The Mystery of the Castle Plexus (Super Mario 64 Iceberg)

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At the very bottom of the Super Mario 64 Iceberg, a phrase labeled "the internal plexus of the castle" caught the eyes of many people. But what is it exactly? In this video we're going to cover it from A to Z, but the mystery of the castle plexus is confusing because it has a lot of different ways that it can be analyzed. It's not a surface level mystery like L is Real 2401 once was (before Luigi was actually found in the files). So sit back and enjoy my slightly unsettling tale about Princess Peach's mysterious castle... But beware - every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized!
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Credits and sources:
Written by SwankyBox.
Edited and filmed by SwankyBox and Stowgee.
Exterior M64 overlay by Skelux.
Music credits:
Songs from various Super Mario OST's
"Princess Peach's Castle" - Super Mario 64
"Mansion Exterior" - Luigi's Mansion

[@brianna7705]

Someone actually sent a letter to Nintendo asking all sorts of questions, one of them being about Princess Peach’s castle. Nintendo responded with, “Princess Peach has two castles; one for her art gallery, and one to live in.” (Fun fact: in the list of questions, the person also asked “how do bomb-ombs reproduce,” and Nintendo responded “with gunpowder and love.”)

[@timurmotigullin579]

There's gotta be more than 2, due to Peach's Castle having different layouts and locations in almost every game.

[@yeezoyoutube]

@@timurmotigullin579 "it's called innovation, stupid" ~ dr. fetus

[@yeezoyoutube]

@@timurmotigullin579 (jk you're not stupid you wonderful creature)

[@hakai1014]

@@timurmotigullin579 maybe each Mario game is in a different universe where theres Peach’s castle is completely different?

[@HollowHusk404]

@@hakai1014 odyssey confirms a timeline sooo

[@Lugmillord]

Proof that there have to be more rooms: There is no toilet.

[@TurboPilz]

But I thought that was the Hazy Maze Cave room. (Also, are you the real Lugmillord? I love Super Mario 74.)

[@Lugmillord]

@@TurboPilz It is so crazy that people still recognize me. Really glad you like it despite all of its design flaws. ;)

[@TurboPilz]

@@Lugmillord My Twitter handle literally has a 74 in it because of SM74 and I'm planning to try to beat it without running, it's super fun for me.

[@hl5217]

I JUST REALIZED THAT TOADS HAVE NO BLADDER.

[@Rbtdkawaii]

I mean, in super mario 3d world we can see her undies int the intro where we can see... It's solid. My theory is that peach was trying new dresses when she suddenly got stuck in one and couldn't take it off. It stayed there so much that it became a solid thing. Thats why she doesn't have a toilet. She just cant.

[@CheshireEsme]

I love that Chris O’Neal’s “Bowser Room” hoax still gets people to this day

[@ffffffffROTHY]

"NYEH HEH HEH HEEHHHH... THEY'LL ALL BELIEVE ME NOW..."

[@yosh9192]

NOT THE BOWSER ROOM MIYAMOTO SAID THE GAME COULDN’T COME OUT WITHOUT IT

[@Tech_Marauder]

“LOOK! ITS REAL!”

[@amazingfireboy1848]

Swanky should make a Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 iceberg.

[@FalcoMoment]

Tomar retrieved all the Tomar Emeralds and willed the Bowser Room into existence

[@hex1233]

It's easy to explain everything: Bowser had Kamek change the interior of the castle to include all those weird traps like infinite stairs, boos in the courtyard, trapdoor leading to the first bowser fight, etc. Sure, Kamek doesn't appear in game, but he still exists in the Mario universe. He could've just left once his job was complete.

[@dandebroke]

It's weird. Of course this explanation is the most likely one in-universe, especially with how fleshed out Kamek's abilities have become since 64, but back then it was so... eerie having that fear of the unknown. Why is the castle like this? Why is it so desolate?

[@malitoonline2217]

Ez

[@yournightmare2170]

deedledee I have come to a conclusion u are smart same for you Hex

[@101thirstairborne6]

Why the hell would Kamek have any involvement in this, he had no critical importance in the storyline at the time of 64’s release 🤣

[@hex1233]

@@101thirstairborne6 He was shown to work for Bowser in Super Mario RPG. He was the leader of the Magikoopas. He was also in Yoshi's Island.

[@moonchild4806]

RE the no furniture, nintendo officially commented in an email to someone that Peach is so rich she has 2 castles, one for furniture, and one for art.

[@anniesalaum6500]

Wario : you want fun wario show u fun

[@stpidstuff]

i want mario 64 2 to be based around the furniture one

[@MadCrafter360]

So I guess the two castles in galaxy 2 arent a mistake then

[@Bowling4986]

I mean it was a letter but yeah you are right

[@danielledonohue8226]

@@anniesalaum6500 how can chasing down a poor helpless little red plumber be fun anyway?

[@adscomics]

Honestly, given the overall inconsistency between her castle in the games (some even without a moat!) I've come to the conclusion that Peach simply just has multiple castles.

[@M0D776]

Peach just likes to flex with her castle collection

[@vibezonegaming]

Forbes top 10 royals has most dignitaries wealth measured by the amount of castles you own. Peach: I am a princess with 5 castles That’s why you don’t see posers like King George III in the number 1 spot.

[@logangaskill4]

I mean, bowser has 8 castles so I wouldn't be suprised

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

@@logangaskill4 Bowser has way more than just 8 castles. He keeps building new ones with each game, and the ones in Super Mario World were all destroyed by Mario and Luigi.

[@darthtroller]

I think since Bowser keeps invading they have to relocate or sometimes just change up the interior, I think in SM64 Bowser has simply changed the interior

[@pont1695]

Please, talk about 64DS. The window corridor on the start screen. The purple rabbit. And all that Waluigi stuff. I'd just love it.

[@-metroro-]

yes

[@pont1695]

Y E S Y E S Y E S Y E S *Y E S*

[@wags696]

yEs

[@davi_sem_d4769]

Yes!

[@eggsongarlicbread4103]

*y e s*

[@jakobgii]

You should do a bonus video on those endless labyrinths that were generated in 7/29/95 sm64, that would be a really interesting thing to see

[@sgillman16]

Those are call ROM HACKS and not real

[@ddave6419]

I agree with this.

[@jakobgii]

@@sgillman16 It's only a creepypasta... I was just saying this because i like creepypasta videos and thought this would be a good video ides, considering he's done stuff like this before

[@zigazav1]

@@sgillman16 The beta Mario 64 got leaked. If you try to find it, you might find it.

[@wildberrysherbert3803]

sgillman16 r/wooooooosh

[@emmanuelmercado1162]

Well according to that one text post about the person's dad who called/sent letters to Nintendo of Europe as a kid, Peach has one castle for her art and another castle for her furniture

[@zigazav1]

Whenever someone who uses the phrase that includes their supposed family member who works at a specified game company, they most often than not are lying.

[@derick1618]

@@zigazav1 he said their dad sent letters, not work there.

[@cixlo]

Peach is packed and stacked. Damn.

[@Tech_Marauder]

@Alessia Morgana You're misusing that term.

[@Tech_Marauder]

@Alessia Morgana Right, because misreading something is the act of a Karen. Keep using the term like that and it will lose its meaning and just become a term to describe anyone who makes any mistake. I do like that term, I am not against its use, this is just not the right use.

[@niftyrobo]

My headcanon is that Bowser just took all the furniture

[@moltencandlecrab]

"Mario.. you may have your princess back... but I will NEVER return this coffee table!

[@im_feeling_pongpingy]

@@moltencandlecrab OuO gud jok

[@OlviMasta77]

@@moltencandlecrab huehuehue

[@OlviMasta77]

@@moltencandlecrab And thus, made sure his next stop would be the toadland IKEA.

[@lolboi9702]

Hes a busy thing he needs rest too

[@cosplaymemories1487]

my brain melted when you said he built the castle before creative mode was invented.... BEFORE!!!! That's a hell of an ambitious project there and i salute!!!! :O I don't think i could ever get tired of hearing/learning/theorizing about other dimensions or parallel dimensions.... :3

[@orangeguy5374]

He probably used mods to fly and get items. Pretty sure that’s what most people did before creative mode

[@xehP]

Duplication glitches were very abundant before creative mode. it was crazy over powered lol

[@Stowgee]

I used an exploit for infinite resource, but that was it. It was definitely time consuming.

[@rayw.6677]

The Mario mash up castle can’t even compare to that thing!!!

[@OtakuJuanma2]

I always thought that Bowser's magic was what caused the castle to look like that. He morphed the interior into something more akin to what he wanted... Or the interior is a sort of pocket dimension that looks loosely like what it would but not quite.

[@AlienXtream1]

i always understood it that bowser "corrupted" the castle to make it into a deadly labyrinth

[@theeclipsemaster]

I mean, it makes sense

[@healmore8716]

I can’t believe that Mario 64 was released almost 30 years ago and to this day people still talk about the game

[@morningbowl3156]

Hey Healmore what’s up?

[@benroddison]

It's more like almost 25 years ago considering that it released in 1996 but still is good to see that the fanbase is still huge.

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

@King K. Rool that and ROM Hacks and speedruns. Mario 64 is legendary among games for its quality, impact on 3D gaming, and the dedicated fans who rework Nintendo’s masterpiece into something more, like the ROM Hackers SKELUX and Kaze, or machinamists like MarioMario54321. Super Mario 64 will never die!

[@Cranbearry_YouTube]

Now u can play it on the switch, too! I've already just about 100% Galaxy, and then on to 64!

[@AngelicoCiudad]

The OG games (NES/SNES, 64, GameCube, and PS 1/2) had a lot of secrets build into it and many OG games no matter how many times you play it still can be fun.

[@ghostformanek5664]

My headcannon is that Peach is so unbelievably rich that she has a castle for her art (64) a castle for doing her royal duties (odyssey) and a castle she lives in. Edit: I know her castles appear in other games too, I only mentioned those games because they were the only ones that were mentioned in the video and the most of the mario games I have played didn't have the inside of her castle (Galaxy) or it appeared once in the background (3d World). Edit 2: I'm not saying those are her only castles, you can stop pointing out games that have other castles. I just wanted to share my explanation for why her castle in 64 is filled with art and not furniture.

[@johnquach8821]

Considering Bowser has at least 8 castles, that's not a far-fetched theory.

[@trainerflowey2729]

well, having an art castle when your enemy is a sorcerer is a bad idea, which is why she was stuffed in glass for the game. But, Toads are dumb and Peach listens to them, so i digress.

[@Eevee860]

The castle she lives in is the one in the nsmb games

[@snoopdoggthecertifiedg6777]

John Quach he just put the koopa kids in peach’s castles and Mario had to go in and wreck them

[@yurr7408]

I like this one

[@jmas2593]

“Mario was just eaten by the wall. Well that’s cursed.” Like the toads

[@deltaxeno7807]

Their transparent bodies when I first played 64DS kind of spooked me as a kid.

[@robbie5899]

Cursed bup

[@Omega-5]

5:36 “Help! I think I’m stuck between dimensions or something.”

[@Unluckydood]

Origami king reference

[@famitory]

peach's castle has been in a lot of games, it might be interesting to see a comparison of all of them, with a focus on how things are moved around and changed. the paper mario 64 version in particular has a much more believable and fleshed-out version, with its library, kitchen, bedroom, ect.

[@acamera367]

That one is probably her living Castle where she actually lives considering the.. emptiness of the others.

[@linktheplayer3]

You do realize that canonically this is peach’s “art” castle right?, this was confirmed by the Nintendo uk definition.

[@deddrz2549]

where does she get the ingredients for cake then, let alone bake it? hmmmmm?

[@linktheplayer3]

Derp de Derp it was a tumblr post I’ll see it I can link you

[@peepeepoopoocheck2092]

@@linktheplayer3 reliable

[@projectdarkius1256]

Also, shut up plz

[@kylelabelle5047]

@@deddrz2549 ever heard of having a bun in the oven

[@XD-zi2sd]

“So Mario? How did you come back after defeating dharkon?” “6:45”

[@TheBallWithTheShield]

nice

[@The40Oliver]

My theory is that Bowser has twisted the castle with magic/star power That explains the magic paintings, the fact that nothing is aligned correctly or actually fits and certain rooms are missing

[@haikarawalker6996]

My theory on this one is built around a sort of “string theory” concept. For those unaware, string theory (or at least wormhole string theory) is the theory that when the universe was first created, it had holes in it that were linked together by pathways called strings, which were then stretched out when the universe expanded. This is sort of an inverse concept. The castle was mysteriously shrunk on the outside, and the interior areas and sections are completely different locations linked by “strings”. When the castle was first built, the doors were all linked to the room they went to with strings. Then, somehow, the castle was shrunk. The interior rooms were warped out into space, still connected to the exterior castle by the doors. If a toad were to drill through the wall, they would find and empty black nothingness. If they were to go through a door on this side, they would find themselves once again in the void, as they went through the opposite side of the door where the infinite void exist. The only way to escape would be to go back out through the physical hole they made. Peach was being kept in a physical room at the top of the exterior castle, while mario was running through the interior sections in space that had been warped and altered by bowser and his minions.

[@UltraAryan10]

Bruh

[@pravda9646]

@@1Spring No, no it doesn't. I mean I guess if this is your headcanon, but the post above has nothing to do with lore or string theory

[@danielebrunetti853]

Bruh it's just a frickin Mario game, it's not that deep.

[@haikarawalker6996]

Daniele Brunetti if you believed that you wouldn’t be watching this video

[@haikarawalker6996]

Daniele Brunetti it’s literally a video about the exact concept I’m theorizing.

[@Procrastinge]

As a child I had nightmares about the painitng of lethal lava land and was too scared to jump in that painting. My brother had to clear that course

[@DetournementArc]

I feel like a lot of the "Liminal Spaceyness" of Mario 64 comes from the fact that devs had to make the absolute most out of the console's relatively limited resources. Everything in M64 exists to be interacted with using Mario's specific toolset, so of course, there'd be no need for furniture that doesn't fly at you, a functional castle interior, etc. The result is a world that is empty of everything except things with direct use, one that clearly fails to be as full or as realized as what it's textures and music and theming depicts, but fundamentally ergonomic, designed to light up the player's brain in gratifying ways through paring down world interaction solely to what is intuitive and operable with Mario's platforming. It's almost like "fairy circles", mushrooms that grow in a circular pattern so akin to something of intentional, human design that it spurs the natural intrigue and curiosity of the humans that recognize it as such with no frame of reference for the actual natural phenomena at play; but here, no such natural phenomena exist. If anything, it is the opposite: a space of pure artifice with the scantest frills of false naturalism. I'm probably being a stick in the mud for not entertaining the creepypasta aspects here, and if that's your jam, go for it- but I feel like the weird interplay between intentionally designed space and the breakdown of that space's diegesis under even slight scrutiny is fascinating.

[@bowkxian4264]

Later in 2034: Hey we found the wario apparition boss fight,King bomb-ombs child, A Link camio, and the bowsers secret room!!!

[@ldub5562]

Lol

[@backerson5576]

Imagine knowing that Bowser's secret room actually was a hoax made by one of the SM64 youtubers.

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

Wait a minute, where is the Waluigi dating simulator. I could have sworn that was in the game.

[@BorzoiSpotProductions]

It's what you get when you enter the hidden painting in the Bowser Room You actually hear Miyamoto San himself say "it was my favourite" in a distorted voice as you load in

[@someoneunknown6553]

Well, if every copy is personalized, the game knows exactly what you wanted!

[@redtygr14]

I got the budget "Francis" Dating Simulator and it was just some nerd who yelled "HIGH TECHNICALLLL!!"

[@KittyKatty999]

You must be mistaken. It was Mario 64 DS, not the original game.

[@mariotheundying]

There was one time I was scared to go to the basement because I though i would find dead luigi, then there was another time I was scared of the top floor because of the ceiling going dark, there is just something a bit creepy in that room Btw my first language is spanish so sorry if there's any grammatical error

[@Rbtdkawaii]

Dont worry. My first language is portuguese. And you did well

[@potatos5699]

Well, I guess you thought it was personalized.

[@AT-er9iy]

r3b00t3d kawaii eu tbm

[@khokh699]

Do you think this has anything to do with the personalised copies theory?

[@franzwolf8082]

Why you thought there was a dead Luigi on the basement? It was some kind of rumor you've heard or you just imagined that by yourself?

[@MouseWhisperer11]

If there was a day and night cycle, peach would be starved dead by, like, a week. idk i don't have a concept of time. plus the iceberg seems to think she's behind the stained glass window.

[@chase3564]

Peach is a hostage, I think it’s safe to assume that Bowser would feed her

[@desu2000]

Mario 64 but you need to complete the game in 3 days or Peach dies.

[@turntechgodhead9395]

@@desu2000 In my copy, if you took too long, you'd catch glimpses of the princess around the castle-only very thin and pale. She would dissapear as soon as you angled the camera for a proper look, but it always used to creep me out as a kid. And when you beat the game...she didn't come out of the stained glass window. Or appear at all, really. The window was noticably gone, leaving a hole, but nothing came out. Post game, any time you looked at the hole with the camera, you heard this hollow ambience. This game, man.

[@franklinbrooksstoppedcomme3267]

Peach is likely a static prisoner, of sorts. While not being capable of eating, breathing, etc., she may also not even need to do so in such a magic prison concealing her in a way that the passage of time has little to no affect to her bodily functions, therefore explaining how at the end when she is released she appears to be in a condition with little to no difference than as we see her in the start.

[@omegavladosovich6757]

The black-eyed Mario isn't that creepy it just looks like he's high in Robot Chicken

[@anephemeralcollation3865]

Mark Z. Danielewski: "I live at the end of a five-and-a-half minute hallway." Mario: "Hold-a my beer!"

[@Echidneys]

Not funny

[@undefined0_]

Echi didnt laugh

[@Caun-88]

I appreciate the reference.

[@2mygreeneyes]

This gives me WwwWario nostalgia. It’s the same music that played during his extensive Waluigi in Mario 64 DS analysis

[@lilya2906]

That name..... I haven’t heard that name in years. Thank you for bringing back memories.....

[@tslanews24]

Ah man, those memories, eh? :D

[@2mygreeneyes]

WwwWario BRO you actually responded. Btw saw your Link be Ganon video and it was sick. Thanks for the reply 👍

[@StupidMarioBloopers920]

@@tslanews24 hi mate

[@Neovixen]

WwwWario holy shit its wwwwario himself

[@togetittomeollaan]

The part where he speaks about the lack of furniture reminded me of a post in which someone asked Nintendo a total of 50 questions about SM64 via email (such as "How do Bob-Ombs reproduce?" which was answered with "Through a mixture of gunpowder and love.") and one of the questions was about the lack of furniture, which was answered with Peach having two castles: a castle meant to store paintings and a castle meant to store furniture.

[@CozyVemgeance]

*this game almost always gave me a lonely, unsettled and isolated feeling while playing. the characters felt lifeless and almost zombie like. fuck wet dry world, the whole game gave me a negative emotional aura*

[@brandonfryer5104]

The whole game gave me the most joyful feeling I've ever felt in my life

[@mattboi4078]

I’m really liking this series! Please do more Also, the iceberg has been updated, there is a few more theories in case you want to check them out...

[@DarkSpartan765]

It has? What are the newer theories?

[@UltimateSpiderPlush2]

@@DarkSpartan765 something about a corrupt microcode incident and nintendo employees.

[@mattboi4078]

There’s also big boo’s haunt music being from a snuff film, also just look up updated iceberg...

[@LexiLunarpaw]

@@mattboi4078 i looked it up and found stuff about actual icebergs...

[@Bradenspooner]

Did anyone else realize luigi’s mansion music was playing in the background of a Super Mario 64 video?

[@Cool_Kid95]

I’m disappointed in the Iceberg for missing my conspiracy. Specifically “Wet Dry World is a model in a dumpster”

[@commanderdingdong422]

Honestly I just love the Luigi’s Mansion music in the background! Great game and music and really fits in with the whole creepy factor. Great video as always Swanky! Stay awesome!

[@jaykee2752]

WE ENTERED PEACHES CASTLE AT 3AM **GONE SCARY** DO NOT WATCH

[@mattboi4078]

Is it true you defeated an entire army with one single blow?

[@allhailthewiiu4868]

sounds like clickbait

[@personwhoiscappy]

Uploaded to ImJayStation 1 hour after Charles Martine died

[@bananagun1807]

Clickbait

[@jaykee2752]

@@mattboi4078 of course

[@Omegapork]

I love this new iceberg stuff. I loved dicussing all the good creepypastas like Ben Drowned and Buried Alive with my friends in the playground when I was younger. We needed some new ones!

[@UltraHylia]

I still remember one of my childhood dreams about SM64DS, more specifically about unlocking Waluigi. My dream was that you could use the cannon to enter the Peach painting on the castle exterior. Once you do this, you'd be in a boss battle against Petey in a strange, generic castle room. From here the details go a bit hazy but once you defeat Petey I remember things starting to get creepy including a creepy message displayed to the user but sadly I can't remember the details or if Waluigi actually unlocked. Tl;dr my brain contributed to this mess years ago and is kindly preventing me from sharing the important details.

[@LaserMaster95]

I think there was a rumor about that, actually. After you beat the Piranha Plant boss, you end up back in the castle grounds as Waluigi, but they're completely flooded with water. You then grab a Power Flower, which gives you a sort of lightning powerup that you use to break something and drain the water.

[@UltraHylia]

AJH Gaming Oh huh, that's interesting...

[@milanmalfait9914]

You're telling me the place I practically considered as a second home in my childhood is in fact some creepy eerie cursed stuff of nightmares? Interesting...

[@lukaspatrickson4776]

I remember being terrified of the Boo at the hallway of the castle

[@Yavor0971]

Same

[@N8-Feds]

I was afraid of water/ice levels

[@chase3564]

I am an adult now and I still am terrified of going into the basement

[@AT-er9iy]

I was always scared of going into the basement of the castle. The hallways in the basement always creeped me out, I always felt like something was going to pop out of a corner.

[@lukaspatrickson4776]

AT Yeah, me too!

[@thebotbuilder]

This is a very interesting video, I always found the Internal Plexus theory confusing but this helped me understand it a lot more

[@Echidneys]

A lot of games (and maybe cartoons) use this concept. I always just imagine the exterior to be an exaggeration

[@gmarxmania8056]

You guys ever think about where peach made the cake? I never saw a kitchen

[@flamingphoenixleo223]

She just typed /spawncake

[@wafflegod64]

@@flamingphoenixleo223 /give @s supermario64:cake 1

[@mariomaster101official]

Have a good day everyone!!!

[@g4m3st3p6]

No. I don’t think I will.

[@aspiiro9218]

Thank you :)

[@jaceclark794]

No.

[@sockman42]

no u

[@mariomaster101official]

@@sockman42 thank you!!!

[@frankbrislin4378]

SwankyBox , 'Skelux' did a cool video about what Peach's castle really looks like inside about two years ago; have you seen it? 3:10 Oh, question answered.

[@silviox8637]

I remember when I was a kid and "accidentally" clipped through the wall in SM64DS and discovered that the castle was empty. And then glitched myself in the courtyard only because I wanted to reach the top of the castle early and the old vanish cap stage with other characters besides Wario only for discovering that I couldn't do that (because the loading zone wasn't active so I basically softlocked myself). Good times.

[@thragara5100]

The topics are getting insane ! Awsome stuff !

[@Jrockten]

I just wanted to know who was peaches interior designer who decided to paint the walls like a sky with cartoon clouds. It looks ridiculous.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

I presume L returned so he can ultimately defeat the Wario Apparition

[@alexriesenbeck]

Great job with the frame around the entire video. It’s subtle but far better than a watermark

[@KimSukLey]

Not gonna lie, these SM64 iceberg videos are my guilty pleasure lol Nice video, Swanky!

[@williamgabriel2245]

Interesting enough, the Princess castle layout is different in every game.

[@mariomaster101official]

This theory is scary.

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

As a kid playing 64 DS, there was always something vaguely unsettling about it. I think it's the emptiness of the only other inhabitants being ghostly toads, and how every other character is hostile. None of the levels ever truly felt safe to me, and the castle was almost worse due to its near lack of enemies, yet still being infested with ghosts. I was always too scared to enter the courtyard after the Boos appeared, and as soon as I unlocked the moat door I always entered the basement that way. Until I got a friend to unlock Luigi and get the BBH stars, I played through most of the game with just Mario and Yoshi.

[@glacestarot8148]

y'know, i think the devs didn't care about technicalities too much, just cause kids are too dumb

[@enemyghost2170]

when I was younger I always thought that Bowser had cursed the castle using the power stars. Using their power, he sealed everyone/thing within distant worlds accessed through the paintings, created an infinite staircase, and set trap doors. He could have even been responsible for the existence of the basement and the haunted courtyard. The actual power held within a power star in Mario 64 is never revealed either, let alone 120 of them, so it wouldn't be too crazy to assume that they were strong enough to enchant an entire castle. After the stars are returned to the castle and peach is saved, I assumed that it returned to normal. All the furniture would return, the toads wouldn't be bound to a single vanishing state, and heck, maybe even Luigi would appear. It would look like it does in Mario Odyssey. But we never get to explore the Mario 64 world in a state were Bowser is gone and Peach has returned, so we never find out.

[@JumpyWizzzard]

Wow, this morning I was telling my sister about my Mario 64 live streams and she literally said, "I don't like that game, the castle is really creepy"

[@alisiaale565]

Maybe she had fever dreams about it?

[@JumpyWizzzard]

@@alisiaale565 no i don't think so. She just said how it made no sense how empty it was, and how she didn't like BBH

[@alisiaale565]

@@JumpyWizzzard, yeah, the castle is just soooooo empty! It's too empty even for me! However, I don't get mad by how empty the castle is. I like the fact that the castle is like a big maze because I even have dreams about it! Also, Big Boo's Haunt makes sense of being empty because a haunted house can't have anything interesting in it. Only ghosts, scary pianos and... Vanish caps?

[@logistikalism6813]

"Well there is one piece of furniture.. " *cuts away from grandfather clock* "The piano"

[@uncertainteavevo8035]

Can’t wait for more iceberg videos!

[@supersuper7496]

Hey swanky box i did some research and Nintendo was planing on making mario RPG 2,mario world 2(mario whacky world),super mario 64 2(project 128)

[@NYCWalIcrawler]

My theory on the living spaces of the castle, you need the power of the stars to fuel the castle so they can morph the castle and all surrounding area to different shapes and places, hence both why in different versions of the castle (ie: mario odyssey and galaxy) the castle is in a different place and looks different in general, and why the inside can vary from game to game

[@somekindofbox264]

i keep coming back to this video because im pretty amazed. Amazed that you can talk for 7 minutes without saying a single thing of value or substance.

[@jupa71]

Jesus that video was amazing Excellent job man!

[@Kooparik]

The way y'all take this game so seriously is so amusing to me

[@moppupaws]

I think this stuff is purely for fun, and brings back the nostalgia of old creepypastas. I wouldn't say people are taking it incredibly seriously.

[@Kooparik]

@@moppupaws I see

[@pepperjacksinclair4345]

Yay ive been waiting

[@SilliestGuyOnSaturn]

Hi

[@snoopdoggthecertifiedg6777]

Whoa, yeah I've been waiting (I've been waiting) I've been waiting up 'Cause I can't get enough, oh I feel I'm fading (yeah) When I fall apart Your needle sews my heart, oh Fuck me up and make me just go crazy Addicted to the pain that you just made me love I'm fiendin' for your touchin' on the daily You're the only one that I want Break my heart but don't tell me I'm not doin' fine 'Cause I'm doin' fine Let me go, I'm spendin' time Not doin' fine but I'm doin' fine Why you actin' vain for my love, vain for my love When you got everything that I want? Why you actin' vain for my blood, vain for my blood When you got everything that I want? Why you actin'? I've been dreamin' (uh) Of your uniform Your uniform of non-conformity The tears, the tears Tears aren't strong enough The years aren't long enough, no Fuck me up and make me just go crazy Addicted to the pain that you just made me love (whoa, yeah) I'm fiendin' for your touchin' on the daily You're the only one that I want (yeah) Break my heart but don't tell me I'm not doin' fine 'Cause I'm doin' fine Let me go, I'm spendin' time Not doin' fine but I'm doin' fine Why you actin' vain for my love, vain for my love When you got everything that I want? Why you actin' vain for my blood, vain for my blood When you got everything that I want? Why you actin' vain? It's hard to miss you When you are always on the tip of my tongue, now I feel like I'm looking for somethin' Somethin' that'll never come Call me when you're in the city again My head just went oblivion It's hard to miss you When you are always on the tip of my tongue (Always on the tip of my tongue) And now the time is right, you wanna do me so wrong Now the time is right, you wanna do me so wrong When I've been waitin' (I've been waitin') Long for you (long for you) I wanna drink my wine, I wanna pass that by I wanna make her cry, she wanna make me die Apple pie, six cigarettes And I'll catch the vibe that we can't forget Why you actin' vain for my love, vain for my love When you got everything that I want? Why you actin' vain for my blood, vain for my blood When you got everything that I want? Why you actin' vain? It's hard to miss you When you are always on the tip of my tongue I feel like I'm looking for somethin' Somethin' that'll never come I'll be waiting (I'll be waiting) Oh, for you (I'll be waiting) (for you) And now the time is right, you wanna do me so wrong (I'll be waiting) And now the time is right, you wanna do me so wrong (for you)

[@ocarinaofsociety8194]

dude, I love your videos so much.

[@FJA-ch7vu]

Great video as always. How about a video on the "negative emotinal aura" of Wet dry world? It's such a mysterious level with it's odd skybox and drowned downtown area.

[@10thletter40]

This is why Wario was locked in the mirror

[@harlyackermen]

wuw

[@drakerose3789]

every copy of minecraft is personalized. change my mind.

[@KittyKatty999]

*Shush* It's too soon to reveal the dark secrets, within the endless cubes.

[@drakerose3789]

@@KittyKatty999 too late

[@_.emberrr]

Super Game Master really? I WANT HEROBR

[@jennyking3944]

The forbidden world

[@caracalcontinuum3118]

Technically true

[@RiverOfTheHeart]

I always thought Peach's Castle in sm64 and it's remake was super creepy. As a kid I didn't unlock Luigi in the ds version because I was too scared of Big Boo's Haunt. Every room was always unsettling to me though. Everything being so empty, barely any characters being there at all, Bowser's creepy laugh with the jingle and text saying you can't enter a door. Even the Peach's Castle theme was somehow scary to me, probably just cause it was so closely associated with that place. I felt a lot more at home in something like Delfino Plaza or the Comet Observatory since they were much more populated and made a lot more sense.

[@johnvipe]

Incredible. simply incredible. also great use of my favorite spooky music ever.

[@pedroaugustomoura8968]

1:00 Matrix 64

[@rain7746]

"We need to chat about warping into other worlds and even time travel" plz make a video about it

[@boxman139]

The bowser room, first discovered by Christopher “Oney” O’Neill, was once meant to be a sacred place. But it’s image was soiled by miyamoto’s dark intentions, and thus became an area of destruction and despair. Never go to the bowser room.

[@Jamsybob]

How do you get to it and why not go to it pls I would like answers

[@boxman139]

Jamsybob rs hrmmm okay okay fine. You just go into dire dire docks upon your usual business and wait in the secret cave for 5.23 minutes. Mario then turns his head at a 47 degree angle and begins SWEARING 😬 but after that the screen goes black and after a zoom out on Mario’s bloody chapped lip you will enter the bowser room.

[@tristantinethegreat]

Can't believe that Oney's Bowser Room edit is still tricking people, it's honestly hilarious.

[@xehP]

Man AI like that in 1995? They were way ahead of the curve! Are people seriously that gullible.

[@sgillman16]

Unfortunately yes, and I actually think SwankyBox believes it. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed

[@Solibrae]

​@@sgillman16 Oh come on, it's just a bit of fun. He always refers to the Iceberg's weirdness as "Creepypasta" stuff anyway.

[@KittyKatty999]

*Insert dark foreboding comment, to troll people over this, for fun and laughs.* SwankyBox is just having fun, ok? It's fun to humour these creepy theories sometimes.

[@sgillman16]

@@KittyKatty999 it stops being fun when it's destroying the game's legacy, and trumps efforts to find legitimate beta info. If you try to look up beta footage or new secrets found now, you just get hundreds upon hundreds of fake videos. What part of that is funny? Just one more reason why I can't stand generation Z. They are like a parasite. They think life is one big joke, and now they've attacked a beloved game they weren't even born to see the release of. They steal our stuff and turn it into a joke. Like the Internet.

[@bibarel5097]

That's really creppy... *i like it*

[@DarkAngelBluejay]

Simple explanation: Peach is a Time Lord. Castle is a TARDIS with a chameleon circuit. Daisy, Princess Toadstool, Paulina, and Rosalina are different regenerations of Peach.

[@industrialsusiety7604]

People who realised the castle cannot fit inside itself are gonna shit bricks when they play, like, any other 3d game

[@sgillman16]

I honestly pray that you know this wario apparation and personalized beta build are fake. I wouldn't be at all surprised if you believed it, but it is not real

[@mrfrog1794]

do you also tell your friends that the clowns feet arent actually that big, theyre just shoes

[@derick1618]

@@mrfrog1794 I honestly pray that you know clowns ' feet aren't as big as their shoes. I wouldn't be at all surprised if you believed it, but it's not real.

[@KittyKatty999]

I honestly pray that you know this video is (a joke) fake. I wouldn't be at all surprised if you believed it, but it is not real

[@Pixelman546]

the bottom of the iceberg feels too much like a dumb rumor for me honestly. I think it's mostly fan bs and creepypasta crap.

[@chandlerprunty]

It *is* mostly fan bs and creepypasta garbage. Not everything has a satisfying reason in a game made near the advent of 3D gaming. Most things can be explained with "the devs were bad at ___ because they literally had never done 3D game development before."

[@humanoiddemon9416]

Love these iceberg vids.

[@futal1000]

Even as a kid the most mind boggling thing to me is how does the metal cap stage spit you out at the waterfall when you only access it by going deeper into the castle and HMC

[@Dandori_Fanatic]

First

[@amazingfireboy1848]

*It appears your skull has been bashed inward by a grand piano*

[@BluesM18A1]

my headcanon is that Bowser laid some kind of curse on the castle to transform it into a giant trap for Mario, and as soon as Peach is freed, the curse is lifted and it becomes a normal, liveable castle. There was no kitchen or oven to bake a cake for Mario when we were inside to see, so how else would you explain it? Is Bowser just a giant allegory for the experimental AI that personalizes the traps of the game to your psychology?

[@SomaC-7]

As much as I want to attach the words “It’s all just video game logic” to this video, you sold me with all the theorizing nonetheless. Wish it was longer than 7 minutes - lol

[@TheBrister]

I would love to see how the interior of the slide in Cool Cool Mountain compares to the exterior of the level itself.

[@takoushi1]

Really hope you do a video to delve into the parallel universes to see what can be uncovered in the castle!

[@agustintarroza3294]

They should've made the castle EXTRA BIG so the art gallery and the floors can fit in!

[@kevinguzmanmusic]

I have always found the castle to be creepy and honestly scary. From the emptiness feeling, the ghosts in the hallway and courtyard, the creepy basement. The castle feels so dead. And especially that laugh bowser does when you try and enter an area you can’t enter yet. Anyone else felt that too?

[@MrStanFungi]

1:47 Scared the heck out of me

[@djthunderxyz]

I know this is a bit weird but, at 4:27 the commentary activated my phone’s voice assistant xD it honestly made me laugh. Thanks for the much needed laugh.

[@Progamer1013]

Wasn’t there a letter as a response to a fan by Nintendo that says the castle in Mario 64 is literally Peach’s second castle that just holds art, and she has another one for living purposes?

[@Race_World]

Sandy: "Tell me, since when did you have two houses?" Patrick: "When I ran out of space to put my stuff!"

[@iBenjamin1000]

I love hearing people go off the wall theorizing about peach’s castle cause it always drove me nuts in the ds version, wondering where the island that the castle courtyard is located on, where the paintings took you, the little bit of dialogue from the bosses that suggested these characters lived in some kind of bigger world...

[@55Kryan]

I once read that Peach has two castles. one for her furniture and one for her art.

[@stuffnjunk4633]

When he said parallel universe my mind went straight to terminal montage

[@TheBester7]

5:36 : you can simply escape this by jumping in the wooden wall next to the door (while inside the castle)

[@nightslayer3378]

Hey swanky, please make a video about the Bowser room, and what is it

[@marijuanaknowsomething6743]

What a great way to start my day. Thanks Swanky.