The Mystery of the 1995 Build of Super Mario 64 (Every Copy of Super Mario 64 is Personalized)

On July 29th, 1995, a Super Mario 64 build was constructed that forever shook the internet. From a ghostly Wario apparition to strange cases of personalized copies of the game, this precursor Super Mario 64 version was full of many different mysteries. Many theories arose surrounding this haunted occurrence and today we'll be doing a deep dive into to the bottom of the Mario 64 mystery iceberg.

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Credits and sources:

Wario E3 1996 footage by Grooveraider.

Super Mario 64 but Different (Creepy first person gameplay footage) - game by Hunter Towe.

Super Wario 64 by Kaze Emanuar.

Written by SwankyBox.
Filmed and edited by SwankyBox and Stowgee.

Music credits:
Songs from various Super Mario Bros OST's

"Big Boo's Haunt" - Super Mario 64
"Dark Bloo Inn" - Paper Mario Color Splash
"Shadow Temple" - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[charl]

Look, Wario's got some pretty bangin' games. I trust Wario, when he says he's gonna show me fun.

[therubygemstonetrg]

Nah, Wario's just salty that Waluigi isn't in SM64DS, so he went back in time to haunt Mario in SM64.

[harttman]

2020: L is Real confirmed in Nintendo data leak
2030: The Wario Apparition is confirmed in a Nintendo data leak and it consumes and destroys us all.

[ox]

Whether you’re resisting, pressing the A button, or hunting down Mario’s long lost brother-
_pans to a dead Luigi_

[nightterror]

It's probably just Wario getting his revenge on us for making a bunch of videos of him dying

[willykempus]

Imagine your parents spending all their money on sm64 and they find you burning the game in a circle of salt

[Charriii]

That's why most speedruns all go the same way; they all use the same ROM. Can't run into unexpected elements if your Copy of Mario 64 is Personalized.

[princessazunyan]

Most kids' games are incredibly surreal - nothing works as it should in the real world.

I think this is part of the reason these types of horror stories are so compelling. To our young minds, who haven't yet fully understood the internal logic of video games, it feels like anything might happen within them, including the terrifyingly grotesque. These stories revive that scary but exciting possibility.

[pringler_]

4:15
Dang, those depressed Mario's got some sick dance moves ngl

[brendancurry]

OMG.
The whole "tilt cartridge" thing reminds me of this old mario machinma video where mario is sent into the sky glitching into oblivion screaming "WHO TILT MY CARTRIDGE?!"

I never understood what it meant till now!

[mr.hippopotamus]

If every copy of sm64 is personalized then speedruns depend from who has the fastest copy

[picklehat]

SwankyBox: **talks about personalized copies**
Eyeless Mario figures: *They're groovin*

[Void_Echoes]

I’ve been seeing this “Every Copy of Super Mario 64 is Personalised” stuff literally everywhere recently. Its nice to actually have an explanation, because I really don’t know what the hell this is all about.

[RockhopperRio]

I didn’t realize there was actually an explanation for this. I always thought it was for the sake of a meme, lol.

[Pirateyware]

4:03 I'll tell you which came first. Mario in Real Time (MIRT) was a system Nintendo used at trade shows to allow Mario, in CGI puppet form, to interact with audiences. This is the Mario job Charles Martinet was originally hired for. Martinet would be hidden somewhere nearby and talk to audiences via microphone as his physical performance was partially captured via simplified mocap and rendered to a 3D Mario head. MIRT is the basis for both the talking Mario head seen in Mario Teaches Typing 2 and the Wario head from the E3 1996 presentation.

[healmore]

The wario apparition should just be called W is real

[Swampson]

6:39 the tunic color is value that can be manipulated with SRM and will stay on a save file. Gauntlet color also applies, but that can be manipulated with RBA, a weaker glitch than SRM but still powerful

[VirgilSonofSparda]

I don’t see why people seeing the head of wario offering you a fun time scary I’d find it blessing

[rabidguineapig]

Step 1: Obtain a repro version of Majora's Mask where the events of Ben Drowned occur.
Step 2: As a creepy old man, go back in time and give this game to your younger self
Step 3: Create a "Song of storms" style paradox where your younger self keeps the cartridge only to do the same thing when HE grows into a creepy old man.
Step 4:
Step 5: Profit.

[RoryRose_]

I find it kind of hard to find a story scary when the main antagonist is Wario.