The Horrifying Size of the Hell Valley Sky Trees in Super Mario Galaxy 2

[@SwankyBox]

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[@djpyroteknikz135]

@SwankyBox - Actual full video title would be "The Horrifying Size of the Hell Valley Sky Trees in Super Mario Galaxy 2 (feat. ABitFrank)".

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@maxwellweaver197]

Love your vids and your awsome

[@RealMadTime]

I heard from a while ago that these things bare a resemblances to kodama's which are little creature from Japanese folklore that live in trees

[@omegawario7479]

Sure thing you swine

[@cheesedirks7256]

I always told kids in 2nd grade that if you look up at shiver burn galaxy to the mountains figures will look at you and jumpscare you... Haha good old Playground Rumors...

[@disasterdoggo7561]

Hmmst... It seems that i am currently experiencing the feeling known as *N O S T A L G A*

[@LexiLunarpaw]

I never got there

[@Chaosity_the_artist]

Nostalgia has entered the chat

[@kingofflames738]

I can't believe that this game is so old already. The Nostalgia just shot me in the head!

[@morgankasper5227]

*_N O S T A L G I A_*

[@R.P.Genocraft]

On that day, Mario received a grim reminder...

[@keglodude]

Perhaps that’s the same day the sky fell away, and his world came to an end?

[@oofthehedge5358]

@@keglodude bruh u took my comment xd

[@keglodude]

Oofthehedge wdym?

[@anaceweirdo1579]

*you're out of one ups*

[@TheCrazyfilmsinc]

The fear of oppression under THEM, and the horror of being trapped in a galaxy

[@SPG64]

I am glad somebody is still looking at Super Mario Galaxy.

[@stevedonahue7956]

wish they would make a 3rd one

[@AlexTheDoggoMaster]

@@stevedonahue7956 yeah, that would be cool

[@Max-ew8cg]

2

[@rfoltx68gmail.]

I play it

[@Zheao763]

I feel like sm3dw was sorta like super Mario galaxy but obviously isn't but I could imagine the possibilities now especially with the switch

[@alfo2804]

In awe at the size of these lads, *A B S O L U T E U N I T S*

[@shinooo8291]

Alfo *_t h e a b s o l u t e s i z e o f G r u_*

[@mikel4616]

Alfo just like gru

[@erzashado4591]

Not really. How would you see them that far away if they were Mario's size? This is like seeing the moon and thinking "wow it's so tiny, not just far away!".

[@vtek579]

a t a n k h a s e n t e r e d t h e a r e a

[@totallynotapartygoer1781]

A N U K E H A S E N T E R E D T H E A R E A

[@TheJasonrox]

I feel like they’re related to the ghosts that appear in Super Mario 3D land when you stand in certain areas for a bit

[@liamdalemon1525]

that guy is obviously slender man! what would he be doing in space?

[@liamdalemon1525]

@a SuperMarioBrosfan2465 I don't know. he looks a lot like slender man and you can even see the faint silhouette of his face underneath his skin.

[@yoshihammerbro435]

Why even was that a thing? The stuff that Nintendo puts into their games are always weird.

[@ItsUtopia_]

More like the ones in 3D land are related to Galaxy 2 because Galaxy 2 came first. But still this is one of the greatest mysteries in gaming SOMEONE ASK NINTENDO

[@ArtForSwans]

I love shit like this. Spooky or genuinely unsettling things hidden in otherwise perfectly non-horror E- and T-rated games. Nintendo seems to be the biggest source of this (Hell Valley Sky Trees in Galaxy 2 and the ghost in Mario 3D land, lavender town in the gameboy Pokemon games and the ghost girls in the DS pokemon games, the dark undertones in Majora's Mask, the spirit temple in OOT etc. etc. etc) and it makes me wonder if they snuck stuff like this in their newer games and we just haven't found them yet. I'm tempted to go back to Mario Odyssey and see if they hid any ghosts.

[@BTigers200]

This is why Mario Galaxy 3 never happened, Mario's too scared to go back

[@bolbi1016]

BTigers2007 It all makes sense now!

[@itsssnek810]

technically he never weny back, he just got a new space ship lmao

[@jytvreal]

galaxy 2 never happened either

[@rozo292]

Wow that idea is genius , I love it , could cause some theories , let us spread the word

[@stopcallingmechrispratt]

He realized theirs a new planet in the space called piano tower and you already know the flash backs

[@vegetafan9922]

Naw man, that's just where the four giants of Termina went after helping Link stop Majora from airdropping the Moon onto the planet.

[@ceoofweblena]

That’d be a good crossover

[@agentblackbird9435]

Interestingly, the file for Shiverburn Galaxy is called “Beyond Hell Valley”, referencing Hell Valley in Japan, a hot spring area surrounded by snow. However, what I thought was that Fire worlds and Ice worlds both can represent Hell. The valley also appears as the background of Shiverburn, hence Hell Valley. Edit: Thanks for 200+ likes! Edit: Wow I haven’t checked this comment in a long time. 658 likes? Wow.

[@itzweegee8529]

I knew it would reference to Japanese culture, don't forget that nintendo was from Japan.

[@RecoveryPlayz]

Perhaps "Beyond Hell Valley" was the original level name, and the currently known "Hell Valley Trees" were supposed to be what the trees looked like in that world, and then they didnt completely remove them when they scrapped the idea and came up with Shiverburn Galaxy-?

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@RecoveryPlayz Cool theory, dude

[@RecoveryPlayz]

@@agentblackbird9435 100% can't tell if sarcasm or not.

[@agentblackbird9435]

Fire TBon I’m not being sarcastic. I was the one who liked your comment.

[@deldarel]

"Hey, you three. There is some movement in the crater. A tiny guy in a red hat is traversing it. Let's encourage him and hope he doesn't fall to the same fate our friends did. Maybe, just maybe, he could bring our old home back"

[@draglorr5578]

This is a cool comment. You've also left a lot of mystery here too though...

[@glupper]

Heh, I like this. I always liked to think the Hell Valley Sky Trees are just these pacifist guardians of Shiverburn. They just shy.

[@hakai1014]

I always think that they are not being terrifying to Mario, they just want see Mario complete the level

[@leoburgermanstudios3204]

Meanwhile mario: What the fu-

[@tedtheodore5715]

i kinda always thought they were bowsers minions who were stalking mario

[@ChristopherMoom]

2:01 When your mom tells you to bring your little brother

[@smb-c3po]

As a sacrifice.

[@scroogemcfuck8110]

I'm sorry, little one.

[@wor4656]

A soul for a soul

[@Ilikebakconn2]

Christopher Moon I don’t have one how cares

[@BTigers200]

You! Again! How?!

[@waypastcool5788]

Spoopy scary silhouetes send shivers down your spine.

[@shivertron]

lol

[@waypastcool5788]

Nice profile pic.

[@noah24productions80]

Creepy backgrounds shock your soul, seal your fate tonight.

[@waypastcool5788]

Spooky scary silhouetes gloom with such a height.

[@Ghostguy693]

You'll scream and shudder in suprise when you see these trees tonight.

[@vgmhorizon3929]

Before they were creepy,now Knowing the real size of those "trees" is worse haha Super mario galaxy is full of mysteries! I love it!

[@PerryCourtFarm]

thats why it's called galaxy to fit all the mysteries

[@theamazingmr.shovelman8328]

Nerd

[@Therevengeforget]

Look at my comment, and you will know the real size of the biggest "tree"

[@carbonreptile5437]

Definitely the best Mario game

[@sherrypearce700]

2:46 Me and the boys watching the spoons spark in the microwave

[@asrieldreemurr2239]

Me and the boys in Hell Valley be like: I always feel like, somebody's WATCHIN' MEEEEE!!!!!

[@h1k0usen13]

Oh my god I almost forgot about these :o my brother and I were terrified of them when we played SMG2 when we first noticed them Great seeing a vid about it from someone like you!

[@dylanmoore9047]

I remember when I was young I got so scared of them that I didn't play the game for ages because I thought something would happen lol

[@poshiblitz]

@@dylanmoore9047 I don't remember being very scared of them, I just thought it was cool

[@GodzillaGamerITA]

when I was young and played mario galaxy 2 I didn't even know they were there

[@Droobie03]

@@GodzillaGamerITA me too

[@LostBear.]

I remember pointing it out to a friend when I played through the game and noticed those "alien-figures" as I called them. Few months later he told me that there are videos and theories about those figures. I didn't know tbh and didn't think too much about it. The internet can make anything interesting it seems.

[@barofsoap5092]

4:36 "Mario is-asserting dominance!"

[@xtrallor1906]

Me: i am going to sleep now... My Brain: *HELL VALLEY SKY TREES* Me: *Bruh*

[@ceoofweblena]

Exactly... I always feel... like they’re right behind me...

[@DieselMonstar965]

AHHH I'M WATCHING THIS IN THE NIGHT TOO

[@Earl_Black]

There are so many haunting secrets,like the Hell valley Sky trees,the torturing sounds when you beat Octavio in Splatoon,etc. And Miyamoto doesn't even know how these were here.

[@elfmonster3082]

About those Splatoon sounds, what if they are actually coming from the Deep-Sea Metro from the Octo Expansion? The disturbing sounds [Octos being sanitized or blended?], metal clashing [Movement in the test areas?] and derailing train [Trains being retired?] Are all sounds that could come from the facility.

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

Hell valley sky trees are literally what their names mean, demons of old japan legends, put as a simple cultural reference and splatoon's sounds is just something a sound designer forgot to delete (confirmed)

[@Dash120z]

the Splatoon sounds are completely terrifying I'm surprised that something like that made it to a Nintendo game.

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

@@Dash120z they didn't see it and it was too late to delete it

[@phalanxHH]

Don't even get me started on the "Who are you running from?" Screen from the Gameboy Camera.

[@slimebuck]

lol everyone knows they are the gods from the end of Majoras mask, get with the times

[@hezekiahdaggett2179]

Oh my gosh! Genius!

[@keglodude]

Don’t you mean the Guardian Deities?

[@CommanderWiggins]

La VoS es DeuS Me and the boys after putting the moon back in the sky.

[@huricane887]

I thought it was the aliens from Majora's Mask but that makes sense too. What i want to know is when Luigi and Rosalina will avenge Mario by fighting Happy Mask Salesman with their cosmic powers. Since Luigi himself is pretty much a cosmic being that'd explain why he wasn't turned into a mask like his brother was.

[@terigonUSAS12]

lol true

[@Nelsnchannel]

0:27 "With Super Mario Galaxy 2's release almost a *decade* ago..." ;-;

[@hydraulicecstasy8514]

"2 years ago"

[@laggianput]

:)

[@petersinkworking6198]

6:08 Mario claimed his dominance over the monsters.

[@thekeyandthegate4093]

Based on Mario's canon height (5' 1" taken from an official life sized statue) and judging by the approximation of "100 times bigger" as stated in the video, that would put the largest of the Hell Valley Sky Trees at approximately 508 feet tall. For reference, that's over 200 feet taller than The Statue of Liberty and just 47 feet shorter than the Washington Monument. The shortest (30 times bigger than Mario) would be around 152 feet tall.

[@Sonic546416]

What I really like about the hell valley sky trees as a whole is that it’s almost like...at least in my opinion...they are the creators of this world. Really think about it: 1. The entire UNIVERSE you are travelling is filled to the brim with life, enemies, even regular trees in some galaxies. Lava is not common in most but it is indeed there... 2. Why is this galaxy the ONLY galaxy in the entire game that has absolutely no semblance of a world around you? No clouds, just a massive crater of lava below. I like to think that the canon reason they are there is that these beings saw what Bowser was doing, but because he is but a speck compared to them, they decided to play along and created the ominous galaxy you travel specifically right here, as there was nothing but a massive drop to lava prior. Mario is the one playing catch-up so as this world was created in a sort of haste, the giants are curious as to what Mario is, and why he travels this new world. They are awe struck at how such a small creature can move and cannot take their eyes away. Only one of the four giants shies away from Mario hoping not to be seen, while his three brothers do not fear him.

[@michmill7007]

underrated comment

[@jmas2593]

I have to say, I doubt the creatures are that huge, it's just the size of the image and not intended to canonically represent their height in my estimation.

[@alpine190mc]

WELL HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT YOU THE ENTIRE LEVEL

[@nozoto]

@@alpine190mc How can you say that the two dots are eyes, even? They don't glow a particular color. They're actual holes if you look at the close up and see the background scrolling through. These are most certainly a particularity on these trees. The artist who rendered them, probably hoped to trick the players through clever pareidolia, as they mistake what is a strange looking tree for a ghost figure. I gotta remind you that Mario is a fantasy franchise with bizarre artistic freedoms when it comes to design landscape features: huge mushroom platforms, clouds smiling at you or hills with literal eyes. I hardly question the fact that there are trees this outlandish looking, if they're called so in the actual code. For all I know, the level designer wanted them on a more creepy stage, but was only allowed to place them there, at a not so ideal location, which makes them stand out even more... I know my theory is not the most glamorous and all but then again, most of the time, reality is far from the overwrought fantasies of the fans.

[@PostTraumaticSwagDisorder]

Y O U R U I N E D T H E F A N T A S Y

[@BAzzaRProductions]

@@nozoto What?

[@ratchetlives]

I remember first seeing the sky trees back when I first got the game near it’s release. Coincidentally, I found these just after reading the Ben Drowned creepypasta, which scared me senseless at the time. I remember my friends and I crafting theories on these things for hours. It’s fascinating to finally have a plausible answer to what these things actually are.

[@BlueBird02760]

I thought UFOs were spotted in Super Mario 3D Land.

[@DaleluvYHWH]

I’m pretty sure you can see one looking through one of the cameras.

[@ghastdude589]

Yes, in world 1-3 or something when you look through one of the cameras a UFO will spawn in the distance.

[@laggianput]

They were. Theres also the weird 3dland ghost house faces

[@morquechoolveraaitordego8760]

If there are 4, they could be a reference to the 4 Giants from majoras mask

[@plasticsand9370]

Aitor Diego Morquecho Olvera doubt it

[@BrokenKeyboard14]

Would you believe me if I said I just played this level right before you uploaded the video? I was replaying Galaxy 1 and 2 to finally complete the games 100% and for nostalgia.

[@Missmay123p]

Yes

[@dailynonsense9360]

Am I the only one who’s weirdly fascinated by EHL? It’s design is so unique and creepy, and I wish we could see it in action, but they probably removed it for being a little too scary. I mean, c’mon. Here me out! *Goopy, headless DNA stomach man trying to violently give you a hug while spinning around*

[@jadendafinger]

Infernal watermelon sounds kinda cute

[@MrCorrectify]

They arent that big, thats just a simple misunderstanding of art and tech. A skybox is a sphere, generally with no depth (skybox elements aren't usually in front of or behind the sphere, just flatly painted on). The illusion of depth comes from the textures used and various parallax effects. In other words, you can't just walk up to a painting of a forest, pull out a ruler, and say "this is a painting of 10 inch trees". Theres a difference between how big the brush strokes literally are, and how big the trees are supposed to seem. The only meaningful direct measurement we can make on a sky box is how many degrees of the sphere an image takes up. Pixels, meters, and other measurements are irrelevant. In order to learn the real size of the spooky tree dudes (ignoring artistic license taken to make them visible), you would have to gauge their intended distance, and extrapolate how large something would have to be to consume that many degrees of vision given said distance.

[@lexihunnel4024]

senorspice aren’t

[@poyo4738]

Nobody: Me and the aliens after the raid :

[@jamesjdog]

Creppy Pasta Time ~ "HellFire Sky Trees !"

[@StarLightShadows]

The fact that this is a ridiculously huge canyon filled with lava makes it seem like "Hell Valley" could be an in-universe name for the canyon itself. Some kind of ancient Canyon so large and so full of Lava that all across the cosmos it is referred to as "Hell Valley." The Sky would literally be "Beyond Hell Valley." Due to being a Skybox that shows the edge of Hell Valley itself, with figures standing at its edge. Perhaps since the time of Hell Valley's last eruption a civilization has placed themselves there.

[@PorcelainRequiem]

Also, it could be a play on the common two depictions of Hell. Primarily it's said to be an extremely fiery pit, but in Dante's Inferno, the innermost part of Hell is freezing cold.

[@DenizenofPhaaze]

I remember having a vivid fascination with these things when I was younger. I spent countless hours just researching them (although, any information I did find at the time was already general knowledge).

[@marxtheenigma873]

I feel like we should make an alien landscape with giant actual trees that resemble these things. Holes in the plants structure makes it look like eyes. Enormously looming over the landscape. You can just barely see them from the settlement. You constantly feel their gaze. The locals believe these plants to be supernatural.

[@diegorr8378]

Random designer guy: *draws sky box* im boring *draws thingis in the background* hehe, well lets keep drawing Everyone: OMG what are those ghosts treeees!!!???

[@justseffstuff3308]

lol yeah, probably.

[@dalis8247]

When I first discover them I thought they are just local aliens observing you.

[@cosplaymemories1487]

I really like her art style! It reminds me of the art style of "Don't Starve/Don't Starve Together". :3

[@NotThatUser]

CosplayMemories14 Or, you know.... it’s called traditional fucking animation?

[@linus6718]

@@NotThatUser They were talking about the art style, not the animation

[@theminionmemer8603]

@@NotThatUser r/justlearnedthefword

[@void7357]

@@theminionmemer8603 also r/dickheads

[@dickorydock8475]

@@NotThatUser oh look at me I'm sooo smaaarrtt!!! Seriously, stop it you're only making yourself look like a saggy blueball micro dickhead.

[@averythesuperhero]

Y'know, they were already pretty creepy to begin with, but seeing just how giant they are makes them absolutely terrifying. Like some creature from Lovecraftian lore

[@aeroblu2002]

I think they might've been leftovers from a beta ghost level, since they're referred as something from hell valley, with the skybox being called beyond hell valley as well. Perhaps hell valley was kind of the Japanese name of the beta area, considering that some things in media have different names in other countries. Maybe those wierd figures were literally supposed to be everywhere in the background as decorations.

[@rixku3358]

I remember looking at this when I was playing SMG2. I was so spooked and didn’t want to play for quite awhile.

[@goblinmcgameface]

I always thought I saw a right lump when looking the,'trees...'

[@markoscalleno4891]

My weakness giant creepy silhouette cryptids that's staring into my soul

[@QuanGamee]

I find them way more scary from afar. I think it’s just that ‘you’re being watched’ feeling

[@crust8016]

Their massive size compared to Mario is almost Lovecraftian in a way

[@brianlee84yearsago68]

Imagine that Hell Valley Sky Tree is a boss battle and Bouldergeist theme plays

[@PDIcomics]

“Many, many years” hold the phone I’m only 30. 2010 was not many many years ago!!!! Don’t make me feel old!

[@Monochrome2004]

it's been a whole decade, dude

[@UltraHylia]

Yeah, but they have to be that large to be seen. They're not actually supposed to be that big

[@lukiepoika5140]

If we raid Area 51 we will find the hell valley sky trees

[@iR-80]

except they're dead

[@eclipsa2757]

These creature scared me as a kid. I just happen to look around my surrounding during the lava scene.

[@SpaceLobster21]

I am planning out a paper Mario fangame, sort of like a conclusion to the Mario series, of course not an end to it, but the thing everything has been leading up to. I planned for Mario to meet the hell valley sky trees in person and find out that they are demons who work for Jaydes, Queen of the underworld, and they hunt down people who are causing problems in the underworld. When you see them in Mario Galaxy, they are hunting down Mario because he is causing too many Goombas and koopas to die, but in super paper Mario, which happens soon after Mario Galaxy in my timeline, Dimentio literally destroys the underworld, and when Mario sends Dimentio's soul to the underworld, Jaydes forgives him. However, The mind controlling floro-sapien seeds that Dimentio planted in Luigi's head were never fully removed. Dimentio's soul reactivated the seeds and used Luigi's accessibility to E. Gadd's lab to his advantage, and found a special "experiment" that brought him back to life. Dimentio decided to begin his master plan, and remarried Peach and Bowser to recreate the chaos heart. When Jaydes found out that Dimentio had escaped back into the soul of the living, she sent the hell valley sky trees out to get him back. Of course, I may need to give the sky trees some sort of size changing ability, or the ability to transform into shadows now that you found out their size.

[@colbykillian]

To me, the fact that they are gigantic is 1000x more horrifying

[@avery-gee]

I would have watched, and would watch, the hell out of that real creepy mystery channel

[@moyaiti5095]

Maybe the hell valley sky trees may be a prediction for a boss battle in a future Mario game or a possible sequel for Mario galaxy 2

[@Coldcolor900]

mario is about 5”1’. the big sky tree is 100x the size of mario, according to swanky. this means that the sky trees are over 500 feet tall.

[@iR-80]

Basically they're moving (possibly) living skyscrapers of doom. 10spooky12me.

[@BLUE-dw4tc]

I found them when I was playing this game with my dad, I was terrified, when we have the game to my little cousin for his birthday, I told him where to look, but not what he was looking for... his reaction was hilarious

[@levigifford3871]

Mario and Luigi-" I always feel like, somebodys watching me, and I have no privacy"

[@jmas2593]

You might be onto something with the correlation between the unused Luigi's Mansion enemy and the sky trees.

[@SuperMase9X]

My theory is that they are supposed to be based on Umibozu. Their size on the other hand can be attributed to shadows. Then again, gargantuan monsters on this type of level is something that scares me in fiction lol

[@aeonicbutterfly9662]

Weird and unlikely related to Shiverburn specifically, but California folklore tells of the Shadow Watchers, shadowy beings that, always on the horizon, observe people travelling in the Santa Lucia Mountains. They always hide beyond the ridges, doing nothing but watching, and its impossible to approach them, as they will vanish at distance. Needless to say, the Sky Trees always gave me those sort of vibes.

[@BlueBladeofFate]

You know what the Hell Valley Sky Trees remind me of? The Kunekune japanese urban legend. Noodle-limbed creature that appears way in the distance that also drives people insane? Check. (Though if I have to be honest, the unused boss from Luigi's Mansion resembles it more.)

[@LexiLunarpaw]

Ohhh [REDACTED] Forest isnt it

[@keglodude]

The biggest vibe I’m getting from these Hell Valley Sky Trees a “Never talk to us and our sons ever again” situation.

[@Void_Echoes]

I think I know what these aliens are... *_A wild Deoxys appeared!_*

[@Void_Echoes]

Ok i’m joking I don’t think they are deoxys I just love pokemon and they just remind me of deoxys for some reason

[@Void_Echoes]

and I want an excuse to play it’s theme lol

[@auto1lija]

Nice

[@smolbrendan5978]

They're just standing there... menacingly!

[@agentblackbird9435]

I always thought there were 4 trees, 3 trees standing, and one next to the one on the far right. And turns out I’m right!

[@plazmasyt]

Considering that the texture for the "Hell Valley Sky Trees" might have been done in a rush and also considering that the line of pixels at the top appears to be heavily filtered and smoothed out, it looks like the texture as a whole was rescaled and filtered to be bigger than it was originally. Could have been so that they were actually visible from a distance; not that the things are meant to be huge. And I don't think someone in a rush would consider scale 100% correctly. Also, one small thought that could kinda ruin it all... Maybe it was just a developer joke. Who really knows what happened.

[@asuuki2048]

I ALWAYS thought they had a connection to ElH from Luigi's Mansion. I am glad to see that somebody is in agreement. But I won't let it be taken away from me that I've thought of it first for years lol

[@TaroMikami]

4 giants... "Forest mountain ocean canyon..." "The four who are there" "Bring them here" ...hmm...

[@terigonUSAS12]

hmmmmmm

[@PorcelainRequiem]

Mario must've accidentally hummed the Oath to Order.

[@TaroMikami]

@@amadeus2938 big thonk

[@leonardovaldivia5200]

A programmer was like: Gonna put 4 boys! It will be funny

[@gmarxmania8056]

I always thought they were called trees because of the little wood dudes from other levels. Figured these were just bizarre versions of those that fit the style of the level

[@KaedeLanyo]

The "tree" part of the name does make sense if they really are meant to be kodama...

[@r0bw00d]

Translation?

[@KaedeLanyo]

@@r0bw00d Japanese *tree* spirits. Living mostly in forests and mountains. Alternatively, google it.

[@PerceptionOverload]

Just looked em up. 99% certain that's where they come from. White, 2 empty holes for eyes, very curvy, very round humanoid bodies. The only problem would br their size, but I'd giess the only reason they were drawn so big was simply because of disrance and visual effects from the skybox. Great call man

[@CeeJayThe13th]

Considering the game files call them trees and 'kodama' can also apparently refer to the tree in which one of the spirits resides, I'd say you nailed it. I've heard of this mystery for years and never heard that explanation. That's pretty strange considering that these spirits are apparently featured in the quite popular Princess Mononoke. (I got all my info from a 30 second Google search so forgive me if I'm off the mark.)

[@katyperryskatycats4030]

I've always wondered what they were ever since I first played the game

[@expio4257]

Well this was a blast too the past, considering I've always been very interested in this topic.

[@NotThatUser]

Expio 20XX But MAAAAAAAARS!

[@PTp1ranha]

Now a new question remains- are they canonically giant? Or are they only that large to suit the needs of the skybox?

[@metalmario1231]

mario is no stranger to fighting things 100 times his size....those things wouldn't beat him so easily if at all

[@liamdalemon1525]

luigi also did that multiple times!

[@taiscommentingaccountusedf1908]

I found something interesting. The eyes of the hell valley sky trees look ominously close to the eye holes on the shy guy masks. So what if, the shy guys are related to the hell valley sky trees in some way?

[@levigifford3871]

Mario and Luigi -I feel like someone, wants to sell me something"! The sky trees- "I told you he was on to us"!

[@UltraNurture]

I’ve known about these things for so long, thanks for making a video about it.

[@DoubleDHarvey]

The Absolute size of hell valley sky trees

[@johnathannelson4542]

I love your videos, thank you for taking the time to make these. I enjoy watching these at night before bed so I have something to contemplate on as I drift off

[@Lunarcreeper]

You can see the fourth but it’s only the top of his head

[@peksioart6706]

Yeah, I was playing that level today and I saw the fourth one too

[@Dreigonix]

That animation is amazing! And I think these things are my favorite gaming urban legend/creepypasta right now- it’s not trying too hard to be edgy or scary, it’s just a strange, mysterious thing that nobody knows what it is, and people can come up with all kinds of theories about what they think it is.

[@SolunaStriker2344]

What if they're supposed to be a homage to the four giants from Majora's Mask just a thought

[@neemis7796]

This isn't the only time nintendo pulled a spooky prank on us! In the original splatoon (and the second boss of splatoon2 only) screams can be heard in every boss room and coming from some statues in ink blot art academy at the night. Knowing that the screams are only there because one developer thought it would be funny, and that the hellvalley trees were done sloppily and seemingly in a rush, I think it's safe to assume that they exist for the same reason as the splatoon bossroom screams.

[@dedicateddetails]

I'm just wondering how the person found it, did he just stand on one specific spot and decided to look around, I really want to know HOW it was founded.

[@mixttime]

I mean they are everywhere in that level since the sprite is attached to the sky. Just so long as nothing is obstructing your view. And they do stand out a bit if you've got the camera facing that way. Most people don't use first person, but it isn't surprising that someone would find this.

[@hezekiahdaggett2179]

I’m sure plenty of people were looking around and saw it

[@LostBear.]

I looked around the area on my first playthrough as a kid and noticed them. Pretty sure many other people discovered it that way aswell.

[@jirachido3997]

I think He Analized Every Background in the game, and Eventually Found Them in the world 5

[@inky2412]

YES thank you. I love these so much, and I'm glad to see people still talking about them

[@FatherEnric0Pucci]

These things should be a boss In Luigi's mansion

[@toxic_shr00m]

I just love the idea that they're just like "Yo what the FUCK is that red thing?"

[@Monochrome2004]

i mean imagine you got your little terrarium and this weird foreign beast just spawns inside and starts killing everything then grabs a shiny thing and disappears

[@mya5555]

2:01 my aliens waiting for me to feed them

[@DRKNT640]

Never expected to see abit here. Love her content so it was a suprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@danhenry8163]

Doesn't everything have eye balls in Mario World? Including the clouds, stars and trees?

[@burningsexuality1540]

Sometimes yes sometimes no

[@DeathAlchemist]

It was so nice of you to have frank help you out with this one.

[@elizabethriddett7319]

just me, or is the galaxy shaped like a backward question mark?

[@Crystalluss]

I noticed that, too.

[@MrDimentio]

When I first got to this level many moons ago, I thought they were rockets of some sort. Then I studied them more and realized they were some sort of creature.

[@ravenmillieweikel3847]

they are normal size, just far away. they move with you because they are watching they only appear big because that's how the rendering works.

[@Falkuzrules]

It sounds like you're trying to say "your proven explanation of why they seem to always watch you is false, it's not just because of how the game works, and also your proven display of how they're actually big is false, it's just because of how the game works."

[@nathanjohnson5320]

I love how the two most frequently viseted chanels i watch for spooky things have merged yay

[@CocoHikari583]

Maybe they are They from Romani Ranch Majora's Mask?

[@brokendictionary8344]

2:18 "Girrrtacos" Now that's an Invader Zim fan right there-

[@FraQuelloDiQuazzo]

can you talk about the impossible star in grand master galaxy? (it is on the canyon lava section)

[@mariophreak]

Do you have a link to information regarding it? I would like to know more.

[@FraQuelloDiQuazzo]

@@mariophreak i'm sorry but no, nobody talk to this mistery so i ask him becouse he can see it whit his progams, and maybe he can use it.

[@mariophreak]

@@FraQuelloDiQuazzo Hmm. That's unfortunate. Thanks anyway.

[@FraQuelloDiQuazzo]

@@mariophreak nothing 👍🏻

[@mariophreak]

@@FraQuelloDiQuazzo Hey is English not your 1st language? No offense but your wording kind of sucks.

[@haronka]

The smaller is about 30x Mario's height, the big is at least 100x Mario's height, and the big is at most 3x the small's height, WHAT?!