Super Mario 64 Conspiracy Theories

About

Super Mario 64 Conspiracy Theories refer to partially-humorous conspiracy theories regarding Super Mario 64 and its secrets and development. These theories revolve around unexplained videos and images, false memories, prerelease information, and unused content that theorists use in theories regarding the actual true purpose of Super Mario 64. One of the most popular is L Is Real, which was widely shared on Twitter in July 2020.

Origin

Theories and rumors about Super Mario 64 have circulated online regarding secret content in Super Mario 64 since release day, the most famous of these being "L is real 2401,"^[5] a theory that stated Luigi could appear in the game and an almost-unreadable blurry plaque in the garden that can be read as "L Is Real 2401" may be a clue.

Spread

Conspiracy theories regarding Super Mario 64 began growing more prominent in late 2019 and early 2020. One of the earliest theories was known as "The Wario Apparition." "The Wario Appration" refers to a screenshot from a 1996 E3 video where Wario monologues to the viewer, while voiced by Charles Martinet. The earliest known instance of this screenshot appeared in a /v/ thread as early as November 2019. ^[3]

This screenshot has been referred to as the image of the "Wario Apparition", a ghost that manifests itself in select copies of Super Mario 64, and will eventually manifest itself in the real world.

The Wario Apparition was created from the subconscious wishes to see him in Mario 64 that the shared desired caused him to appear as a horrifying half start in some copies of the game. That image is what its supposed to look like, but those who encountered it ingame can't even describe what it looked like as many suffer from memory loss and stroke-like symptoms. If you suspect you're seeing it ingame its suggested you shut the console off immediately because once you give it power by witnessing it, it gains power to begin manifesting itself in your reality.

In May of 2020, threads with questions on Super Mario 64's "lore" began being posted to /v/, from where the theories began spreading.^[1][2][4] On May 23rd, 2020, @MegaX2_^[5] posted a tweet featuring a Super Mario 64 iceberg tier list that was previously posted before on /v/. The tweet has 1.2K retweets and 4.5K likes as of May 26, 2020. On May 23, 2020, @yungsnaku^[6] posted a Twitter post featuring the Wario Apparition. The tweet has 1.1K retweets and 9.6K likes as of May 26, 2020.

Related Memes

Every Copy Of Super Mario 64 Is Personalized

Every Copy Of Super Mario 64 Is Personalized is a quote that refers to the belief that every copy created of Super Mario 64 differed from each other at release date. Conspiracy theorists recall false memories from childhood regarding Super Mario 64, where they remember a vivid event or location in Super Mario 64 that isn't found on copies in the present day. Conspiracy theorists use this in a theory postulating that Super Mario 64 contains a AI that modifies the game as the player plays.

Every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized. Nintendo's experimental AI adapts and subtly creates a slightly altered version of the game tailored specifically for you, appealing to you subconsciously in ways you don't even notice, as well as attempting to mess with you and study how you react to it.
Have you ever played someone else's copy of Mario 64? Have you ever felt like something was just a little bit off? That's why. That's how.
This is much more than just simple experimentation with procedural generation, however. There are many layers to this, and some of them are more sinister and malicious than others.
Super Mario 64 is, at its core, an insidious and evil work of human creation.

The Bowser Room

The Bowser Room refers to a screenshot of a nonexistent room in Super Mario 64 depicting Mario standing in front of a picture of Bowser on the wall, which is called "The Bowser Room" by theorists and is said to be a real image. It was initially obscure until it was brought up on an OneyPlays Crash Bandicoot stream, from where its existence spread.

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