Luigi’s Casino: The Fake World of Super Mario 64 DS That Was Brought to Life

[@SwankyBox]

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[@Cliffordlonghead]

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[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Your late and it's ok

[@Cliffordlonghead]

I forgive you

[@Cliffordlonghead]

See you Sunday

[@bdt2002gaming]

“Luigi’s Casino” lowkey sounds like the name of a Mario Kart custom track. I know I’d play it.

[@latoallaconmocos]

omg yes

[@jorgecaimanque6951]

Waluigi Pinball was originally designed to be Luigi's track, probably based on the casino

[@cy-bernet-ix]

Waluigis Pinball actually was supposed to be Luigis Casino!

[@bdt2002gaming]

(Replying in this fashion so I don’t have to take bias towards any singular comment) I can actually see the correlation between this and Waluigi Pinball pretty heavily, especially after seeing that mod in SwankyBox’s video. If I had to guess, the Mario Kart development team didn’t want something like a casino to be shown in their games, with the exception of Europe being extremely bipolar when it comes to gambling references in kids games. That’s why you have things like Chain Chomp Wheel (the battle course in MKWii)’s name being changed, but also things like the Game Corner in Pokémon Diamond & Pearl receiving massive censorship. Come on, PAL. Make up your minds please. Update: It’s not PAL based. It’s technically P.E.G.I.’s fault.

[@danboiplays]

We would all play it

[@speedydiver3078]

Swankybox: A strange story has brewed around this area A story that I'm here to share with you today Also swankybox: TODAYS SPONSORE SENT ME A BED

[@rofaezal]

Lol

[@LaelGames7913]

Greay

[@MarioYoshi4723]

It never really crossed my mind as a kid where Luigi’s Casino actually was

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

Same... but I think at one point in my life I assumed it to be somewhere on isle Delfino, despite the fact that I haven’t played Sunshine until 3D All-Stars

[@Gamer-qw3ll]

@@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime same

[@chuganoga1908]

Because why would anyone? It’s just an extra game mode..

[@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY]

same. i also didn't get creeped out by luigi's static face

[@shannondonnelly2958]

Same. I just thought it was a cool minigame 😂

[@stevenn1940]

As somebody that works at a casino bar, they got an interesting detail right (I assume it's true for table games too, I'm in the bar after all): luigi clearing his hands after dealing. For the bar, whenever we do a transaction, or handle cash at all, we have to pull our hands away, and turn them over (called clearing your hands) to show to surveillance that we aren't holding on to any, nothing was palmed, etc. For more or less rhe same reason, we have to count out the money onto the countertop, rather than hand it back. A minor detail, but interestingly accurate

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I didn't wonder much about the casino, just imagined it being a separate casino dimension. I however really wanted to know what was in the rooms they were locked in..! Was it previously their bedrooms but used as cells?

[@Todadille]

I agree, swanky is asking entirely the wrong question. He does know that people who grew up with ds are able to suspend disbelief about the casino dimension

[@Timmothy_plays]

Maybe that's where the casino is! just imagine while you're not playing as Luigi he passes the time working in Peach's personal casino room.

[@Minersteev]

do you think peach would let wario sleep at the castle

[@TeruteruBozusama]

@@Minersteev she included him on her birthday cake, I'd say it's likely they're somehow friends.

[@gyrozeppeli5105]

Idk if anyone else thought this, but I always felt like there was someone else in the castle running around besides just the player. I used to go through doors and then walk out hoping to get a glimpse of who it was. I think I thought this due to a sound outside the castle in 64 DS that sounded like running foot steps. I usually heard it when I first start the game outside the castle. idk maybe I was just a dumb kid freaking myself out.

[@UndertaleFan-cx2mc]

*Super Mario 64 turns into a horror game*

[@corneliusc.carrot3474]

I thought I was the only one…

[@flaetsbnort]

every copy is personalized etc

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

SM64 is just a game that feels kinda freaky, the lack of music and totally empty rooms just have an ominous aura

[@iBenjamin1000]

spooked by your own character's footsteps (I've actually scared myself with my own footsteps)

[@TNTMusic5757]

I used Luigi’s casino in NSMB DS to make my friends jealous that that couldn’t beat my score with their copies of sm64 ds

[@-YELDAH]

Surprised he didn’t mention nsmb’s version of the casino at all

[@bdt2002gaming]

Me who’s been grinding to 9999 coins in Picture Poker whenever I’m bored these days:

[@pollydog]

I had a score of 5786 but my dad left my ds in Afghanistan ( I live in the us)

[@gengarzilla1685]

I'd like to imagine Waluigi is banned from this establishment for cheating.

[@Randoman590]

And he's made multiple unsuccessful attempts to circumvent the ban, so now there's a 'Banned' poster of him by the reception desk so everyone working there knows what's up

[@whiteiron2378]

OH man It looks like waluigi has blown all his money at the slots again...

[@unitatofamine9498]

To rebel being banned he created his own pinball game to compete with luigis casino

[@fids9472]

yeah he is

[@sarahvanrooyen7280]

Lol, he so would

[@PhantomDusclops92]

"Some sort of machine" That's the Pachinko level from Sunshine dude.

[@TheVideogamemaster9]

I was just looking to see if anyone else had pointed that out lol, idk how he didn't recognize it

[@t-bird6853]

@Danel the gamer 2. We'd all like to forget.

[@DiThi]

It's mirrored, but yes, it looks like Sunshine's Pachinko level from the back.

[@Dashiell777]

One thing I want you to cover is in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon. There is this tree house on top of a tree where you fight the second Possessor boss. I'm curious to what's inside of the treehouse of Haunted Towers

[@AdaTheWatcher]

I tought i was the only one who found it wierd there was light inside despite the fact that nothing even close to cables comes that high up

[@gyrozeppeli5105]

Dang I forgot about that.

[@gyrozeppeli5105]

@@AdaTheWatcher If there was light does that mean there are no ghosts inside I wonder?

[@Dashiell777]

@@gyrozeppeli5105 all I know is when you are fighting the staircase the light changes inside the treehouse

[@mustacheman529]

I know what you're talking about. I'd also like to know what's in there.

[@tiago0601]

“ Luigis casino” honestly sounds like a Mario party mini game

[@ianfinrir8724]

Goomba got a Casino in Mario Party 4. Why not Luigi?

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I think you can make an entire Mario party bored out of the concept really

[@tiago0601]

@@dissonanceparadiddle how am I apart of this in any way whatsoever

[@Eggb0i]

Did you mean board ? I am sorry if this sounded rude

[@tiago0601]

Guys I’m not talking about a board, I mean a mini game. If you still say “YoU mEaN a BoArD!!!!!!😡😡😡”stay mad it won’t help

[@PYC128]

9:05 You really didn't recognize this as Mario Sunshine's Pachinko Machine???? I've never seen this mod before and that came to mind instantly

[@JBLZFTW]

I was wondering why seemingly no one else had pointed that out

[@weegee9k656]

Maybe it’s a joke to make it seem like the Pachinko level never actually existed because of how bad it is

[@Timmothy_plays]

Fun fact! while Yoshi can't physically enter Wario's unlock stage, The boss has unique dialogue towards Yoshi!

[@MashupProductions22]

What does he say

[@biscuitslash5443]

@@MashupProductions22 "Hmm? I see you have no mustache. Poor, bald, little creature. It's not a fair fight for you, but luckily, I'm not a fair fighter. Let's go!" Then you defeat him, which is possible as Yoshi but a little harder iirc. "I simply cannot believe that I lost to a hairless pip-squeak like you! My mustache was my only joy. Now what am I going to do?" He really does love his mustache and it's kinda hilarious honestly.

[@anthonyjohn6520]

@@biscuitslash5443to be fair, it's a pretty fine stache

[@jraug44]

You can long jump at a precise angle in the corner between the right pillar and the wall as Yoshi to glitch through to the other side of the mirror or use a heaven's portal glitch by slide kicking into the corner on the second step in the room with the clock and door to the endless stairs to warp up really high and fall into the room behind the mirror. Normally unloaded rooms are invisible but if you fall into an unloaded room and leave the room through a door the room stays loaded and visible allowing you to see a room when you're falling into it.

[@bababooey3778]

i actually know this one glitch where i can easily clip through the mirror, its kinda simple (works on any character)

[@Scorch-SkittishMCJames813]

I personally just wonder how Nintendo thought of this minigame idea. They were just going along with ideas and then suddenly.. G A M B L I N G

[@Saeedfr8416]

They also reused some of it in New Super Mario Bros. For the ds

[@Grane1234]

@@Saeedfr8416 along with 4 player multiplayer for the minigames

[@marshallhorton7154]

All of the gambling in Mario games started in Super Mario Bros 2 (or Super Mario USA as its known in Japan) with a slot machine when you beat a level.

[@Scorch-SkittishMCJames813]

@@marshallhorton7154 Ah that's true..

[@williamdrum9899]

I wonder how many minigames are just employees' pet projects that get thrown in for shits and giggles. That's kind of how Wario Ware began funnily enough

[@elfiebranford9330]

I'm not surprised a monarchy like the Mushroom Kingdom has to crack down on gambling. People point fingers at Yoshi for tax fraud, but no one bats an eye at Luigi's hidden casinos.

[@pipebombmailer]

the great luigi massacre of 20XX

[@anarkxi]

theyre hidden idiot how can we call him out if we dont know where they are

[@Hailbot]

Thank you so much for featuring my mod! It is super cool to see so many people that share my interest in the casino Luigi ran for just a simple minigame. The idea behind my mod was "If you could look around the casino, what would you expect to see?". I've kinda had this mod on hold for a while now in favor of Super Mario Sunshine DS, but I think it would be fun to push another small update to Luigi's Casino Chaos this week. There are a lot of ideas I never got around to implementing like a slot machine level and my modding skills have improved an extreme amount since I last worked on it. My modeling shown in the video is really sloppy compared to what I am capable of now, but I'm glad you were able to look past that and see the vision I was going for back then! It is super awesome to see the content creators I've been watching for years shout out my projects, and is not something that I ever thought would happen when I started modding games. Seeing this video really put a smile on my face! Thanks again for making it!

[@Aether48]

when I was younger I played the DS version, so whenever I read about "unlocking Luigi in SM64" I was really confused. "what do you mean he doesn't exist? his door's right there! there are stars that are exclusive to his moveset!"

[@matthewrobinson1699]

If Mario's jaggered polygonal body is there it's the nintendo 64 classic if Mario is less jaggered polygonal is the ds

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

@@matthewrobinson1699 I didn’t know about the original 64 until I was older and could understand the concept of things outside my time period. It’s possible this person experienced something similar

[@Aether48]

@@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime yes

[@Aether48]

@@matthewrobinson1699 yes I understand that, I own 3d all-stars

[@CinnaSwirls]

You never wondered what that 64 in the title was all about? Actually, there's probably a lot of stuff I just didn't question as a kid, so that seems normal.

[@Goldskull_Mystic]

Ah yes, gambling. The first thing someone thinks and immediately says “Mario”

[@jrpalfreyman2896]

The year is 2029 mario is a gambling adict and has crippling debt luigi is the richest person alive from mario

[@1th_to_comment.]

I played the DS version and still do. Gambling is fun.

[@chasethemaster3440]

@@1th_to_comment. same Luigis definitely cheats though or I just suck at gambling or both

[@dnzl638yt]

Nintendo had their own gambling equipment back when it wasn't a video game brand

[@isaacpaintsemrouboanderline.]

@@1th_to_comment. when your name is "first to comment" but you are second

[@1Thunderfire]

I love how everyone pretty much loves Luigi's casino mini games. 🙂

[@bdt2002gaming]

Nintendo would lowkey make a f*** ton of money if they made a Luigi’s Casino minigame collection for the Switch. Sure, you’d have to bump the age rating up maybe, but who the heck listens to ratings anymore? Certainly not the same company that put Snake, Bayonetta, and Joker in their platform fighter, I’ll tell you that much.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Besides, us older gamers probably have more fond memories of Luigi's Casino anyway. The minigame collection would draw us in first even if it's rated E.

[@dombjomb]

Sm64ds was my first version of Mario 64, so I was always more invested in finding Waluigi in the game lol

[@ge0rgialiv]

Doing crazy things x62926 to try unlock him / all the rumours we heard

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

You can unlock him, just hack the game (Hey, never said it was legitimate)

[@ToppetREAL]

So you know about the fake 'purple prizes' thing on ign and nintendo power

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Go to its source code and find him, if he exists tho.

[@amongusamongus7994]

It be cool if the game actually allow you to play as Luigi BUT with the casino outfit

[@bdt2002gaming]

The Mario Kart Tour dev team looking for ideas for new pipe scouts: *”Write that down, write that down!”*

[@Gamer-qw3ll]

That would be a good alternate costume for Lugi in Smash

[@step1860]

Personally, I always wanted to go to the multiplayer room with the huge painting where the Yoshis stand by, waiting for you to select a map. I remember walking around the castle, hoping to find that location.

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

Interesting... I never really thought about that.

[@ChristopherMoom]

That custom Luigi's Casino level makes me really happy for the new ideas that Mario 64 modders will have now, but it also makes me sad over the fact that Luigi's Casino still hasn't gotten any sort of fanservice in current Mario games Weird that it hasn't gotten any fanservice at all, there's no way Nintendo doesn't know about the love for Luigi's Casino, but I guess the fans will have to do what Nintendon't

[@GamerShyUncut]

Nintendo doens't care what the fans want. They haven't cared for years. They only care about what'll get them money at this point.

[@hymnsoncheung1681]

well, they might night not like gambling in games, like how they deleted pokemon platinum's coin mini game in some versions

[@1Thunderfire]

Anti-gambling laws would have put a stop to that unfortunately. Nintendo can't be blamed for this one.

[@ManoredRed]

@@1Thunderfire Ye. Older games got away with things that would be hard to get away with again today.

[@Solibrae]

@@GamerShyUncut Sometimes doing what fans want is a good way make money.

[@DomiAnimations]

Honestly, I really hope these minigames come out on the Switch remastered as their own game with online and more, *that would be a dream.*

[@TheSquirrelyGhost]

Not happening because they remove anything gambling related. That’s why the game corner in Pokémon changed.

[@omnisystem6030]

Yes but with a Story mode as well

[@R8Spike]

Teen rated Mario game let's a go

[@ghoulchan7525]

Would get rated +18 in the EU

[@omnisystem6030]

@@ghoulchan7525 probably

[@rps1276]

Well, i didnt really wanted to go into Luigis Casino. I just felt that the casino is pretty darn cool!

[@toastyace219]

Bruh when he put "Swanky" and "box", I felt that

[@bdt2002gaming]

Swanky’s Box > Luigi’s Casino

[@econno8172]

I used to have dreams set in this casino as a kid

[@wendyvanmourik8285]

I thought that the casino was at mario party ds extra games

[@ManoredRed]

And now you own your own casino built in its image I assume

[@econno8172]

@@ManoredRed exactly

[@ToppetREAL]

@@wendyvanmourik8285 also in nsmb ds and sm64 ds

[@fids9472]

they werent dreams

[@StueyMaco]

Swankybox is literally saying that he looks "unmotivated and cold" but he's literally smiling the whole time

[@analogicparadox]

The "machine" at 9:00 looks like the pachinko minigame/secret level in sunshine. They probably just imported the geometry.

[@Robeebert]

I came here to post this

[@Hailbot]

Yes it is! In fact, I moved on to making Super Mario Sunshine DS after Luigi's Casino Chaos. My modeling skills have improved a lot since working on the Luigi's Casino stuff.

[@Robeebert]

@@Hailbot Very cool! Especially since your modeling skill wasn't too bad in that casino stuff!

[@Hailbot]

@@Robeebert My modeling skills for anything Luigi's Casino related is pretty bad compared to what I do now with Sunshine DS. I did a stream on my KZbin channel a few days ago where I tried fixing a lot of the problems with my old modeling and it just ended up being too much for me to fix up at the moment. I appreciate the compliment though! This was certainly the best I could do three years ago.

[@t-bird6853]

I think it's really cool how they managed to make such a small little section of a casino feel so alive. When I first played the minigames, I didn't even know that what I could see was all there was.

[@musicalguy9]

Weird story is that I got one less star in SM64DS than SM64

[@JopocaJ]

As a kid i thought that the casino was in the open, and honestly a chilly night in a casino in the open sounds like great time

[@Jacob39822Gaming]

Just thought i’d point out, that second machine was actually the pachinko machine from sunshine.

[@dominicbonogofski]

I have 3 things to say. 1. I actually enjoy Luigi's nice tux and tie, as well as how he feels bad for you when you lose coins, and how he gets excited for you when you gain coins. What a nice guy. He doesn't stare at you, really, he is just waiting patiently for you to decide what you will do, like the great man he is. 2. Nice belt for your shorts, Swanky. They look good on you. Also, your room looks nice as well. 3. SM64DS was the second way I experienced SM64, since my uncle has an N64 and SM64 as well, yet I have a stronger connection to SM64DS (probably because I owned a DS and the game, meaning I could play it whenever I wanted, not just when visiting my uncle). I have more memories of playing SM64DS.

[@Ultragamer63]

I remember as a kid I always thought this was outside and the ceiling was actually the night sky.

[@KittyKatty999]

Yoshi used all the moeny he saved from not paying his taxes, to indulge in Gambling Luigi's Casino.

[@protostar5946]

So, is that why Yoshi had to commit tax fraud? Ight cool lol.

[@donkarasu-9644]

Sorta unrelated, but thank you for including Grate Guy's Casino here. Playing Mario RPG for the first time on my Wii U, and I was painstakingly trying to locate it after a couple other NPCs mentioned it.

[@movezig5]

At one point I was actually quite engrossed in the rumors about obtaining the Triforce in Ocarina of Time. The early builds and cut beta content intrigued me too.

[@Nikopog]

Ok I admit. I have a Luigi gambling addition. The games were so fun. The one everyone hated was the photos one where you line the face up. But I had a trick to it. I'm not saying it tho.

[@aknight7642]

Spill it coward.

[@ToppetREAL]

@@aknight7642 ye

[@Omar_E11]

WHAT IS IT??

[@Nikopog]

Hint: don't do it in the order it wants you to do it.

[@ge0rgialiv]

My nan adored the matching game n stole my ds for hours god bless her // miss you everyday x

[@dualfusion47]

Gambling Luigi, why Luigi is my favorite character.

[@DJ_Dave]

Because he is an L for winner.

[@dualfusion47]

@@DJ_Dave precisely

[@OnePunchYume]

@@DJ_Dave "Wah" is also for winner.

[@Xigzagamer]

9:03 Nonono! Not the pachinko machine! (Super Mario Sunshine War flashbacks intensify...)

[@pokemontrainerelio3648]

For me, there were so many paintings that looked as though they had to be explored... Luigi's painting in the mirror room was one and that window in Peach's bedroom/sitting room with Mario's painting, oh and the window opposite Princess' Secret Slide.

[@TheZackofSpades]

I always really wanted to know who Toad was running those drinks to…

[@j-yoshi64_justcallmej]

I just want to see Luigi and Toad in those stylish outfits again

[@TheAdvertisement]

I was amazed when I first realized that my Super Mario 64 DS game was actually based off of a game that already existed, the original Super Mario 64. The differences between these games are somehow so simple and yet so big at the same time.

[@simonthebelievierbogalo4ab426]

Casino Luigi - Third of Darby's Brothers

[@Urist_Mythrilforged]

You get into the casino through the star painting.

[@takyuumi]

When I was younger whenever Toad stopped and looked a the camera I always talked to him and ordered drinks.

[@MartyTuro]

Bro I did the same thing 😂

[@DeerBonesBaby]

I remember gathering around my friends at sleepovers, each with our own ds, as we gambled with potato chips while playing this minigame on NSMBDS

[@Cilvathorne]

Waluigi needs a casino now

[@AUSans101]

lol

[@canimates2020]

Yes

[@sansthedarkmodeskeleton8440]

Nah, he has a slot machine the size of a large stadium

[@Plutoniumcube]

When I was younger, I sometimes wondered what would happen if some transitory room I was in, like the school gym or a waiting room, detached from the main building and just started floating into the void of space, and I was stuck there doing whatever I was doing with the random strangers that were there. I never had much inquiry about Luigi’s Casino, but it feels like that type of place- an odd corner of the Earth swimming through the ether forever.

[@ShelbyAQD]

So, while this wasn't a rumor to my knowledge, I was always intrigued by the Chao Gardens in Sonic Adventure 2. They're just small, isolated maps with invisible walls to keep you in bounds, but as a kid I liked to imagine there was a way to climb up the mountain in the Neutral garden and reach the other two directly. There wasn't, obviously, but it was a nice daydream.

[@Crimson-Hat]

Oh man just seeing the thumbnail makes me want to grab my copy and pop it in for some Picture Poker and slots.

[@lilyg.2205]

Makes me want to go stare at my leaderboard with all perfect scores in Coincentration.

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

I think I won about nearly 10K in one of these Luigi mini games over the years of childhood.

[@shalekthewise]

When I was a kid, people told me you can go through the picture/glass of Peach in the front of the castle above the front entrance by using the invisible ability to reveal a secret room. I tried this for days hoping that one time it would magically work but I gave up and later found out it was never possible. I was sad but it was still fun trying lol.

[@seansquiers6506]

Mario 64 DS was the first game I ever owned and one of the first I ever played. I never thought about the whole casino level thing. But I tried for HOURS to get up to the stained glass window of Peach in the front of the castle because my brother convinced me Waluigi was behind it...I remember somehow making it up there once (Luigi backflip goated) and the window being solid and I was so crushed 😂

[@KurtisBlack]

As a kid, I went to hospital with a broken leg and they had a N64 in there. That was my first and only time I got to play the original SM64 as a child, and I didn't get to play it for long, so I had a very faint and warped memory of it. Years later when they released SM64DS, I played it and it felt like a completely different game because I'd made up all these obsure memories of the original that were not at all accurate. It's so weird, because I've played both versions so many times now, but that copy I played in hospital still feels like a completely different game due to the way I remember it. You can see why people joke about the personalised copy thing.

[@EnricosUtLP]

I never cared for Luigi's Casino as a kid, I was all about the rumors of Waluigi though. I also made up my own fake areas, I used to be convinced there was a secret room if you jumped through the stained glass window from the inside of the main room of the castle.

[@PhilipGamez]

It would’ve been cool to see a level like this in the game! Maybe someone out there is making a ROM Hack right now… 😬😬😬

[@breach4135]

I love how Swanky makes a whole novella behind something as simple as a casino minigame

[@funtimemarioman]

Me and the boys getting a gambling addiction through Luigi casino

[@mr.tidbit1062]

The mysterious painting is also the wallpaper to the third floor of the castle

[@Justadude4407]

Oh cool

[@Iraxvii]

I played the original first, but only when I was a little kid and was at some kind of sick child daycare. I had a fever, so a lot of the memories of that game that I have are weird. I remember playing 64 DS and liking that one too.

[@unearthlyfromage2297]

I played the DS version as a kid but, the game itself was too hard for me so I just played all the minigames like Luigi's Casino. I have no memories of any of the levels, but the sound of the minigame music is seared into my brain.

[@aurafox1]

Mario 64 was before my time, so I didn't really grow up with the mystery of "L is real" and the like. My big mystery was the idea that Waluigi could be unlockable in the game. I knew, obviously, Waluigi wasn't in the game. The screenshots were obviously fake and the fourth door was already used to get a power star. What intrigued me the most, though, was all the videos covering Waluigi at the time put a peculiar focus on this mysterious passageway visible on the castle wall on the title screen. Knowing what I do now, this was probably an accidental leftover from an earlier build with a passageway in the wall like that, but the passage was removed before the final release. Still, as a kid, I could only see it as some sort of hint at a secret that nobody yet understood.

[@Zinaius]

Funnily enough, 64 DS was my first video game ever, but now, one of my favorite games of all time is 64. I just can't go back to 64 DS, because of the D pad controls and no auto sprint. Maybe an emulator would help-

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Wasn't there no auto sprint on most 2d Mario games and mostly just hold the button to run and to also hold objects? I think SM64DS's gameplay is based on that, except the holding objects part.

[@Zinaius]

@@ArjunTheRageGuy Yeah it probably was, and the fact that the d pad isn't analog so you couldn't choose between walk or run with it also prompted that. Its just kinda annoying jumping from y to a for doing literally anything.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

@@Zinaius I mean, the movement on the D-Pad looks like using the WASD or arrow keys on a PC. So... yeah.

[@TMan978]

I think my imagination was dead when I was playing this. Not only did I never think there was a secret casino over him anywhere in the game but I never even noticed that Luigi didn't blink.

[@SterbiusMcGurbius]

And that's why losing all my rent money to Luigi will always be one of my Pixel Portals.

[@Gryphon1-1]

I'm pretty sure this was the entire reason for me wanting to build a entire Super Mario theme park, with the casino either in or around it. This was back in the day I didn't know copyright infringement was a thing, and I had such grand ideas for what rides would go where.

[@tamtam21801]

It’s too bad we didn’t have a full Casino the far left is cut in half

[@lieden3690]

I may have an interesting find for super Mario Galaxy. I was attempting to beat the level without raising the platforms as Luigi (didn’t succeed in that) but when I got to the highest platform I could, Luigi did a unique backflip dive animation that I couldn’t recreate anywhere else, maybe I’m just dumb but, who knows. Thought this would be the best place to share

[@bk7064]

You're my favorite Nintendo KZbinr. Everything you create always relates to how I feel/felt towards these game. Especially one's like Luigi's Mansion.

[@mappam3160]

Loved this game

[@Noahmediacorner]

I would love if they had a casino in Mario Movie 2

[@isenokami7810]

I think you mentioned it in passing, but one rumor I’d love you to cover is unlocking Waluigi in SM64DS. I think it went like this: get all 150 stars so you can go to the castle roof, then grab the Wing Cap and fly into a specific part of the castle wall. You’ll know which bit to bonk because, on the file select screen, the mirrored image on the castle shows an entrance there. Once you go through, you do something that floods the castle grounds, and turns the stained glass Peach into a portal. Go through it, there’s Waluigi. Naturally, this rumor is false, and none of the steps are possible…but the part about seeing an opening in the castle wall on the file select screen is actually true. Sadly, there’s just nothing there if you check it out in game.

[@wantedwario2621]

I used to play this minigame and pretend that i was on vacation

[@AngelSamael]

Looking back, it's kind of odd that Luigi's Mansion 3 DIDN'T have a Casino floor considering that they were probably pretty strapped for ideas when they decided that a Medieval Times theme park would fit in with a hotel.

[@greenlightning6803]

Luigi has more swag than waluigi will ever have

[@thebeerclanlol]

I hate that I've worked at a casino for so long that I notice when Luigi is clearing his hands for security.

[@-Tomura-]

Man you don’t know my level of respect for Swankybox… I love these videos so much I think he is soooo underated :( don’t worry Swanky, keep pushing through your half way to 1 mill!

[@yeboizubat]

I know at the beginning you had said you always wondered where the star painting sent you. As we could see in the casino minigames, there was a starry background. Maybe those paintings could've sent you to the casino.

[@rangedweevil6150]

You just brought back so many memories by mentioning the hunt for waluigi in sm64ds

[@jeroenboth167]

I have always loved these little details from the developers, these videos and their coverage on these subjects. 3:45 is my childhood minigame

[@AUSans101]

heh

[@gamerluke6248]

How the heck did you know what was at 3:45? They vid came out like 2 minutes ago. You physically didn’t have time to get to 3:45

[@econno8172]

@@gamerluke6248 lol

[@AUSans101]

@@gamerluke6248 lol

[@jeroenboth167]

@@gamerluke6248 I skipped the commercial like I do with all videos haha

[@Max-256]

I was born in 2005 so I experienced 64 DS first but to this day I still like the original a bit more

[@donkarasu-9644]

I actually got addicted to these mini-games as a kid on Mario 64 DS/New Super Mario Bros. Thanks, Luigi.

[@finalroyal6871]

I've always wondered why Luigi's casino was a strange place for Luigi to be.

[@Segaman456]

Im a little confused he says luigi's casino only appeared in 64 ds but it actually showed up in the minigames of new super mario bros on the ds too.

[@ToppetREAL]

That's how I play it

[@firstnamelastname-md3wy]

Hey, I made that Secret Slide wiki shown in the video and also the page. I was NOT expecting some random rip-off of MIPS Hole I made out of sheer boredom last year that literally started as a massive joke to show up in a video. That's really cool!

[@iamwillisaclown]

i can confirm this IS the creator

[@scribblecloud]

okay but luigi in his lil suit is literally the cutest thing ever

[@elaceo546]

im gambling addicted because of Luigi

[@VocaPigeon]

A rumour i was obsessed with was that we could secretly unlock waluigi if we tried hard enough with Yoshi's door

[@RoninCatholic]

You know the secret aquarium in the Jolly Roger Bay room and how the hole on the other side of the room just has a 1-up in it? Me and my younger cousin were practically obsessed with breaking that hole and going into another completely nonexistent level. Or with breaching the dimensional barrier between real life and the shared world of videogames.

[@NickNackItaliano777]

Luigi's deathly stare is nothing compared to the ultra creepy look he has at the end of the Luigi's Mansion E3 2001 preview video

[@HusbandofLois]

I played this on New Super Mario Bros but I loved the idea of this. I always wanted to have cocktails with Luigi and Toad and feel whatever drinking alcohol felt like

[@3bay]

Luigis casino sounds like luigis later in life job where he tells story’s to those here of the mushroom kingdom

[@robertlauncher]

Luigi’s working for the Corleone casinos. The Don made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.

[@kyatto2]

Helixsleep just HAS to appear as soon as I ordered and recieved my bed

[@kero8136]

I remember the rumors of the white door being the secret unlock door for Waluigi, and I spent countless hours trying to get it to work because I just expected that fourth door to have a character behind it. 6 year old me knew no better lol