Wet Dry World Texture Mystery SOLVED in Super Mario 64 [TetraBitGaming]

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The Wet Dry World Skybox texture in Super Mario 64 has always seemed pretty strange. And while for the longest time it has been thought to have been sourced from an image from Casares, the true source of the Wet Dry World mysterious texture has been found! Cool to see this small Super Mario 64 mystery finally solved.
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(If you're reading this, leave a comment saying “Yemen Emotional Aura”)
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[@LaterXavier-TX]

I actually did a research project on Yemen for World Cultures class. Those buildings are giant highrises mad up of mud bricks and they were made to protect against floods because the previous settlement there was seriously damaged. There is also a large wall on the perimeter of the city to also protect from flooding. Maybe the history of flooding is why the city is in Wet Dry world? Just a theory though.

[@ghoultermina]

Good post man :-)

[@cumcockproductions6433]

That’s freaking awesome

[@quinndaniels1928]

This comment should be higher up, tbh

[@draxno]

This makes sense a lot

[@teamawesomeness7137]

@@draxno *a lot

[@RED-9448]

The negative emotional aura comes from the fact that it's a f*cking water level

[@nigoulenoblehiboux9812]

Honestly I think it has more to do with the fact that the whole level is between 4 artificial looking walls as opposed to the either open or natural looking wall used in other level

[@sirflimflam]

Haha I was thinking the same thing

[@aurafox1]

As a kid, I always felt "negative emotional aura" from Hazy Maze Cave rather than Wet Dry World. Everything about Hazy Maze Cave was really intimidating to me. It was easy to get lost, the actual hazy maze itself stressed me out, the weird arrow platform shakes violently when it touches a wall which in turn also made me anxious, and it's arguably the most difficult 100 coin mission in the game. To this day, I still hate that level and honestly think the game would be better without it. Just have that pool warp you straight to the metal cap room.

[@nigoulenoblehiboux9812]

@@DiegoPaz_1 yes there's that too

[@Helicopter7]

It also feels abandoned to me atleast

[@thecannedslap]

At this pace we’re going to find an actual haunted m64 beta.

[@gooolixx]

hopefully

[@Helicopter7]

Yes

[@Noapplicab]

If we do find a haunted build Nintendo's gonna have some explaining to do

[@armaankaria5977]

THEN WHAT ABOUT THE CHURCH?????????????

[@armaankaria5977]

IN THE WORLD

[@hpr2986]

Yea that’s cool and all, but how do triangles change a water level?

[@Helicopter7]

188

[@Gamecube_Ulipse]

@@Helicopter7 what???

[@silverwingdragon4161]

Video game physics, that is why.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

They're octahedrons.

[@blaitehere]

Thanks for supporting my fav youtuber!!!

[@petrescuework-difficultcas6581]

I think the depressing factor comes from the high walls that surround the level. It's like you're locked up in an enclosed room, somewhere without access to daylight and the water rises, which can potentially rob you of the last space of air and drown you.

[@GabePuratekuta]

A shorter answer would be "it's a water level".

[@pentelegomenon1175]

Here's another theory: the lower level represents the womb. - it looks like a place where people used to live but is now abandoned, like a womb - the changing water levels are like water breaking when a baby is born (amniotic fluid) - it's totally walled in, and can only be reached by a narrow tunnel, like the birth canal - this tunnel goes down instead of up, because babies in the womb are upside down - you pretty much need to learn a trick to get in the tunnel, it's not easy to access

[@Nature-556]

That’s what it’s supposed to be

[@jojojoestar4720]

​@@pentelegomenon1175and what exactly would the upper level be? Its directly connected by the outside to the 'Womb'.

[@Xtronicon]

Challenge: go to that town and beat mario 64 there

[@iSomeDood]

beat mario 64 while every level is changed to function like wet dry world*

[@LollinoDamb64]

If you reach that town, you unlock luigi

[@blaitehere]

I'll be haunted if you do it.

[@blaitehere]

@@LollinoDamb64 True, my brother tried it, and I haven't seen him since then.

[@LollinoDamb64]

@@blaitehere he's in heaven with luigi

[@GlitchmanVGM]

Leave it to Nintendo to create a game where people are still discovering secrets 24 years later.

[@MarioKartSuperCircuit]

Mario 64 Multiplayer footage has just been found

[@elfiebranford9330]

So, canonically speaking, Yemen is flooded. Mario Wind Waker in Yemen, when?

[@LaterXavier-TX]

The city is on a flood plain after all. That's why those mudbrick buildings are so tall.

[@multipletopics9727]

Yemen's a desert tho.

[@jockson7574]

What a shame it’s all bob ombed 💀

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Me: "Wait, they found the original image?" Tetra: "Yeah, man!" I'm here all week, don't forget to tip the wait staff.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

Wow, man. Mario's looking for woman.

[@aisadal2521]

It's nice that this old mystery has been finally solved ☺️

[@RandomRudinn]

Oh. So Yemen is a Nintendo attraction now. Alright, see you guys in Yemen.

[@bensanchez8121]

Don’t get blown up

[@bensanchez8121]

Seriously though, Yemen is in the middle of a civil war

[@saifuppal7403]

And even then it’s still dangerous

[@nandakishore3154]

Bon voyage

[@Xxxfallen_angelxxX]

And Egypt apparently too

[@WitchVillager]

Yemen Emotional Aura

[@AgentBlack-77]

I never felt any negative emotion or anything while playing this level, just me?

[@Noapplicab]

Same

[@mariotheundying]

Same, I like this level

[@Marcus-ho1rv]

No it’s not just you, I thought the level was quite boring tbh but that’s about it

[@AntiBollywood]

I also never felt negative or something like that.

[@jacbobyxlagoli7989]

I think they say that because if you think too hard about it. Mario's games are meant to not be logical, but if you think too much of everything you'll start to find weird things.

[@Someonewithaspace]

the town isnt a spanish town? *Oman* my entire life was a lie!

[@AhmedEx1.]

*yemen* we have believed in a lie for so many years

[@noveltyman6723]

@@AhmedEx1. same

[@javadakitty]

Great joke! (Can’t think of any countries to put here lol)

[@jytvreal]

oman.rar?

[@ReReCoil]

Reminds me of when Mario went to Egypt in Mario's Picross, if i remember

[@abdullahalbraiky5956]

As a Yemeni I'm super happy Mario swinged by my country there are two times where my country showed up on a game 1- here 2- uncharted 3(I'm broke so I didn't get the game earlier) , and I only found out about them recently I feel proud as a person who was a gamer since childhood

[@finnbai]

I always felt Empty and Sad while in Wet Dry World. Very strange...

[@Helicopter7]

Same

[@thewiseoldfox]

Everyone does. I believe a large portion of that is because it uses the same music as Hazy Cave Maze

[@finnbai]

@@thewiseoldfox I don't know about that. Maybe, but I've always liked Hazy Maze Cave

[@thewiseoldfox]

@@finnbai that's just my opinion

[@flyforce16]

*Negative emotional aura intensifies*

[@CharlyConNostalgia]

Ｎｅｉｔｈｅｒ　ｅｖｅｎ　Ｍａｒｉｏ　ｗａｓ　ｓａｖｅｄ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｔｈｅ　Ｙｅｍｅｎ　ｅｍｏｔｉｏｎａｌ　ａｕｒａ． Thank you very much Tetra for sharing the findings did I release. It means a lot:) ♥

[@lighttheme_mode]

You deserve a sub.

[@nibot2101]

Hell yeah sonic mania music

[@Helicopter7]

I love manias soundtrack

[@nibot2101]

@@Helicopter7 same

[@armaankaria5977]

SAME

[@kittyboochanyesbongono8467]

The best soundtrack of a desert, even though Oil Ocean's music still work

Personnaly, that's my favorite sm64 world, I love the ambiance and the feeling of unnatural emptyness in the city

[@warmCabin]

"negative emotional aura." Can't we just say "creepy!?"

[@NibirBaishnab]

negative emotional aura is such a cool and more describing sentence

[@chillpenguin3481]

And it only took us 25 years!

[@wandersgion4989]

I think Mario 64 and Zelda OoT/MM were designed by Freemasons (probably Yoshiaki Koizumi in particular). Kyoto has a ton of weird Masonic buildings.

[@moneydynamicmatanya9541]

I think it's time you finally did a lost bits episode on Super Mario World as you have never actually done it yet.

[@PokeHeadroom]

Fun fact in 2014 the unesco placed shibam at risk of disappearing due to the constant crumbling of the city throught the years. This in part being attributed to what most of the city is built out of, that being dirt bricks as well of being one of the oldest places still standing to have architecture that most resemble that of skyscrapers and tall buildings in general.

[@KooperTheTrooper15]

I'm commenting after seeing the video. Please trust me. I'm spanish. I recognize that village. Its name is Casares and its in Andaluzía. Its not that small, but you can consider it as that.

[@darkmajick]

I think the weird aura comes from it feeling kind of claustrophobic and fake looking. It feels very cut off from anything or anyone. The only creatures that exist within are robotic or insects. Almost like a post-apocalyptic, dystopian, flooded dollhouse that you've been shrunk down and trapped in

[@Galidorquest]

You got the apocalyptic part right, an Apocalypse-vibe is probably what the game-developers were going for. The deserted Middle Eastern area represents rapture and the shining light represents a portal from Heaven opening up for the return of Christ. The Middle East is significant because it's where Christ was born and it involves Bible prophecies. And the oversized insects possibly represent demon creatures risen from Hell during the Apocalypse. Everything about Wet Dry World makes sense from a biblical standpoint.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

That's just crazy. I'm guessing they thought it was just an easy fix and nobody would ever question it.

[@NibirBaishnab]

easy fix of what?

[@sheikhskype]

Yemen

[@charlesverg2184]

Yes

[@methaneconan]

Nomen

[@daanishh1395]

That's so cool! Always thought that castle looked a lot more like a mosque

[@m0rShh]

I'm always stricken with an overwhelming feeling of boredom every time I play Wet Dry World. Is that the negative aura everybody's talking about?

[@armaankaria5977]

YES

[@BobaBoi2000]

Wet Dry World was the first Liminal Space Poolrooms

[@NathanDav42]

I never felt a negative or eerie aura with this stage. It has always been one of my favorites, and on replays while some stages feel like chores to get through, I always look forward to Wet-Dry World.

[@LXWLESS]

You sir are a brave man.. I'm currently replaying this (many years later) still absolutely hate wet dry world, hazy maze cave and jolly Roger Bay lmao

[@NathanDav42]

@@LXWLESS I don’t much care for Jolly Roger Bay, but I do like Hazy Maze Cave (aside from getting 100 coins there). But Wet-Dry World - seeing the real town surrounding it, and having that whole other downtown part that seemed like a secret - has always felt comfortable to me. I HATE Snowman’s Land though which, if you go in order, directly precedes Wet-Dry. And was never a fan of the following level, Tall, Tall Mountain because (again) 100 stars was such a chore.

[@LXWLESS]

@@NathanDav42 I'm actually with you on snowmans land didn't even think about that one.. The invisible coin enemy, the freezing water, the snow waves.. Not to mention It's quite a tricky level, I don't blame you!

[@arcticdino1650]

Still weird that it's underwater. Even weirder that it's the skybox and underwater, but the play area isn't permanently underwater itself.

[@NibirBaishnab]

yeah i love this because it adds a weirdcore factor to it

[@Tailsy463]

Not so fun fact: the city in the background was later flooded after Mario 64’s release

[@GayKermit-._-.]

That city became wet dry world fr.

[@TheDerpyDolphin]

I feel bad for Yemen. Every time somebody plays Mario 64 their town gets flooded

[@delirious_z9987]

i like how there is sonic mania music in the background but the vid is about mario. ironic

[@childrensprivacypoli]

it’s pretty cool that the background is from an actual place

[@laylover7621]

Me: Wow, this just might be my favorite level from this game, I wonder what other people think abou- Everyone: *N E G A T I V E E M O T I O N A L A U R A*

[@JovianCloudfarmer]

"I can't-a go to Yemen! I'mma plumber!" "Get in the painting."

[@xxjmxx13]

I never felt a negative aura in WDW, I just liked it and thought it was fun and nice

[@burger84.]

Mario 64 is probably the scariest Mario game. The faces on the doors XD

[@Galidorquest]

What's scary is that this hidden area could be a reference to the Middle East during the apocalypse... The abandoned buildings represents rapture and the shining light represents the portal to Heaven opening up for the return of Christ. I think the developers were definitely going for an Apocalypse-vibe since there's a lot of religious symbolism including the mosque.

[@Nbrother1234]

Tetra: discusses negative emotional aura in WDW Also Tetra: plays cheerful music from Sonic Mania

[@DionneDion]

I’ve always been a bit obsessed with this skybox, because it just looked so..Surreal. It’s depressing yet calming in a way. An abandoned town underwater is both fascinating but also depressing at the same time.

[@NibirBaishnab]

it's also nostalgia inducing like a regular liminal space

[@DionneDion]

@@NibirBaishnab Indeed, indeed! Especially that too.

[@NibirBaishnab]

@@DionneDioni mean look at how comforting this town looks the houses doesn’t do it the mosque it what does it you can really imagine their daily life before the town just drowned for whatever reason the water ripples and sun effect is unrealistically gigantic too which enhances the dreamcore weirdcore vibe an altered arabic town as a backrooms looking liminal space that indeed gives nostalgia creeps and weird vibes is a very cool one!wet dry world still though isn't a total fever dream it's like 20%normal gaming stuff so i won't call it a fever dream i hate giving something that name on most cases

[@Dashiell777]

I always thought the background in wet-dry World reminded me of Atlantis

[@dopesickdog]

yooo this is such a cool find!

[@mincemeat1016]

Ahhhh so that's what I kept seeing in the foreground on no clip in the underground town area... Actually was the background not the foreground in the town but I wondered what it was.

[@IsoiVids]

Finally shorts are showing up in the subscription page as shorts, not videos

[@TetraBitGaming]

Nice!

[@Chusterkuun]

To be fair, southern Spain has a lot of Arabic influence in their architecture, so I get the confusion.

[@RedHatGuyYT]

It just hit me that jt's called wet-dry world because you're underwater but still somehow dry.

[@pointrecall6729]

could you do a Beyond Good And Evil Lost Bits? I been dying to tell you.

[@TheGreatCalsby]

The only negative emotional energy I get from this level is dealing with the WATERRRRRRR

[@luiluiruirui]

btw they mixed it all and made it atlantic

[@Benzinilinguine]

If this happened in a modern game you can 100000% bet Nintendo would remove it for fear of backlash.

[@fedoradaveneckbeardextraor2155]

Ty for reminding me of this absolute bop of a song

[@ripscort1896]

-Don't you feel that Wet Dry World has a sort of negative emotional aura? -Naa bro that's just Spain

[@NibirBaishnab]

shibam yemen actually

[@tjpizza3268]

I originally played on the DS Version, and I also had the feeling

[@superleantm730]

“I’ve played Super Mario Odyssey even before it was a thing. It’s called SM64 Wet Dry World.”

[@TakamatsuBlueSurge]

For some reason people say they feel this so-called "Negative Emotion Aura" when playing Wet-Dry World in Mario 64 but I don't feel it at all....It's odd....I wanna know what's so fearful of the skybox and the level itself....Not even the level fazes me

[@ElEdwinJSH]

Sii, mi amigo Charly lo logró!!!! Si ves esto Charly, un saludo crack :D

[@qebiin]

todo un grande

[@medvvasqz6265]

that background gave me dagon village feels

[@Teamfortress2_sniper_red]

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!

[@tydyman2003]

Many people: I feel a Negative emotional aura in this place. Me: I dig this levels music

[@lordroy88]

Mario takes a trip to Yemen 64

[@idont1311]

Imagine that's what will actually happen to the town (water levels rising over the town.)

[@AwesomeGames56]

Definitely like this format more now, it has actual support in the KZbin app!

[@MisterSteveMC]

So, here is a theory, apparently Wet Dry World is in the Mushroom Kingdom, then, it was a city (half poor) that due to global warming only left a structure full of Bowser's minions, when Mario takes the painting, he teleports for a Wet Dry World after it was left in Ruin.

[@BryanM86]

Wow1 even Nintendo trying to brainwash kids about global warming

[@MisterSteveMC]

@@BryanM86 Yes, it is something cursed, but well, what can be done to Nintendo.

[@teamawesomeness7137]

@@BryanM86 global warming is real.

[@BryanM86]

@@teamawesomeness7137 hmm first it was global cooling then that wasn't true so they said global warming but then all the ice caps are still there so now they changed the name again to climate change so that no matter what happens they can say they were right

[@tankunicorn134]

@@BryanM86 okie dokie, dumbest comment i’ve seen in ages, i don’t like commenting on others stupidity, but this... mate, do you do any research outside of a single facebook group?

[@pippishortstalking8349]

I've always found Wet Dry World to be very calming and soothing, so I don't get the whole negative emotional aura

[@ChuyElMacho]

Whoa this was quick

[@trapez77]

Muhammad Ali confirmed to be in smash

[@suroguner]

Dude, it's called landscape mode. Use it!

[@forregom]

Mario 64 takes place after the ice caps melted.

[@themasterpiece12437]

FINALLY WE FOUND IT!!

[@Bry10022]

Love the videos!

[@barletproductions]

The negative thing for me was the water level thing but also when youre a kid that never seen something like that skybox, its gonna get to ya a bit because for a kid its a bit creepy

[@worstrandomsstudios9254]

AirPod shotty

[@betterbetter3930]

Not funny!!!

[@agentg9910]

Mario travels to Cairo Mario 64 was just a jojo reference the whole time

[@threed7]

I love wet dry world it was my favorite level as a kid.

[@Manky64]

imagine theres a wet-dry world themed park on shibam

[@fododeldude5450]

Talks about Mario with Sonic music in the BG. I like that lol.

[@neonfuz_]

negative aura? nah I always thought it was just sorta mysterious

[@SleepySeal121]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels off in this place. I feel... off there. Almost trapped despite how open it is. Sure, I can see the sky, but I almost feel like I’m locked in a prison yard.

[@Galidorquest]

The game-developers were probably going for an Apocalypse-vibe. The deserted Middle Eastern area possibly represents rapture and the shining light represents a portal from Heaven opening up for the return of Christ. The usage of the Middle East is important because it involves Bible prophecies and it's where Christ was born.

[@NibirBaishnab]

the ice cap melting theory just takes a lot of the weirdcore dreamcore vibe away but the image kinda provokes nostalgia

[@g-starthefirst]

I don’t understand why so many people feel disturbed or uncomfortable when they see that image. The thing that disturbs me, is knowing that people are disturbed by Wet-Dry World

[@Splatomix]

I was looking forward to hearing some Mario 64 background music...

[@BrodySpencer-v9r]

I always thought it was napal Iitlay

[@purplepikmin3533]

So it’s an underwater city then? Cool!

[@eattherich5409]

who is getting a negative emotions from one of the best worlds in the game? easily spent so much time as a kid playing around with the water levels - especially when entering at different hights - and just futzing around in the underground town

[@H2007IQ]

Islamic elements in SM64? I never thought I would hear that in my life

[@saifuppal7403]

I actually thought that the landscape was in India but it’s in the Middle East in a town I never knew existed.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

They put an Islamic chant in an early version of Ocarina of Time’s fire temple before censoring it. Don’t be surprised

[@T_Bagz193]

No one can decide if the skybox is Andalusia, Spain, or shibam, Yemen.

[@NibirBaishnab]

It's an alternate shibam

[@kirbyplays2093]

And this become trending

[@Vegito_super]

Man i always thought that was atlantis 💀

[@briansullivan2831]

i always loved wet dry world the because of the beautiful Mediterranean feeling and exploring the flooded town [thinking about this while i was at wickes furniture in 2000]

[@kirbo-.]

Finally, we know the answer.

[@vgf3300]

Someone solved it. I actually like that this skybox is in the game.

[@samito609]

explaining something ominous in mario while sonic mania music plays in the background

[@garrold7123]

I never felt such emotions. I never even focused on the skybox lol

[@UltraNurture]

Was always curious about that!

[@SteveNathn]

For some reason 0:09 was super trippy to me lol

[@lysanderr.malkovich4539]

When I was like eleven I would have mini heart attacks when my Wii U would completely freeze up and make a high pitched screaming noise 💀