Mario's INVISIBLE SHIP? The Mysteries, Discoveries, & Nostalgia of Jolly Roger Bay | Pixel Portals

[@cisco2847]

I love how u aren't told what any of the worlds really are. They are really just like paintings. U decide for urself what these places are and what emotions they evoke from u.

[@jurisfootrag]

That was fucking beautiful, man.

[@MrGamelover23]

Deep, man.

[@jack-gb3uq]

I mean you don't really decide where paintings are but I get what you mean

[@cisco2847]

@@jack-gb3uq I don't mean where they are. I mean what they are since u aren't told what these worlds really are. There's so many mysteries behind these worlds such as the abandoned town in Wet Dry World. Of course, the creators may have their own meanings just like artists of paintings, but realistically, u aren't told anything, so u decide for urself what everything means.

[@gamersinacontainer]

Franception Gaming man, the sunken town was so cool to me as a kid. I always wondered what happened to it.

[@GahoneArt]

You don't get the physics right. There can be a cave under water with no water in it. As long as it has no other exit where air could escape the room. Fill a bathtub with water. Then turn a glass upside down and put it into it. You see that it creates a dry room. As long as you don't let the air escape.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Which still isn't the case for that area.

[@zilverplayer8805]

@@GeorgeDCowley Yes it IS the case, because the cave IS closed, so the air cant escape.

[@PhirePhlame]

@@GeorgeDCowley Air still tends upwards too strongly to escape any more than it already has. The opening would need to be at the top on order to completely submerge the cave.

[@kingofflames738]

What if the sunken ship was once a flying ship like the one in the Rainbow level. Not the same of course but similar.

[@paulgrotebeverborg1119]

I thought that too

[@the_lava_wielder6996]

Its there because the developers had it in the level so to make unseeable they made it invisible

[@blackcat09tails55]

I didn't realize someone beat me to this idea before I posted my comment

[@johnnythed1175]

Yes, I'm sure they were so deep in the lore at the time 🙄

[@p-upd-downp6092]

Johnny Dee101 🔇

[@Shades14236]

Finding your channel has been the most odd experience for me. Having these thoughts as a child was a very lonely experience, especially when I would go onto message boards and get largely ignored when seeking like-minded people. Knowing someone else, if just one person, exists like me in that regard is so satisfying, and I look forward to hearing more from you on subjects like this. And you also sent a shiver down my spine at the mention of how this level's music inspired you to play piano. Cause yeah, me too. But maybe that's just a common thought process. I remember listening to this song on repeat at Max volume on my computer's speakers back in the day. It soothes me to no end, even now that I've found arguably better songs for that like Stickerbush Symphony.

[@josiahschiewe9618]

Stickerbush Symphony is the only song that beats Jolly Roger Bay's theme, for me.

[@JaKingScomez]

@@josiahschiewe9618 not even the the opening song for super Mario 3d world.

[@josiahschiewe9618]

Super Bell Hill? Eh... I'm not crazy about big band, to be perfectly honest. That is one of the relatively few big band numbers I like, but I'm generally more fond of music that strikes me as 'beautiful' or 'emotional' than upbeat pieces like the vast majority of Mario fare. That's why Jolly Roger Bay's theme is so memorable to me--it's not like most Mario music. And that's probably also why I like most Donkey Kong music more than most Mario music.

[@M1GarandMan3005]

This was my favorite course in Super Mario 64. I remember as a kid being obsessed with The Little Mermaid and fantasizing about meeting Ariel down in the waters and being at her grotto with treasures untold. God, please give me back that moment in my life! I'll do anything just to be a kid in the late 1990's and the early 2000's again!!!!

[@M1GarandMan3005]

This was my favorite course in Super Mario 64. I remember as a kid being obsessed with The Little Mermaid and fantasizing about meeting Ariel down in the waters and being at her grotto with treasures untold. God, please give me back that moment in my life! I'll do anything just to be a kid in the late 1990's and the early 2000's again!!!!

[@Maelys_ACNH]

I never could put my finger on why, but as a child I was terrified of this level. It wasn't the eel for sure, in fact I kinda liked the eel in my childhood, but the level as a whole used to really scare me. Maybe it was just he ambiance.

[@thompsonator4696]

Ya I used to be to and even few years later when I'd play minecraft for the first time I'd be scared of ever going in the water. Then a few more year I would feel I I couldn't breath in water skyrim.. I mean I used to swim a lot and can go over bridges of water just fine but maybe it was just my childish self. Oh and before anyone tells me yes I'm going to play Subnautica one day..

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was afraid.

[@septicsoldier1324]

blanc uoɥɔ ǝɥʇ this level used to scare the living shit out of me as a kid

[@zzheiroh]

Sounds like thalassophobia to me.

[@BigNateDoggOG]

The only thing that still scares me today in the game is when you go a star or locked door and hear Browser's theme and laugh. I used to scream when I heard that.

[@slimebuck]

lol it is such an easy explanation to as how the ship got there. The water level was higher and then WHOLE level was under water at one point. the pirates used the hidden caves (which had air in them) to store their treasure. (hence the cave with chests in it) The pirates either left the boat, or died, or something, and years later the water lowered to the point the boat could no longer get out.

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

You really are amazing at recreating nostalgia. The charm of your videos is fantastic and I've loved them before I even had the chance to meet you through the minus world KZbinrs. Please, set aside that time to realize your dreams of piano

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

TJ / Henry Yoshi Have you built up speed for 200 hours yet?

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

TJ / Henry Yoshi In all seriousness do you like the memes?

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

When brought up in a context which is completely irrelevant, I do not like it. Aside from those scenarios, I do not have any reason to dislike them.

[@videoswithrobs2844]

You were a meme for luigi balloon world

[@ozziesmith7568]

TJ / Henry Yoshi Why Hello TJ, W How Is Life? It Is Been A While...

[@forwardtothepast2411]

a cave underwater filled with air is possible if the air cannot escape, meaning if you stayed in there for too long, you would suffocate

[@TheGiroth123Hey123Hi]

The floating ship is just some kind of placeholder for the sunk version of the ship, that`s why its only visible the first time

[@servancastillo986]

The ship model was probably culled in there because like the black boxes that are often found hidden, maybe the level had a bug and leaving the asset hidden there, allowed the level to not have the glitch. Those things happen. But that's just my thought on a possibility.

[@jimvervoort621]

2:08 i see bup on the left

[@josiahschiewe9618]

Jolly Roger Bay is, to this day, my favorite location in a Mario game, probably in a video game period. I played the DS version growing up, so the sky was dark and foggy every time I went there. That just sort of added to the dreamy feel of the stage. It's still always my favorite part of a Mario 64 playthrough. Also, the music. I could listen to that song for hours. It's by far my favorite 'underwater' track in a video game, even beating out Aquatic Ambiance.

[@AGrayPhantom]

Maybe the floating ship is the actual ship that Mario gets inside of?

[@zephyrdoesnothing293]

AGrayPhantom no because it does not have collition (sorry i have bad spelling...)

[@andymadden8183]

Yes, although as was mentioned before, the ship does not have collision.

[@michaelwilliams7140]

@@andymadden8183 Also it's a different area and not like a door

[@orokro_stuff]

collision can be turned off just like its visibility was turned off. its obvi the same ship from the bottom, and the devs just move/hide it in levels where its not needed

[@rustyxd343]

its probably there for temp storage later they will move it, turn on collision, and visibility for the next star

[@TehCheat3]

I took a look at the code the object ran and it's actually quite interesting. It really IS a "Ghost Ship." It's a very simple object that does one thing, it changes its transparency dynamically as mario gets closer/further from the object. At distances greater than 10000, it's hardcoded to cap out at ~55% opacity, and gets lower as mario gets closer to the object. However, the object also explicitly hides its own model every frame, which is why you can't ever see it despite it being active in Act 1. I've created a gameshark code that No-op's the instruction responsible for hiding the ship so you can see it for yourself (make sure to enable it before entering JRB, and select act 1 of course.) The best way to see the effect is to open the cannon and then shoot at it. 812C1CB4 0000 812C1CB6 0000

[@LeonLian]

I think the cave could theoretically exist, if it was air tight, I mean, have to ever held a cup upside down in a pool of water? The air can't escape.

[@MugiwarasNakama]

Underwater caves do exist and theres many of them scattered throughout the ocean. They are rare but do exist

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@vulkan435 The air does not get down there, in those cases the air was in the place before the water, and when the water floors, science the air has no place to escape, remains there

[@Karagianis]

Has to be caused by rising water levels, if the air can't escape from the top of the cave the water can't enter from bellow.

[@GeneralNickles]

It's really more about air pressure than anything. The pressure exerted by the air has to be greater than the pressure exerted by water pushing the air against the cave walls. Remember, air is compressible, but water isn't. As water levels raise, the air in the cave that has no where to go will be compressed by the pressure of the water, but as some point the pressures equalize and the water stops raising.

[@seanmartin8662]

Leonard Liandro bygg

[@DavinDaGeek]

Wet Dry World was my fave as a child, I remember spending all day in that location going from area to area and diving into the water from high places without any consequences, and then discovering the whole new location in the underwater tunnel.

[@fruityfuzzball]

What if this was meant for a star called “The Ghostly Ship in the Sky”, but got scrapped? And the only thing that was left of the star was the ship’s model with no collision. Maybe, King Boo could’ve been a boss for this place, or a pirate ghost boss.

[@TheBrister]

I wish the pirate ship was bigger and had interior floors that could have been explored rather than being totally hollowed out.

[@reyrico5807]

I'm pretty sure that ship is just a developer Technic. Like what I do on my custom maps. You hide an object some where and set the value to 0 so it can not be scene. When the object is ready to be used. It switched places with the chosen object. That's also why it's tilted because the value is changed to make it look like it sunk under water.

[@olivius8891]

As a kid, the hallway into the first Bowser battle interested me. I always thought that at the end of that hall. There would be something special. One time I had a dream that at the end of the hall to the right. There was a painting with wiggler in it. I don't know what would be in it, but it was an awesome concept. I had another dream that in an unseen part of the castle, there was a whole new floor to explore. The floor was decorated like the Tiny Huge Island room. Minus the paintings. There was also a white star with a mustache, general of the mushroom kingdom army. If only this was a rom hack. I would love to see the day.

[@Jjones-uz6ni]

amazing dream bro☺

[@olivius8891]

Thanks.

[@janeistired3921]

That's so cool. Somebody should make this!

[@olivius8891]

@@janeistired3921 I know, I wish it could be done. Sorry about any spelling mistakes, I typed this on mobile, and the autocorrect messed things up.

[@chromosoze]

then make your own rom hack

[@ChristopherMoom]

Invisible ship? That does *naut* sound real.

[@jacknation1141]

Ba dum spshhhhhhh

[@exterminator9676]

If you like jokes like that you'll love T--

[@tbodragonshy2608]

When did you just suddenly transition from being that one guy on all of Chugga's videos to seemingly showing up everywhere..? Or were you always showing up everywhere and I just didn't notice until now?

[@ChristopherMoom]

@@tbodragonshy2608 **Thinking Emoji**

[@ligsayfamily766]

Great yolk!

[@Isaac_E_M]

It is possible that there were originally no rocks guarding the bay and that the water was connected to a larger area. This means that the ship could have crashed there and over the years as the rocks formed around the area that it had crashed.

[@Jopo1226]

Possible

[@Jopo1226]

A few other things is that it could be an airship that crashed. Being Airships are also a thing in the Mushroom Kingdom, but also a caved in ship like in the movie the goonies.

[@Isaac_E_M]

@@Jopo1226 I never thought about that. That is really interesting.

[@hannahblespecter5325]

I know this is an old video, but I have such a complex relationship with this level. When I was little it terrified me, like it did so many others I guess? I had no idea it was such a popular opinion. I was also terrified of water levels. I also visited the fish tanks outside the painting. But it also fascinated me, and was really peaceful. I love the music. And now its one of my biggest nostalgia trips. When I play today I visit the level a lot. Can you love something and be terrified of it all at the same time? Cause I think thats how I felt about it.

[@anotheraccountididntneedto7222]

I want a sequel to this game taking place back inside the castle, but with more rooms, more corridors, more to do, a bunch more stars to collect (like 500), more secrets, new paintings, creepier locations, larger areas/levels, and a darker, more serious tone while keeping the same kinds of atmospheres and adding more of the same magic to them. I want it to be more intense, and I want it to be scary at times.

[@Bubbafanforever]

I want it to be super mario 64 ds except more stuff

[@LunaSDominni]

That eel was the first non-horror thing in a game that scared me as a child lol. I remember being absolutely afraid to go back under the water so I'd jump into the level and just stand on the beach enjoying music. Speaking of music Donkey Kong Country 2 had my favorite underwater music it in its first underwater level. But this one is a close second.

[@XpRnz]

Everything about this game was magical back in the day.

[@Edscratch23469]

I always assumed the Captain's name was Jolly Roger and this was his bay along with the boat and treasures.

[@alphadown1670]

6:26 This made my day

[@ShadowSora8491]

I think my favourite course in Super Mario 64 has to be either Wet-Dry World, or Rainbow Ride. I always enjoyed the mechanics of the changing water levels in the former and the atmosphere in the latter.

[@exterminator9676]

I think of it as a painting, and when you jump into that painting it turns into a fully fleshed world. And since it's a painting it doesn't necessarily need to make sense. The only thing I can't explain is why after the pirate ship raises the painting still shows it sunk, but then again you can visit the old stage too (at least I think so?) so maybe that's why.

[@null3007]

Actually you can have a dry cave under water as long as the air has nowhere else to go. Because air is still matter, it isn't a vacuum just because it invisible, which means that the air would stop the water from entering due to pressure. If you had a very large box with a hatch, put that box in a body of water completely submerged with the hatch on the bottom, and open the hatch, you'd notice that the air wouldn't escape and you'd have a sort of air bubble under water.

[@DragonstarFighter]

Deep underwater caves that are dry inside do in fact exist, and logically can as long as they are air-tight

[@drakath5727]

Fun fact in the recent PannenKoek Uncommentated video! That ship actually has a translucent appearance when its made visible and it gets more translucent the closer you get.

[@josephsteinberg1820]

Suggestion/Idea. :: How could an abandoned/sunken ship end up in a caldera with sea water and animals? Simple. It is a sea volcano. Most of Earths volcanos are actually on the sea floor. So, there is a dormant undersea volcano. Then, plate movements slowly push it higher and higher until the rim is above the surface. At some point, the rim was high enough to breach the surface, but it was still low enough that there was sea access on one side, or a high wave could crash over it ... taking a ship with it ... with no way to get out again. If you imagine the ocean as far as you can see outside those spiky walls, it makes perfect sense. Just a lonely caldera poking out of the sea in the middle of nowhere with a long forgotten ship trapped inside. It could actually happen. No "Magic Transportation" required. Just a Thought.

[@princessoscar3089]

It's kinda scary when your face shows up periodically!!! :o I watched a lot of your vids where your face was never even in it! :D

[@joshlb9613]

The music is so calming.

[@camo6465]

Why hasn’t Pannenkoek2012 talked about the invisible ship? That seems right up his alley

[@nickblinko5677]

He's working on a video getting to the ship in 0.5 A presses.

[@theSato]

the ship isn't actually 'in the game', it's not interactable or relevant in any way to playing the game or the A button challenge or anything like that, so its not really something he cares about

[@randiclark6940]

I know right

[@Pichuscute]

He speedruns? It wouldn't make sense for him to talk about it.

[@DJNeoncat]

He will possibly get to it.

[@SkyCharger001]

A. Perhaps we only play JRB during the low tide while the ship arrived during high tide. (many real-life wrecks were caused by navigating too far into rocky-at-low terrain) B. What you say about water-levels only works when both water-surface-points connect to the same 'air-pocket', but the cave is not connected to the main 'air-pocket', making it more like an empty glass that has been pushed upside down into the water and less like a siphoning-tank that's placed too high.

[@gamerben5284]

I know I am late but if you put your game in a boundary expansion then extra code gets put in. So that ship might not be real.

[@Devilsnevercry43]

Great stuff man, i have so many memories of exploring every inch of this game as well as mario kart 64. Good old times when we were happy and we didn't know it !

[@SPG64]

Love your channel SwankyBox can you read this comment, or does this comment have no collision?

[@SwankyBox]

Just tested it! My hands didn't pass through my keyboard!

[@SPG64]

Okay because as kid I have always wondered if it had collision. Let's take a closer look.

[@abrahamdoucette]

@@SwankyBox you saw the comment on the keyboard?

[@tylervxxx9256]

you're making me wanna fire up the good old n64. cool video 👍

[@somegal-89]

If the ship is only in the air on the first star it’s probably loaded in because it has to be stored somewhere in the level for the subsequent stars. I would be interested in if other objects are handled this way, like Bowser’s sub.

[@SammEater]

You know what is funny? I have a friend who is basically way better than me on Super Mario 64, but she is not the type to watch videos about games or anything, basically she is super casual about gaming and is only good with SM64 because she grew up playing it. All this talk about the iceberg is funny to her, because all this "weird feeling about levels" go way past her head, to her these levels are just fun nostalgic levels. No weird "auras" or anything.

[@Claydood]

I sort of felt the same way about this level along with the abandoned town in Wet Dry World.

[@henstudios_official6498]

I always liked jolly roger bay, and I go back to it every once in a while

[@Gruntilda-Winkybunion]

i love these kind of videos! thank you swanky

[@JohnDoe-om5ho]

I remember first seeing the giant eel, ive never noped so fast out of that level

[@Ian64]

So my theory with SM64’s worlds is that they are paintings. Of course. But they are paintings of already-existing locations in Mario’s world (case in point Whomp’s Fortress is a painting of Throwback Galaxy), also the boss paintings in Odyssey paintings of the bosses found in Odyssey. Of course some, more abstract locations in 64 could be abstract paintings not based on any locations in-mario-universe. (Rainbow Ride, Wet Dry World, the secret courses perhaps.) In fact, it could be really cool if Nintendo ever does a “reimagining” of 64’s concept. Some really interesting levels could be set inside totally abstract Picasso-like paintings.

[@k42uy4]

by far my favorite map has to be Wet-dry land .. I could spend hours just in/-decreasing the water level and depending on that either jump or dive around . but never had shown much interest in the 2nd part of the map. . the music also was my favorite and these water spiders..

[@darrianmann2249]

The ghost ship is just the ship you see in later levels so the devs just made it invisible to hide it

[@ilovemybeard3394]

4:36 I wouldn't mind living in this comfortable space too...with a comfy bed and some really good snacks in a baggie I am good to go.

[@MemesnShet]

This game wasn’t part of my childhood but because of the passion you talk about this and how do you present it it made me feel it and think about the games that I actually played in my childhood.

[@MetroAndroid]

You're rekindling Pixel Portals?! Thank you! It's how I discovered this channel :D

[@SkyCharger001]

I've been thinking, what if Jolly Roger Bay was part of a now defunct theme park? It would explain the presence of the ship as theming that sank from lack of maintenance. (and the star inside seems like a good fit for a kid's attraction)

[@MarMaxGaming]

Huge fan of the ambience and overall feel of Jolly Roger Bay. It makes me think of when I was maybe 7 years old and my friend got an N64 with Mario 64. It’s so interesting to think of Mario 64 in that same light when everything was still new, exciting, surprising, and unknown... when it would take literally an hour or more just to get a couple stars. I remember their giant tube TV just looking beautiful with these new graphics. The tidbit about the fog is interesting! I always remember the fog but would realize that it disappeared and wasn’t sure why. This is still one of my favorite songs to listen to while at work while doing tasks or under the influence. Just makes me want to get into a sleeping back and play.

[@tavenyh3671]

I actually love to sleep to this soundtrack and wake up to it.✨

[@machzero1471]

I had no idea the ship was also in the sky when you put it into an editor. I just started playing this game again, and there's so much nostalgia to it!! I love how you are comparing it to Super Mario RPG, which I would never have thought of :)

[@linkgamer7152]

Swanky: loves water level Mario Community: you're fired

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm824]

This video is so calm and good just like the level. Good job. You should make the same thing for other levels. Maybe Hazy Maze Cave? I also enjoyed you telling us things about your life.

[@obsoleteworlds]

The best thing about the music is how the audio develops and evolves as you progress to newer areas. That was considered a key selling point of cartridges at the time as it was believed that such a smooth transition would be impossible with CDs.

[@gdarcticwolf6226]

The ship could very well be there to save data. In the first star, the game could copy the ship’s model down under the water, but the game glitches and didn’t hide the ship’s original model. In the second star, the game could move the ship down into the water on the surface. I’m not sure though.

[@khirek5335]

I can play this song on piano and my brother always sings along when I do so. It's so wholesome seeing a 23 year old humming his favorite childhood game's soundtracks

[@t.thiessen5855]

the sunken ship could have been one of bowser's flying ships that fell on it's way to or from peach's castle

[@magnum567134]

Despite the cool imagery and soft music, I NEVER felt relaxed in this area as a kid. I always felt panicked in water levels in any game and the giant eel freaked me out. Funny how different things seem now

[@kojekotake4524]

A while back ago someone at Nintendo confirmed that the ghost ship in super Mario world is one of the flying ships in smb3

[@cosplaymemories1487]

My two favourite levels were Tik-Tok Clock and Bomb-ombs Battlefield. But the music in the while game, including the file screen were the best. I used to turn on Super Mario 64 when I didn't feel well or wanted to relax or sleep and leave it on the file select screen. The music was a pure lullaby- just like Jolly Rodgers Bay. :3 Sweetest and fond memories of that. :3 ❤

[@biscuitbaby6659]

You are doing this world a service. Thank you

[@budgetinsomniac665]

i go back to this video a lot, its been my favorite ever since i first watched it

[@dozerfarms]

The way the ship got there is actually quite interesting. So what happened is one day in late 1995, SMG4 was creating a video. In the video, SMG4 and Mario were going to get a tour of a semi-retired pirate ship. As the Cap'N was giving SMG4, Mario, and the rest of the gang along with some other tourists a tour of the ship, Mario strayed from the path. He eventually found himself behind the controls of the vessel and, not being able to help himself at the sight of all the flashy buttons, accidentally started the boat. As known, Mario can do the impossible (like lighting a forest on fire with no possible way to even start a fire) as long as SMG4 is not watching. Given SMG4 was in the engine room with the rest of the group, Mario managed to accidentally start the boat, put it in gear, and crash-land in Jolly Roger Bay. All of SMG4's video footage was destroyed in the crash, the Cap'N was severely injured, limped his treasure to the cave and secured it before he eventually died and his corpse was later turned into one of the goombas in the cave by Bowser sometime around 1996.

[@LikaLaruku]

Yeah, it's my favorite song for the game too. & the better the song is, the more nostalgic the level is.

[@TheCreepypro]

nice to see that pixel portal video again it is still as good as I remember it

[@dillzilla4454]

8:40 that isn't true. all you need to do is make it impossible for the oxygen to escape. this will allow you to have an underwater cave that isn't flooded. So yes it is difficult, it's not impossible

[@FaithOfZaros]

Regarding the air-filled chamber in the cave : It's actually possible to do that. True, it would be filled with water if air had an exit other than the entrance (where water and Mario come in from) This is called Bernoulli's Law and it allows for air pockets to exist since air being less dense than water cannot push it's way through water to create a void for the water to fill. So yeah, your childhood dreams of a sub-sea level chamber are still possible? Just mind that the lower the air pocket is, the stronger water pushes against it so..local atmospheric pressure in that air pocket might be several tens of hundreds of times that of sea-level air. Love the nostalgia!

[@mrgeephonk4289]

as a kid for the 1st time entering this level swimming down to the ship, seeing that EEl with his big eye and spiky sharp teeth, in panic i paused the game and exited the level.. then that sound of Mario returning to the center of the castle was a sense of relief.... clankers cavern in Banjo kazooie did that to me too.. lol those were the 90s.

[@CJAFTER5]

Unrelated to mario, but i was a huge minecraft nerd for a really long time and its because as a kid i was a big fan of tree houses (still am) and always wanted one, so as soon as i realized on minecraft i could make a treehouse i immediately got hooked into the game, not to mention im the creative type i love drawing and coming up with ideas so it was really cool to me that I could make my house look however i wanted, so that sort of childlike wonder kept me hooked! xD 90% of my houses were tree houses, i had pirate ship houses too, which was why i was reminded of this story lol I spent so much time playing this game that the music from it makes me relaxed and happy :)

[@PSIkid]

My favourite area in Super Mario 64 has to be Wet Dry World. For me, standing at the highest point of the town and gazing up at the shining sun and the clear blue sky is one of the most breathtaking things in the game. The submerged town also intrigues me, and like Jolly Roger Bay, it raises a few questions. Who originally inhabited the town? How did it end up underground? Looking at the background of the level, the entire area appears to be at the bottom of the ocean, but how did the area become flooded? How is the explorable level seemingly separate from its surroundings, with a body of air and separate body of water existing at the ocean floor? And how can the water level be changed by touching floating crystals? I guess like some of the other areas in the game though, these mysteries are part of the level's appeal. Fun fact: The background of Wet Dry World is actually a looping image of the Spanish town of Casares. P.S. - RIP SwankyBox Nostalgia. (Yeah, I know I'm a little late.)

[@Acuepk]

Super Mario 64 was one game I really grew up playing when I had the N64 console back during the later 90s (aside from the crazy and hilarious cartridge tilting experiences I got out of this game). Most of the worlds themselves aren't too nostalgic for me, including Jolly Roger Bay. But the music from that course definitely is. I still easily remember how interesting it was hearing it back then and it still is to this day. And, the nostalgia effect of it nowadays is too great to me every time I hear it that I sometimes really wish I was back in the 90s reliving my childhood and house I grew up in, and playing this game all by myself on the N64 at night on a small old box tv in a quiet cozy and carpet living room on one end of the house.

[@Ocarrr]

2:07 the bup is trying to tell you something

[@M1GarandMan3005]

This was my favorite course in Super Mario 64. I remember as a kid being obsessed with The Little Mermaid and fantasizing about meeting Ariel down in the waters and being at her grotto with treasures untold. God, please give me back that moment in my life! I'll do anything just to be a kid in the late 1990's and the early 2000's again!!!!

[@curryandrice7764]

I loved this place as well. When I was a kid I grew up in a house that had a pool outside, not one of those pricey houses that have a screened in pool or anything, but I loved swimming. Mario 64 was the first game I got when n64 came out and when I found this level I fell in love with it. The music, the water, the diving I connected immediately with it. Nowadays the music gives me chills because nostalgia and what not since I'm almost 30, but I still spend time in this level just swimming around and doing nothing pretty much

[@antonnym214]

you do excellent work. I really enjoyed this video from start to finish. I love, LOVE the n64. It has a special nostalgia for me because it was the first video game system I could afford after I got out on my own. The 3D graphics blew me away in 1996 and they really hold up pretty good now, considering. Super Mario 64 was awesome. I also love Mario Kart 64 and Pilot Wings. All good wishes!

[@davemarx7856]

6:23 Breath of the Wild 2 looks amazing

[@PixleyLore]

I was always reminded of the goonies with jolly Rodger bay, you start on a beach so maybe it was a place that used to be good for pirates until a cave in occurred and trapped a ship and closed off the area?

[@IAGBGallery]

It was a very relaxing scenario, it makes me go back in time when I listen to that music, and I see the gameplay, you know, the feelings when we were kids playing in a new 3D world.

[@lucidjamesofficial]

Great video man 👍 my favorite game by far and I have this as my ring tone

[@rustyxd343]

took 15 min to learn dire dire docks on guitar I'm sure you got this

[@ashtop7982]

Another level similar to this is Gloomy Galleon in Donkey Kong 64. I love ocean/pirate themed levels.

[@Animemusiclover_]

Jolly Roger bay is the first area I think of when I try to go to the earliest memory of gaming in my life, and being at the age of 23 Zelda ocarina of time, and mario 64 were my two first video games EVER played, so special to me (: . And hey follow you dreams please!!!! I believe in you

[@nooby7901]

I love you wish you would do more stuff like this and I will always be a subscriber to you :)

[@AntlersAndAcorns]

It definitely was my favourite part of the game, I would always just stay there and listen to the music for hours.

[@alexandercabret5940]

I think the eel is derpy and adorable. Just swimming along all “Herp Derp am eel. Halp a star is on mah tail. Iz pointy.”

[@UndertakerU2ber]

Keeping in mind that Miyamoto was at the helm, I honestly don't think much thought was put into the backstory of this stage. Miyamoto openly expressed disdain for having deep story elements in Mario games specifically, and it's clear the Mario series has no care for continuity. I get that people find fun in theorizing and analyzing what small clues we have to dream about the possibilities, but we're talking about a series that once featured Mario killing Toads that were turned into breakable floating boxes, had its backstory of Rosalina butchered because of Miyamoto's hatred for story in Mario titles, and the Paper Mario series bastardized because Nintendo thought people didn't care about Super Paper Mario's plot. With a history like this, I'd hardly trust anyone at Nintendo with keeping continuity with the Mario series. The games are still fantastic though!

[@Lizuma]

I love Jolly Roger Bay too! It's one of my favorite levels, and I love the music!

[@bigjalapeno7061]

2:06 I watched this video to look for hidden bups and I found it. Man! What is Minus World up to? These things are everywhere!

[@lieutenantlobster_gorbman]

At 2:05 if you look closely at the left side you can see a toad face on the left side, it for some reason doesn't appear again in the video

[@marksmithwas12]

8:06 those physics are true *if* the air in the cave had somewhere to exit. Because it's completely sealed, the air has nowhere to go making it so you can have a difference in water heights. it's like a Moon Pool

[@marksmithwas12]

Also Jolly Roger Bay's theme is the same as Dire, Dire Docks theme. The reason you may think they're different is because of the strings in the beginning of DDD, but that's because the music is dynamic and has 3 variations. A base melody when on land in a starting area. This is found in Jolly Roger Bay. The addition of strings when in a body of water. The same is true for both levels. The beat and additional notes when in the main area, as heard in the submarine area of DDD and the cave in JRB

[@sparrowthesissy2186]

This level was also like my own little quiet space on the N64, and I would literally just go into this level to relax. To kids today it's probably too small and uneventful of a level to feel attached to, but this being one of the first things like this in any 3D thing I'd ever experienced, and to be able to just swim around and listen to the track (without bloopers and cheep-cheeps attacking) made it very tranquil. The sunken ship stuff also gives it a magical fantasy kind of feeling, which really puts you in the frame of mind to start speculating and thinking up stories about that world. It's strange to say, but I think it's one of the best virtual environments ever made, even if it is one of the worst levels to give people the core experience of a Mario game (with running, jumping, etc.).

[@sparrowthesissy2186]

Oh, and if you hold a cup upside down and push it into the water the air stays in the cup underwater. I assume that's the same logic behind the underwater cave: there's nowhere for air to be displaced to so water doesn't rush in.

[@disastrophi]

I was just waiting for the end of the video to comment on how this song made me want to learn piano. I use the term "learn" loosely, but it's almost always the first tune I play whenever I sit at a piano (followed by Xenosaga’s Green Sleeves, of course) ☺️ So it's really interesting to me that it did the same for you. I hope it's the first song you learn because if you think it couldn't become any more magical, just wait until it's coming from your fingers 😍

[@glassjoe1677]

The reason it's only there in the first mission is because the sunken ship and floating ship are different entities. The floating ship is the same ship that's in the water in later missions. They can't just delete it, otherwise it wouldn't be there in other missions. So, they just stuck it up in the sky, made it invisible, and removed collision.