Nothing is loved by the gaming community more than someone finding a ‘cursed copy’ of a favorite childhood game or a way to visit a secret world within the game universe.
The Mario franchise is the source of many myths and secrets, including Paper Mario mystery serial code And The elusive world of Minus.
There are several other stories, with varying degrees of truth to them. Some are instances of the Mandela effect, some have been confirmed by Nintendo, and others are completely false.
So here are eight of our favorite Mario urban legends – from the sublime to the ridiculous through the outright untrue…
Mario Myth #1 – Mario Characters Are Actors (Entire Franchise)
To begin with, a common theory is that all Mario characters are actually actors in a play.
This makes sense. There are some visual nods to the idea in some games. Super Mario Bros. 3 looks like a play, with props bolted to the background and the theater curtain opening during the intro.
Also, why was Bowser trying to stop Mario from following him during the Super Mario Bros. but then totally happy to play tennis with him?
Really? Well, this theory has been confirmed by Nintendo. In a 2012 interview with Game Info, Shigeru Miyamoto noted that he considers the Mario characters to be like a larger family or “a group of actors”. Then he confirmed that all the world (Super Mario) is a stage on Twitter.
Mario Myth #2 – Wario Appears (Super Mario 64)
Something interesting Super mario 64 The myth is that there is AI inside the game that personalizes each copy for every player. While this will be a amazing features, you can see where this is going.
Something rooted in this myth is the Wario Apparition. Legend has it that if you see the white-eyed Chomp and manage to get through the door leading to Dire Dire Docks, the Wario Apparition will appear and start chasing you. Some even believe that seeing the Wario Apparition can cause physical harm.
Really? It’s a great story, but it’s nothing more than that.
The image above is one of the commonly used images next to the story and it comes from a video used in an E3 . presentation in 1996. There are other images and videos related to the story (and even a piece of music) but all of them are of dubious origin.
Mario Legends #3 – Anti-Piracy Monitor (Older Mario Games)
This one is a bit more extensive, but if you’ve scoured any creepypasta forums online, you might have stumbled across some weird anti-piracy screens that can appear in video games old.
Are these real? While games can certainly contain interesting anti-piracy measures, the vast majority of popular anti-piracy displays are fake. This is a word Mario Party DS:
In fact, there’s an entire online subculture dedicated to the creation of these displays. You can find a lot of them on Reddit. The creators of these anti-piracy screens are incredibly talented editors, but for the most part, these screens don’t appear in any Mario games.
Mario Myth #4 – Dorrie Eats Mario (Super Mario 64)
It would not be possible to pass this list without examples of mandela effect.
Dorrie is a plesiosaur that can be found in the Hazy Maze Cave in Super Mario 64, and many fans emphasize that Dorrie can eat Mario in the original game.
Really? This isn’t true, but the idea may have come from a nearby sign warning players not to get too close in case they become Dorrie’s lunch. There’s also a slight chance that Mario has a glitch in the character model and is injured or drowned.
There To be a creature that eats Mario, but it’s a giant fish called bubba.
Mario Legend #5 – Creatures in the sky in the valley of hell (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Some theories about Mario are interesting and fun, while others are simply spooky.
This is more of an unsolved mystery than a legend; what is the question To be creatures in the sky in the valley of hell in Super mario galaxy 2? In the Shiverburn and Grandmaster Galaxies, you can see strange creatures looming over the stage, right at the top of the area:
And!? After searching in the game files, Girrtacos managed to find some pictures. Technically, there are four creatures, although one is hidden by cliffs. The Creature’s name ‘Hell Valley Sky Tree’ comes from the filename.
There is no clear explanation for these creatures. Fans are still theorizing about them to this day, with some players thinking they’re just part of a scrapped area and others insisting they’re demons, based on the filenames.
Mario Myth #6 – Luigi and the Ghost Hunter (Luigi’s Mansion)
A popular myth about the original Luigi’s Mansion is the Safari Room that was originally supposed to be the area for Ghost Portraits known as the Hunters. This creepy ghost is said to want to add Luigi to his stuffed animal collection. Some fans even insisted that they remember He saw the ghost of the Hunter, describing him as a man with a blue mustache, carrying a rifle, and wearing a hat and hunting vest.
Really? The Ghost Hunter does not actually exist in any version of the game.
The origin of this myth? Nintendo Power Magazine, originally wrote about Portrait Ghost. The issue arose a month after the game launched in Japan, and the subsequent mention of the Hunter was believed to be a joke.
Mario Myth #7 – Citizens of the Toad Kingdom are turned into items (Super Mario Bros.)
One of the oldest theories about Super Mario Bros. are item bricks and other inanimate objects that are actually citizens of the transformed Toad Kingdom.
The origin of this theory is the original game instruction. It says that “The Mushroom Man has been turned into stone, brick, and even horsehair in the field.” This leaves many fans wondering if Mario kills Mushroom Man when breaking blocks.
Really? Thankfully page 8 of the same craft references they are just turned into item bricks, which are usable but unbreakable. The existential crisis has been averted!
Mario Myth #8 – Mario Sunshine’s Mystery Book (Mario Sunshine)
A lot of video game myths are derived from scrapped content.
While playing through the ‘Red Coin in a Bottle’ quest in Super Mario Sunshine, some hackers have found a strange book behind a door that cannot be opened during normal gameplay. The book cannot be interacted with and was found to be part of the game level geometry.
However, it is extremely out of place. You can see the book for yourself via noclipor watch the video below for its exact location in the game:
What does it do? Nothing. Many believe the book was part of a quest that was deleted.
The Noki Bay book was also the subject of a hoax — later disproved by players using the noclip method — possibly stemming from a currently unavailable IGN message board suggesting that the book maybe accessed and read. It is said to contain a message from Shigeru Miyamoto himself telling the player that they have no life. Fuck off.
That’s all for today. Let us know below which of the above Mario myths you’ve come across before and any others you’ve heard in the darkest, darkest corners of the playground/internet over the years. via…
