L is real is one thing, because we already knew that Luigi was planned. But the fact that he was actually found in accordance with 2401 is the most ridiculous thing in all of human history, and nothing will ever top it
its not that ridiculous-just as swanky said, the individual probably held onto these files on purpose that being said, it is a really cool nod, and i respect the power move lol
Wee Pinbell taking the L was a saying long before fortnite existed since it simply is a shortened form of "taking a loss". But nevertheless I agree. I wouldn't want to have died prior to knowing that L is actually real 2401
"Someone had access to this, and they decided to wait and stand the test of time to not betray the prophecy that was inscribed on that statue." -Shakespeare 1623
It’s funny how this was discovered when people are going “Every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized” and a lot of the videos circulating that either have Luigi or Wario
mario 64 was released in June 1996 it has been 24 years & one month since then L is real 2401 2+4+0+1=7 & 24+01=25 the luigi model was rediscovered on July 25 2020 bruh the prophecy was true
“That’s delicious!” It seems like Luigi was planned to be in the cutscene with the cake at the end of the game. It’s a shame Luigi never got that cake.
Rumors I heard as a kid: Rainbow Yoshi is unlocked in Yoshi's Story after unlocking the other Yoshi colors. Pikablu evolves from Pikachu. That truck outside the S.S. Anne has a Mew pokeball underneath if you use Strength enough times on it. Yoshi is in Pokemon Red and Blue as an actual Pokemon. L is Real 2401. There's 63 Mario games before Super Mario 64, all numbered.
I guess I'm a little out of the loop. what's with this huge beta leak thing? is it something that some hacker discovered? or did Nintendo themselves do this? I have no idea. could someone please explain?
@@zihao6684 it's nothing but a joke, and the guy that started it apologized already, but these immature kids who were not even alive in 1996 keep dragging it on (trolling and making hoax videos). I actually think some people believe it
The virgin Wario Apparition: -Rumor started less than a year ago from misinformation and already is debunked -Obvious creepypasta/meme -Claims to have "manifested from our collective desire to see Wario in the game" The chad L is Real: -Rumor has been around almost as long as the game itself -Reflects an honest desire to see Mario's brother to get some well-deserved attention -LITERALLY a manifestation of our desires into reality, over the course of 2 decades and 1 month
@Sacha Vaillancourt Fair, but the myth and cryptic rumor of Wario in the game "due to our subconscious desire to see Wario in the game" and the alleged shared nightmares just sound like such a bad creepypasta by themselves. You know, like all those "when I died in the game, I felt weaker" or "the game's palette turned blood-red, I lost power but the console and TV were still powered on" etc. Basically the whole "game mysteriously effects reality" trope. Also, cute profile pic :P
Or.. the statue actually says nothing like the spokesperson from nintendo said in the letter.. then someone recently got access to the files and decided to release the files on this day to make it more significant
@@maxkoob Well, today the Blood's source is not that needed since two fan-made ports (BloodGDX and NBlood) were made which reverse engineered Blood.exe. Plus for some, there's also Fresh Supply which is a recreation of Blood in KEX engine. But still, having the original source would have been still a tremendous event for Blood community. Also, two people are known to still possess the source, so certainly it's not lost.
@@ixiah you do know that is literally every single youtuber in existence right would you literally say his video is good if it was just one "i am sad this mystery is solved thanks to those sm64 leaks" and boom the video ended. and who cares if he is padding or not those bills will not pay thenselfs man.
Every copy of Skate 3 is personalized, and in one of them you can unlock the Master Board and become the Hero of Grind. Those who have seen it call it "The Legend of Zelda Skyward Board".
Imagine Nintendo has just said that they scrapped Luigi so that someone's trying to find parts of him in the game and piece it together at exactly this date after release they pixelated on the sign.
2401 coins 24 years. 1 month. Infinity star. L is real 2401 2401 loops around the star. And now the answer is true. The myth, the legend, and he’s real. After 2401. The prophecy comes true.
@@Exportasjpeg alright my toxic child, I'll explain you. There have been 24 years after the release of the theory "L is real 2401" and 1 month. Due to the calendars, the 1 month is 01. And then, there comes 2401.
I literally waited the entire video for you to say there was like a high res version of the texture with clean text. I have no idea why my brain was fixated on that rather than actual Luigi.
Same here. The Fourth Door. The Purple Dots in the Bonus Room. The L is Real 2401 sign’s existence in SM64DS, even though Luigi is already in the game. Too much evidence. He IS in SM64DS. Hopefully.
@@alterna6234 dude I'm not trying to be an idiot, I was just talking about the fact everyone in the internet exaggerates what the feel or what happens, like "OMG NO LOL IM DYING THAT IS SO FUNNY" when in reality they're just "ha ha...anyways" or they say "the fandom is literally on fire" like they don't know what the word 'literally' means... if it seemed like I was being and idiot that was not my intention and this shouldn't get any farther
The phrase "L is real 2401" was really impactful to me, especially, because both of my names start with L and I was born on 24th of January. In fact, I'd been planning to use that as a machinima plot device at one point back when I made SM64 machinima, but that was years ago and I probably won't go back to it.
@@amongsussyballs And for me, all I've got left is for another season of Phineas and Ferb to come flying out of nowhere. Well, that and BoTW2 to be delayed.
He was broken, his pieces scattered, but all it took was a passionate community to piece him back together again. Floating for 24 years in a digital tomb L was revived and reunited with M.
Well. Nobody knows exactly how are these scrapped worlds, so who knows! Fun fact: the eyes of bowser would have been blue since it was being decided the eyes colours
Unfortunately, besides what seems to be a couple test levels and MAYBE (probably not) some extremely early versions of some worlds (such as the funhouse), it appears that the scrapped worlds were cut very early on, seeing as how Mario 64 had hefty deadlines to meet. I agree it would still be cool to have a romhack that allows you to explore these areas though
Plot twist: he wasn't cut their is still a way to unlock him Another plot twist:The way to unlock him this whole time was to get into the sm64 files and piece together Luigi's model
Another plot twist: the real way to unlock Luigi was to own 2 copies of Mario 64. Another plot twist: the real way to unlock Luigi was to play Mario 64 for 24 years and 1 month without turning off your console.
@@JimmothyCloud luigi wasn't in the actual, released copies of super mario 64. when i say "stealing shit", i mean quite literally "they got past nintendo's security and got a bunch of files" - if you google it in the first place, there are articles talking about a security issue that allowed the leak in the first place but then again, i don't expect someone with a jojo icon on youtube to be particularly smart, so it's okay. Lmao
Its just...such a feeling, you know? We as kids never thought we would have video games be like this. Our real mysteries, programming. The timing...its just...perfect. stuff like this happening in our lives that helps bring closure to things from your childhood that you never saw coming. Life is just, such a wonderful thing and it's weird to get all this feeling from L is real 2401. But its...beautiful. It's video games and its our history. And history is constantly being made.
When this popped up in my feed, I was like, I don't wanna hear it, I've heard so much about this before...but I was like, well what the hell are you going to say about it? So I took a look, and now, I'm kind of amazed. That said, are we going to see a video showcasing all the stuff that's been rebuilt? Would love to see it.
Nintendo is either really happy we were able to find Luigi in the files and followed the prophecy, or really mad that we were digging in their game files.
It’s like a happy ending, with all these creepy tapes of the beta, it made it look like Luigi was completely hidden, unearthed, left forgotten. But now people can finally see that he really WAS real. Luigi finally got what he deserved: respect. ✊ now what the hell is up with wario
This moment... Is ABSOLUTELY PERFECTION! The timing... The people who worked to save it... And now we have Luigi, the green man we all wish we could have back then.
This was something truly special; no other gaming mystery has garnered so much attention or created such a massive, loyal following. Entire gaming communities and TH-cam channels owe their existence to this simple mystery, friendships have been forged over debating it... We should all take a moment to reflect on how truly significant this one low-res texture has been to all of us individually and as a community.
While we already knew that "L is real" as the news that he was planned but scrapped was out for awhile and the statue just says "A Eternal Star", its nice to see Luigi's actual model.
4:51 wow this shot of the bros jumping out of the pipe TOGETHER, is truly great. I hope we get an online co op hack to play as mario and luigi, and a split screen version too.
24 years and 1 month. 2401. My god dude This made me happy to finally figure out if Luigi was in mario 64 But 24 years and 1 month. 2401. L is real 2401. *That was a pro gamer move right there*
Wow. It actually happened. This was basically how I started being interested in video games. I had played mario 64. I found some online forums discussing this and it intrigued me. And here I am, many years later, and the mystery that brought me here is solved. This makes me genuinely emotional.
I've said this before and I'll say it again, when I was a kid I never understood how anyone got "L is real at 2401" Or anything out of the scribbly gobbeldygook on that statue. I STILL Can't read it to this day.
the leak only had around 75% of all the files we would have needed to rebuild beta builds like Shoshinkai, SpaceWorld, etc. Hopefully those are found soon. This has been confirmed.
The fact that this was revealed 24 years and 1 month after the games release, definitely means this was intentional, and probably found out within the last 2 months when the other huge Nintendo leaks happened.
@@chrisbeach423 honestly its thought to have just been gibberish seeing as that sign texture was also used on some graves in the Ocarina of Time I think
PyroShark OOT was just using old assests to fill space. It was only in Dodongos cavern I believe? I think its hard to believe someone can look at it an not see “eternal star” but thats just me i guess.
24 years and (0) 1 month after the game came out? Nintendo planned ahead Edit: but doesn't it seem strange that after the smg64 iceberg image was posted, this happens not too long after? It may be coincidence but it doesn't seem like it
@@gdskulll4875 Even if I were, which I'm not, that would be irrelevant. The discovery of penicillin is one of the best moments in history; the discovery of a scrapped Luigi in a game over two decades old is just a bit less revolutionary. Just because I'm not blowing this whole thing way out of proportion doesn't mean I don't appreciate it or find it interesting. It's neat, but nobody outisde of the SM64 community is going to pay any attention to this, it's not like it's going to change the gaming industry or anything like that.
This is like one of the only good things that has happened during 2020, the year's been pretty terrible but L was finally proved to be real Seems like it's a great time to be a Mario 64 fan, with the Wario Apparition and source code leak
I honestly thought that the story ended with that letter from the Nintendo rep, but even then there was more to come. Maybe it's coincidence, but that statue was truly a prophecy that told the future. It certainly wasn't a horror story, but something beautiful and a mark on what the fans can really do when they put their best foot forward. *L will forever be real, 2401*
L is real. I don't know if it's sheer coincidence that it was found 24 years and one month later but this is kinda amazing. I'm starting to think this was planned because it's kinda amazing that this happened.
I don't think it was planned initially, but something tells me when the interest in L is real 2401 started to spike (whether or not that's what the plaque actually says), someone with the files saw an opportunity and began making plans to release it on this specific day for the fans.
It’s honestly crazy to think that one of the longest running gaming mysteries, heck, mysteries in general, has been solved after, ironically, 24 years and 1 month after this game came out
@@tylertimko3352 the sneeze sounds pretty much like beta mario, may be beta luigi (even more beta lol) whem charles martinet wasn't the one who voiced them
They would be dead by the time. If you play Mario 64, you would be dead by at least 2100 something. And you can't tell your kids cause they will tell to other kids that the other kids will tell to their parents that their parents will spread on the internet.
3:45 This also makes me think the the whole "every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized" theory was some sort of publicity stunt to build up to this, in order to get people interested in Mario 64 rumors again.
L is real is one thing, because we already knew that Luigi was planned.
But the fact that he was actually found in accordance with 2401 is the most ridiculous thing in all of human history, and nothing will ever top it
its not that ridiculous-just as swanky said, the individual probably held onto these files on purpose
that being said, it is a really cool nod, and i respect the power move lol
Luigi was always real, you can unlock him in the 2DS version of sm64
@@danielconlan8805 yeah. Mario 64 DS. Not just Mario 64. We're talking about the original.
Just wait 'till we find Waluigi in SM64DS.
@Betabug01 Then the apocalypse begins.
July 2020 Leak: L was indeed real.
August 2044 Leak: Every copy of Super Mario 64 was indeed personalized.
Should instead be July 29th of 2095
Oh no
@@christtopper4890 true
Its source code not real code so hes not in game
@@zrisethesonicgamer i take it you dont really know what "source code" is.
This, at the very least, confirms luigi as cut content.
L is Reimagined 24 years 01 months.. Perhaps he is the eternal star.
It took me until this comment to realize this. Amazing.
Wow...
That would mean he is also an entire map in Mario Party
2401, woah thats crazy im at a loss of words
And 2+4+0+1 is 7
And 24 + 01 is 25
July is the 7th month
This was discovered on July 25th
Let's honour the people who died thinking L will never be real.
Wee Pinbell taking the L was a saying long before fortnite existed since it simply is a shortened form of "taking a loss". But nevertheless I agree. I wouldn't want to have died prior to knowing that L is actually real 2401
@ oh god it's a Fortnite dance, i didn't know i'm sorry to have accidentaly brought cringe her
The mistick Destroyer
Yeah it’s fine
F
The pfp males this better.
Ok but seriously, who is actually getting the IGN 100 dollar reward for finding Luigi?
Whoever found the model gets it
Oh yeah! That existed! I hope they actually pay up.
@@hiletsgonow409 we all know they wont its ign
It’s not in the final build. No money.
@@Nightcaat they didn't say which build. We're getting us a Benjamin.
24 years and 1 month...
2401
"L is real 2401"
That's incredible
LOL
Jeez dude ur a genius
hahaha xD
It is incredible!
Holy shit man
The real L was the friends we made along the way
That would be a "W", wait a minute...
im beginning to see a pattern im not so sure i like
That’s correct, the real loss was the friends we made along the way
No, the real eternal star was in our hearts all along
Grr
"Someone had access to this, and they decided to wait and stand the test of time to not betray the prophecy that was inscribed on that statue." -Shakespeare 1623
@Lump stop copying me
@@UnbornBliss they didn’t copy smh
Will is real 1623
@@pkmntrainermark8881 1 year, 6 months, and 23 days later, I'm here.
Luigi in a normal afternoon:
"So, I decided to relive childhoods here and there for fun..."
Hi ori i’m sorry I didn’t finish The first game yet man
For fun?You think this is fun?You gotta be cuckoo crazy!You want fun?Wario show you fun!
Cute pfp😍
@@theIcelord3000 Thank you, mister, I appreciate your kindness.
Permafreux ha funny star go burr
The guy who made L is real: They called me a madman
Lol XD
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That other guy that modeled the secret star in super Mario oddesey based on the eternal star/L is real:
They called me a madman more than you!
Now what about the guy who where it lmao
@captain toad indeed
My whole life has lead up to this moment
Yeah
Same
28 minutes ago lol
You speak the truth ny friend
Same
luigi in 64 : **has so many fans**
luigi in 64 ds : WHY DOES NO ONE CARE ABOUT ME NOW ?!
That was the only version of the game I ever played. So, I can say for sure, I care
Everybody was looking for waluigi XD
Luigi on the ds is overpowered
So that's where I remember it...
Why does no one pay attention to weegee?
honestly i still believe the statue just says “Eternal Star” but who would’ve thought, 2401 came true
In reality it doesnt say anything, but after all myths nintendo decided to play a joke on fans
It was probably intentional, but great timing from the leaker on 4Chan.
**Luigi is the eternal star confirmed**
What? Somebody could just have fabricated his own evidence?!.how dare you say that about my favorite vague urban legend playground telltale mystery
and who do you think IS the eternal star?
It’s funny how this was discovered when people are going “Every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized” and a lot of the videos circulating that either have Luigi or Wario
Yhea
Yhea
Yhea
Yhea
Yhea
I'm happiest about having uncompressed audio of "So long gay Bowser!"
But does luigi have his own voice line of so long gay bowser
it was uncompressed by a fan at a coincidental time
Could You link it?
@@thebiggestcauldron yes please
@@thebiggestcauldron Link above.
mario 64 was released in June 1996 it has been 24 years & one month since then
L is real 2401
2+4+0+1=7
& 24+01=25
the luigi model was rediscovered on July 25 2020
bruh the prophecy was true
_Bruh,_ when you realise that our Life is a freaking lie, we live in the Matrix and it's controlled by the Illuminati...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
GoBongo clan me too, GoBongo clan. Me too
scary
Wai... Hol... up... jus...hol... on... whe... wai... tha.. you’r...righ... my... I... dum... foun... hel
“That’s delicious!”
It seems like Luigi was planned to be in the cutscene with the cake at the end of the game. It’s a shame Luigi never got that cake.
@H M Now that is a good reference, sir.
@H M Wait the cake was a lie?
Luigi is a lie
@@vectorricktenson216 cake is a Luigi
Not necessarily. A lot of voice clips are typically just used for testing purposes so this might have just been one of those examples
funny how it happened 24 years and one month, while charles marinet is 64 years old.
what a great coincidence
69 likes... way to go, king.
not to mention the number was 2401 and they waited for 24 years and 01 months to leak it
Coincidence I think NOT and next thing you know The man behind Luigi's voice is hidden in area 51
metol007 please be joking
Fisticuffs Gaming Future Gamer dude its still charles martinet, you can hear that its charles martinet
Wait until Waluigi is found in the source code for SM64DS
I will wait another 24 years for this
that would be real shit
@@KerimK07 Ahah je said the funny number, what a comedic genius
Nice
Purple prizes confirmed boys
Rumors I heard as a kid:
Rainbow Yoshi is unlocked in Yoshi's Story after unlocking the other Yoshi colors.
Pikablu evolves from Pikachu.
That truck outside the S.S. Anne has a Mew pokeball underneath if you use Strength enough times on it.
Yoshi is in Pokemon Red and Blue as an actual Pokemon.
L is Real 2401.
There's 63 Mario games before Super Mario 64, all numbered.
Can't wait for all of them to be true in 2068. Right?
Mew pokeball one is true though
Super Mario 69
@@harbibrahim2188 oh no
@@ej-jz5rc Super Mario 68
Mario: Wait-a, L is-a Real?
Luigi: *points gun at the back of mario's head*
Luigi: Allways has-a been
Always has been
@@AnotherJaredAround damn...
Scp 939 almost like it’s a meme...?
This isn't funny stop
@@aubby777 Allways hasn't been
"Nintendo 64 game "Super Mario 64" get's its first DLC patch 24 years after release"
$50 DLC
SM64 community: “nah man there’s no way that convoluted Luigi hint is real in any way”
Nintendo: 👀
I guess I'm a little out of the loop. what's with this huge beta leak thing? is it something that some hacker discovered? or did Nintendo themselves do this? I have no idea. could someone please explain?
@@rulliantheskunk2091 A bunch of nintnedo's source code got leaked, which included betas for a bunch of N64 games
Luigi was found to be in the files of Super Mario 64 on the day of my birthday. I will never forget that.
Hahaha! Happy Birthday!
damn it was found one day before mine
@@Yaser00 your birthday is on july 26 then?
@@mparagames yep
Wait a sec. Luigi was found in source code of Super Mario 64 just one day before my birthday
We have Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi, but not Wario.
This really is shaping up to be Super Mario 64 DS on the N64.
once we find wario, he will show us fun
Why not throw a playable Waluigi in the mix?
Gamma is true 0142
No worries will find his big head as one of mario 64 boss fights
@Shades One,
It’s not as easy as it seems. But as always, good luck to you and positive vibes 😊😁😊😁😊.
The fact this has happened during the whole personalized copy thing is very interesting.
Perhaps this beta leak was one of the personalized copies. 🤔
Nah, just a coincidence. I mean, the SM64 beta stuff was leaked 24 years and 1 month after the game's release, most likely deliberately.
Hey, if you dont mind, i wanna ask what is a personalized copy? Ive been searching Google but i cant seem to find answers.
@@zihao6684 it's nothing but a joke, and the guy that started it apologized already, but these immature kids who were not even alive in 1996 keep dragging it on (trolling and making hoax videos). I actually think some people believe it
Oh ok, but what does "personalised copy" exactly mean tho
Minecraft Title Screen Seed found, L is Real 2401 confirmed true.
2020: Maybe I don't want to be the bad guy anymore.
2020: darn it i wish I didn’t set off the virus I’m starting to feel guilty
2020: mhh what can i do to become better Ahhh
*In August Dodos get reborn* that should do it
@@jakoblent4694 no
*All things balanced as they should be.*
Tik tok banned, a law against Karen's, 3d mario remasters possibly happening!?!?!?
Bruh 2020 is good and bad.
The virgin Wario Apparition:
-Rumor started less than a year ago from misinformation and already is debunked
-Obvious creepypasta/meme
-Claims to have "manifested from our collective desire to see Wario in the game"
The chad L is Real:
-Rumor has been around almost as long as the game itself
-Reflects an honest desire to see Mario's brother to get some well-deserved attention
-LITERALLY a manifestation of our desires into reality, over the course of 2 decades and 1 month
can someone please make a meme out of it someone please
Wario is real.
Ikki - Gaming
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@Sacha Vaillancourt Fair, but the myth and cryptic rumor of Wario in the game "due to our subconscious desire to see Wario in the game" and the alleged shared nightmares just sound like such a bad creepypasta by themselves. You know, like all those "when I died in the game, I felt weaker" or "the game's palette turned blood-red, I lost power but the console and TV were still powered on" etc. Basically the whole "game mysteriously effects reality" trope.
Also, cute profile pic :P
the wario apparition is persona 5
Somebody waited a whole 24 years and 1 month to finally leak the source code, just to fulfill a prophecy. Now that's dedication.
Or.. the statue actually says nothing like the spokesperson from nintendo said in the letter.. then someone recently got access to the files and decided to release the files on this day to make it more significant
@@maxp6521 it has characters on it. It said something, but it *could* have been garbage someone wrote knowing it would get SUPER compressed
now we just gotta wait for Blood's Source code
@@maxkoob Well, today the Blood's source is not that needed since two fan-made ports (BloodGDX and NBlood) were made which reverse engineered Blood.exe. Plus for some, there's also Fresh Supply which is a recreation of Blood in KEX engine. But still, having the original source would have been still a tremendous event for Blood community. Also, two people are known to still possess the source, so certainly it's not lost.
“I dont usually make videos like this.” Proceeds to list multiple videos like this one.
He takes way way way too long to get to his point....... That's my only criticism I have.
@@awc8938 he literally does it on EVERY video cuz he's either not creative enough or not willing to put in the work
@@tripleo4255 its intentional, to pad out his video time to make more money.
@@ixiah you do know that is literally every single youtuber in existence right would you literally say his video is good if it was just one "i am sad this mystery is solved thanks to those sm64 leaks" and boom the video ended.
and who cares if he is padding or not those bills will not pay thenselfs man.
Pathetic comment just desperately wanting attention so bad lol
luigi after 24 years and 1 month:
im gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move
2401
coincidence?
amazing perk i think not
*Luigi behind the slaughter*
(illuminati jingle)
That model. *sniff* He's exactly how I pictured he'd be all those years ago.
“Every Copy of Super Mario 64 is Personalized.”
- Luigi (1996)
A lie? Not this cake. Not in this lifetime. And what a cake it was.
Princess Toadstool: Thank you...Luigi.
*credits
@Brayden Pudvah wrong
Luigi manifested through the shared subconscious desire for him to be in the game
heheheheheh
haha funny dude its like everyone says this on every video that relates to Mario 64 dude you're so funny and original
"L is real?"
"always has been"
perfect.
Arriverderci
(GUNSHOT)
Every copy of Gex: Enter the Gecko is personalized.
No way! My copy Gex just busts a nut and laughs the whole time. I just always thought that was game
@@garethjoestar personalized to the player's deepest desire.
(i am very sorry)
gex apparition
@@ultsppi9262 lol
Every copy of Skate 3 is personalized, and in one of them you can unlock the Master Board and become the Hero of Grind. Those who have seen it call it "The Legend of Zelda Skyward Board".
“2401” looks “コードあり” .
It means “There is Code” in JP.
Just my thoughts.
It’s all came together
@ZFlipped yes
@ZFlipped cause
i never even considered the idea of people who speak other languages having entirely different Statue Rumors to english speakers
'L is Real, There is Code'' damn
A moment of silence for all those who passed during the past 24 years.
Amen
_
The only Nintendo super fan I can think about is Etika. 😓
"wait, it's all real?"
*Loads Waluigi launcher*
"Always has been."
Al(wa)ys has been
2l8 4me Alys has been
@@Som_nobody alwahs has been
An smg4 fan, perhaps?
@@justendy6763 ah i see a man of culture as well
24 years and 01 months. So this was all planned from the beginning?
"Always has been!"
wait is all planed?
always has been
*gun shot*
"Wait. L really is real?"
"Always have been."
That was the first thing i thought about when i saw the title
Imagine Nintendo has just said that they scrapped Luigi so that someone's trying to find parts of him in the game and piece it together at exactly this date after release they pixelated on the sign.
Those who kept on believing in L is real to this day: “they called me a madman”
2401 coins
24 years. 1 month.
Infinity star.
L is real 2401
2401 loops around the star.
And now the answer is true.
The myth, the legend, and he’s real.
After 2401. The prophecy comes true.
You mean 24 loops and 1/12 loop? As it hasn't been 2401 years but 24 years and 1 month.
Kiwi No, an old myth was if you ran around the eternal star exactly 2401 times, you’d unlock Luigi.
No it’s gonna release in 2401 stupids 400 years later
thank you
@@Exportasjpeg alright my toxic child, I'll explain you.
There have been 24 years after the release of the theory "L is real 2401" and 1 month.
Due to the calendars, the 1 month is 01.
And then, there comes 2401.
The “Aww , mama mia . “ part sounds like Luigi is depressed.
Yeah, I wonder if it might've been a thing he'd say upon injury or death.
isn't mamma mia something italian people like say when they're depressed?
SIIN XX7 yes, you don't say mamma mia as in happy surprised
THATS A DELICOUS
I literally waited the entire video for you to say there was like a high res version of the texture with clean text. I have no idea why my brain was fixated on that rather than actual Luigi.
I think ironically enough, through the OoT leaks (that game also has the sign) it was confirmed that the sign actually does read Eternal Star. Oops!
@@FamilyTeamGaming Do you have an image of it?
@@FamilyTeamGaming source?
I think it’s actually written in Japanese characters, and they didn’t bother to change it whm localized since you couldn’t read it.
@@landoflogic107 No, it literally says "Eternal Star" in every language. There's a video on it somewhere. It doesn't mean anything more than that.
I accidentally clicked on this video and got
"H O O O H"
*"Y A H A A A H"*
This guy has literally made a living from the L is real thing.
Pretty sad
A few videos is not a living
I respect the fuck out of it dude I dunno isn't that the dream?
@@dipstick7489 -.-
@@ButtonedCarpet he got paid for it, so yeah, its for a living
Waiting for "How Waluigi in SM64DS ended up Being true"
Same here. The Fourth Door. The Purple Dots in the Bonus Room. The L is Real 2401 sign’s existence in SM64DS, even though Luigi is already in the game. Too much evidence. He IS in SM64DS. Hopefully.
That's my real childhood
I'm actually in tears, I can't believe it was real this whole time.
are you *ACTUALLY* in tears though?
@@AmyTheMeower shut up
I cried just a little bit
@@alterna6234 dude I'm not trying to be an idiot, I was just talking about the fact everyone in the internet exaggerates what the feel or what happens, like "OMG NO LOL IM DYING THAT IS SO FUNNY" when in reality they're just "ha ha...anyways" or they say "the fandom is literally on fire" like they don't know what the word 'literally' means...
if it seemed like I was being and idiot that was not my intention and this shouldn't get any farther
@@alterna6234 duh
The phrase "L is real 2401" was really impactful to me, especially, because both of my names start with L and I was born on 24th of January. In fact, I'd been planning to use that as a machinima plot device at one point back when I made SM64 machinima, but that was years ago and I probably won't go back to it.
Hey all that sounds interesting! Whats your pfp btw?
Either somebody held onto these files for years, or somebody went back in time to this exact day to change the future. Absolutely nuts.
IT IS REAL, NOT ONLY LUIGI, BUT THE NUMBER TOO, IT IS 1000% NUTS MA DUDE !
(oh yeah and the wario apparition is real a little bit)
Time travelers be at it again. Ngl, if I could time travel, this is the kind of stuff I'd be doing too.
The actual leak is incredibly massive and covers hundreds of games and utilities, I doubt it was all put out just for the Luigi model.
Okay, who had "L becomes real 2401" on their 2020 bingo ?
There's a 2020 bingo?
@@EP1CxEMAN08 yeah ive crossed out "plague", "murder hornets" and now i have "L is real 2401"
@@amongsussyballs And for me, all I've got left is for another season of Phineas and Ferb to come flying out of nowhere. Well, that and BoTW2 to be delayed.
I had it
lmao
2020: Oh? You’re approaching me?
Luigi: I can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer
Is this a Jojo's reference?
2020: Oh ho! Then come as close as you like.
69 likes, i think i should leave as how it's.
@SlypherSpoons maybe not everyone has the same sense of humour as you, have you ever considered that?
@@elektriikatk You are absolutely right.
He was broken, his pieces scattered, but all it took was a passionate community to piece him back together again. Floating for 24 years in a digital tomb L was revived and reunited with M.
I can't wait for an extended Super Mario 64 with all the scrapped worlds
Well. Nobody knows exactly how are these scrapped worlds, so who knows! Fun fact: the eyes of bowser would have been blue since it was being decided the eyes colours
Hmm
Unfortunately, besides what seems to be a couple test levels and MAYBE (probably not) some extremely early versions of some worlds (such as the funhouse), it appears that the scrapped worlds were cut very early on, seeing as how Mario 64 had hefty deadlines to meet. I agree it would still be cool to have a romhack that allows you to explore these areas though
Plot twist: he wasn't cut their is still a way to unlock him
Another plot twist:The way to unlock him this whole time was to get into the sm64 files and piece together Luigi's model
"get into the sm64 files", more like "basically break into nintendo and steal shit" - not that i think there's an issue with busting into nintendo
Another plot twist: the real way to unlock Luigi was to own 2 copies of Mario 64.
Another plot twist: the real way to unlock Luigi was to play Mario 64 for 24 years and 1 month without turning off your console.
@@razo5567 bruh
luigi is just the most complex jigsaw puzzle in gaming history
@@JimmothyCloud luigi wasn't in the actual, released copies of super mario 64. when i say "stealing shit", i mean quite literally "they got past nintendo's security and got a bunch of files" - if you google it in the first place, there are articles talking about a security issue that allowed the leak in the first place
but then again, i don't expect someone with a jojo icon on youtube to be particularly smart, so it's okay. Lmao
Everyone gangsta until they find Wario's head model
WA is real 2401
Lmaooo
This comment in combination with the Banjo picture at this time anyways, is slaying me and I can't explain why. LOL
there is a wario.
O.o
Its just...such a feeling, you know? We as kids never thought we would have video games be like this. Our real mysteries, programming. The timing...its just...perfect. stuff like this happening in our lives that helps bring closure to things from your childhood that you never saw coming. Life is just, such a wonderful thing and it's weird to get all this feeling from L is real 2401. But its...beautiful.
It's video games and its our history. And history is constantly being made.
"L is actually real?"
"Always has been"
*Points At Head And Shoots Him*
Juliòó a raposa proof?
@Juliòó a raposa Awesome, what do they win besides upvotes as a YT comment?
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
Wait, I had that book back then.
I live in Japan btw.
This is the best "You could have asked me" moment.
Luigi how is this racism
@Luigi Luigi say. RACISM
Weeb
Woah, that must have been awesome!
When this popped up in my feed, I was like, I don't wanna hear it, I've heard so much about this before...but I was like, well what the hell are you going to say about it? So I took a look, and now, I'm kind of amazed. That said, are we going to see a video showcasing all the stuff that's been rebuilt? Would love to see it.
Check marionova64. He has beta level footage with the prototype recreation art.
Nintendo is either really happy we were able to find Luigi in the files and followed the prophecy, or really mad that we were digging in their game files.
The real Luigi was the friends we made along the way.
Kenzi:D Luigi
Its enough to make a grown kirb cry.....and thats okay
@@kirby1219 brother?
@@deltanoob4945 lol
Well yes, but actually no.
It’s like a happy ending, with all these creepy tapes of the beta, it made it look like Luigi was completely hidden, unearthed, left forgotten. But now people can finally see that he really WAS real. Luigi finally got what he deserved: respect. ✊
now what the hell is up with wario
Maybe Luigi was just meant for a multiplayer mode, and that's what the scrapped levels were for 🤔
well super mario 64 was originally made to be multiplayer
Chris Hansen. So was Luigi's Mansion
They did find a 1P and 2P symbol l during the leak
Lol i used to have that exact same pfp on my discord
The prophecy has been fulfilled, this is the second coming of the year of Luigi!
This moment... Is ABSOLUTELY PERFECTION!
The timing...
The people who worked to save it...
And now we have Luigi, the green man we all wish we could have back then.
I’ve been waiting too long. No other gaming mystery will ever top this one
24 years and 1 month
L IS REAL 2401
This was something truly special; no other gaming mystery has garnered so much attention or created such a massive, loyal following. Entire gaming communities and TH-cam channels owe their existence to this simple mystery, friendships have been forged over debating it...
We should all take a moment to reflect on how truly significant this one low-res texture has been to all of us individually and as a community.
what about that trials one
While we already knew that "L is real" as the news that he was planned but scrapped was out for awhile and the statue just says "A Eternal Star", its nice to see Luigi's actual model.
If that were the case it would be “An” eternal star. Not “A”
@@BamBamMotorsports Pretty sure that was a typo on the artist's part.
@@pastelshadows6437 So, classic Japanese Engrish.
Wait what if the sign is actually in japanese
@@pastelshadows6437 no. It was a typo made by the commenter.
The actual statue says "Eternal Star". Not "A"
4:51 wow this shot of the bros jumping out of the pipe TOGETHER, is truly great. I hope we get an online co op hack to play as mario and luigi, and a split screen version too.
24 years and 1 month.
2401.
My god dude
This made me happy to finally figure out if Luigi was in mario 64
But
24 years and 1 month.
2401.
L is real 2401.
*That was a pro gamer move right there*
Don’t let this distract you from Mario’s beta voice. “ *HOO! HARGH! YA HAAAA!* “
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@@axethannanth a
@@RamielEdits sports
I think it was toad voice lines
it sounds like bowser jr
So this is why I saw a video of an uncompressed "so long gay Bowser" on twitter a few hours ago.
satisfying voice
apparently the only "so long gay bowser" clip that anyone has shared yet was a fan restoration. so it's not the official one yet.
@@TeamTeddy666 Oh
@@TeamTeddy666 dang, it looks clean though
That video was false. The real creator came out and revealed that he made it.
That uncompressed "Do a barrel roll" seems to be real though.
Wow. It actually happened. This was basically how I started being interested in video games. I had played mario 64. I found some online forums discussing this and it intrigued me. And here I am, many years later, and the mystery that brought me here is solved. This makes me genuinely emotional.
I've said this before and I'll say it again, when I was a kid I never understood how anyone got "L is real at 2401" Or anything out of the scribbly gobbeldygook on that statue. I STILL Can't read it to this day.
This discovery feels like the end of an anime arc...
Marineford Sadge
It’s like if luffy finally becomes king of the pirates
Now for the next thing:
SpaceWorld 95 demo
that was also part of the leak
@@dimentio9833 The source code is for the iQue
@@StuffeyStuffs what
@@dimentio9833 The source code was from the ique. Idk why it is the ique. Why the files are from 2003? That's 7 years after sm64's release
the leak only had around 75% of all the files we would have needed to rebuild beta builds like Shoshinkai, SpaceWorld, etc. Hopefully those are found soon. This has been confirmed.
it's so weird it happened 24 years and 1 month later, 2401...this shit crazy.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!
I saw it blow up on twitter
69 likes nice
Who ruined 69 likes
yo snug also likes mario
@@user-sq7mj3rp5m this is my childhood game bro
Ok
The fact that this was revealed 24 years and 1 month after the games release, definitely means this was intentional, and probably found out within the last 2 months when the other huge Nintendo leaks happened.
And to thinks, Big Boo's Haunt had nothing to do with it.
I dont understand how anyone can even read the sign. It doesn't look like it says anything
Mr Beegle it looks like “eternal star” to me... its even on a star statue... we may never know though
@@chrisbeach423 honestly its thought to have just been gibberish seeing as that sign texture was also used on some graves in the Ocarina of Time I think
PyroShark OOT was just using old assests to fill space. It was only in Dodongos cavern I believe? I think its hard to believe someone can look at it an not see “eternal star” but thats just me i guess.
Can we get a F in chat for all of the brothers who weren’t able to live to find out L IS real.
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"L is real 2401"
proven true "24' years later, and "01" month of the year.
*Coincidence, I think not!*
24 years and (0) 1 month after the game came out?
Nintendo planned ahead
Edit: but doesn't it seem strange that after the smg64 iceberg image was posted, this happens not too long after? It may be coincidence but it doesn't seem like it
I truly believe this is one of the best moments in gaming history.
One of the best moments in history, period.
@@HEXE-ft5cv No
J D Fortnite kid
@@gdskulll4875 Even if I were, which I'm not, that would be irrelevant. The discovery of penicillin is one of the best moments in history; the discovery of a scrapped Luigi in a game over two decades old is just a bit less revolutionary. Just because I'm not blowing this whole thing way out of proportion doesn't mean I don't appreciate it or find it interesting.
It's neat, but nobody outisde of the SM64 community is going to pay any attention to this, it's not like it's going to change the gaming industry or anything like that.
J D You don’t understand actually,
This is so cool!
what
Wow cueio didn't know that you wanted to know about luigi being real in mario 64
vc está aqui ? caramba
Caralho, tu ta aqui? Wow
brabo
i feel bad about everyone who didn’t live to see the day this happened.
This is like one of the only good things that has happened during 2020, the year's been pretty terrible but L was finally proved to be real
Seems like it's a great time to be a Mario 64 fan, with the Wario Apparition and source code leak
And thus, The Luigi Apparition began...
Everywhere?
yeah it is something really magical.
Not to mention the PC Port.
It’s sad that the mystery is finally over, I’m gonna miss it.
I hope we can focus on another old mystery that still hasn't been solved.
@@boredsonicfan9088 waluigi
I honestly thought that the story ended with that letter from the Nintendo rep, but even then there was more to come.
Maybe it's coincidence, but that statue was truly a prophecy that told the future. It certainly wasn't a horror story, but something beautiful and a mark on what the fans can really do when they put their best foot forward.
*L will forever be real, 2401*
The coincidence: the sign says L is real 2401
2401: 24 years and 1 month
damn
excluding my reply right now, you had 24 likes and 1 reply. noice
Just wait another 381 years.
That's when the full Super Luigi 64 will be leaked.
And there will be "W is real 4802".
That makes 405??
@@Nicoder6884 no it will be the year 2401
L is real.
I don't know if it's sheer coincidence that it was found 24 years and one month later but this is kinda amazing.
I'm starting to think this was planned because it's kinda amazing that this happened.
it was, very interesting how something unintentional was true all along
yeah, same feeling.
I don't think it was planned initially, but something tells me when the interest in L is real 2401 started to spike (whether or not that's what the plaque actually says), someone with the files saw an opportunity and began making plans to release it on this specific day for the fans.
It has to be intentional!
I'm friends with a parody account of Luigi on Twitter, and holy shit he was so genuinely happy, and I am too
I'm so glad this actually happened, it feels like true closure for the game and all the myths surrounding it.
Me seeing this video in my Recommended: Silly Swanky, it's not April Fools.
Damn, I thought it was april fools too lol
It’s honestly crazy to think that one of the longest running gaming mysteries, heck, mysteries in general, has been solved after, ironically, 24 years and 1 month after this game came out
2:35 those Luigi voices are used in Super Mario Advance games.
Where is the sneeze then?
@@tylertimko3352 Well that wasn't but it sounds like Baby Luigi
@@tylertimko3352 the sneeze sounds pretty much like beta mario, may be beta luigi (even more beta lol) whem charles martinet wasn't the one who voiced them
The sneeze sounded like it came from Mario Party 6 and 7 when Luigi did a taunt.
Why did he say that's delicious were you able to eat suff as luigi or something
Instead of 24 years and a month, I actually thought they'd reveal it in the YEAR 2401.
This is why I shouldn't be a conspiracy theorist.
They would be dead by the time. If you play Mario 64, you would be dead by at least 2100 something. And you can't tell your kids cause they will tell to other kids that the other kids will tell to their parents that their parents will spread on the internet.
Was it a failure in your system? Don't worry it's just glitched
3:45 This also makes me think the the whole "every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized" theory was some sort of publicity stunt to build up to this, in order to get people interested in Mario 64 rumors again.
What did they mean by that?
Someone should make an actual Mario 64 “Master Quest” cartridge if you know what I mean.
Would BLJs be patched?
@@snowgrave2475 I hope not
Oh like they did to Paper Mario 64? A Master Quest?
2:35 oh wow! So those Luigi voice clips went unused in SM64 but was later used in Super Mario Advance on GBA, that is so interesting!
2020: *"L is real Confirmed!"*
2045: *"Mariokart 64 Marty confirmed!"*
Lol