A Complete History of Super Mario Rumors [NEW]

False rumors about the Super Mario franchise have been around just about as long as Mario himself. In this video we complete our look at hearsay surrounding Nintendo's biggest star.
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[@chrisbyerly]

I think it’s funny that most rumors are just the fanbase being fooled by really obvious fakes

[@roysnell8319]

One can argue that any video game fan base (including the Mario fan base) can be incredibly gullible at times. My advise is this: If there’s a piece of information that’s yet to be officially confirmed or revealed, take it with a grain of salt, AND always root for the actual sources (sometime even ones with accurate claims and sources)

[@AniArtistMe]

From what I seen, a lot of people who heard rumours or any info actually never did research or look up any source.

[@wmzer0mw]

When I was a little kid in elementary school, a rumor was going around that you could get a black yoshi by getting to an uninhabited island on top of donut plains, the one above of the top-secret area. Supposedly the black yoshi had the powers of all 4 yoshi colors when it ate any shell. I have no idea of the origins of it though. This rumor, the mew under the truck rumor, and Luigi in Mario 64 were the three big ones from my childhood

[@DaimoHope]

Pikablu and the other PokeGods

[@Eric64]

That sounds like the Black Chocobo from Final Fantasy IV (II in the USA). I wonder if that was where the rumors got the idea from.

[@Apotrix]

Didn't hear about the black yoshi, there was a rumour about a 'top secret area 2' though on that island I remember hearing about. And just remember, L is real 😂

[@mattwo7]

All my childhood rumors pertaining to video games were pokemon ones. Mew under the truck, pokegods, yoshi evolving using a mist stone.

[@mattwo7]

@@Eric64 Now there needs to be one about how Red Yoshi shoots meteors and wipes entire parties of adventurers lol.

[@JoeyPerleoni]

I can finally check being in a DYKG video off my bucket list wahoooo

[@ChaloopaJoe]

Congrats! 👏👏👏

[@captaincommando5072]

You managed to live from the DS crush A blessing from the lord Fat Yoshi

[@cheeseburgerapocalypse7]

Oh you're that guy who made those Mario party DS anti piracy videos

[@TheMariostarr]

It's the man himself, congrats dude

[@StardustGalaxy129]

Congrats man! You created one of my favorite trends out there.

[@dash_dash100]

I think we know why Grubb said Super Mario RPG now

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

"God Slayer Bowser" It may be fake but god damn that's a cool name

[@tbtb66]

The internal name is better It's "Black Sun" Which is metal af

[@SuperWiiBros08]

can't believe they talked about Scripulous Fingore

[@bluestreaker9242]

I literally didn't know that was a thing and even I could tell it was fake...oh not just 'cause it's a video on rumors, but that name: Scripulous Fingore. Wtf does SCRIPULOUS, mean? They mean Scrupulous? And Fingore? Fing-gore? That sounds like the name of a Banjo-Kazooie character! Ay-ya! I'm not surprised Miyamoto-sama was displeased with the mentioning of such a concept: even he was wondering how stupid people can be. >.>

[@LegoRoyalGuard]

@@bluestreaker9242 you put 4 ?'s in your comment, meaning you are only 4 years old.

[@_V.Va_]

@@LegoRoyalGuard Probably a weeb teen.

[@bluestreaker9242]

@@LegoRoyalGuard Huh? I...err...what? I fail to understand how someone can arrive to a conclusion like that... Are you okay? O.o

[@andyfish1993]

@@LegoRoyalGuard That's 28 in furry years.

[@Megapig9001]

I think the Yoshi’s Island “Moon” thing was a reference to that one boss battle on the Moon

[@ShinyMew151]

I always assumed that that moon wasn't literally the moon but rather a floating spheroid in the style of what would later be found in Mario Galaxy.

[@cammoore___]

Dadadadaladada Da!

[@bewearstar9462]

The moon in super mario world could just be star world

[@dafffodil]

@@bewearstar9462 theres also a moon item in some levels in Mario World that can be collected, which might be related?

[@tonyg5132]

@@dafffodil that's what I was thinking too between that and the star world. Still fun to think about a hidden moon level though

[@garfieldsfavoritelasagna2820]

Biggest rumor was that the top 100 would actually be good

[@sircaleb2]

Shots fired

[@diegomedina9637]

It is good.

[@emeraldgaming3443]

@@diegomedina9637 shut up

[@RobertSeeJen]

@@diegomedina9637 if you like it, that's great! I don't think anyone should shame anyone for legitimately liking, and/or enjoying something. As long as no one is being hurt, go for it. But the general consensus is that it was underwhelming at best, and 100 broken promises at worst.

[@doctorscarf8958]

@@RobertSeeJen I'm pretty sure people are only hating on the boards "i mean one board" not the minigames.

[@kylelord_8573]

The fact that a bunch of people fell for “Scripulous Fingore” is sad, it’s so incredibly obvious that it’s not real

[@onlypuppy7]

17:16

[@offchristianamr]

he’s real to me

[@birdboy16]

He’s real…….. in our hearts

[@datguyuno98]

feengore (feen-gore)

[@IcedTheLocalClown]

Thats twitter for ya

[@mrmanakin9684]

17:16 And now mario rpg remaster is coming out this year. How time flies

[@MattMcMuscles]

Whoever started that God Slayer Bowser rumor is a huge dork. Who would ever believe that???

[@stranger59]

They should catch that guy!

[@NobleRaider]

Yooo it's Matt

[@hunterapena]

the same people who unironically think doomslayer or geno have a chance of being in smash

[@SmashCrafter321]

Even if it was a rumor, the name is still pretty damn cool.

[@bendy514]

I mean that sounds cool af but yeah. Nintendo doing that with mario is outlandish

[@camelkingclarith]

3:06 That's selling the Gameboy Donkey Kong short. The entirety of the arcade game makes up only the first world. There are 9 more worlds and 97 more levels after that.

[@Pixelcraftian]

I never would’ve expected Mario Party DS’s “Anti Piracy” screen to show up here but that’s cool :o Honestly the Mario Kart Maximum rumour sounds awesome, would love to see “King of the Circle” on a new Mario Kart game :o

[@supersabobros]

First to reply

[@stephenfiler3204]

My favorite hoax anti piracy screen is easily the Super Mario 64 on

[@HistoryandReviews]

Mario games suck

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

@@HistoryandReviews Shut up

[@SoyLuciano]

@@HistoryandReviews Then why the hell are you here? Mario is very popular. It's like saying that Minecraft sucks.

[@65Reidlos]

rumors and mysteries were so more common in pre 2010s or so. Nowadays there is like no way to hide or miss things with data mining and so much info only. I miss having games have some crazy mystery tied to it.

[@shadowledastray]

Same. Especially in mid to late 90s when internet was new to most people. All those Luigi in Mario 64 rumors, or Triforce in OoT ones, etc. Great times!

[@retrozaid1600]

7:38 ah yes Harmonix creators of DDR & other BEMANI games

[@alexsartandgameschannel3883]

I don't care if it's fake, I'm still gonna call him "God Slayer Bowser"

[@FunkyGhost37]

Wew, I remember falling for that Mushroom Kingdom Hearts bit back then. Oh and Toad in Melee.

[@otaking3582]

Same...

[@contrerasamado]

Same! I thought It wasnt that crazy so I believed those two hahaha

[@millerkarageanes1562]

Well toad technically is in melee in one of peach’s attacks

[@lpnp9477]

After the sonic in melee bit I threw April issues directly in the trash every year lmao

[@motherlodeman589]

so I was curious to check out where Mario character domain names go to so "here we go!": Wario -> Texas Lottery Peach -> onlyfans ripoff Luigi -> (displays error message) Daisy -> BB guns Rosalina -> (displays error message) Mario -> (displays error message) Boo -> Hostel website (Edit: These are from 9/6/21 ; 1 day after the previous ones) Goomba -> Website Domain Hosting Koopa -> 403 Forbidden Bowser -> Email Address Website Bowser JR -> Advertisement Listing Website Waluigi -> (displays error message) Paper Mario -> The actual Paper Mario website Wiggler -> Advertisement Listing Website Yoshi -> Advertisement Listing Website Donkey Kong -> Official Website (Google said it wasn't safe though) Toad -> Doesn't work Toadette -> Domain Advertisement Website Birdo -> Domain sale website Pauline -> advertisement listing website Cappy -> advertisement listing website

[@hydrorobot6610]

Wario and Boo's website are so fitting lmao

[@armitx9]

@@hydrorobot6610 so is peach 😳

[@hydrorobot6610]

@@armitx9 bruh

[@Muetzi]

Peach has an onlyfans? 😳😳😳🥵🥵🥵

[@jacobharley8401]

I really hope the Gameboy Switch Online rumor is true, and that it isn't remembered as another fake rumor.

[@coolman2805]

good news

[@jacobharley8401]

@@coolman2805 Oh, didn't even remember this comment until I saw the notification of your reply! Yeah, I saw and played the games, and I'm really happy that they finally did it!

[@nerdwiththehat]

Quick little fact check - the "Revolution" series games are fully produced by Konami (Or Konami/Bemani, formerly Konami G.M.D.). Harmonix makes the _"Dance Central"_ series games, along with Guitar Hero (until the sale to Neversoft/VV), Rock Band, and Fuser. DDR Mario Mix was produced by Konami & _Hudson Soft_ - thus, the Nintendo connection until Hudson's full acquisition by Konami in 2012. (I'm assuming the mix-up was with Hudson/Harmonix)

[@KagatoAsuka]

Actually its a bit more confusing than that because Konami actually approached Harmonix to make the American Karaoke Revolution and Harmonix did created 3 volumes of it I believe however no other Bemani games were created by Harmonix.

[@DoctorMinjinx]

"Mushroom kingdom hearts" is rather odd, but if you ask me, it's no less odd than the time Mario played a variety of sports with Final Fantasy characters, including a Behemoth boss battle....Which yes, did happen.

[@kennethphillipsii]

Sports? FF? I’m intrigued. What are you talking about?

[@AllMightyKingBowser]

@@kennethphillipsii mario sports mix from the Wii, and its story mode

[@kennethphillipsii]

@@AllMightyKingBowser thank you for that knowledge I never played or even heard of that game but I’ll definitely check it out.

[@iananderson4754]

I remember back in the day when there was this rumor that to advance in Simons quest you had to pick up a red crystal and go to a certain spot and kneel and wait for a tornado to come. I mean even a little kid like me at the time could tell that it was clearly fake.

[@captaincommando5072]

@Maximus Macias-Santana WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!?

[@elryano2384]

There was another rumor that a certain grumpy video game enthusiast would rage at said game years later

[@CometMedalChavez]

Never forget the three words that started an entire KZbin channel. “This game sucks.” - James Rolfe, The Angry Video Game Nerd

[@ArcadeTheatre]

I don't care if it is not official. God Slayer Bowser is a cool name and I'm keeping it.

[@HistoryandReviews]

No one asked

[@thatonerotom8999]

@@HistoryandReviews I did :)

[@ironic_nickname3538]

Well.... we got that crossover with sora

[@nillypc42]

Nintendo: This isn't true Waluigi Fans: *what did you say?*

[@RealHughMan]

@oky dude srsly stop

[@koopakid]

Wild, I used to go to Lemmy's Land all the time. Especially the forums. Thanks for that bit of nostalgia!

[@moonwolfyowane6183]

Still gonna call Furry Bowser " God Slayer Bowser" because it's a seriously cool name for awesome form for Bowser.

[@Zinkolo]

Furry Bowser is cat Bowser

[@sonidash216]

You mispelled Fury Bowser, Furry Bowser is Meowser.

[@fergup88]

Well, the crossover between Mario and Kingdom Hearts is now real #ThankYouSakurai

[@elryano2384]

Clearly the person who made the leak was playing the long game

[@Its_bloon.yt2011]

Tails was more likely

[@JoeContext]

Anybody else remember Official Nintendo Magazine? It was my jam as a kid, I still have all of the Miis of the staff on my 3DS

[@basurerodej8501]

Gotta love how many early Mario rumours were about playable characters, we already knew a lot of people loved Luigi more than Mario

[@nickk3077]

Yeah, we needed more Luigi love back in the day! Why wasn’t he invited to join Mario on his vacation or on his first adventure in 3D?

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Mario’s Missing didn’t do Luigi justice either

[@TKize777]

Brother, It's been 11 years Since the car crash. Last ride of your life, I remember your smile, Ejected from the window. Drug induced air tricks, Several flips in the air. Shattered to pieces, like raspberry pie. The limbs and your torso Explode on the ground. Pee is stored in the balls.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​@@nickk3077 Luigi freaking save him from King Boo and Mario didn't invited him to his vacation in Isle Delfino, what?

[@aquaticchaos1717]

If you ever do another video on Pokemon Rumors, I would love to bring up a theory I found really convincing: That several important Sun and Moon characters were secretly Ultra Beasts in disguise. Mainly because the designs of the two look pretty similar: Lilli and Nihilego, Gladion and Buzzwole, Lusamine and Pheromosa, Guzma and Xurkitree were the ones I remember

[@randalabra3852]

I was CONVINCED that's what was going on when I played that game

[@bewearstar9462]

They did pokemon rumors already

[@aquaticchaos1717]

@@bewearstar9462 Right, my bad. Could've sworn I remember them doing one before but I didn't wanna discard my comment and potentially forget

[@iammaxhailme]

On that last rumor about evolving dragonite into yoshi: Let's have a new speedrun category, yoshi%. the challenge is to get a dragonite and using a glitch turn it into lickitung.

[@carlrygwelski586]

"Mushroom Kingdom Hearts" fooled me bigtime. I was in 5th grade when my friend brought the issue into class. 😅

[@nickk3077]

Imagine a Yoshi’s Safari sequel! That would be the most out of left field game announcement of all time!

[@misterzygarde6431]

I remember people claiming that Luigi’s Mansion would be the first Teen Rated Mario game. Speaking of Waluigi in Super Mario 64 DS, I would’ve loved to have seen an original 3D Mario for the DS considering that it could handle a port of Super Mario 64 with additional content. Heck I would be down for Nintendo to do a 2D Mario game that had the structure of 64, Sunshine, and Odyssey. Basically a reverse Super Mario 3D Land or if Super Mario 63 and Super Mario Power Star Frenzy were official.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Now that you mention it now I want a 2D SM64 and yes I know about the Flash Game SM63.

[@jlev1028]

You mean Mario Maker 2?

[@chriswestergaard4506]

Never in all my years did I expect Lemmy's Land to be referenced on DYKG or anywhere in the 2020s

[@colingznetworkplus4618]

Nintendo should add Fingore into the next Mario game as a nice little reference/joke

[@firetoy465]

That Kingdom hearts and Mario rumor is now true

[@760creations]

Hate to point this out, but at 7:40 it's stated that Harmonix created Dance Dance Revolution. I'm sure it was a mistake in the script though, as Konami created DDR. Harmonix created Frequency/Amplitude/Karaoke Revolution/Guitar Hero/Rock Band/etc.

[@KeeperofKittens]

Hmm, the Mario rumors I remember reading about were about a supposed world 9 in Mario 3, and a Warp Whistle at the end of one of the later stages in world 3 (The one where the last half of the level was underwater and you needed a frog suit to go left and get a big question block) was supposed to take you there. No idea what magazine it was, but I spent hours trying to get that stupid whistle.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

I like the idea of Goombas hiding among actual shitake mushrooms.

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

Never heard of _FINGORE_ until this video. Lmao. Man... Wouldn't THAT Have made for some crazy creepypasta shenanigans. Mushroom Kingdom Hearts? Ha ha ha _like THAT'S ever gonna happen_ -SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME..- Also, _GODSLAYER BOWSER_ is still an epic name to this very day.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Clawdia Koopa? Dang, I remember seeing that online plenty back in the day.

[@Burndinorex]

Always a pleasure to see a new DYKG vid

[@andtails]

The fact COVID-19 was mentioned in a DYKG video is a stark reminder of how long it's been since the start of the pandemic.

[@albertoromero5075]

Seriously! I mean, *SERIOUSLY!?!* 😡😡😡

[@hyperbaroque]

Two weeks to squash the rumor **shuruhhhgggg???**

[@albertoromero5075]

Well, what a very strange comment

[@HoshitheLycanroc]

Something about bowser having a wife just feels wholesome to me.

[@sccgproductions]

Sounds completely hideous to me 😂😂😂

[@Butwhythough881]

His dear “TIFFANY”

[@Mister_Clean]

Wholesome reddit Keanu Chungus

[@jamesbryan558]

What's even more wholesome is actually cannon, bowser being a single dad to bowser Jr.

[@Dreadjaws]

I don't know. If he has a wife, why does he keep kidnapping Peach? Is the wife OK with it? Does he do it to spite her?

[@gacd2104]

6:50 Well, a Mario model from Melee was used for the "Mariokart for Gamecube" teaser.

[@Morgil27]

Of course his Japanese name isn't God Slayer Bowser. It's God Slayer Koopa.

[@Cheeseyu3000]

3:42 what a smooth transition

[@SaviTheGamer]

Make more videos like this! They are amazing

[@Werten25]

I remember seeing a supposed cover for a Wario game for the Wii involving him having a bad day in the bathroom. I literally thought it was real and had wondered why I had never heard of it before. *EDIT*: Okay, I looked it up. It was called "Wario's Bad Day in the Bathroom".

[@diegomedina9637]

And people wonder why we have so many fake leakers nowadays.

[@Werten25]

@@jasminesmiths6402 Okay, I am *not* clicking on that link because I might end up regretting it.

[@christofu148]

@@Werten25 I took care of it. It should be gone now

[@Werten25]

Thanks.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

@@Werten25 Can someone please stop the bots?

[@zayJax]

THE FINGORE HAS COME BACK FROM THE GRAVE TO HAUNT ME ONCE AGAIN

[@LeviathanRX]

It's just floating there pointing, menacingly.

[@tylerheerdt6438]

A Mario crossover with Kingdom Hearts is technically a Mario crossover with a Disney crossover with Final Fantasy lol

[@jlev1028]

Out of all the rumors in this video, the Ghost Hunter one is the most convincing because I could see Nintendo potentially trying at one point. Seriously, every other themed room in the game has a Portrait Ghost, why was the Safari Room left empty?

[@superluig164]

Idk why, but it was unreasonably funny to hear you narrate "Scripulous Fingore" nonchalantly.

[@wolfiemuse]

Looking back, it’s funny that they mentioned Jeff Grubb tweeting about SMRPG now that we have it lol

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

Scripulous FINGORE makes me laugh uncontrollably

[@FirithPanda]

Lemmy's Land--talk about a hit from nostalgia...

[@buddyber]

Its funny how Super Mario RPG is now coming to switch as a remake

[@rmcoutinho]

Yeah

[@CometMedalChavez]

I loved how prevalent Mario rumors were back in the 2000’s. The reason why everyone thought they were real was because you couldn’t really fact-check that stuff as easily as you can now. Nobody had the ability to look through the game’s files. Now, because of all the fact and file checking going on, rumors can literally be debunked at the drop of a hat.

[@Bigmike90]

Was this Dr. Lava? Good to see he's still doing vids 👍🏼

[@Theover4000]

When I was a kid, one kid told me he had unlocked “Red Rob” in Mario kart DS. I googled it and saw wasp pictures, my insectophobia had been discovered.

[@radioactiveriver6718]

Scripulous Fingore vs God Slayer Bowser

[@Rando1975]

I've been going through old video game mags recently and some of the rumours are mind blowing in their BS.

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

Awesome video!

[@Vanamonde]

20:10 Mario Kart Maximum apparently turned out to be at least mostly real lol

[@N0t_Alex]

Quick correction: DDR wasn’t created by Harmonix. DDR is part of Konami’s Bemani series of rhythm games. Harmonix DID make Karaoke Revolution, but it was unrelated to DDR.

[@jrdelong11]

One tiny correction: it is MercurySteam, not Stream

[@TigerNightmare]

Strange, I got a banner ad on this video for a site called Mario Gamez. Seems to be a bunch of Mario Flash games, but of course none of them work anymore. Weird thing to buy ads for.

[@reemademashki7656]

really great vid

[@laveragegamer6000]

16:40 No way

[@RondoOfBloodX]

NGL that rumored party mode in the false Mario Kart game that uses dice would be pretty cool.

[@orchidposa]

and now the thousand year door is getting a remaster for the switch.

[@bearman.mp4]

16:35 4 years after he tweeted the message, this rumor actually meant something

[@SonicTifa]

Man it's awesome to hear Lemmy's Land being mentioned in this video. I used to visit that fansite all the time as a kid.

[@chriswestergaard4506]

Holy shit, same! I was wondering why "Claudia Koopa" rang a bell

[@zach123101]

17:06 he was just referencing the Wii shop channel update day song

[@madrox8]

i do think they did plan for a SMB2 theme to be made but due to covid like mentioned in the video they have a hard time adjusting, so they took whatever work they had done for it, make it into an item, toss it in SMB1 setting and called it a day instead of makeing a bunch of new art for tiles, enemies, ect ontop of the SMB2 mechanics

[@zigslotheon]

In defense of Clawdia, how else do you explain Bowser Jr? Even the young Koopa Prince himself says at the end of Sunshine that he knows Peach isn’t really his mom.

[@botwfan1175]

miyamoto

[@acmiguens]

The weird thing is that Bowser Jr. knows she isn't his mother, but she's not so sure...

[@botwfan1175]

@@acmiguens say that in english please

[@hyperbaroque]

That Nintendo even let there be a single shred of evidence that Bowser raped Peach is pretty crazy.

[@acmiguens]

@@botwfan1175 Do que que você tá falando, mermão?

[@raphniamagna2567]

a crossover between mario and kingdom hearts sounds like a nightmare to license

[@btd0ja]

Sora is in Smash Bros now and they didn’t even let Mario hold the keyblade lmao

[@ericpeterson6520]

The "Party Mode" in the Mario Kart Maximum rumor is just stupid. What you get from item boxes is already randomized, turning them into "dice rolls" wouldn't change anything mechanically. I don't understand how anyone who's played any Mario Kart game would believe that, let alone make the claim

[@Wingedlight-nn4hl]

For Super Mario Sports Mix people probably confused White Mage’s alt as Rosalina which does resemble her quiet a bit.

[@steveluvscows2490]

Pretty ironic how we DID end up getting a New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the 3DS.

[@codahighland]

Harmonix wasn't involved in DDR at all. That was all Konami. You may be thinking of Guitar Hero?

[@0223Jeremy]

Love these videos

[@gqbmn1995]

19:17 a new 2D game from MercurySteam, not stream

[@JsYTA]

Some guy literally just tweeted "Mario RPG" and it blew up as a rumor!

[@lpnp9477]

Tweets have way too much power for no reason. Abolish Twitter

[@AKoolKoopa]

17:47 LOOK GARY THERE I AM

[@calumsanderson6741]

HOLY BALLS I REMEMBER SEEING THAT IMAGE OF THE PURPLE YOSHI IN KIDS MAGAZINES IN THE EARLY 2000s HERE IN AUSTRALIA ARE YOU KIDDING ME

[@goodkillermusic]

Putting "new" in the title really helped me know to click. I approve

[@tristama_youtube]

ayyo, Lemmys Land hype, havent heard of that website in years.

[@RisingJericho]

>arrives >spreads video game rumors >refuses to elaborate >leaves

[@Jic09]

This rumor's be like - "I'm not just a clown. I'm the entire circus!"

[@netherhigal]

When the hell was harmonix involved in the DDR series? Isn't that Bemani under Konami?

[@jasminesmiths6402]

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[@VxJasonxV]

Yeah, conflation of details. Konami approached Harmonix to create Karaoke Revolution, but Harmonix was never involved in DDR. This isn't the first time some sort of misattribution to Harmonix has taken place, I remember someone quipping about how "Harmonix ruined the DDR Extreme interface" referring to the US PS2 release, and that quote was tossed around endlessly, but needless to say Harmonix was not involved. Harmonix may have known about DDR projects by nature of their arrangement with Konami, but they likely did not have any significant hand in the actual DDR games. I would be intrigued to learn otherwise, but I don't anticipate it. DDR Mario Mix was developed by Konami and Hudson Soft.

[@lpnp9477]

@@VxJasonxV I worked at harmonic for a couple of years long ago and I have no recollection of any ddr related projects. I wouldn't say I could deconfirm any connection, but I have absolutely no proof of any connection existing. Their relationship with Konami was purely based on KR, but I'm sure there were talks about possible other titles. I know that the lawsuit Konami levied against Harmonix really soured the relationship. Rock Revolution was also a thing for some reason. Harmonix had nothing to do with that, it's just amazing that someone at Konami thought it was a good idea.

[@VxJasonxV]

​@@lpnp9477 Rock Revolution was a thing because of the long running series of Guitar Freaks and Drum Mania, running since ~99 and still to this day (in Japan anyway). Konami said "hey we already did this work, it might be popular in the US now?" and then… I don't think I need to explain what the reception of and future of that game has been.

[@lpnp9477]

@@VxJasonxV you really did a great job of telling everyone information we already knew, so thanks bro

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@ddrchad]

7:36 DDR was made by KONAMI, not Harmonix lmfao

[@SamsonatorYTP]

The video starts with Mario negotiating; I’m sold.

[@ssbfan33]

Waluigi in Super Mario 64 DS would have been cool. I feel like he should be included in more than just spin-off's.

[@PixlPixel]

remember after the Labo update for MK8D they said more downloadable content was coming to the game in the future? yeah, me too.

[@RakoonCD]

I still want the secret chocolate level for smb1.

[@BaconNuke]

I feel bad for some people what thought some rumors were true and tried to update fan wikis with the info just to cause the pages to be locked down

[@BetweenTheLyons]

Nah, screw em lol. Maybe they'll learn not to be so gullible 😋

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Yeah, that's what happens when jokes become extremly popular.