A Look at Infamous Video Game Hoaxes - Nintendo ON, Sonic, Mario, & More!

Video game hoaxes and rumors have existed for almost as long as video games themselves. Sonic & Tails in Melee? Luigi in Super Mario 64? Yoshi as a Pokémon? Hoaxes have always been spread around to fool people into believing things about their favorite games that simply aren't true. In this video, we'll be taking a look at infamous video game hoaxes and rumors from years gone by!
Whether it be Super Mario Galaxy DS, Kirby Red Diamond, or a fake Zelda III prototype game, hoaxes and video game rumors are very interesting to look back on, and I cover several of the most fascinating hoaxes in this video.
Sources:
-Kirby Red Diamond info: www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/in...
-Zelda III NES info: zelda.gamepedia.com/Community...
-Learn more about the Sonic 3 prototype here!: tcrf.net/Proto:Sonic_the_Hedg...
-Sonic 3 prototype footage: • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (...
-Sonic 3 prototype music: • Sonic 3 (Nov 3 1993 Pr...
-Waluigi in Super Mario 64 DS hoax: www.nintendoworldreport.com/fe...
-Pablo Belmonte's website: pablobelmonte3d.blogspot.com/
-Akfamilyhome's video on Pablo Belmonte's hoaxes: • The Hoaxes of Pablo Be...
Music:
-Green Grass Gradation - Mega Man ZX
-Vegetable Valley - Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
-Butter Building - Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
-Overworld - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past
-Hydrocity Zone Act 1 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3
-Salad Plain (Past) - Sonic The Hedgehog CD (December 1992 Prototype)
-Angel Island Zone Act 1 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (November 3rd, 1993 Prototype)
-Ice Cap Zone Act 1 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (November 3rd, 1993 Prototype)
-Destruction Dance - Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix
-Submission Plaza - Check Mii Out Channel
-Good Egg Galaxy - Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
-End Credits - Mega Man 8 (American OST)

[@rojagreen]

it's crazy watching this now that it's actually been confirmed that Luigi's files are, in fact, in SM64.

[@jimjim9148]

I thought the same thing, learning L was actually real made me lose my shit

[@ShOscar]

Well not really. They're not in the game itself, but in the assets that were used to make the game. As far as I know

[@luiluiruirui]

@@jimjim9148 l was real, but wasn't supposed to be revealed, l is real = eternal star

[@luiluiruirui]

@Nobody comments are not funny you troglodyte it said eternal star not l is real

[@robjackson4050]

@Nobody comments are not funny you troglodyte i don't know people are still discovering things about games some things are well hidden

[@markymark443]

Student: *makes most creative, innovative, time-consuming, and for its time believable video game hoax video that gets viral instantly* Teacher: "B+"

[@maric7558]

b is a good grade.

[@rhysmendozavilla2378]

@@maric7558 yeah but for the time period that he made that, and possibly creating one of the greatest video game hoaxes in history should’ve gotten him an instant A+

[@ruchellemiller8423]

@@rhysmendozavilla2378 I agree with you

[@kyaing9047]

@Boone Maximo Bot

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

@Boone Maximo Nice scam, bot.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Honestly the fake Sonic 3 proto photos are fairly believable, since using a recoloured sprite as a placeholder is a common solution.

[@SilverSonic1992]

It was fairly obvious that it was fake though because the hoax was using the final HUD display, while genuine prototype screenshots had a very distinctive gradient that wasn't present in the final game.

[@razernexus2717]

There was sonic 3 beta

[@robjackson4050]

@@razernexus2717 yeah but it was very close to the final game i believe it's like 90% complete

[@cay7809]

oh my god I actually put that on the tcrf discord I look like an idiot

[@cay7809]

@@SilverSonic1992 I actually thought those photos were real I actually found those picture by u lol

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

I like Waluigi not for the memes, but because I have false memories of getting a Waluigi cap and being able to swim faster

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

may have been a dream you had, i can still very clearly remember a dream i had about unlocking a 4th chao garden in sa2 and for a while swore it was something i actually did and somehow lost and couldnt unlock again

[@cadile3]

@@yourehereforthatarentyou I have one rare Dream one time and It was a crossover between Sonic and Zelda and no is the Lost world dlc was a complete Game

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

A Human probably

[@chrismartin583]

A had a dream about earthbound 64

[@darkfoxthekitsune]

I already dreamed about a crossover between Burnout, Need For Speed and Forza

[@mariopikaman1]

You: caring about new modern consoles Me: waiting for W i i P H O N E

[@AsianTheDomination]

just dance 2020 just released for wii

[@woosh2055]

and now it's actually possible to play wii games on a phone

[@SawyerIque]

@AsianTheDomination in 2019.

[@kimmekinder]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ6wpIVpl8hjpM0

[@memememe7081]

I'm still waiting for Super Luigi on the Xbox one and The Gamesphere.

[@PKDeluxe]

Useful as the modern internet is, I'll miss the days of being able to spread fun rumors around and not have them shut down immediately. I suppose leaks fill the same purpose, but it's just not the same.

[@wiibrockster]

I miss that too. I remember being fooled by "Waluigi in Super Mario 64 DS" or "Mewtwo in Smash Bros Brawl"

[@amesstarline5482]

I remember waiting in the lounge room/dance lounge trying to become a ninja in Club Penguin EPF

[@TheNathanNS]

I remember in 2010 when I'd spend hours playing GTA SA looking for Bigfoot, before going to forums and reading up what other players found, with some even having pictures or videos of them finding Bigfoot themselves.

[@SecretlyStarscream]

I remember going on a video game website in the early 2000's (around 2002-2003) and there were all these rumors on the Super Smash Bros forums about how to unlock Dark Link and Metal Mario, one said you had to beat the game as Link with one stock and No Continue. God knows I tried.

[@KawaiiKaabii1993]

yeah if only youtube shutting down in 2020 was a hoax 😒😞

[@yeetmemesarestillfunny2572]

I’m pretty sure “Christmas math” got Pablo a B+

[@StafkiGTN]

Yes.. that's what he said.

[@maric7558]

b is a really good grade

[@StafkiGTN]

@@maric7558 Yeah, but he deserves like.. an A+ for this!

[@megaheroes3611]

Dang. That because of two words? An A+ would be great or (If possible) an S just like Sonic.

[@AlanOfficialBoi]

More than an sonic "S" grade. I dunno what is higher then that but make up something

[@SamSquids]

My favorite hoax was the time someone claimed that Hannah Montana for the Nintendo Wii had an exploit that could allow for unsigned code, as a result, the game was bought up in large numbers, heck even scalpers were buying up copies to cash into the hype, but then it was revealed that the Hannah Montana game didn't even have this mythical exploit.

[@uh3610]

LMAO

[@SpringySpring04]

Possibly expected plot twist: the person who claimed that the game had this exploit was a developer trying to grab cash :(

[@kaelisprime9087]

14:41 “Waluigi and Rosalina Tribute - Miracle” No one can resist the *WA*

[@kyyourneutralisminekiske7104]

Third time I watched this and only now have I seen this magical fake Waluigi in SM64 video, thank you Pat

[@seanelmlinger1198]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

[@mixwidman5458]

Excuse me?

[@Sgt-Wolf]

And then they see his tiny "wah"

[@Bellyofthebeast6]

I majored in Media Study (with a concentration in film production) and minored in game design, and that B+ for the Galaxy DS video sounds so typical for a media-related class. Some of my classmates made amazing and unbelievable projects that got them Bs, yet my hastily thrown together Unity game got a perfect score. And the film project I worked the hardest on in my entire time at college got a lower score than all of my "oh shit this is due tomorrow and I need to scrap something together" type assignments. The hardest part of any media related major is pouring your entire soul into a project that your professor just doesn't understand or doesn't match their personal taste, and they don't see the hours and hours of effort put in.

[@ExtremeWreck]

HOW THE HECK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO KNOW THEIR PERSONAL TASTES!?!?

[@AH-ng7zt]

@@ExtremeWreck I mean it’s the professor’s responsibility to avoid personal tastes and biases when judging these projects. It’s their fault

[@so9175]

I was shocked Pablo only got a B+ on his fake super Mario galaxy trailer!! What?! It’s so beautifully done, he deserved an A+!!

[@cecilioatkinson166]

you're right!

[@rogelioreyes79]

"If Wario gets to be in the game, why isn't Waluigi playable?" That is the same question in SSBU.

[@DaNoob1485]

Person: what’s ur favorite super Mario bros level? Me: *THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY LEVEL*

[@spiky724]

Who asks that

[@LazarusRiza]

Roald Dahl was involved

[@Anths_art]

I gotta make that in Mario Maker 2 lol

[@funkocollector1239]

WILLY WONKA WAS HERE

[@stickfigureblue123]

is the boss Willy Wonka?

[@freetun]

i remember when me and my best friend believed waluigi was in SM64DS, all the way back in grade 6. it took us 2 years to accept that it wasn't real, but damn, it was really fun trying to prove otherwise.

[@kt0by_431]

Freetun same

[@julian7383]

Ahh, the humble flea market. Perfect for making bad backstories about "haunted and never-before-seen" video games.

[@EthanGamble95]

Man I remember the days when I would go to school and my friends be like, "Hey! I just unlocked so-and-so character in this game!" or "I just watched this video on KZbin that says so-and-so game is getting released soon!" or the days when we looked for the purpose of an area in a game that looks significant, but really has no purpose. And now stuff like that gets shut down almost immediately. Kinda miss those days.

[@dekutony]

Man remember all those Club Penguin hoaxes like the different colored puffles and the tipping the iceberg thing? Good times...

[@louismccormick3263]

dekutony in the amulet with fire, water and ice there was a black stone in the middle so people would make KZbin videos about the secret shadow ninja temple that you could apparently unlock

[@JalenSoeung]

Hey at least the iceberg thing became reality

[@CheeseCakeCupcake23]

Elixir [Yeehaw] i remember going back after hearing the ice berg could be tipped, after doing it and reading the lil note I cried 😔👊🏻

[@ChristopherMoom]

If Kirby: Red Diamond was real, HAL would make a depressing backstory, have the diamond possess some innocent person, and make Kirby destroy their literal soul or something like that -Wait, that's just Sectonia 2-

[@AzureBombard]

Christopher Moon. Are you going to be the new Justin Y?

[@realyoshi9849]

No it would be KIRBY IS ON A BEACH OH NO ROD OF STARS IS STOLEN TIME TO DRAW MORE KIRBY GO CLONE KIRBY edit: how is my cringe reply getting likes

[@adamhenry6793]

Spooky Kirby.

[@thatonestarmanintorobotics4319]

Plot twist: It was just Wario Land 4 with a strange Kirby resprite that just doesn't work That's Kirby taking revengeance from Wahwahoo from that Adventure Rom-hack

[@lizethalamea26]

Lies all those games were just ones and zeros

[@LinkEX]

21:13 Merely a B+ for that amount of work? Geez, what did the other students send in?

[@phinalbossbeater]

LinkEX he actually got an F---+

[@Prince.Mykal.Vision]

Right?? I'm thinking uh... B+? I'm thinking that level of detail is 'S rank'. Forget an A.

[@mosquitopyjamas9048]

One of the A plus students made the DKC cartoon. The professor even said it was a real 'banana slamma!'

[@PrototheDodo]

Sparky The Dog in FNaF was a VERY deceptive hoax.

[@dancingmariobros7434]

Waluigi is such a fitting character for the thumbnail, and not just because of the "Waluigi in Super Mario 64 DS" rumors.

[@sharksbo2394]

DancingMarioBros : and he brings in the views

[@fantamoon847]

The hoaxes I remember the most are the pokemon screenshots

[@CommanderWiggins]

Fanta Moon I miss when people actually tried to make believable fake stuff instead of just making a post on 4-chan.

[@highgradedro]

I used to think I could fight Plantera before defeating the "Metal" bosses, and fight the totem thingy before beating Plantera.

[@MittensWichen64]

buried alive the fake creepy boss

[@emilybrown3689]

As much as I love deep-dives into hoaxes and ARGs, I also miss the days when we could spread urban legends without being instantly called out or prodded for "proof". Back in the 90s, my older cousins always made me believe (now obvious) bull urban legends. However, I believe that sparked my interest in the horror genre, which I incorporate into my career now. I don't think I would have cared enough to learn about the ups-and-downs and dos-and-don'ts of the genre had I not been tricked. Sometimes finding the answer is the least satisfying part of a mystery.

[@CoffeeFlavoredMilk]

One thing I've always wondered: What was even on the fake Zelda III prototype catridge? Is it just another game that the seller slapped the label on, a ROM hack slapped onto a cart? A bootleg?

[@ArthurTRead]

I'm desperate to know now too

[@ExtremeWreck]

I would LOVE to see what kind of weird ROM hack is on there if that's the case.

[@TheBMEGuy]

that *"WHAT!?"* during the sonic 3 segment is probably the most ive heard patmac emote and it was beautiful

[@mino2123]

"few betas of sonic 3 have been documented" *oh boy*

[@Gold_Yoshi]

*Convenient Cough*

[@Moniak]

he did

[@LowkeyJouta]

*Cough* its not like a sonic 3 beta was recently discoverd or anything *Cough*

[@pootisbear]

That statement still holds though, there's only been like 5 protos dumped for Sonic 3 and literally 4 of them are virtually identically to retail. Compared to the amount of proto's that are out there for 2 and CD, it's a pretty small number.

[@ryanthememe7826]

RED SONIC

[@niahoad]

The first pokemon generation. Damn those school ground rumors got so ridiculous. In contrary, missingno was real, mew was obtainable... it was a great time to grow up

[@amoonnotfound6439]

In my country especially in saudia Arabia there was a fatwa (basically a rumor) of pokemon being haram and that pokemon names mean very strange and completely different stuff there's a poster about that fatwa you can find it by writing "pokemon fatwa" on google

[@nintendoloverin9567]

What really gets me, is that the steps for the mew and missingo glitches are so convoluted that they perfectly fit the pattern of those school ground rumors. Always makes me laugh when I think about that.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

I'll admit it, the Mario Galaxy DS hoax had me completely fooled. Considering that Mario Galaxy is my favorite game of all-time, and how good the footage actually looked, I was so excited about the prospects of potentially being able to play the game on the road. Sucks that it's no more than a pipe dream.

[@blockyoxwinkle5829]

I guess the real rumors were the friends we made along the way

[@ZeranZeran]

I guess the real comments were the ones we copied and pasted for likes

[@JONES99679]

Ckkkkkk

[@tibs9149]

Either that's supposed to be uplifting, or you are just saying I have no friends.... Which is true

[@matthewatkinson-quinteros1613]

So your saying our friends are just rumors right

[@mctriplefatal]

And those friends told us those rumors

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

Top 10 Loudest Noises #1: Patmac screaming "What?!"

[@liamsaunders2351]

I was listening with one earbud and now my ear hurts...

[@quinnmob1]

PatMac: There was a rumor that there was a secret chocolate factory level in the original Super Mario Oompa Loompas: Oompa Loompa doopady doo, if kids will find us, then we are screwed

[@slyp5409]

The first Kirby box art was honestly pretty easy to pick apart.

[@theonewithdoggoduanesil2du330]

"You expect me to go over this one, right?" *well too bad waluigi time*

[@whatusaid5817]

*WAAAAAAAA-*

[@pastelxenon]

Yes I watched the video too

[@seangaming8229]

69th like

[@pastelxenon]

@@seangaming8229 STFU

[@LazarusRiza]

Pinball machine plz waaa wa waluigi

[@AceAttorny]

3:44 That's not Kirby on a beach, that's Kirby in a level from the Ice Age GBA game. Why?

[@velvetkisszs1516]

Wh- Why did Ice Age get a GBA game? That movie sucked

[@woomy-archivistmemeguy9345]

AceAttorny as I comment it, I find yours. Darn

[@AceAttorny]

@@velvetkisszs1516 EVERY movie got a video game a couple years back.

[@griffinstopsign]

lmao good eye

[@fey0217]

how how did you know this

[@topaz7462]

"Luigi in Super Mario 64 was a hoax" 2020: Imma pretend I didn't see that

[@samirmalo]

king crimson

[@angusbell3475]

in the court of the crimson king

[@gregory7320]

Hey anything can happen in 2020 😬

[@MaximumAddition]

OH BOY do I have news for you today regarding Luigi in SM64

[@icey244]

I mean, Nintendo ON is a reality. It's called cardboard.

[@jokerzwild00]

If you told people back then that the first Nintendo VR was gonna be a cardboard box that you had to hold up to your eyes with no strap they'd have called you a lunatic. Nintendo On was more believable than what we got in reality.

[@sunthorn4782]

Pepperoni Secret We don’t speak of that

[@scorchx3000]

@Pepperoni Secret *hisses and backs away*

[@smallsthetimelord4066]

Virtual Boy

[@Djrawks-pq4zz]

@Brian Donegan You missed the joke

[@subscribetothechannel9521]

Last time I was this early the Big the Cat prototype was found.

[@sjharris9583]

For that Luigi hoax, I can say that through research, you'll find that the team behind Super Mario 64 planned to have Luigi in the game, but scrapped him for more realistic backgrounds and settings for the final release.

[@Pixie_Shmixie]

> Luigi in Super Mario 64 Laugh with me, everyone! Laugh! Laugh!

[@stickfigureblue123]

11:28 that’s the loudest I’ve ever heard him

[@aydinpiana5664]

I know right

[@RyukyuShin1997]

Just imagine his reaction to the recently released Sonic 1 prototype

[@ewwjelly]

*W H A T ! ?* **echoes through space and time**

[@Gloria_YuYu]

These rumors are almost as bad as people who think Australia is real.

[@velvetkisszs1516]

As an Australian, I can confirm Australia isn't real

[@dialaforawesome2029]

VelvetKisszs parappa pfp?

[@ChronaFrmChi]

Just as bad as people who think Obama is real

[@velvetkisszs1516]

@@dialaforawesome2029 Thanks for noticing

[@cleetusthechill2840]

No. These rumours are just as bad as people who think the earth is round.

[@jaaykaay]

If you left your SNES on with Super Street Fighter 2 for like a week, you could unlock a secret character Same with Tekken 2 I think 🤔

[@aperson5215]

Who?

[@Bundle_Exists]

“Knuckles was originally a red sonic recolouring” Damn, they were making sonic ocs before it was cool

[@NormieDudeReal]

don’t talk to me unless you’ve unlocked Waluigi in SM64DS 😤😤😤 *also* 11:28

[@poble]

*WHAT*

[@abbyanddaddy6062]

@@poble *W H A T*

[@austinhomeloans]

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@bryanl6828]

Wha-

[@SomeStupidIdiot]

W O T or WHAT or WAT

[@PilaCiu]

Even if that Red Sonic was in any build of Sonic 3, it was just placeholder for Knuckles because he might have been not finished yet.

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

after all, when making a placeholder for a character, what's the first thing to come to mind?

[@PilaCiu]

@@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550 This is literally the easiest thing to do.

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

@@PilaCiu of course, that placeholder in this case...(breathes) would be making a palette swap of Sonic.

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

@@PilaCiu yeah, TOO EASY.

[@lelzguy2169]

I remember Mario Galaxy DS and being excited for its release until my friend told me it was fake and that was like the biggest bruh moment of my life

[@chibbysadventures5555]

The Majora’s Mask one is still my favorite because it fooled me and literally everyone I knew at the time

[@novathefallenstarwarrior]

You: Nintendo Switch Me an intellectual: *WII PHONE*

[@bryanl6828]

Me: GameRectagle

[@Vioioioio]

@@bryanl6828 Josh: GAME SPHERE

[@cadile3]

@@Vioioioio Game triangle

[@Fakescorpiotricksterlol]

The meme boi

[@ihatevendingmachines2966]

Sorry but I couldn’t hear you over my *microscopic GameCube*

[@ilostsandwichpermissions2360]

5:35 I smell a creepypasta in the making...

[@OfficialOacus]

Why OVA Sonic?

[@muertolamento]

Just found this channel, and I like the variety of topics. All the channels I watch cover different topics for unreleased games or hoaxes and mysteries, but they're usually the same ones.

[@steveluvscows2490]

Allow me to correct you, for Luigi IS indeed in Super Mario 64... Or at least, USED to be... in a new prototype that got discovered exactly *24* Years and *01* Months later. So yeah, L Is _ACTUALLY_ Real.

[@AKAProm]

"It would've been incredible to discover something so huge about Sonic 3 so long after it's release." I know you go into it in this video but now we have the Nov 3rd, 1993 build of Sonic 3 that shows up the Music in the PC version was the original tracks and how THE DROP DASH was going to be in Sonic 3. The Internet is so wild and I love it. Sonic 3 being one of my favorite games in the whole Sonic series, I loved seeing all the differences.

[@junethefox5834]

Oh Christ That Mario 64 DS Waluigi one always got me as a youngin

[@samanthearichardosn351]

I used to obsess over it YEARS ago.

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

same with a lot of people.

[@Zatsuiki]

When I was around 9 years old I bought a "Super Mario World 5" GBA cartridge at a basar. It had a high resolution picture of Wing cap Mario on the front and looked super nice. The splash screen had also some really good looking picture of a 3d Mario on it. Then the game started and I loved it. It was damn hard because it wouldn't save but then some faithful day I just pressed a few buttons all at once and I found a mysterious menu in English that I did not at all understand. After some trial and error I found out that I could save with it. Then many years later I found out it was Adventure Island for the NES running in an emulator. I also had the Pokemon sonic bootleg that many people seem to know nowadays.

[@hippiechik95]

I think that “WHAT” is the loudest we’ve ever heard you be in a video!

[@splattwig]

I was so deep into researching waluigi in Mario 64 DS. Great to see it covered!

[@BigGeekEmpire]

I'll never forget Sonic and Tails being in Melee. I always knew it was kinda bullshit but the unlock requirements were so difficult I thought maybe just maybe it could be real lol.

[@kachow2461]

When they just discovered Luigi in Mario 64s code like 2 days ago.

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Wow, I actually remember a lot of these back in the day. But mostly as fun fan-made things rather than me actually being deceived by too many hoaxes. Like the Zelda movie trailer made by IGN. We were all certainly fooled by that April Fools Day stunt.

[@fayestra2486]

I love mock ups of portable consoles that use discs because there's always something silly that cracks me up, like at 16:56 those buttons and sticks have no room to breathe, you play mario party Once and that disc's snapping in half

[@bigmacultra1985]

"One of the biggest hoaxes is luigi in mario 64" Well this aged poorly.

[@aceisurdeath]

I mean Luigi was always planned and in game development you can't just delete a character model that's why the Luigi model still exists in Mario 64

[@MuchWhittering]

Not really. He's still not playable in the game.

[@boyishmistakes]

@@MuchWhittering yea but it isn’t a hoax as it WAS still planned but was scrapped. It does exist in some extent.

[@StafkiGTN]

@@boyishmistakes pretty sure that's called stretching it

[@OmegaChase1002]

@@aceisurdeath excuse me?

[@nowheredude4204]

Are we gonna ignore the waluigi and rosalina relationship from 14:23

[@GolDGreg]

That moment when n64 leaks reveal Luigi was once in SM64

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Fake Leaks are all we get nowadays when we still haven't gotten another Fortune Street game...

[@chromiumex2384]

Holy shit I remember the Waluigi rumors. I was CONVINCED when I was a kid that Waluigi was in Super Mario 64 DS. I remember spending so much time researching how to unlock him. I was so dissapointed to learn he wasnt...

[@joe.h4447]

me too!! i have a distinct memory of playing AS waluigi in sm64ds but to my surprise i found out he never existed in the game... same cant be said for luigi in the original n64 release;)

[@ambershit]

First party NES game prototypes (especially of a cancelled game) would exist on a Famicom cartridge, not an NES. An NES cartridge would imply the game was released in Japan, and was entering localization process.

[@Gfreak250]

Ok, this might be hard to believe, but I actually own a GBA Cartridge with the "Kirby Red Diamond" Label on it, I'm not sure if it's exactly the same as what was listed online, but it's just an emulation of Kirby's Adventure on the NES. Edit: Ok, it's definitely that one.

[@toters2724]

sonic 3 prototype came up in recommended the day it got revealed

[@MichaelOddish]

Same. Discoveries are nice, aren't they?

[@cross_t122]

Wow

[@toters2724]

and then it happens with sonic 1. what a stroke of luck

[@kywii6678]

I'll be perfectly honest here, I didn't know what I was expecting when I started to watch this video, but all I can say now is... Well first, +1 like, and second, that was super interesting to watch, it brought me so much memories, like that time, where I was a huge Twilight Princess, and then a video popped up, claiming that a DS version was in developpement, which blew my damn mind xP

[@PatMacYT]

Thank you! Funnily enough there exists an official DS cart made by Nintendo that contains the trailer for Twilight Princess, sorta like the GBA video carts. I think it was made for E3. There’s at least some TP on a DS, lol.

[@kywii6678]

@@PatMacYT Yeah, I eventually discovered that the video I watched was just a reupload of that cartridge's footage. But still, it really hyped me up as a kid, as I was playing TP on my Wii, and kept thinking about the release state of this "game"...

[@ultimate8125]

The Luigi Rumor is now technically true

[@Superkuzia15]

the L is actually real

[@HarryStikers]

@SHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The DS game, he's playable there. He might also be playable in All Stars? Idk man, my husband would know more

[@waggieentertainment9387]

@SHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dang imagine if they made some feature in Allstars where you could switch to a “Luigi mode”, where you could play as Luigi...

[@mischief_speaker1942]

I’m gonna be honest The Mushroom kingdom hearts hoax hurt me and I want it to become a real game because those Mario and Luigi designs are amazing

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

in the end, hoaxes are just hoaxes and never gets any love from a developer.

[@D0dge]

And Luigii is now confirmed to be true

[@MetaWulfTV]

0:19 That didn't age well..

[@megafan1137]

I'm really glad you chose to cover Waluigi in 64DS over Luigi in 64. As someone born in 2003, hearing people talk about game rumors always felt like I was just hearing everyone else's version of events. I wasn't there for the Luigi in SM64 discussions, but I was all over Waluigi in 64DS. I remember watching so many videos; one claiming that the darker blue shading in the game's logo was a hint, one that said there was a small bit of purple behind mario's head on the box, and my absolute favorite; a tutorial video where the person uses a cheat device to invert Luigi's color.

[@bruceaskew2107]

Well as of recently Luigi really was in Mario 64

[@JoshPhantom]

With regards to red sonic as a placeholder, that is very likely to have been the case, since in the prototypes we have, the cutscenes are broken badly and so I could imagine them putting something there to make it look nice for the camera

[@frankog6510]

"Luigi in Mario 64" Well, that aged like milk

[@LoganStudiosART]

Well, not really, while yes, prototypes of Luigi in Mario 64 are technically true, it's still technically a hoax, since in the Game itself he's nowhere in it legitimately. So even if he's in the files, you can't access the files from your Nintendo 64 or anything.

[@TheWillrocks51]

@@LoganStudiosART “so even if he is in the files” the files are the game, genius lol.

[@spongeboi2021]

@@DisastrousIntentionally If you saw PatMac's "Video Game Prototypes That Changed During Development", you would hear that he mentioned that Luigi was in 64's files due to the Nintendo leaks.

[@spongeboi2021]

@@DisastrousIntentionally Thats what I meant.

[@KirboYT]

Mario 64 luigi is no longer a hoax, he's in there

[@ChaseMC215]

Techincally true, but he was removed from the game for unknown reasons

[@jessicastarBePixeled]

I had no doubt that "Kirby: Red Diamond" was a fake as they used two different art styles on box art.

[@leafchill8821]

8:15 knuckles is a shy guy KNUCKLES IS ACTUALLY NINTENDO CONFIRMED SHY GUYS TRUE IDENTITY FOUND

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

saying shy guy on his bio when talking about his weak point was simply just to show he is shy about girls and not being an actual shy guy from the Mario franchise.

[@stanleyfan21]

/wooosh

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

@@stanleyfan21 WHY MORE WOOOSH>?!?!? I'M SERIOUS!! JUST STOP!!!

[@moldbug1660]

Him: Luigi in Mario 64 is fake Me: who is gonna tell em?

[@GraceMellody]

Pablo sounds incredibly talented, wow

[@blakemanning9450]

Patmac! the model of Luigi in super Mario 64 has been found!

[@51stconch]

since the sm64 leak and the japanese interview l is real

[@redhoodforce]

The Luigi one didn't age well

[@CanaldoZenny]

"Despite the box art looking authentic" The so called "red diamond" looks a lot like the Red Chaos Emerald from Sonic X anime. The whole cover feels very clip arty.

[@CJolieTV]

Since you're always so calm, hearing you scream "WHAT?" was toooooo funny 😂😂😂

[@inkyubator]

The Sonic 3 story reminded me of how when I was younger,a kid I knew said he liked Sonic. We talked a lot about it,mostly Mighty injustice and Shadow the Hedgehog. Soon,he asked if I saw Sonic Underground. I told him, 'oh yeah why?' Then he goes 'at Family Video,I rented Sonic Underground the movie. There's a bunch of new characters and they find his mom!'. Considering I eagerly went home only to find video game cutscene movies for Sonic,I knew I was lied to. Not really a hoax but,I hope someone got a laugh from it

[@donaldduck1782]

It once happened to me, a few years ago, one of my uncles gave me an Angry Birds DVD which I thought was legit, until I put it in and it was just a bunch of trailers for various games of the franchise

[@SUBSCRIBERSWITHOUTVIDEOS-dj7vo]

How did the Galaxy DS guy get a fucking B+??????? That man deserves a freaking A.

[@ChaseMC215]

More like a A++

[@ExtremeWreck]

Biases probably

[@KatelynJewel]

I remember the Kirby Red Diamond hoax when it happened. I was 12 back in 2004 and I thought it was real because at the time I didn't know about bootleg games. I was really excited when you talked about it. The last time I saw a hoax that fooled many people was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's The Grinch Leak last year. There have been many hoaxes related to that game, especially with Waluigi, but this ended up being the one that really fooled people because there was so much done to make it convincing.

[@TheAnimeHistorian220]

People now: Hey, wanna come over and play mariokart on my Switch? People in an alternate universe: Hey, wanna play Super Mario World on my WII PHONE?

[@TylerLongtylernol]

1:12 Every E3 game trailer ever.

[@NunofYerbizness]

3:46 A beach? You mean the first level of Ice Age for the GBA?

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

he didn't know.

[@ChaseMC215]

I actually hate the first Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown was way better

[@SleeplessStreams]

"I'm still waiting on that portable Gamecube." I got a screen you can attach to the top of a gamecube, how much you want for it? (Just kidding, it's mine.)

[@cleetusthechill2840]

GIVE ME IT

[@2mygreeneyes]

SM64DS is my favoirite game of all time and I am very happy that you covered the Waluigi rumor. Even though ik most things about it by now it is still nice to hear new people cover it.

[@SuperPerry1000]

Good thing you didn't mention Luigi in 64...it ain't no hoax anymore.

[@captaintoad1258]

21:07 How dare you dislike this beautiful picture of me and the Toad Brigade

[@ReZInum]

Kirby: Red Diamond sounds like a good rom hack Edit: so I just realized that whenever I type "rom" it autocorrected it "Ron". oop

[@kris_0520]

Rebound oωo Its a rom hackjob

[@dynomitediamond6296]

Ah yes so fun to hack Ron

[@tdub4302]

Yes but who's Ron tho

[@derpoltergeist8265]

RONALD WEASLEY

[@sleepingonyourroof]

AeronauticsNut970 Formerly MineCRFTFreak970 he fixed it it was a mistake

[@cross_t122]

I appreciate the effort you put into these!

[@samanthearichardosn351]

I was OBSESSED with the Waluigi rumor! I was also into this one rumor that said that you could unlock Game Gear games in Sonic Classic Collection by beating each of the Genesis games with all the Chaos Emeralds.