    • @neswo772
      @neswo772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Imagine if the mod was working but some events were happening without being even coded in the mod haha

  • @anilece60
    @anilece60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1335

    Every copy of "Every Copy of Super Mario 64 is Personalized" videos are personalized

    • @josef3072
      @josef3072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      it's true technically

    • @GGamerLiam
      @GGamerLiam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      TH-cam is a VIRTUAL app

    • @mr.unlucky458
      @mr.unlucky458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Every comment of "Every copy of "Every Copy of Super Mario 64 is Personalized" videos are personalized" is personalized

    • @jordanekl5383
      @jordanekl5383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Every Coment on TH-cam is personalized, hows that for mind blowing!

    • @icantthinkofaname8139
      @icantthinkofaname8139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In the beginning of the background footage he has his hat, and there are 3 bombs. Anyone else see that?

  • @thomasp506
    @thomasp506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    The main thing going through my mind with half of these stories, aside from "These kids are such liars," is "Oh yeah, this would all totally fit on an N64 cartridge."

    • @linkums28
      @linkums28 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Just making sure you know it's completely fake and a bunch of Mandela effects.

    • @thomasp506
      @thomasp506 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@linkums28 I know. I went through the whole process with this game and others. People trying to tell me you could unlock Sonic as a playable fighter in Smash Bros: Melee, or that you could find the Triforce as a gear item in Ocarina of Time. All lies invented by bored children.

    • @teeXradd
      @teeXradd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      kids make up lots of stuff. I even used to. idk why kids do it, i guess just for some kinda amusement? one time when i was 14 (or maybe even younger) i made up a rumour about BO1 zombies that if you packapunched the M72 LAW (rocket launcher) it would later trigger a bossfight with a giant hellhound. Kid's imaginations are crazy man

    • @43234.
      @43234. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@thomasp506YOU CANT UNLOCK THE TRIFORCE AS A GEAR ITEM????

  • @AudreyGalaxy
    @AudreyGalaxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    i was like “there’s no way this is a thing” and then they started talking about how the jumping boxes jumped super high in personalized copies and i literally froze and said, out loud, “do they not do that for everyone?”

  • @elnaitho8257
    @elnaitho8257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    "Tick Tock clock brings feelings of anger and frustration!"
    I think anyone could've told you that

    • @honkerdoodles2764
      @honkerdoodles2764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yea

    • @NatetheNintendofan
      @NatetheNintendofan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Am I the only one who likes it

    • @ARandomSpace
      @ARandomSpace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even the mighty Pannenkoek, destroyer of A presses, still struggles in TTC. It's that powerful!

    • @game84cube
      @game84cube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't it Wet-Dry World that gives off a negative aura or something?

    • @Jakeviz_
      @Jakeviz_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NatetheNintendofan yes

  • @AitkrapooYT
    @AitkrapooYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1765

    I’m really glad you mentioned this! When I was younger, I actually had a personalized copy too! The personalization was that when you put the game in, it was the entirety of shark tale on blue ray.

    • @Drekel
      @Drekel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      blue ray came out 10 years after the game. cringe, child

    • @josephtang846
      @josephtang846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @Drekel r/whoooosh

    • @Drekel
      @Drekel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@josephtang846 1st) not reddit 2nd) it's cringe

    • @RosemaryBo1991
      @RosemaryBo1991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That sounds like torture

    • @RosemaryBo1991
      @RosemaryBo1991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @@Drekel when you don't get the joke
      Also
      no bitches? 🥺

  • @thatguyintherain3168
    @thatguyintherain3168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    I've thought this over and realized that kids sometimes unintentionally make false memories. I have a distinct memory of having a really cool automated Hot Wheels track but now that I've gone back and looked up their old early 2000s products up, the track never existed. Sometimes kid's brains make up memories and to them they're real.

    • @A_Black_Sheep94
      @A_Black_Sheep94 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It was probably a dream

    • @FieryMeltman
      @FieryMeltman ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Not just kids. Everyone creates false memories, and we do it all the time. To begin with, human memory is not reliable at all, contrary to popular belief.

    • @strixt
      @strixt ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@FieryMeltman Exactly this. Between the fragility of the human ego not allowing people to admit they're wrong and the wildly fallible mind, these little falsehoods spread like wildfire.

    • @NIgHTMaReFortyTwo
      @NIgHTMaReFortyTwo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@FieryMeltman Popular belief? I don't think anyone believes human memory is infallible. Its in no way at all popular belief.

    • @FieryMeltman
      @FieryMeltman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@NIgHTMaReFortyTwo You'd be surprised. Many people place high value in personal experiences and testimonies.

  • @beorthwulf7109
    @beorthwulf7109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    There's... No way the 64 cartridge holds THAT much memory

    • @andrewstovall2139
      @andrewstovall2139 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well no cartridge holds everything on this list

    • @Stusheep
      @Stusheep 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@andrewstovall2139but every Cardridge would need the CAPABILITY to have everything, how else could the AI reimplement them

    • @andrewstovall2139
      @andrewstovall2139 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Stusheep oh I always thought every cartridge was just spliced together resulting in every cartridge being different

    • @Stusheep
      @Stusheep 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@andrewstovall2139 but then they wouldn’t be personalised

    • @painlesschunk
      @painlesschunk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      To be fair, vanilla SM64 is around 6mb, while the maximum file size for an n64 rom is 64mb.

  • @EleanorDrapeaux
    @EleanorDrapeaux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +853

    Nobody:
    Every single stage: "This stage is extremely rare, even in heavily personalized copies"

    • @itsbright16
      @itsbright16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah

    • @83assassin
      @83assassin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      lmfao, the chances. I read this as he was saying it lol.

    • @mid-boss6461
      @mid-boss6461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To be fair. In gacha games, SSR units become a majority of roster over time.

    • @Jakeviz_
      @Jakeviz_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@repentofyoursinsandbelieve629 just why

    • @agentkazhira6440
      @agentkazhira6440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Jakeviz_ every copy of the bible is personalized

  • @platinumfactor
    @platinumfactor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1521

    Him: Every copy is personalized based on the players desires.
    Me: So that's why mine is just a copy of Sonic R.

  • @hectormontes7056
    @hectormontes7056 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I love that Oney’s Bowser Room is now an actual part of the SM64 creepypasta stuff

  • @toad_of_the_sky
    @toad_of_the_sky ปีที่แล้ว +39

    We definitely have the technology to make games personalized/slightly randomized now, I don't know why more game developers don't add this, it would be so cool.

  • @TheSuperCasual2914
    @TheSuperCasual2914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1083

    Guy speaking: “The year is 1998.”
    Me: “Eh, close enough. Continue your creepypasta.”

    • @EleanorDrapeaux
      @EleanorDrapeaux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      He totally said 1994, I can't be the only one to have heard it!

    • @TheSuperCasual2914
      @TheSuperCasual2914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      @@EleanorDrapeaux every “The year is 199X” is personalized.

    • @TheSuperCasual2914
      @TheSuperCasual2914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Pissed Off White Guy you bastard, I was only joking...

    • @qwaaa915
      @qwaaa915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      46:36 ok the sun painting is just the rainbow ride entrance texture thats why there are painings that are not reused sort of but also I think the stary night painting is just there to hint at the wall textures on the next floor after all its right at the bottom of that stair case.

    • @lqu
      @lqu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      1996... im pretty sure he said 1996

  • @itsthebluspy5890
    @itsthebluspy5890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    Ngl, I want a heavily personalized, to the point it's dangerous, copy of Super Mario 64.

    • @jolteonrpgplayer2751
      @jolteonrpgplayer2751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Same

    • @Pr0t4t0
      @Pr0t4t0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Totally! Wait, doesn’t the AI personalize it toward your desires? Ok everyone who agrees with this needs to get a copy of the game and a camera

    • @predeterminedtornado
      @predeterminedtornado 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That would be a dream come true for me

    • @therobloxiangang3218
      @therobloxiangang3218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just want one that's personalized at all

    • @user-hd8rm8nu4p
      @user-hd8rm8nu4p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wdym, “to the point it’s dangerous” it’s not like Mario’s gonna jump out and kill you

  • @l33g3ndar33
    @l33g3ndar33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    People: Every copy is personalized is an allegory for each player's life leading to the discovery of SM64. Each one it's own personal journey lending to how the game is interpreted. Look at how each of us have such strong emotional attachment to the time in our lives when we discovered it. It's impact on modern gaming has become a keystone for what 3d platforming should be.
    Nintendo: We just wanted to make a fun 3d game about a plumber jumping into artwork guys.

    • @Tinlion09
      @Tinlion09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      "Artificial intelligence? We...the console could barely handle _spheres._ If we could implement an AI that turned our bing bing wahoo plumber game into a personalized, life-altering spirit journey, then Sony would have been able to trigger the goddamn _Singularity_ with their hardware."
      -John Nintendo, CEO of Super Mario 64 (1974)

    • @TheQuashingoftheTub
      @TheQuashingoftheTub ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Can attest to this. I have a vastly different experience playing as an adult as I did playing as a child. I grew up with 64, Sunshine, and other Gamecube games in general, so while 64 was a bit aged, it was still really fun to explore the quiet and lonely world. It wasn't nearly as influentlial to me as the likes of other 64 games or even Star Fox Adventures(of all f*cking game I'll never understand why SFA is my fave but it just is don't @ me)
      These days it's just really archaic and frustraring for me to play, regardless of which platform I pull it out for. I still typically have fun exploring, as I still find new stuff each time, but getting 100% om All Stars was... taxing. Tiny Huge Island's 100 Coin Star can piss off. Wet Dry World is still my favorite level. I don't think that'll ever change lol

    • @GeistInTheMachine
      @GeistInTheMachine ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheQuashingoftheTub SFA was a great game. Different. I liked exploring it as a kid and watching my dad play it because he was better at getting far in it. Actually, I think he beat it. We're estranged now and he hates video games now (religious fundamentalist influence), so I cherish the memories of when my father was my dad.

    • @IbishuCovetDXi
      @IbishuCovetDXi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean I originally played SM64 on the og xbox
      My copy was very weird

    • @csciabar
      @csciabar ปีที่แล้ว

      So clunky to control mario. This kept me away from 3d platforming. Camera system is a joke. 2d platforming actually plays consistently. This is why mario kart 64 was my favorite game on the system. I have a mario shrine in my room and its not due to this game.

  • @picivyvortac2641
    @picivyvortac2641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    This concept actually reminds me a lot of the thing in Undertale, where every playthrough has a unique seed. Occasional small dialog options and tidbits are in each one. Some really specific ones have references to gaster. It's a cool idea someone should have done back in 96. It would have field the rumors to the moon. Can you imagine if there were a 1/100 chance that blarg would be in your lethal lava land? Or a 1/1000 that you'd swap the red mario skin for green Luigi skin?

    • @markwhat6828
      @markwhat6828 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I wish someone could make a mod of sm64 with this feature to make this whole thing real

    • @laureeeee
      @laureeeee ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Every copy of Undertale is personalised. Kind of.

    • @picivyvortac2641
      @picivyvortac2641 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@laureeeee true. More like that please. Though I would like slightly larger things to happen. Slightly different dialogue or an extra gaster acolyte probably wouldn't get any schoolyard talk. I don't think the extra stuff in Undertale would have been noticed without the infinite monkeys of the internet.

    • @hubguy
      @hubguy ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In a sense this is what roguelikes are. Each run not being the same as the last, though it has to keep the main structure of it intact so it's beatable and actually enjoyable to play lol

    • @balls_gaming
      @balls_gaming ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@picivyvortac2641 well, what it is is the fun value, a number from 1-100 randomly picked at the beginning of a playthrough, it affects a few things, like the ghaster followers, meetign the mistery man, sans prank calling you, getting a wrong number call, stuff like that

  • @_cfmca
    @_cfmca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    “Huh, Weird... My copy is labeled “Half Life 3” On the title screen... Oh well it’s probably not important!” *Proceeds to throw away*

    • @shookengie370
      @shookengie370 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "Freeman you fool!"

    • @craftman_yt
      @craftman_yt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh no. anyways. THANK GOD my copy of portal contains PCs that apperantly contain HL3. I dont know how to access it tho.

  • @Truecrimesolvesnoend55468
    @Truecrimesolvesnoend55468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    No, they didn't find me

    • @phrastro7075
      @phrastro7075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      dang it

    • @nlafleur75
      @nlafleur75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Mods in Luigi's actually model in mario 64

    • @lumking1750
      @lumking1750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      m a rio MARIO luigi M A R I O

    • @askaed9300
      @askaed9300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How's your brother Super ?

    • @lumking1750
      @lumking1750 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@askaed9300 His middle name is super

  • @DE23
    @DE23 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Honestly, Wario's giant mug trying to eat you is hilarious.

    • @Levacque
      @Levacque 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's even funnier because it's clearly much better graphics slapped on top of Mario 64

  • @AWSMProdigiousGamer
    @AWSMProdigiousGamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I really wish game developers really did catch on to this trend and started actually implementing insane things.
    "Bro, I heard if you collect every shine in Mario Sunshine 3 times and then fight Bowser without taking damage, you unlock Peach as a playable character!"
    "You're such a liar, we all grew past those kinds of things"
    Developer: *Maniacally laughing*

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Remember when Pokemon actually did that stuff? Lorelei's home getting Pokedolls added every 10 times you enter the Hall of Fame in FRLG, Mirage Island, The Crazy Stuff you had to do to catch the Regis in RSE, Celebi in Crystal, & Mew in Gen 1? Don't forget Pokerus, the encounter anomalies in Gen 4 games, the list keeps going. Sonic Series did it a few times as well, remember the Chaos Chao? Getting Amy in Sonic Advance 2? Super Sonic in Sonic the Fighters?

  • @troffdiga1067
    @troffdiga1067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    "Bob-Omb Village" is a Nintendo 64 dev kit demo. The sombrero man is a test for joint-based animations common in the early N64 era, and the bomb-ombs are just an interaction demo. That's why there are so many supposed videos of it, because it exists, just not in the way people think it does.

    • @JetixR
      @JetixR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait, N64 Dev Kits are publicly available?

    • @troffdiga1067
      @troffdiga1067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@JetixR No, but a number of them have been recovered. It's worthy saying that the dev kits consisted of two parts: a SG workstation and the console itself, there are a number of workstations around so a lot of demos have been recovered.

    • @JetixR
      @JetixR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@troffdiga1067 Ok

    • @l33g3ndar33
      @l33g3ndar33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Every sombrero is personalized...

    • @Bootystank99659
      @Bootystank99659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@l33g3ndar33 every Mexico is personalized

  • @chelseaadams5454
    @chelseaadams5454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    I feel that if Nintendo really had such "personalization" technology, they wouldn't keep it a secret. They'd market the hell out of it! "Hey, kids! Play the new Mario 64! Now with new Nintendo Personal software! It's not just any Mario game! It's *your* Mario game!"
    And, it wouldn't just be Mario either. I guarantee you that if Nintendo had such technology, they would slap it on nearly every game franchise they own. Zelda? Personalized. Smash Bros.? Personalized. Pokemon? You guessed it! Personalized! Nintendo is notorious for showing off any new technology (whether it be hardware or software) they develop. Also, there'd be crappy third-party personalized games as well.
    Oh, and Sega/Sony/etc. would also have their own versions of personalized games...but they wouldn't be as popular for one reason or another.

    • @gooolixx
      @gooolixx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      imagine a personalised smash bros though..... that would be so cool

    • @mikaylamcdaniel5241
      @mikaylamcdaniel5241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Like Mario maker?

    • @chorizord6974
      @chorizord6974 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@gooolixx That'd be a copyright nightmare lol

    • @Big5mokE719
      @Big5mokE719 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      100%. I didn't even know this theory existed but now that I do I feel dumber. I think the flat earth theory has more punching weight than this lol

    • @ThomasFraileySkyeCasey
      @ThomasFraileySkyeCasey ปีที่แล้ว +11

      they'd have to keep it secret so other gaming companies don't steal it

  • @Bossking_-ov7hb
    @Bossking_-ov7hb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I find that the Skeeters (water strider enemies), the Heave-Hos, and the town are the main things that give me that feeling of a negative aura. Something robotic just shouldn't be in a stage that involves water, and I've always found the Skeeters creepy, especially when they start chasing after you when they go on land, and the thought of the town's inhabitants drowning is very disturbing to me.

    • @ecstaticwooper368
      @ecstaticwooper368 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Skeeters in SM64DS are precious though

  • @Lord_Yeetis
    @Lord_Yeetis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    17:17 This one is likely based on the King Boo boss fight in the DS remake. And cold cold crevasse sounds identical to the boss level for Chief Chilly in the remake as well.

  • @groeppoe
    @groeppoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    Meanwhile, former Mario 64 developers are laughing their asses off over us turning our brains into mush over this hahaha

    • @riahlexington
      @riahlexington 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s fake

    • @NatetheNintendofan
      @NatetheNintendofan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@riahlexington WRONG

    • @isaiahsimmons5776
      @isaiahsimmons5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@riahlexington every hoax is personalized

    • @blackzero786
      @blackzero786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wonder what the developers would say if people were talking about the Ice Bully Minion that was removed from the "Final Version". It was essentially the Ice Stage Variant of "Bully the Bullies".

    • @CrackyBros
      @CrackyBros ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@isaiahsimmons5776 Everything that is “personalized” is Fake.

  • @MEHLOW
    @MEHLOW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Narrator: “Small chill bullies”
    Cat: “meow”

    • @cheatorcompletor7884
      @cheatorcompletor7884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think it's a little kid

    • @Seadog87
      @Seadog87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cheatorcompletor7884 Nah, it’s a cat

  • @frickinfrick8488
    @frickinfrick8488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This theory is such a cool exploration of how we tend to misremember childhood experiences. It’s really interesting hearing people talk about the different things they remember about the game, how vivid they are and how many people remember the same thing. Obviously the idea that there’s a secret AI in this 90’s game pulling all the strings to make it happen is pretty absurd but I love how it reignites that childhood curiosity about what mysteries could lie in our favourite days before we datamined them and found everything there is to see. It’d be cool if someone made a rom hack collecting all these experiences and randomising them for each player.

    • @isaiahsimmons5776
      @isaiahsimmons5776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      where does the phrase come from tho

    • @NIgHTMaReFortyTwo
      @NIgHTMaReFortyTwo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      People definitely aren't talking about the things they misremember from games though. Its pretty much all just people lying to feed into a stupid meme. Maybe at most like 5% is peoples genuine misrememberings of games they played when they were kids. In fact given how incredibly stupid this meme is its more than likely they weren't kids then at all, because they're kids now.

  • @lily91109
    @lily91109 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'm pretty sure speedrunners would have found the AI if it were really in the game. Can always rely on them to learn a game inside out.

    • @paul2958
      @paul2958 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Considering I just watched a three hour video on the mechanics of invisible walls, yes yes they would

  • @BeyondBaito
    @BeyondBaito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    I like that you don't just go through it going "but obviously all this is fake and made up" and you roll with it.

    • @NEScRETRO
      @NEScRETRO  3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      it was a bit of a trade off. I knew that repeatedly reminding the viewer that it's fake would break immersion and flow, but I also knew if I didn't, I'd get a lot of comments from people telling me it's fake... like... yeah... it's really funny how many people out there think that I would think this is 100% fact, but the comments are there lol. either way, I'm happy with how I handled the video, and it's only a google search away to show that none of this is factual.

    • @ZeroKitsune
      @ZeroKitsune 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@NEScRETRO I mean to be fair...there are people that actually believe this stuff. Somehow.

    • @blocks4857
      @blocks4857 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Haters will say it's fake

    • @Samwow
      @Samwow 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      ​@@NEScRETROi like that treating as real lets the viewer get immersed, makes this whole thing feel like its from a universe where this kind of game altering AI is just an accepted and known part of the game that rather than a creepypasta

    • @Ovyron
      @Ovyron 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The thing is I didn't KNOW if it was fake, so I kept watching out of interest because, how come I didn't know about all this after all this years?? It was surreal, but kept me watching for an hour and ten minutes. I even watched another 27 seconds of it, maybe it all would be revealed as made up. It wasn't. I don't even know if people actually made up these reports, or if it's meta and the author made up that all these people made it up, and presented it as real, definitively the best way to deliver!

  • @Randomzs
    @Randomzs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    “The Mandela effect” roll credits

    • @foreverpyrite
      @foreverpyrite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Litterly a recipe for this madness:
      1tbs Trolls
      2 cups of creepypasta
      69420lbs of childhood creativity
      14 lq oz of lying for popularity
      Bake it in the Oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 23 years worth of misremembering.
      Cool with nostalgia and serve in a semi-comprehensive video.
      You get this.

  • @patrickbatemangaming9951
    @patrickbatemangaming9951 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love how my guy is talking like this is a very real thing that happens and not a bunch of kids stories trying to sound cool to their friends

  • @Henry00
    @Henry00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    9:55 I think people misremember other games and put them in Super Mario 64. For example, swimming behind the eel bringing them to a subarea (in your iceberg video, a maze with many eels). That sounds a lot like the Deep Pythons from Majora's Mask, which are giant sea snakes/eels that infest the Great Bay and lurk in the depths of Pinnacle Rock. They will relentlessly attack Link. To defeat them, first you have to lure them out. The end of those twisting caverns look like nasty dark goop. I believe there is a wooden crate there too. There's a lot of that in this video.

    • @joevaghn457
      @joevaghn457 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, loads of Mandela Effects, and corrupt childhood memories.

    • @DeathScyther006
      @DeathScyther006 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      nah I just did it in my game. You're just lucky that my capture card isn't working at the moment.

    • @chillgamer7743
      @chillgamer7743 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DeathScyther006 can you do it again?

    • @cubster16
      @cubster16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good point

    • @joevaghn457
      @joevaghn457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chillgamer7743 probably not

  • @dombjomb
    @dombjomb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    I love how people still talk about the “Bowser Room” even though Chris O’Neill from oneyplays talked about how he made it when he was little and how dumb he thinks it is, and I’d have to agree lmao

    • @Joob_Toob
      @Joob_Toob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      No no I've been to the bowser room in real life, bowser was there and he sung do the mario to me

    • @bruxtle
      @bruxtle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Joob_Toob did he have the super show voice?

    • @Joob_Toob
      @Joob_Toob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@bruxtle yes he did, he was quite the funny fellow

    • @glacierwolf2155
      @glacierwolf2155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Man, I wish for a Bowser Room in real life. Stone walls, metal grate-shaped windows, red carpet, brick pillars adorned with turtle shells, lights shaped like fire, and a red bed with a spiky headrest, with a white pillow shaped like a cloud platform laying on a blanket with Bowser's insignia. That'd be pretty rad.

    • @alexstein2691
      @alexstein2691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You realize everyone thinks you’re a lame buzzkill right?

  • @WilfredCthulu
    @WilfredCthulu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    I've talked about this in my own stuff before but I've always clearly remembered when watching my cousin play this at a super young age, that the painting to LLL was in a basement looking area, however it was a narrow hallway with red carpeting, then you'd take a left turn down the hallways and the painting was on the wall to your right. I still see him jumping into it to this day and it still bothers me that I remember it like that.

    • @b1nary_f1nary
      @b1nary_f1nary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      All pretty small insignificant details that exist in the castle that could easily have been misremembered and mixed up

    • @WilfredCthulu
      @WilfredCthulu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It really wasn't a small difference but ok.

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@WilfredCthulu Human memory isn't like a machine
      It will change overtime, you'll beggin merging memories and events in your mind, leading to false memories you still vibiddly remembered

    • @DJPeterJames
      @DJPeterJames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@jesusramirezromo2037 memory is amazing like you said we all think what we remember is true but we change a memory every time we recall it.

    • @Kawamura2
      @Kawamura2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      First time I played this game I was in my early 20's, back when it was new. I have a memory of being able to play as Luigi right out the gate, as in being able to choose Mario or Luigi at the start. Then I played the game again a few months ago, and oddly enough, Luigi isn't an option. It was a false memory, and you don't have to be a little child to develop them. All humans will have false memories throughout their lives. It's unsettling to think that something you remember vividly and believed to be true for so many years can be false, but it's just part of being human. Our brains have been likened to organic hard drives by some and while the analogy is for the most part a decent one, it's not an exactly true, because we store data in our brains differently, and are far more susceptible to corruption than a computer hard drive is. It's just a limitation of being human.

  • @chwaftka9775
    @chwaftka9775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I came in here ready to think "interesting but false" knowing that the game wasn't personalized, AI doing these things in 1996 was a hilariously impossible idea, and that none of this was real.
    Left realizing "oh shit my copy is personalized" when you talked about the vanish cap star.

    • @maxsmusings339
      @maxsmusings339 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I’m pretty sure what you’re remembering is a star in SM64 DS, not a personalized happening in the original Mario 64

    • @NIgHTMaReFortyTwo
      @NIgHTMaReFortyTwo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Not really interesting but definitely false.

    • @ecstaticwooper368
      @ecstaticwooper368 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did you play the original or the DS remake?

    • @chwaftka9775
      @chwaftka9775 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ecstaticwooper368 yeah it was probably that

    • @ecstaticwooper368
      @ecstaticwooper368 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chwaftka9775 ngl I forgot that star existed until I played the area again today

  • @Thedukeofderps
    @Thedukeofderps 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The Audio Artifacts, The specifically worded scripting, and the musical choices add up to a truly ethereal and Spooky yet fun experience.

  • @WaterLemon147
    @WaterLemon147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Me: „Oh i know this is fake“
    Him : „pyramid cutscene“
    Me: „what is he talking about that is literally in the game“

    • @DiagonalTanooki
      @DiagonalTanooki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's odd because i have cheap cheaps in my copy unless those cheap cheaps are just enemies that look like cheap cheaps

    • @DiagonalTanooki
      @DiagonalTanooki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@churupinha3510 huh thats odd how nintendo does that instead of using cheap cheaps

    • @mid-boss6461
      @mid-boss6461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DiagonalTanooki guess they weren't going to cut the fish budget.

    • @cloudyswildride
      @cloudyswildride 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me with the chilly bullies in snowmans land

    • @MrMarxy
      @MrMarxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cloudyswildride wtf those are real what

  • @RahXenoeph
    @RahXenoeph 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    LOL at the bowser room that Oney admitted he faked, just to get some cool points at school.

    • @stinkysoup2884
      @stinkysoup2884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's better than the person who made crayon drawings and played them off as real, at least.

    • @steelydan739
      @steelydan739 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It worked lmao

    • @Graffels
      @Graffels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought Chris O'Neil just didn't want anyone to know what he saw in the Bowser Room in his personalized version of Mario 64? He seemed very on edge in the Crash 2 LP when he talked about it.

  • @DaSheepKiller
    @DaSheepKiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Broke: Kids were lying to each other, seeing hacks & Machinimas, all leading to people developing false memories of the game.
    Woke: THE GAME HAS A SUPER ADVANCED AI THAT PERSONALIZES THE GAME ACCORDING TO ITS PLAYER

  • @babyseatbanans1214
    @babyseatbanans1214 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    29:22 the cat makes a really good point here that I haven't heard being said anywhere else, life changing

    • @Charliedunlap08
      @Charliedunlap08 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was wondering if anyone would make a comment abt this

  • @19Szabolcs91
    @19Szabolcs91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    The 999 coin thing should have been called out right at the start, since no coins spawn at all during the Fire Sea Bowser fight

    • @NEScRETRO
      @NEScRETRO  3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I never knew this

    • @galladegamer3579
      @galladegamer3579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think it may be talking about the entire stage

    • @carsonschill1635
      @carsonschill1635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There is not 999 coins in that stage

    • @staceyrhodes7487
      @staceyrhodes7487 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@carsonschill1635 ??? there is in my copy?

  • @marx4538
    @marx4538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    on one hand, i think "this is all stupid there's no way this is possible and all of this is just your average rumors that don't take the tech at the time and the developers' view of the game seriously", but on the other hand, it's so fun and comfy to listen to this shit and think that some people actually have memories like this. it's especially comfy due to how you talk about all this and the background music, great video.

    • @virtuallylightblue
      @virtuallylightblue ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so true yuuka kazami from touhou project 5: mystic square

  • @felipimacedo
    @felipimacedo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Once my cousin told me a code to unlock something in Mario64 - I don't remember what was unlocked, but I remember the code involved pressing various buttons in a set order, including both Z buttons. I think this is an instance where the personalization extends to the hardware itself, so amazing!

  • @spiritualcalmality8631
    @spiritualcalmality8631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "The year is 1998. You're a baby with no concept of video games. A super advanced AI has taken a hold of Super Mario 64 but cannot produce baby formula. You scoff at the game and go back to your bottle."

  • @GooberPipebomb
    @GooberPipebomb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    "This Stage is rare, so not much is known"="i can't think of anything that would be in this fake level"

  • @Punykirby
    @Punykirby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    I like how the video is narrated as if all this is true, as it makes it much more uneasy
    Once again a great video, my only complaint is a few of the pauses are slightly too long, but besides that its a well made and informative video
    also James did nothing wrong, justice for James Goomba

    • @DasAntiNaziBroetchen
      @DasAntiNaziBroetchen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "I like how the video is narrated as if all this is true, as it makes it much more uneasy"
      It makes me uneasy too, but in the angry "I can't believe people believe this shit" kind of way.

    • @kolchian5139
      @kolchian5139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was gonna comment the same thing lol

    • @hobnobs_gaming
      @hobnobs_gaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@DasAntiNaziBroetchen Yeah a lot of the things that he mentions are just fake and it’s just the Mandela effect. But a few things he says are true like the lower pitch boo laugh which actually happens when some times entering the house on big boo’s haunt.

    • @Mythological_Artisan
      @Mythological_Artisan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DasAntiNaziBroetchen its just intertaiment

    • @zaksilva-sampaio7876
      @zaksilva-sampaio7876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mythological_Artisan entertainment*

  • @Cilvathorne
    @Cilvathorne 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Where was this deep dive a year ago when I really needed it? The TH-cam algorithm definitely is special

  • @coolspell
    @coolspell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Imagine being Nintendo and you see your old ass game get brought back because of some randon dude on 4chan saying that your game was made for him and it had a flying Wario Head

  • @brandonvicbossmorgan
    @brandonvicbossmorgan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Wait wait wait so basically this is a comprehensive look at M64 that collects and categorizes every bull $*it lie we heard as children? This is the video I never realized I wanted.

  • @aquasoul8871
    @aquasoul8871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    This do be the exact video I’ve been waiting for after literally watching the iceberg yesterday...

  • @crabstubular3251
    @crabstubular3251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Finally somebody who takes this seriously and isn't just "oh boy floating wario head spooky"

    • @CrackyBros
      @CrackyBros ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well of course it’s like going to be not taken seriously because he’s not in the game, and the claims are fake. The only way the Hoax was created by the advertising of Wario being a floating head in the entrance of dire dire docks and Bowsers Second boss stage.

    • @crabstubular3251
      @crabstubular3251 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CrackyBros I know I just feel like more people should put a more serious tone into explaining it

    • @Jack-px6mx
      @Jack-px6mx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CrackyBros No. It's all real

    • @CrackyBros
      @CrackyBros ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jack-px6mx Could you repeat that?

    • @crabstubular3251
      @crabstubular3251 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jack-px6mx it's fake

  • @SSJKamui
    @SSJKamui 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One classmate in elementary claimed, mario 64 contains "collect every coin existing in the level" stars

    • @dasutanehineri
      @dasutanehineri หลายเดือนก่อน

      when i was a little kid i'm pretty sure thats what i thought the 100-coin star was. i'm kind of just a fucking idiot though so it doesnt surprise me

  • @pancakes8670
    @pancakes8670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    I want someone to mod some of these additions into the game. They sound like great add-ons, like the Prince Bomb-omb and the star sky level

    • @SSJKamui
      @SSJKamui 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree. And to be honest, I tried to look up if its possible to integrate an AI Customization of stages in unity games after watching the video.😅

    • @blusterkong1996
      @blusterkong1996 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look up B3313. It should scratch a couple of those itches

  • @JohnRedWolf87
    @JohnRedWolf87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I wonder if the AI takes requests. How much would I be tempting fate if I asked my cartridge to “make it spooky”?

    • @NEScRETRO
      @NEScRETRO  3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      You may be able to bribe it with the souls of children!

    • @tomcaniff6437
      @tomcaniff6437 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He always comes back....

  • @herobane6488
    @herobane6488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I REMEMBER THE GIANT GOOMBA! It took place in the dark world, where the second triple-goomba configuration was. however, the goomba died in one hit when i ground-pounded it. it didn't act any differently from a goomba when i fought it, but the walk animations were slowed to compensate for the bigger steps the goomba took

  • @shidder
    @shidder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'm not sure if anyone pointed it out but I believe that most of the personalization theories come from people dreaming about SM64 when they were younger and having a vivid dream about something and waking up to thinking it is real (this happened to me once and I believed something that didn't exist existed in a game).

  • @ivth3058
    @ivth3058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This whole video reminds me of the schoolyard rumors my friends and I would tell each other. My friend INSISTED on several secret unlockable characters in SSB Melee; including Sonic, Tails, Birdo, Toad, and what was described as an 'Evil Fruit Loop.' Keep in mind I was a dumb little kid, but I wrote all of them down and tried to unlock everyone when I got home. Good video, man.

    • @Armund_Wolffe
      @Armund_Wolffe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      #EvilFrootLoopForSmash

    • @entermusic93
      @entermusic93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      An evil fruit loop LMAOOOO

  • @lucidhighway4403
    @lucidhighway4403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I love how you brought back the "More on that latter" thing from the previous video where people pointed it out, and i really liked it, its some nice attention to detail in a way, and just embracing the "meme" it became in the comment section
    Aside from that, i absolutely am in love on how long this video is
    Maybe it's just me, but personally i LOVE long videos, specially on this topic, its just so interesting hearing someone speak about this interesting topic to this length,it's so nice, specially on this great quality you have!!
    Amazing job, cant wait to see pther content of yours, you get better with each video!

    • @galladegamer3579
      @galladegamer3579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also the "It's totally real, like comment subscribe" meme

  • @MotherCryptid
    @MotherCryptid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I think it's kinda fun how our minds create all these scenarios ultimately. I have always been pretty imaginative and have issues with maladaptive daydreaming, so I always have a "trust but verify" approach to anything I remember. For instance, I was 5(?) when my parents got the game. I remember my mom playing it, hell I even tried. But I always remembered her finding Luigi at the top and not Yoshi for whatever reason. I also remembered her using the cannon and shooting past the barrier and dying (the one that gets you to Yoshi). I know this isn't true, because I played through the whole game to prove it happened. Of course, it didn't. That doesn't make diving into these fun theories (however false they are) any less intriguing! Thanks for making these videos and kind of compiling all of these theories together!

  • @alexios7147
    @alexios7147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a kid I remember not being able to play Mario 64 at night because it gave me the creeps, and I think I know why. If you look into the concept of "liminal space" the entire game is the perfect example of it, people have noticed this phenomena in source games as well

    • @staryoshi06
      @staryoshi06 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's not really liminal spaces, as that has a rather specific meaning that has been diluted by internet trends. The creepiness mainly comes from the emptiness of the worlds due to hardware limitations of the time. Doesn't help that garry's mod (one of the source engine games known best for this phenomenon) is:
      1. Based on a game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting, and thus a lot of maps use assets suited for this setting.
      2. A sandbox game, meaning that maps are often intentionally empty and with quiet or non-existent soundscapes to make space for the player to create their own scenarios.

  • @VinnimonCinnimon
    @VinnimonCinnimon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    This is funny because I'm being dead serious, but me and all my siblings played mario 64 and during the battle with the Whomp King you had to ground pound the bandage on his back. But the difference is that the bandage is on different spots on his back after every hit. We got the game again about 7 years later and were super confused when we played and the bandage didn't move. We looked it up on TH-cam and couldn't find it. We played a bunch of different versions of the game to no avail. So for this weird theory thingy to be an actual phenomenon is funny to me.

    • @danius88
      @danius88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Mandela effect

    • @themisfitowl2595
      @themisfitowl2595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It also sounds very Banjo Kazooie ish to me, where a ton of the bosses had weak spots that moved around his body.

    • @VinnimonCinnimon
      @VinnimonCinnimon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@themisfitowl2595 As kids we never got very far in Banjo 😂 the furthest I could remember seeing is Gobi's Valley and that's bc our god mom would play while we attended school. The only boss I can recall from back THEN was Conga

    • @themisfitowl2595
      @themisfitowl2595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@VinnimonCinnimon
      lol. I think it's cool that you had a parent who played games with you. Mine were more into the classic arcade games and could never get into the 3D games.
      I must have sunk an entire full month of my actual lifespan into playing Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie. Those games were my childhood.

    • @comicrandomness3289
      @comicrandomness3289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol i could see you and you're siblings screaming the bandage moved there but it's in the same place.

  • @Drayiss
    @Drayiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Man this stuff is just so fascinating to me. Taking something as simple as old, reconstructed memories, and turning it into a whole theory with genuinely fascinating lore. It kinda reminds me of SCP or even Godzilla NES. I really hope more of these “recollections” get added to the wiki and stuff!

  • @NanoCharat
    @NanoCharat ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I LOVE water and as a kid I always wanted to go behind the glass and swim with the fish near the Jolly Roger Bay painting. Eventually I found the secret aquarium level but I died inside because I was little and didn't understand how to get oxygen there. When I came out, I was glitched inside the fishtank wall like I always wanted.
    Had to reset the game though because I couldn't get out.
    I spent so much time trying to recreate that when I was a kid because no one believed me lol
    It was probably just a positioning glitch with spawning back into the overworld, but it made me really happy back then and I thought it was magic.

  • @smuggestmari
    @smuggestmari 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I'll hand it to you, you've got alot more dedication dedication to the bit than most people, making an hour long video about stuff made up by 10 year olds on the creepypasta wiki. I salute you sir

  • @enemigoconlanzadewarioland3653
    @enemigoconlanzadewarioland3653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Everyone talks about mario 64 personalized copies but no one talks about wario land 4 personalized copies

  • @Sudafedz
    @Sudafedz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    If only DS had been personalized. Then maybe I could've experienced some wierd shit.

    • @cadecarls6959
      @cadecarls6959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I’ll never know if it was, but I distinctly remember my brother playing as Waluigi when we both were very young. I never knew how he did it; and he never did either; but I never was able to see Waluigi again. That is the only thing I can think of for DS personalization. I have faint memories from the n64 version but I don’t have super crazy stores from the N64 version

    • @buzzytrombone4353
      @buzzytrombone4353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Waluigi is in the game, I unlocked him.

    • @Sm64wii
      @Sm64wii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@buzzytrombone4353 it’s fun to talk about this sort of stuff, but that isn’t true. He isn’t in the game code anywhere

    • @buzzytrombone4353
      @buzzytrombone4353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Sm64wii Neither is most of the shit this guy mentioned in the video.

    • @drcheesenut896
      @drcheesenut896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@buzzytrombone4353 Yes... we all know that. This is a video explaining the theory and everyone's accounts of it, never said to be 100% true anywhere

  • @milescox1792
    @milescox1792 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's so interesting how popular randomizers have taken hold in major franchises like Zelda, Pokémon, and older versions of Mario games, and that this theory could be realized, using this video as a script. You could actually have randomizers that are completely identical to this using romhacks, if someone put the effort into it. I hope I see something like that in my lifetime.

  • @newphilmz3605
    @newphilmz3605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Just like someone in school found the Mew under the truck and evolved it into a mewthree. Must be true, kids don't lie.

  • @CamilleLeon21
    @CamilleLeon21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    *But the real question is, which personalized copy of the game features the typical white bottom bar of emulator gameplay?*

    • @galladegamer3579
      @galladegamer3579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine had it

    • @Tinlion09
      @Tinlion09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In commonly reported but extremely rare instances of personalization, the AI will place an "Unregistered HyperCam 2" watermark in the corner of the game's display at all times. Several dozen players have also reported that, when this occurs, an incredibly rare effect often manifests that severely lowers the game's FPS, lowers the game's audio quality, and generates a positive/negative/mid-sized emotional aura that compels the player to record their gameplay and share it publicly.

  • @Everdred
    @Everdred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    28:53 small chill bullies “mreow!”

  • @ARandomSpace
    @ARandomSpace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "The Chomp Caverns contain smaller Chain Chomps and also Scuttlebugs"
    Can we make a Scuttlebug Jamboree there? Can we make the Jamboree with 0x A presses?

  • @dhi1145
    @dhi1145 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Listening to this really captures how vast and mysterious SM64 was to us as kids

  • @Amy-si8gq
    @Amy-si8gq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When you get the perfect take but your cat is screaming in the background

  • @nijihime8342
    @nijihime8342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I remember as a kid that Dory ate me, I was terrified of her for years. I was very confused when other kids said that she can't eat you. Now I play the game on an emulator, I tried to get her to eat me, but she hasn't yet.

    • @God0fTime
      @God0fTime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think I remember something similar tbh

    • @antoinemayrand7348
      @antoinemayrand7348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I like the "yet"

    • @renegadesofanarchy289
      @renegadesofanarchy289 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My guess is that you might be combining memories of Dory with the fish that eats you in Tiny-Huge Island.

  • @aarongreenfield9038
    @aarongreenfield9038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Kids went from having an hour a day to play games, to not even having an hour left out of the day where they're not playing some kind of game.

    • @SoupyMittens
      @SoupyMittens ปีที่แล้ว

      ok boomer

    • @j-rex229
      @j-rex229 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the most "35 year old millenial" comment I've ever seen.

  • @polaris-san6170
    @polaris-san6170 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Around the 28 minute mark while you're talking about chill bulls you can hear a cat meowing. Maybe a minute later, little dude doesn't sound happy. Pet that cat

    • @NEScRETRO
      @NEScRETRO  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      My cat gets very bothered when I'm recording audio because she thinks I'm talking to someone else and not giving her attention! I assure you she gets so much love. Possible cat reveal in the future!

  • @youtubeneedstochange4414
    @youtubeneedstochange4414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I'd love to see an animated version of this video with Mario traveling through all these strange stages.

  • @aeterborne
    @aeterborne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    28:53 "Small Chill Bullies."
    *mrow*

  • @kingkeesietv
    @kingkeesietv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If there’s one thing I can say about my copy of the game it’s that I remember the “L is Real” being way way clearer then most of the images I see now from others

  • @ZazzVGC
    @ZazzVGC ปีที่แล้ว +4

    beautiful video. I love the narration, the topics, the music and the overall vibe. I've watched it a few times already and i never want it to end. Good job

  • @ralphbelmondo4495
    @ralphbelmondo4495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    My personalized copy had two screens and no analog stick. It also had Luigi and Wario for some reason...
    Weird...

    • @ARandomSpace
      @ARandomSpace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I gotta check with you to see if you got the DS version. Was Yoshi playable? Were the graphics improved from the original? Were there 150 stars? Could you beat it without Mario?

    • @lkjbhvgcfjhgfcgvhbj439
      @lkjbhvgcfjhgfcgvhbj439 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Was waluigi in it? I remember 4 doors, mario, Luigi, Wario, and...?

    • @ralphbelmondo4495
      @ralphbelmondo4495 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lkjbhvgcfjhgfcgvhbj439 The last door was for a star that you get a key for.

    • @cringeman6518
      @cringeman6518 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lkjbhvgcfjhgfcgvhbj439 And Colonel Sanders, I remember him throwing chicken legs as an attack

    • @SoupyMittens
      @SoupyMittens ปีที่แล้ว +8

      For me instead of peaches castle I had Hyrule castle instead...

  • @pokemonyugiohmettaton
    @pokemonyugiohmettaton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    “The year was 1998”
    Ah yes, some of the best years of my life... were I wasn’t alive..

  • @sapphire4310
    @sapphire4310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this whole personalization thing encouraged me to look really deep into this game, which is fun with almost any game out there because of the work that goes into making videogames. even a game that's pretty simple on the surface like this one has so many scrapped ideas and concepts hidden inside it, and it's so interesting looking at what could've been with the game. and i like hearing all these stories of personalised copies, it's fun seeing people try to create their own worlds and fit them into the context of the game.
    (the wario apparition thing got kinda annoying tho, when literally every youtuber who made arg's about personalised copies started using it as a cheap jumpscare thing)

  • @vivaldireal1741
    @vivaldireal1741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One minor and vague thing I remember is first watching my uncle play the game many years ago. One thing I had seemingly noted was the trees in the front yard of the castle were in entirely different locations than mine.

  • @MattIsTheCat
    @MattIsTheCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Is this a good place to document my experience with my cartridge, well in my copy, Mario did a dance and and turned his skin textures to tan. And he would say “you lookin good today”.

    • @sumpyori
      @sumpyori 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      mans hyping you up

    • @galladegamer3579
      @galladegamer3579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You have the best copy

    • @Bootystank99659
      @Bootystank99659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Please give me your copy... I need it, for uh, research

    • @MattIsTheCat
      @MattIsTheCat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never expected any of my comments to gain that amount of likes, so for good measures, I disliked it (I think that makes TH-cam recommend it less).

    • @jacobjonesofmagna
      @jacobjonesofmagna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sorry but this is the funniest shit ever

  • @kirbythings
    @kirbythings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Drinking game: take a shot every time he says the word "personalized"

    • @enemigoconlanzadewarioland3653
      @enemigoconlanzadewarioland3653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I tried and by the end I woke up in the middle of the forest with a wario land 4 cartridge

    • @planetearth2249
      @planetearth2249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      help i'm fucking wasted

    • @coleomantenforty8747
      @coleomantenforty8747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I just woke up and I am being barried alive help

    • @planetearth2249
      @planetearth2249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@coleomantenforty8747 Oh shit

    • @Turtleanju
      @Turtleanju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ...and rest in peace

  • @TheGreenThunder1607
    @TheGreenThunder1607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I couldve sworn there was a Star obtained when opening chests in the Backyard in a certain order. The crazy thing is, that this star exists ins Mario odyssey! When i Played that, i was like "oh yeah, i remember this" but when 3D all stars came out there was only the Boo level

  • @typhondst3363
    @typhondst3363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "In certain copies of the game, players have reported being able to enter Whomp's Fortress."
    Me, thinking he means the stage itself: "No sher shitlock."
    Also me: *moment of realization*

  • @DBSS13
    @DBSS13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have a childhood memory that bothers me to this day and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere yet. So basically I remember that during the final Bowser battle a text box randomly appeared just saying ,,L is real", but as children do, I didn't think much of it. But then, during the ending scene when Peach should appear, Luigi busts through the fucking window instead, starts sucking Mario off,

  • @grimreaper451
    @grimreaper451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I remember metal puddles in hazy maze cave that were enemies that you couldn't kill. They were slow and were just in the way. Don't remember Mario getting shocked like he was saying in the video just normal damage and getting knocked back.

    • @williamangliss5063
      @williamangliss5063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah same, I got the same metal puddles that didn't do anything crazy, just took normal damage

  • @Sotau890
    @Sotau890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nerd: I found Luigi in SM64
    Everyone: *Rock eyebrow raising SFX*

  • @absolutisguy4171
    @absolutisguy4171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Someone should make a rom hack of these already. It’s basically inspiration throwing itself at people.

  • @superbaddy4
    @superbaddy4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I would really like to have actually seen that Night Sky Stage.

    • @NEScRETRO
      @NEScRETRO  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah me too! Unfortunately there's no footage of it anywhere

    • @mr.personalspace7831
      @mr.personalspace7831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same here. I’m sure someone can make a rom hack with the info from this video alone.

    • @lilcreeper2635
      @lilcreeper2635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the sun stage too

    • @tyemcgowan783
      @tyemcgowan783 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I really want some one to make a mod with sll the removed stages

    • @Mike14264
      @Mike14264 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It would look really nice... the night sky is a really good look for a level.

  • @courtjester8055
    @courtjester8055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rumors like this are really funny because it just proves that people are more readily willing to believe in delusions than to admit their memories are wrong and scratch their ego.
    The whole berenstain/berenstein bears thing is another really funny example, where some people would rather invent a whole alternate universe to explain their feelings than to just be like "oh, my mistake, I spelled it wrong I guess haha."

  • @pinkdarkboy7127
    @pinkdarkboy7127 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anytime I'm wrong about something from now on, I'm just gonna say that it's true in my personalized version. Everyone should do that when they're wrong at work from now on, too. "Well, the wall may be 7 feet tall in your version of the blueprints, but in my personalized version, it said 7.2 feet, JONATHAN."

  • @manolispiperias7608
    @manolispiperias7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    When I was a kid a friend told me that if you let Bowser eat in his first boss battle, you could enter a secret stage and get a star.