Super Mario 64 is SCARY

[@mrl9084]

For the "L is real 2401" thing Nintendo probably told an employee to give away the Luigi code 24 years and 1 month later

[@FoxGalahHasMovedToNewAccounts]

Yeah. If that isn't the case then somebody must have read the future and put it in the game.

[@VV-ox6zv]

The fact luigi is canoncilly 24 years old 💀

[@hello3694]

That would make sense

[@CubingGamer13]

The L is real thing is also in ocarina of time, just on a sign. Its just a printed and blurred nintendo sentence. Oh also people think it says eternal star.

[@jonathanramos8172]

Probably

[@stevenmcburney8167]

Literally everything in this video scared me as a child. Especially the eerie atmosphere in the castle knowing you’re completely alone. I hope they reboot this game at some point so we can see all the concrete in the basement so creepily

[@josiahferrell5022]

They will surely ruin the atmosphere if they remake it.

[@balls_gaming]

the ds port? (i am acknowledging this may be a joke so you cant woosh me)

[@Duckyplayz-cm1ur]

"Just imagine what it is like exploring it, WITHOUT THE MUSIC." This is what Mario actually deals with throughout all of his adventures 0_0

[@FoxGalahHasMovedToNewAccounts]

New Super Mario Bros Series with characters dancing to the music: Am I a joke to you?

[@VV-ox6zv]

@@FoxGalahHasMovedToNewAccounts BAHAHA imagine the toads ready to come to this dudes house

[@FoxGalahHasMovedToNewAccounts]

@@VV-ox6zv Yeah

[@ratworm69]

that is how almost all adventures for characters are like (sometimes I mute the music to see what it is like)

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

Earbuds bro

[@mr.eazilymctriggered9369]

7:55 Until you actually get the required amount of stars, and thus the stairway acts like a normal stairway that you can climb with no issue.

[@ThunderingGames]

Or you could become a speed runner and just do the infamous BLJ glitch.

[@mariobroultimate1808]

The reason for Peach’s Castle’s creepy atmosphere is because Bowser took it over.

[@TheGravityShifter]

Well obviously. This is just Halloween time funtime!

[@aslibbb6999]

Bowser took it over and never give it back

[@mariobroultimate1808]

@@aslibbb6999 Mario took it back after rescuing Peach.

[@kristenhooper5809]

True

[@mindycobb1027]

Yes

[@alessiovalsecchi423]

I love how nico can make everything creepy, especially the castle part

[@therubygemstonetrg]

There used to be theories about this game being a movie, like how SMB3 was a stage preference. That would explain the castle interior not matching the exterior, as well as all the paintings. I wonder what the film would've looked like in universe.

[@petertraggorth4755]

Boo

[@christiansantiago5330]

"WHERE DID SHE BAKE THE CAKE" - dpadgamer, eww 3d all stars

[@Black.Needle]

True we never know where she baked the cake unless it was something different than cake

[@anotheraccountididntneedto7222]

@@Black.Needle Lmao, I think we all knew what cake really stood for, hahaha!

[@Black.Needle]

It is a certain cake that's why her name is peach

[@christiansantiago5330]

@@Black.Needle who built the castle, the toads?

[@Black.Needle]

@@christiansantiago5330 LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER THEROY SYALL BE MADE

[@realsalu634]

Well, at least games like Thousand Year Door, Super Paper Mario and Partness in Time are actually kinda scary

[@bendyfan6389]

Missed Part: Suicide attempt: When you have 120 stars you can get to the roof and meet Yoshi. And also get 100 lives... BUT after Yoshi gave the lives he jumps and drowns himself Edit: How is this most liked comment? ;-;

[@centurosproductions8827]

It's worse than that, he never even reaches the water! ...he jumps into an invisible portal that takes him back to Yoshi's Island.

[@syedannankamran6266]

@@centurosproductions8827 it's worse than that, Yoshi island is burnt and destroyed then a portal appears and pulls yoshi inside

[@petertraggorth4755]

Spooky 64 for Nintendo 64 Just a joke but Happy Halloween ok bye 😱😀

[@Captain_Goomba]

to be far the amount of lives yoshi gave to mario he probably has like 100 himself or even more what if just died but did not care less cause of all the lives he has you know But hey thats just a theory a SpO0kY tHEorY thanks for listening

[@jeretorres1242]

:sean

[@dreamocto]

I Like how Nintendo has most of the time dark lore in their main line games

[@Wrecker2348]

Like carton shows are secretly inappropriately because how they act

[@dreamocto]

Yeah I know that the older ones had dark history but the new ones... Meh (or ?🤔, Don't blame me because I don't watch cartoons)

[@MarkyBoyTV]

Getting gassed has got to be the most horrific death ever…

[@user-g2v4c61]

“Where does Peach watch my videos?!” Made me laugh

[@Fictionboy16]

I believe Nathaniel Bandy will be the most horrified of this, as this is his all-time favorite game...

[@ExquisiteAndroid]

I think that Bandy has already played one of those scary Mario 64 ROM hacks, so he'll probably be fine.

[@DJTS1991]

I miss the Bowser from this time period, before Super Mario Sunshine added a voice and made him a goofy dad. Between SMB1, SMB3, SMW and SM64, Bowser was a crafty, mysterious koopa dragon, who only spoke through text. He was an insidious, conniving villain the games. In Mario Parties 1-3, visiting Bowser was and losing stars or coins was terrifying. He was intimidating. Scary. Myserious. Fighting him for the first time in SM64 - my first boss ever - I was literally shaking. Note, I was like... 8. Lol. And then SMS came along and I saw her casually bathing, and in an instant, he didn't feel the same anymore.

[@retrofan4963]

I agree. Bowser used to have a serious threat vibe to him in the older Mario games in NES, SNES, and N64 era. Another proof of that is the Mario cartoon shows made in the late 80's and early 90's when he's famously referred as King Koopa. Lot of the episodes in Super Mario Bros Super Show, Bowser would go as far to kill the the Mario Bros, Princess Peach, and Toad with no mercy if he has the chance, which I can't honestly imagine he would do in the modern Mario games, especially towards Princess Peach. Before I played the Gamecube era games, I honestly viewed Bowser as a serious threat villian, who's really monstrous within him as his appearance. But ever since I played the Gamecube Mario games, the Wii Mario games, etc., my view of Bowser has changed.

[@josiahferrell5022]

100%. It's probably the most disappointing thing about the Mario series (not much else, obviously). When I was playing it for the first time at 8-9 years old, I actually felt afraid of Bowser. In today's games, I can't imagine 9 year-olds doing anything but laughing at him.

[@retrofan4963]

@@josiahferrell5022 Exactly. Nowadays for the most part, Bowser is treated such a goofball villain, to the point it's hard to take him seriously anymore as a villain. His lighthearted goofball dad persona overshadow his threatening and scary side of him that he used to have. Heck, Mario and Bowser now has bromance moments here and there which I can't imagine Bowser would ever do back then lol I guess Nintendo nowadays want to give more depth to Bowser's personality and make him more human? But the way they did it sacrifice everything what's taken seriously as a villain. One of the best examples of Bowser's old persona is the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Bowser in that show would do any despicable thing to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Even willing to kill the Mario Bros, Toad, and even Princess Peach. Every time he appears in the screen in that show, you know it's going down. No one would imagine that reptile ever be friendly with Mario. Bowser is a joke nowadays compared to old school Bowser.

[@Chizinky]

That "Where does peach watch my videos" was absolute gold

[@emberthefox4951]

I also know that liminal spaces play a major role in the eerieness of the castle. In the context I'm using it in, liminal space is a term used to refer to somewhere that feels off, whether the feeling is from unusual emptiness, being there when you shouldn't be, or hanging around in certain transitional areas (also called liminal spaces, with a good example being a hallway) too long. Many places in SM64 are oddly walled off from everywhere else and/or make you feel like you aren't supposed to be there. Take Wet Dry World's town as an example. You can't go back after entering, regardless of water height. It also is a complete ghost town that feels like neither you nor it should be there. The rest of the level also is quite dreary in mood and that tends to reflect onto the player.

[@cassandrabrooks5185]

Bowser's laugh, Mario's deaths, & Eel, Chain Comp, Boss Bass, and the sharks used to scared me. I'm surprised I wasn't afraid of the piano. 😂😂

[@yoshibot4258]

This really makes you realize that one of everyone’s favorite childhood game is at Five Nights At Freddy’s level!

[@Rnoob4545]

WTH

[@yoshibot4258]

@@Rnoob4545 Lol XD

[@Rnoob4545]

@@yoshibot4258 eh yes i agree

[@DeathOfTime_Official]

uuuh wha? Don't get it

[@yoshibot4258]

@@DeathOfTime_Official The point is that Super Mario 64 is really scary when you look into it :)

[@Lord__Frieza.]

When you realize you watch these and agree with everything even tho you never played the games *well shit*

[@nancoppedge4019]

Nico: Says eel is scary. (Or bad.) Also nico: Posts video called eel is not a bad guy.

[@bcgames423]

BRO I SAID THE SAME THING

[@alisiaale565]

Is no one going to talk about how we sometimes see this game in our dreams when we sleep?

[@thenxbcorner5177]

It’s cursed…. Epic video as always, Nico!!

[@samsimington5563]

Nico: Where does Peach watch my videos? Peach: Uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh....

[@harochtc2002]

when I played SM64 as a kid I was legitimately unsettled by the emptiness of the castle

[@josiahferrell5022]

For me, it feels like the whole game is inside of a bottle. A castle-in-a-bottle with magic creepy worlds inside miniature paintings. All the while, Bowser is hidden in the eerie sky off of the map, just watching your every move. And he isn't the fun-loving stupid enemy that he has become in the games since then. That Peach picture turning into Bowser doesn't make him seem like a joke-cracking villain.

[@11ttleman1]

i never really found mario 64 scary, but now that you mention it, it is kinda creepy.

[@oppenheimerfaaaaaan5547]

Same

[@gamertransitandtrains.7317]

Now on this theory, you could be right on this one Nicobbq, good music in Peach's Castle, Beautiful Surroundings, Nature, Birds singing, but yes Ghosts in the Castle and Backyard, Toads Invisible first and then Visible when talking, torches in the basement like a, well, you know, and that is where someone or people down there get or was... well... actually we don't talk about that!. Yes, the E.n..dl...esssss.s..s stairs?!!.

[@Chlebqowyyyyyyyy]

1:40 It's because bowser stole every piece of furniture.

[@TickedOffPriest]

Bowser changed a lot with the power stars.

[@MrRobotoYeah]

The reason for peaches castle being empty is because in super Mario 64, the castle was just built and when bowser found it, he decided to kidnap peach because that’s what he does, starting the game with no furniture being built or bought to put inside.

[@TheLegoNation]

This video was truly scary

[@shadowbowser5674]

I still adore this game though, still one of my favorite Mario games

[@maryferguson1514]

The chain chomps look HILARIOUS LOL I’M STILL LAUGHING ABOUT IT AFTER THREE MONTHS THREE MONTHS

[@flamesmrk847]

I believe the reason for the flooding of the basement level of the castle is that Bowser used his submarine (that we can see in DDD) to enter from underground and that caused water to flood the basement.

[@asxmeggy5049]

I love this game I try to look for scary stuff in the game I'm going to watch a SM64 Creepypasta after this

[@Fififoop_Foo]

3:57 this is soo like the "Minecraft is a dream" theory lol

[@K1NGFROG]

The “L is real 2401” thing completely collapses when you realise that the game was mad in a non English speaking country.

[@DiegoElDiego2801]

It says "Eternal Star" so it's still in english

[@hilarykeane7433]

Princess peach hates you ,Nico!

[@dannicoveney7369]

Maybe bowser took out the furniture and replace it with paintings?

[@DomiAnimations]

This makes me want the next 3D Mario game to have a hubworld just like Peach's castle

[@Bry10022]

Not really safe for children as it gave my neighbor's children mini nightmares

[@mafaka12345]

lethal lava land's painting...

[@ilu1994]

6:02 NOOO SMB64 is written in jQuery!

[@MrBrowser1881]

Basically what you guys may interpret as 'realistic death animations' and 'eerieness' was Nintendo's way back then of creating cinematography and immersing the players into their first 3D experience with Mario. Because it was the first of its kind, and the hardware was still very limited, I remember playing the game back then and thinking this felt more like a movie than it being a scary experience. If it was still very cutesy and full of life, it wouldn't have represented a change of gaming era back then, and Mario 64 was very much a statement of 2D moving into 3D. You can say that the game was more of a showcase of technology than your average addition to the Mario series.

[@MysteryFoxStudios]

This game has always given me creepy vibes and I never new why. But now I know why

[@talencarter1783]

nico:where does peach watch my vidios???!!!?!?!? me but afk and coming back at that time:lolollololololololololool

[@yoloboi9276]

In Super Mario Galaxy 2 remember throwback galaxy? That could prove that all the places we visit in Super Mario 64 are real.

[@Cybertasm8798]

I was actually scared of the boos in Mario 64. When I saw the one in the castle the first time, I followed it and when I went into Big Boo's Haunt I left the level immediately. I'm not scared now because I'm a grown ass man but when I was a kid I was horrified

[@helenboorer61]

Were you ok

[@barrikade8886]

8:37 mabye the aquarium?

[@user-gu2gx2vz8q]

the most scary thing in this game is mario's weight

[@samsimington5563]

Peach: I wish I could tell you but all I know is that the castle was built on an ancient burial ground. Why it was built there or how I didn't know that until after it was finished being built I have no idea. :-P .__. Mario: oooOOOOOOooooo. Very scary. >:-] Peach: Ah! 😨

[@McGoomba]

"there is no way of getting up these stairs, no matter what you do" me: *B L J*

[@lokraithegodoffire9472]

The graphics make it look scary

[@thelegendaryzonaiwarrior6400]

We need Nathaniel Bandy to share his thoughts about if he can also see the unsettling feeling of playing Mario 64.

[@Flumby_the_creator_YT]

Peaches Castle is possesed now.

[@akoshannibaleles592]

Maybe Bowser stole the furniture from the Castle to???

[@christurgeon6277]

8:34 ‘“there’s definitely plumbing problems in peach’s castle”... yep that’s what Mario’s there for “to FIX Peach’s plumbing!” 🤣 oh even a sexual innuendo subliminal message in the game?? The things you never thought of when you played the game as a kid. But as an adult you can’t ignore...The creepiness just keeps getting better.

[@courtneymertz4596]

Nah! The scarcest thing about this game is how largely influenced-ful this game was, even if this was Mario’s first romp in 3D!

[@samgreen6493]

This should just be that every enemy is either the eel or the piano

[@insert12]

The castle also scares me so when i turn the thing on i quickly just go to a painting not exploring the castle

[@f1reflam3]

So I haven't watched your videos in some months, jou just kinda disappeared from my home page and THIS is what I find you doing? Ruining my friggin childhood?? Jokes aside, I find you are going better then ever, keep up the great work!

[@f1reflam3]

Also I found you again only thanks to a clip I made 5 months ago about you saying Bowser Junior is actually useful in Bowser's fury. Good timing, too, I'm in my bedroom alone while my sister is at my uncle's and my parents are asleep. I'm scared as frik.

[@PeekaBooFish]

Happy halloween Nico!

[@DankFishyBro]

2:37 lets say this happened to me, I would dead ass feel like I would hear, "You Want fun? Wario show you fun" after walking to the first bowser room

[@centurosproductions8827]

Nico, you missed that this is just Peach's museum/amusement park castle. She also has a summer castle, an everyday castle, and a get-captured-by-Bowser castle (he ignored that one this time). You also don't see her gigantic underground facility where she has all of the zones the painting warps lead to.

[@jyoung2574]

If I had to play Mario 64 with out music and only sound effects alone in the dark, then i would cry for help.

[@yes-yq4il]

The scariest part is the yucky coins

[@ravitsonego8800]

What’s scarier than a chain chomp ? literally everything !

[@thekurgan14]

I saw recently that a guy wro y e Nintendo of Europe about the lack of furniture. Their answer was that peach has a castle for living in and one for just her art. Don't know how canon it is but it's technically an officially sourced answer.

[@Astralpaces]

No one gonna talk about the Wario Apparition?

[@9yiannis]

1:35 that jumpscared me so much that was scary

[@abdulrahmanosama2496]

The return of spooky mindblows

[@superkoopaproductions7489]

At least you didn't put the sceary mario with a knife covered in blood in the thumbnail.....it gets me every time. You know witch one I'm talking about right? ( not the one I this video )

[@haydnwparker6125]

This is Halloween, this is Halloween halloween Halloween HALLOWEEN!

[@TAYBR00K]

There were actually good points in this video!

[@drfardnerd5596]

[BETA VERSION] DO NOT RESEARCH Now, I know that is a joke, and a halloween, but: 1: A toad says that bowser made a rucus in the castle so 2: Yeah, the same toad says they are another world 3: I think they were supposed to be cute but the nintendo 64 limitations made them creepy 4: Yeah, that also frigthens me 5: Don't know what to say about this one 6: Umm, basement? 7: That's just nintendo's fault lol My SCARYMETRE is at........ 1000000/10 scari😳

[@talencarter1783]

when was at 4: i said 'omg i know the piano thingy will be here soon"

[@Regsdesire]

The giant eel in NSMBDS used to terrify me to my core as a child and o hated that level

[@zay2k539]

Big Boo Haunt should be a whole other entry

[@thepeculiarswede8617]

The L in " L is real " probably stands for liminal space.

[@pokadotplot]

The castle is super sus, and I never realized it until you pointed it out. lol

[@darthpizzaburritopotato7449]

This video is unique.

[@Alice_5523]

I think Mario is a part of my DNA at this point

[@lilthestuffy1640]

“You rarely use the word scary to describe them” Me who was scared of the sound that plays when Mario dies: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT the fact that it was true that I was scared of the dying sound

[@Black.Needle]

It's not that your scared of being alone your scared of someone being with you it's haunting and the windows are not on the Inside of the castle the place is huge furniture could be anywhere but it's filled with Ereaness with ghosts and the rooms and the gltiches and the emptiness gives you some Erea vibes

[@dmk12345]

The L is Real 2401 sign might've appeared in other N64 games.

[@D1TB01]

You know what Super Mario 64 makes me think about? SMG4. Yeah, I just hope he’s comfortable with this video cause this is basically the game where SMG4’s name and some of the videos were based off of

[@therealtimmyiy]

man if you take literally any music from any game away it would most likely be more eerie than usual

[@MS-zb2ht]

Luigi in mirror room

[@kevinm.gonzalezd.1168]

In retrospective, Super Mario 64 is a really disturbing game. I remember having nightmares because of Hazy Maze Cave and the pyramid... Gosh!

[@charlottestreet3301]

What about the piano

[@alisiaale565]

The scariest thing about this game is the fact that nothing from this game is scary.

[@hello3694]

FACTS

[@alisiaale565]

@@hello3694, yeah! Lol!

[@kellyevans7601]

Peaches castle looks terrifying it almost seems like that is not princess peaches castle

[@PeacockFRaccoon]

Those Pokeys are my nightmares

[@matarthekiller6614]

I dont know why but silence freaks me out for some reason

[@pikmintopia]

NGL I got really scared Nico was gonna jumpscare us loads of times LOL Ima go watch some creepypasta content now, maybe the iceberg..

[@nickprewitt492]

Happy Halloween Nico!

[@scooperman3435]

When you are close to the castle the door opens randomly

[@TheKingofDarkMatter400]

"Find the 4th floor and destroy the core"

[@F.G_7even]

Sm64 is pretty creepy but I do have tk say so etching with the lvl since in smg2 u could replay whomp fortress but it get more mysterious when going to unlock the wing cap.

[@yvygyvy9143]

Bowser modified the castle to trap Mario like the infinite staircase and the long hallway with the peach that turns to Bowser painting

[@nathan_rooms3251]

i think mario just gets an concussion and dreams about the levels