Mario Galaxy's impossible mystery

[@ThomasGameDocs]

i'm so tired. here's my twitter: twitter.com/thomasgdocs

[@boomerloomer2825]

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[@That_Black_Nerd]

I don’t have Twitter

[@CharlesWeezer01]

Yooo thomas

[@starlite5154]

are you okay

[@TryingToBeHooman]

This is the new pack png project

[@cracklasco]

Not ONCE have I ever noticed the galaxy in the damn Galaxy logo.

[@Vextrove]

Same! 😂 It's not really relevant.

[@kamilradzikowski1663]

same

[@lapisrabbitcomics]

@@Vextrove I couldn't agree more. Especially how thomas tries to hype it up like "the greatest mario galaxy mystery" Yeah no. Like a lot of people, they didn't even really notice there was a galaxy in the logo.

[@Vextrove]

@@Gamxin I'm glad to not be bothered by insignificant things :P

[@tristenj1992]

Lmao same. The video was still interesting but I literally never once thought about that one texture in the logo

[@2suomalaista]

This just reminds me of the whole Minecraft pack.png search

[@MatiEP09]

Yup

[@okel5674]

honestly

[@ShadowStray_]

Ikr

[@Kat21]

yeah

[@kapa_nitori]

yes

[@shuumatsunojoshua]

Finally, we can now call this Galaxy the Mario Galaxy.

[@haku8193]

impoasible

[@haku8193]

Impossue

[@haku8193]

Iamb

[@haku8193]

Impossibe

[@haku8193]

Impoasible

[@Rajada64]

Fun Fact: Dorfdork is the leader of the Render96 project, which consists of making Super Mario 64 as faithful as possible to the promotional art. He is also responsible for finding the origin of several textures used in Super Mario 64.

[@ciennaquidd6486]

I could of sworn he had talked about this already months ago too

[@DarktheEagle]

This is very true. He works hella hard on the project, as does everyone behind Render96. It's a project I'm lucky to be a part of, if only in a small way~

[@rapappathepepper3996]

i think he knows already about this, and same to me, when i tough about this discovery i imeditially tought about that

[@SammEater]

That one project gets hyped while at the same time being worried. Announcing your project before its complete just creates a window for Nintendo to send their C&D letters.

[@masoncrowley7862]

Great insight.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

One thing's not a mystery the soundtrack of that game is a masterpiece. You can't help but vibe to the Comet Observatory. A beautiful piece of our childhoods

[@CasualSunGod42]

I agree with you, person who is not Kim Jong-un's alt account!

[@KokKeeYap]

@@CasualSunGod42 Playing this game at 28 years old, the beauty of the soundtrack transcends across generations.

[@CasualSunGod42]

@@KokKeeYap Yeah I agree! -It's just that this guy may or may not run the other account-

[@Haj_Otter]

Battle rock galaxy is an amazing track

[@PM-rh6yq]

Man the music and the theory behind Rosalina and the whole game is really great!

[@SuperWiiBros08]

That's amazing But you never questioned the little planets in it, I guess they haven't been found yet

[@Cuul-i-guess]

well you are correct

[@CometMedal]

@@Cuul-i-guess Incorrect, actually! The planets HAVE been found; they're from the same Sozaijiten album. Cheers!

[@kitma9]

@@CometMedal the man the myth himself

[@CometMedal]

@@kitma9

[@jak3w]

Datacraft Sozaijiten Vol.21 SVO79.

[@CosmicNyan]

"Super Mario Galaxy came out in 2007" Me: *suddenly ages 20 years*

[@cattoneclipse5815]

So, you were born in 2000 or 2001, right?

[@CosmicNyan]

@@cattoneclipse5815 no i just thought it would be funni :v

[@kleann]

deez

[@HollowM0th]

@@kleann nuts

[@kleann]

@@HollowM0th humorous

[@blakethesimms]

This is the coolest thing I didn't care about

[@antonsopanen]

Bröd

[@1degabyte238]

Bröd

[@jaaf8007]

Bröd

[@mirroredarmy]

Bröd?

[@coomgoblin5145]

Bröd

[@omori2391]

7:01 "Vegetables" *Proceeds to show Apples, Oranges, and Cherries.*

[@godsunit]

Ikr😂

[@Mr.Sneeze]

Beat me to it

[@leonardorosado9247]

I thought the same thing 😂😂

[@LimeLoaf]

@@Mr.Sneeze beet me to it

[@Mr.Sneeze]

@@LimeLoaf Shoulda thought of that, nice one

[@naryosh_]

Imagine a photograph you took as an astronomer ending up in a _video game_ of all things 48 years later. What a legacy. And 14 years after your photo reappears, people finally realize when you took it.

[@SafeRemain]

he's in the grave now

[@mihf772]

literally all these videos make me say: "dang that's interesting as heck"

[@Liggliluff]

Maybe his videos should be posted on Reddit r/InterestingAsFuck, since that would help him get a larger audience

[@mihf772]

@@Liggliluff mmmmmm yeah that would :D

[@metallicfingers]

Mans really good at making video titles

[@IthinkmynamesAria]

Meeee atooo

[@thanos452]

As an astrophotographer I feel like the stock photo and Caltech’s are different. I say this bc there is noticeably more spherical aberration in the stock pic (you can see this when they change between photos and the stars bulge slightly between each shot). This would mean it’s being shot with a different optical train. There’s also a bit more dynamic range in Caltech’s (there is less clipping in the cores). Also Caltech’s has more fine scale structures when compared to the stock pic and is overall smoother and less noisy. However I really enjoyed the vid and it’s really cool to see the actual stock photos used!

[@differentlydifferent]

Nintendo clearly used some type of filter which probably caused the things that you mentioned in your comment. As well as changing the color

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Answering the questions we didn't even know we needed the answers to humanity is lucky I invented space, composed the SMG soundtracks, and made the Moon out of cheese

[@kingcatmemes]

Thanks Kim

[@NoxmilesDe]

42

[@GoodlyPenguin]

Thank you Kim Jong-Un for inventing space! And thank you for treating your people with respect. We love you. XOXO. Hug hug. Kiss kiss

[@its_aj251]

All hail our glorious Emperor!! Kim Jong-un!!!!!!

[@gollygeewillikers]

i see you everywhere, kim

[@SueZQue83]

I love how you’ve been Answering questions nobody asked for since 2018

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

i aske

[@jak3w]

Tons of people asked, that's how he got the answer in the first place

[@kidkruschev]

@@jak3w not tons, but enough to warrant a video that a mass audience will find passively interesting

[@jetstreamjackie3437]

aww, what a heartwarming story. glad CaptainByte was able to solve the mystery!!

[@CometMedal]

Thank you so much!

[@eebu4053]

I'm oldar than mario galaxy

[@TreeckoBean]

@@CometMedal I’ve seen you on twitter before, but I had no idea you did things like this! Def dropping a follow, keep up the good work!

[@CometMedal]

@@eebu4053 Me too!

[@CometMedal]

@@TreeckoBean Much appreciated! I do a lot of stuff like this, so I hope you continue to enjoy it!

[@alphabettical1]

If it goes as far back as 1959 in terms of the stars moving around, it would probably be that one in terms of less people being able to take pictures of galaxies then, less photography sources being important enough/easily accessible enough to end up on those CDs, and then the connection to those CDs, Japan and Nintendo's use of other images from there makes it certain.

[@ryanthecelebi4146]

Captain byte I've gotta really hand to him that right there is dedication to figure out what image they used in mario galaxy title logo is incredible good for him👍

[@CometMedal]

Thank you, friend

[@Doodles1265]

@@CometMedal *OH MY GOODNESS!*

[@Pinkyorangegirl]

@@CometMedal You are on KZbin?!

[@CometMedal]

@@spidermanlift4527 Yep!

[@CometMedal]

@@Pinkyorangegirl Ish! I lost my old account a while ago, so I remade recently. I don't post, I just use KZbin to make playlists and leave comments, heh. It's better to catch me on Twitter!

[@biryaniboy7587]

When you said “14 years after the game’s release”, my mind exploded!!! I still CANNOT believe it has actually been THAT long since the game’s release!! WOW!

[@cocoducky457]

This year is SMG's 17th birthday..

[@biryaniboy7587]

@@cocoducky457 crazy 😭😭

[@cocoducky457]

@@biryaniboy7587 ik :( it has a special place in my heart, I will never forget it.

[@bassrecord6139]

lmao when you read the letters with the shining stars u get "ur mr gay"

[@crab-yt2wy]

@Mertanian omg same

[@bassrecord6139]

@A Shitbag69 don't care, didn't ask and yes.

[@squishranger]

@@bassrecord6139 i think they're making a joke on the letters in super mario galaxy 2 saying "u r mi ay" which backwords is "ya im, r u?"

[@bassrecord6139]

@@squishranger ah alr lmao

[@bassrecord6139]

guess it's time to get ready for r/woosh

[@abovethemist1412]

" To solve this mystery, I Booked A Flight To Japan."

[@jak3w]

Someone watches nick robinson

[@SayAhh]

McDonald's?

[@ArthurTRead]

ok nick robinson

[@TBBlue101]

Wait 'till Scott The Woz sees his favourite game's logo get dissected.

[@frstwhsprs]

rosie

[@soulubilityofficial6635]

“There are CDs with vegetables...” *proceeds to show pictures of fruit*

[@milktar2182]

Ah yes my favourite vegetable, *a apple*

[@BMoney8600]

Who’s to say that fruits cannot be vegetables?

[@3rdluiksuwu171]

@@BMoney8600 me

[@davidthecha]

7:01 apples are my favorite vegetables.

[@elitebarbarian1903]

same lol

[@stormcloudsuper8593]

Lol

[@nico-9805]

This feels like a secondhand Nick Robinson video it’s wild

[@jizn_]

Nick and Tom would get along

[@Misuune]

only a guy like nick can go to japan just to solve some mystery

[@peribow]

nick robinson s**ually a**aulted his coworker. Just telling you because I used to be a fan and I wish I knew

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

Just that this guy here has not assaulted someone and so far has appeared to be just an wholesome guy doing his thing.

[@CosmaPaulaton]

@@peribow wait, what???

[@pianoplayer2147]

Thomas Game Docs around the halfway point: He’d finally done it! He found the photo! Me: NO HE AINT FOUND IT YET

[@ThomasGameDocs]

he's still got half a video to go!!

[@BBWahoo]

@@ThomasGameDocs YA, I AM, R U?

[@leakdeo]

@@BBWahoo YUPP

[@dancingflameaxelotl2878]

when will we have the solution to the mystery of “UR MR GAY”?

[@ThomasGameDocs]

when i reach a million subs i'll do it

[@frytoes]

That’s the first thing I thought of when I read the title

[@frytoes]

@@ThomasGameDocs April fools day video

[@julianemkow8396]

@@ThomasGameDocs we will hold you to that

[@samueld8413]

Beat me to it

[@SwedenTheHedgehog]

At 6:58 you can see a cloud picture in the bottom right, called “SE015”. That is the picture Nintendo used in the background of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!’s main promotional art.

[@thomas9816]

I just realised you look exactly like a friend of mine lmao

[@Ultimatedogfan]

Plot twist: he's your friend

[@j.rohmann3199]

He looks like my ex lol Kinda creepy

[@Kanchilla]

This was a surprising emotional rollercoaster

[@JAMF_]

I remember asking myself this as a kid and quite recently... thank you for making this and letting me and the others know ;)

[@brucebaird-]

You guys: where does this image come from? Me: how does Mario breathe in outer space?

[@friskycalibri2293]

The same way Sonic breathes in outer space. But what Is that way?

[@orangejjay]

It blows me away to see how much progress has been made in your style and production value. This video is incredible ... probably one of the best you've ever done. If you ever decide to break out into docs in other categories, please please share them. I know they'll be great.

[@MidnyteSketch]

It's kind of amazing how much of Nintendo's iconic games were made using stock material CD's, from Ocarina of Time to Super Mario Galaxy. I wonder just how many of these things they have floating around in their databases.

[@TheMarionick]

To be honest, I didn't even know there was a galaxy in the logo until I saw your thumbnail

[@leakdeo]

Same here

[@crdoesstuff6377]

props to nintendo for actually going to space to get those images

[@kidkruschev]

NASA flopped

[@rattyeely]

This is so cool, I never even knew it was a real picture. It's amazing to think about how when they first took this picture, they never knew it would be the logo of a video game. They probably didn't even know what video games were!

[@masoncrowley7862]

Captain Byte is incredibly talented! How can one contain such an amount of skill and intelligence?

[@spacemanspiff2137]

Stars move extraordinary slow through a galaxy. The stars in every image of Andromeda ever taken can be aligned in the same way (as long as there has been no stretching of the image) 10:19

[@creativename4879]

Would time of day it’s taken and location on earth not affect the apparently location of the stars

[@spacemanspiff2137]

@@creativename4879 Opposite times of year creates enough parallax to see small movements in nearby stars because the Earth moves from one side of the sun to the other. But this effect isn’t noticeable for distant stars, and certainly not for other galaxies

[@d00mch1ld]

If you think about it to create that logo; light from Andromeda, travelled 2.5 years to arrive on earth in 1959, where a telescope captures that light, then gets turned into digits and bite, that gets packaged in 1998 that gets used by a some programmer for a logo in a game that gets released in 2007.

[@ninjayajnin]

the thumbnail circled the LA in galaxy and i thought it was gonna be a dababy meme lmao

[@imperialchain310]

That is so cool! I grew up just a few minutes from Palomar observatory and Mario galaxy was a big part of my childhood, crazy how these two things are connected

[@dragonick2947]

"vegetables..." _shows apples_

[@ghostwizard7597]

Alternative Title: An entire fandom fires Nintendo logo designer for using a picture instead of making his own render.

[@tobito99]

Never really thought about it… Interesting how some people spent their time. But there’s one more question: Did Thomas just became German or what happened?

[@kamilradzikowski1663]

... nein

[@mariocisemusic]

3:33 now I can be called Mr. Gay in *HD*

[@themetapod]

That's all I was thinking of this whole video

[@SuperStamps]

I love how this dude turns a simple texture into a dramatic video He's the only one I know that can do that properly

[@ducksareurlords3782]

I had once a similar mystery... It was about the music in puyo puyo tetris... In that game, there is swap mode and that mode has a quite... Interesting arrangement of korobeiniki (tetris theme)... Then from the game files there was another version... But it wasn't the same version... It sounded... Older and it sounded a bit more Russian... So... One day when I was listening the unused I realized that there were some extra info on the description of that upload auto-generated by youtube... So... What was there? Well... There was the name of the song... A name belonging to a music company called Nippon Columbia... I did a shitload of research... And I found the very first version of that arrangement from 1962... I felt so happy... Then I found more... And more... And... More. I found so much that I created a full playlist called "korobuchika collection" that only has versions of that arrangement (korobuchika is how you pronounce korobeiniki in japanese) so... That was my story... I hope you enjoyed or something...

[@PixelSprixie]

I'm always fascinated by Nintendo's clever and subtle uses of real world elements and sounds. They didn't make this easy for you! But it's nice to find out after so long :')

[@bestberry7332]

No one else going to mention the amazing Gusty garden arrangement at the end? By the way the 1-up noise would have gone perfectly at the end

[@Sonicplayer78]

I thought it was about the “r you mr gay” secret

[@frytoes]

Don’t worry most of us did.

[@david_ga8490]

Same

[@videogamemvp9570]

Same

[@0SkillSkittle]

I seriously thought it was the "U R Mr Gay" thing Edit: Apparently I'm not the only one who thought this thankfully

[@jytvreal]

and galaxy 2 was "ya im r u 2"

[@Hylanos]

Looks good, but I'm not sure that's it, bud. Flicking between the two photographs, you can see a change in radial distortion at the center of the pic. Of course every photo of andromeda is gonna line up extremely well, since we are so far away from Andromeda the difference in images can be miniscule, but unless it was purposefully distorted, I'm not sure this is it

[@yedi2117]

I love how it feels like watching a national discovery documentary every time I watch one of his videos lol.

[@ujiarchive]

I'm guessing that the copyright claim has been removed?

[@ThomasGameDocs]

no lol still there but i'm just gonna put my faith in epidemic sound to figure it out

[@ujiarchive]

@@ThomasGameDocs Ah, it'll be gone soon. Hopefully...

[@SLZeroArrow]

@@ThomasGameDocs Its probably a scammer, contact local authorities do deal with them.

[@Silver-2802]

As someone who's been interested in space for my whole life I was kinda surprised when Thomas said that he didn't know that Andromeda Galaxy was called Andromeda

[@JorgetePanete]

And it's the second most popular

[@SlashJaye]

we're getting into nick robinson levels of searching

[@mariobroultimate1808]

At least this guy doesn’t go to Japan.

[@m.greenfield6328]

hopefully not nick robinson levels of sliding into dms

[@gggg-hq4td]

@@mariobroultimate1808 Well, i don't think Japan would be enough. The man would have to travel extragalactically

[@vepply]

Yes, but this time its twice as pointless!

[@MasterLYT]

"...so I had to travel to the Andromeda galaxy."

[@jlchips]

Just went to a planetarium show and they actually showed an image of Andromeda taken by Robert Gendler. I saw the name and was thinking "That name is so familiar!" I had a feeling it was from this video. I think it was probably that same image.

[@Mr.Goufball]

When i saw galaxy and logo in the title I thought the video was gonna be about You are mr gay.

[@parsuli.]

Fascinating stuff. Similar plot to the Texture Archeology video from a while back :). Small tip for what you did at the end: Photoshop (and other image editing tools) have a Blend Mode called Difference and you can use that to compare the similarity between two images. If you get all black (or a solid color), then the images are identical.

[@Mariojacob7red]

I loved your cover of that Super Mario Galaxy song in the outro. You should definitely make a cover of it! It sounds great and it's peaceful. 😄😊

[@hunner5622]

7:01 ah yes, my favorite vegitable! *apple*

[@vii-ka]

bruh we still don't know where the other parts of the image came from

[@jak3w]

Datacraft Sozaijiten Vol.21 SVO79, or nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-saturn.html

[@renartendo]

14 years !? Wow, thanks for making me feel old

[@Thoomas2001]

2:36 Ha, imagine being able to actually see something when you look up into the night sky. I can usually see stars but I've never been able to see Andromeda.

[@anerdwithaswitch9686]

It depends on which hemisphere you're in. Andromeda is only visible from the Northern Hemisphere on Earth. It's also incredibly faint to the naked eye; it is 2.5 million light years away, after all--it and the Triangulum Galaxy are the furthest objects away from Earth that are visible to the naked eye.

[@Thoomas2001]

@@anerdwithaswitch9686 I am on the northern hemisphere, so that part isn't a problem.

[@Hutch2Much]

it’s pretty small, it looks a little like a blurry star

[@qinn1996]

You can probably see it better when you look from an area without any civilization nearby. I was really impressed when I saw the milkyway in Iceland's night sky for example.

[@Thoomas2001]

@@qinn1996 I live in a densely populated country, so eh. Also, seeing the Milky Way in the sky is also something I've never experienced and I have no idea how to even imagine that looking like.

[@leonardog.2491]

Doctor: "you have 13 minutes of life left" Me:

[@ExpomationStudios]

Just gotta love that beautiful piano cover

[@JapaneseTop1]

What song is that?

[@mahougesu170]

Honestly it's rly nice to see Captain Byte's passion for astronomy, it kinda warms my heart when ppl have things they love so much like that

[@Mote.]

Funny coincidence. Cause just a few hours ago i was saying You are Mr Gay

[@NoobOS_YT]

“Theres folders that contain stuff like vegetables.” (Shows apples)

[@Gabowsk]

From the same creators of "Minecraft at Home" We have: "Super Mario at Home"

[@ramenixsan]

2:51 plot twist : a graphic designer from nintendo make the picture.

[@thelunaticcultist5157]

That’s a good question

[@pexavex7295]

7:02 Thomas: *shows images of apples Also Thomas: “vegetables.” Ah, my favorite vegetable, an apple.

[@yanicklinssen3061]

I loved this Mario game so much when I was younger

[@Jamsome59]

I never asked for this video but my god was this video awesome and this is making me want to replay galaxy for some reason.

[@salmorejo_]

Welcome to "an addicted SMG fan finds out the picture of the logo for no absolute reason"

[@CometMedal]

Bingo bongo!

[@salmorejo_]

@@CometMedal OMG the addicted fan replied AAAAA

[@CometMedal]

@@salmorejo_ Howdy!

[@gurrenlagannsc8658]

@@CometMedal Howdy Captain! As an heavy but young astronomy fan myself, I was first expecting some random NGC catalog galaxy... But nope, its one of the most well-known ones! I had been planning to study its satellite galaxies for a while now, and your dedication to Mario Galaxy's astronomical origins was incredible! The Palomar Observatory image reminded me of its images of the solar system's small bodies, like Pluto and those Palomar-Leiden Survey asteroids.

[@jak3w]

Curiosity is not just a great reason, it is what put man on the moon and created the atomic bomb.

[@oldzoovyzoov181]

I think all of your videos make me go “huh yeah that’s cool” and I mean that in the best way possible

[@morrigan5601]

The same Andromeda image from Sozaijiten was aslo used in the Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Arceus event cutscene.

[@CyanicCore]

I always thought it was drawn up for the game, but this is far more unique!

[@Knopey]

Wait, did you just say auf Wiedersehen? 😂 That came unexpected

[@cjrobana]

i'm BEGGING you to post your gorgeous piano covers online. you are so so talented

[@randomericthings7506]

I thought this was a SwankyZone video for a few moments because it was about hidden details in Super Mario Galaxy, lol!

[@eveblossomed]

I think it might be another Gendler moment, if you line up the 1959 photo and the Mario Galaxy logo, the galaxies match but there's a couple bright patches that aren't anywhere to be found on the MG logo, and the stars are completely misaligned. The galaxies match up, but so did the Gendler one, but none of the stars match up and there's 2 big bright specks on the left of the galaxy in the 1959 logo that are left out in the MG logo. Even if it was flipped upside down, they would still be there but they aren't. There's also a little "cloud" of the galaxy on the right side which is misaligned too, it's shifted a bit to the left in the MG logo.

[@xmesman9844]

Woah you really are going weekly 👀

[@ThomasGameDocs]

YUP! next week's vid is already done babyyyyy

[@samueld8413]

@@ThomasGameDocs nice! You’re kind of shaping up to be the Nick Robinson of the UK

[@Atostry]

@@ThomasGameDocs awesome babyyyyyy

[@classicclaudia]

So cool to see people passionate about such little things that not many people would blink an eye to. Awesome guys!

[@erikmuttik3840]

3:19 as soon as I heard that song I recognised it as the action lab background music

[@crab-yt2wy]

YES

[@pixelfolf8734]

Do you think you could link me it as I've been trying to find this music for years

[@SushibiNewSNESMusic]

8:02 That exact picture is also used in the Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Arceus Event and as a default Title Screen for the RPG Maker 2003!

[@Aaron_J_Theater]

I love your videos, thank you so much for doing what you do.

[@carl_lenn]

7:01 Ah yes. "Vegetables"

[@david_ga8490]

XDDDDD

[@anttheknee64]

Man I love the frequent uploads, just don't burn yourself out! :)

[@awakenedcrowl]

You, sir, have just answered the question I have never asked myself yet am kinda happy to now have the answer to.

[@MarshalerOfficial]

the sheer dedication for someone to find something so intresting in a game that allready has a lot of things is so awesome

[@tacticalgrape2658]

Wow all the way from 1959?? Thats CRAZY dude. 62 years ago the image for mario galaxy's logo. Great work captain Byte!

[@dmace14]

Love your piano at the end! I play myself but not well😂

[@christoalonzo]

A mystery documentary I never thought I wanted

[@sanmarino8605]

"You are mr gay, mario?"- vsause

[@Player-jh4ko]

eww

[@kylmiii]

Sauce*

[@TheLugiaSong]

I was thinking by the title "Sounds... boring. I haven't even played the game." but actually this was pretty interesting. I don't know why it being a photo taken in the 50s is so cool haha. Now, on to find the mystery Minecraft world icon!

[@julianbo5870]

He said Auf Wiedersehen in the end, why are there no German comments? Smh

[@ryderstudios]

I thought the same

[@GottaBGlitches]

I didn't question it until I saw the title