Most horror themes tend to rely on excessive blood and gore but I think some of the best horror comes from things that touch on the psychological fears we all have.
@@Dat_onecookie & @Liminalknot can y'all stop being pricks? Just because *your* fears weren't triggered doesn't mean no one else's were. The both of you aren't the center of the world and believe it or not, other's actually do have fears of the things shown in the video. Besides, I'd like to see you both try to make something with this animation quality AND trigger every fear known to man since it is apparently needed to create horror.
@@majinhuedeltarunefan8208 I wasn't really trying to be a prick it isn't really scary it doesn't make me feel anything the only thing it feels like is "spooky wendigo Mario ahh" and besides I'm pretty sure it's my opinion
@@Dat_onecookie Oh sorry then it is my bad. I thought it sounded mean but I guess I'm just an idiot lol. Have a great day then! And of course I have no problem with it being your opinion.
@@aprildodd6010 The fear of something being out beyond our world, beyond our comprehension, is terrifying But the idea of nothing being beyond what we can see is even more terrifying
I think what this is trying to say is, in a different universe, video game characters have consciousness, but they must see something wrong in their world in order to unlock that consciousness, and the sheer fact that a video game, on the outside, looks like a fun adventure, but on the inside, is a nightmare-fueled prison is terrifying. And, if my theory is correct, than any video game in that universe, the main character (or a side character, enemy, etc.) can see what is wrong with their world and realize there is no escape. Over time, slowly realizing that they are being put in the same loop over and over again, to play through levels, kill enemies, get more supplies, get upgrades, over and over again. The sheer thought of that makes my blood run cold.
@theftking you have a point. btw thanks so much for replying to one of my comments, its the first time one of my favorite youtubers has done this on a comment of mine!
@theftking you have a point. btw thanks so much for replying to one of my comments, its the first time one of my favorite youtubers has done this on a comment of mine!
My theory is that Luigi died, and Mario had something to do with it. The skull has a Mario hat in the beginning, and in the mirror room the skull became him. I think that means he’s going crazy and that skull is a part of his consciousness. In some of the cutscenes there are multiple occasions of him dead, possibly because he committed suicide. He’s trying to escape this hell that was created because his brother died. He created it for himself. And he’s getting more and more lost. There is no escape.
Yeah and also in the eternal star scene it says "L isn't real" implying that l isn't real for Mario because Mario is trying to forget what he's done to Luigi. And the name "there's nothing behind the castle" shows that after Mario killed Luigi he was guilty of what he did and threw Luigi's dead body off the back of the castle for his body to rot. And the skulls could show marios dead body following and tormenting his ghost after the tragedy that he did
I kinda figured that Mario was killed by a wendigoon and it took over its body and now Mario’s mind is fighting the creature and all of this is just his “reality” breaking around him as the creature does what ever it wants
The rabbit skull. The rabbit is commonly a timid creature, who runs away from danger. The rabbit skull symbolizes running from infinity, which is impossible. Running from infinity will get you nowhere and will feast on your life force until you are a husk of your former self. Once you have expended your life force, you will die, and feel the sweet embrace of infinity, the same thing you ran from. Infinity is nothing to be afraid of, as it is very forgiving. for one to embrace infinity, they will just need to acknowledge that there is no escape from it.
The fact that he included some of the rom hack’s high quality cutscenes in the montage was kind of funny and added a bit of lightheartedness to the rom hack
All cutscenes: 1:02 Repeat 2:58 It looks infinite, but it isn't 7:38 The paintings are staring at me 11:24 I feel watched 15:11 There was never a secret 17:52 I don't feel alone on the arena 18:58 The walls never change 24:27 The one in the mirror doesn't feel like me 27:21Do *you* know what's behind the castle?
Theft king: *talks about his fear and the terrifying thought of something being there that shouldn’t be there* Also theft king: “After collecting a few more stars i decided to head to the snow level, mostly because the slide is fun” :)
lore: random gaster blaster: wanna know what’s behind the castle? mario: yes. *about 24 years later* mario: there’s nothing… random gaster blaster: :trolo: mario: YOU- random gaster blaster: and you wanna know something else? your in endless circles, no escape, not at all. mario: you know blj exists, right? random gaster blaster: wait what’s a blj? mario: someone hold my spaghetti, i gotta go beat this whole “loop thing” under 1 minute. random gaster blaster: HELL NAH, I GOTTA PATCH HIS BLJ SPEED BEFORE HE GETS TO THE GRAND STAR
The "L is real 2401" star is weird because one more thing that happend is that 24 years and 1 month after mario 64 relased, data miners found that Luigi was planed to be originally in the game but was scrapped.
Dude, I totally understand how the "Anxiety of seeing the infinite void" works. Its unsettling as heck, and I don't ever want to think of it ever again.. I'm here for you.
It reminds me of this marble video game I played on xbox as a child. The sky box was really sunny and beautiful, except on the bottom where it was just this stormy void, it always unnerved me
I have an experience of this in minecraft bedrock, traveling beyond the games comprehension cause a grid where movement is impossible to move unless your in an other dimension, i also have gotten an amber alert while playing an online game, both times unsettled me
This legit might be scarier than anything you’ve covered on your channel The fact that theres just infinite marios, all stuck in the same box doing the same thing forever, is truly unsettling
Oh yes... I am quite aware. Granted, it's expanding. If deep in space we found irrefutable evidence of a "corner" where reality just _ended,_ I would be profoundly disturbed by it.
@@Omori_1xI mean vision is already probably very subjective to humans/mammals/etc. so it's hard to know what anything truly _looks like._ I suspect that true nothing is not just an infinite blackness, but rather something so oblivious that even the notion of darkness does not exist.
The things that make me scared is that this rom hack is really different than the other. It's not about screamer or bloody things : all is about the atmosphere. The atmosphere maked me uncomfortable, I turn my phone many times because of it I freaking love this idea of rom hack, people should do more rom hack like that
@@mr.needlenose is a grey fox skull and it means seeing through deception and mental awareness, so i think its symbolyzes mario freaking out cause he realized that his world is fake and theres no escape
I think the skull knows that the stars are the keys to the castle, and its goal is to stop Mario from finding them, but knowing Mario, it will take more than that to scare him away.
I made an song on SoundCloud based on this video with the same name as the Romhack, I hope it reaches those who loved this as much as I did, keep up the great work King!
@@theftking Mask is amazing! And yet... Something is nothing... But nothing is something... But how can nothing be something... And something be nothing... Nothing...
For me it's not the fear of the endless void, it's the fear of not knowing what's out there. You know there's nothing but you feel like there is and that's what put's you on edge.
I agree with your sentiment. This reminds me of a particular aspect of human nature: the fear of the unknown. What does this have to do with anything, you may ask? Well, I believe it is a contributing factor to the fear some of us get from seemingly infinite spaces. As you've suggested, we don't know what may lie out in the horizon. Even though these seemingly endless voids probably have nothing of interest beyond what the human eye can see, we still feel as if there should be something waiting for us.
Im not scared of there being nothing beyond what we can see I'm scared of there being something Something bigger than our world, something beyond our vision that we couldn't even comprehend Maybe something staring us right in the face, but so otherworldly out brains can't comprehend or see it
The scariest part about this is that it was *Lakitu* filming all of this… but… how was he not even terrified? I mean… Mario was having an existential crisis but Lakitu? He was… strangely calm. Another thing that feels weirder than scary, is that those skull creatures seem to be enormous flying creatures… and why did they keep following Mario…? Did they want something from him? If so what did they want from him? And how did Mario respawn so many times even after *dying* …? … This freaks me out
Imagine youre a game character and then you discover the out of bounds and then realise your life was a lie you dont exist and this world will never end and its expanding with emptiness
This feels like a classic Valve Interloper video Interloper Your not supposed to be here It have a life of its own It lives beyond our consumption of thoughts It changes It reacts It wants you gone But you keep pushing forward
Or another drinking game, Take a shot every time Theft King plays the victim in a situation he caused or got involved in when he wasn't involved originally
I had EXACTLY the same process and was genuinely and delightfully tricked and blown away. It was only after trying to look up the romhack and not finding it, then getting (somewhat) confirmation here in the comments that the realisation hit. Ahhh-MAY-zing.
@@myleswelnetz6700 i was gonna make a separate comment on this what if the skull is bowsers head. Since Mario and bowser were actually nice to each other like you said. When mario defeated him over and over again bowsers skull just appeared and keepd following mario because he misses him.
“Nuh uh, um actually you see that there are islands over there, and those islands contain other things out there that aren't a part of the storyline”☝️🤓
Yeah, I agree. It is really ironic that you're out here, telling multiple stories that will freak the average person, while you we're scared of the end of the world and Gruntilda. I don't blame you, I was scared too about those things.
A few notes... the skull never served any purpose, it never had an origin, it never had a point to exist. The audio effects whenever Mario spoke were very cool, but they also had no reason to be there. You could argue it was the infinite voices of Mario speaking, but then why are all the voices different? He says at the end that the infinite worlds are the same. Finally, the hanged Marios gimmick felt as juvenile as Sonic exe, but at least _that_ had some kind of ending/payoff at the end when we come to realise that they were probably from those other realities and Mario's memory was somehow linked to all the other versions of himself. The lingering shots were far too long and had me checking the video to make sure it was still playing in a couple of instances and took away any uneasiness it had built because I simply wondered when it was going to move on. The scenes... I don't know how they specifically knew to activate but a couple of times it looked like you needed to stand in very specific places for a little while and if that's the case, that's kind of bad because it means you're unlikely to find those specific scenes. However, the scenes themselves were beautifully rendered, absolutely gorgeous to look at, and the animation was creepy as hell. Overall, solid props to the creator of the romhack, and I hope they continue to create and improve~ Oh and the idea was... _stellar_
I just realized that in this Rom Hack whenever the game restarts, it’s meant to symbolize Mario k1ll1ng himself to escape the loop of the infinite void but it never works and you just… keep… RRRRRrestart…ing the game..A…Me
Normal Mario 64 allready scared me as a child. That castle is so empty and kinda liminal. And the sacary level... Damn, I allmost couldn't even play it.Those eyeball enemies gave me chills, like they weren't supposed to be in the game, for me they differ from others
I'm curious about the use of a canine like skull and to what it means. If it is somehow related to some kind of entity or what that controls Marios reality.
I think is a deer skull, (even without the antlers the nose is very similar) it has some spiritual meaning life the cycle of death and rebirth, but is often associeted with the occult so i think theft king put it in there for shock value or because it was cool
@@DarkArtistKaiser quick update, apparently is a grey fox skull as theft said and it means mental awareness and seeing through deception so is more fitting than a deer skull, my bad
omg thank you for the showing me what the fear was called i remember as a kid i glitched mario kart 64 so my character drove through princess peach castle n was stuck in a purple pink void so i ran up to my 64 and unplugged the unholy abomination XD
ok so first, the song at the end is "Everyday is Exactly The Same" by Nine Inch Nails (way creepier here tho of course) 2nd, what is the skull? what animal does it belong to?
"Infinite prisons... and they're all exactly the same." Holy shit. I think the implication being made is that, everytime Mario dies, the result isn't the clock being rewound to before you entered the level so you can try again - it's Mario getting thrown out into a different universe where he hasn't died yet. Even getting a Game Over just returns you, the player, back to the menu; once you return to the game, nothing has changed. No matter how many times Mario dies, there's no escaping the Super Mario 64 multiverse. He's stuck there forever. That is some dark shit.
Ima attempt explain what i think is happening here Mario, one day for some unknown reason, realized the infinite nature of the skybox and wanted to see what was beyond that infinity After prying around, throughout this playthrough After heading up to the back of the castle and seeing the world completely cut off, he realized he was in a game, mario wanted out, he wanted out of the box, and somehow, he saw outsude of it and saw what we see in the end, other worlds, exactly the same I believe these to be other save files, other games, each with their own mario, marios that have been through this exact same thing Clearly mirrors have some importance, and i believe the mirrors let mario see glimpses into these other worlds, and he usually sees marios hanging themselves This is where i believe the wolf skull comes in My theories are either that it was the first mario that broke free, due to it wearing marios hat several times, or the more likely theory, that wolf skull is part of the game, a sort of anti virus protection system, meant to stop the marios from breaking free The marios can only see the skull when they break free, because its outside of the world And i believe when the marios see outside of their world, theyre able to see this skull, and seeing this skull causes them to hang themselves Notice how our mario never looks directly at the skull except for 1 time, at the snowmans land painting, and immediately after seeing it, that mario hangs itself I believe the mario after that point to be a new one, possibly one that remembers the "last playthrough," where it saw the skull and hung itself This mario somehow remembers, and never looks at the wolf skull, knowing what will happen if he does This wasnt supposed to happen, its a glitch, thats why mario is glitching (when he turns blue or his model spazzes out) Now theres one more thing that caught my eye, marios voice Qhats interesting is theres 2 voices 1 deep and echoey voice, and 1 light voice very desynced from the other, a voice that sounds like marios official voice Now it seems cheep and im not saying this is the case, but its possible that theres some classic someone died and possessed a video game character shenanigans, with someone possessing this specific mario, the deep voice being his and the other voice being marios Its very likely that thats why this mario can remember Theres only 1 peice of evidence for this When mario dies in the fountain the deep voice says "nothing is reternal" but we dont hear the other lighter voice, qhich makes sense because mario is dead in the water This could be false but i just think it fits, theres just something about the voice that just stands out to me But thats my interpretation of this rom hack I may be very wrong but i may be very right This is just my theory of whats really going on, as ive not seen anyone else talk about whats really happening But if love to see your theories and opinions on if i was right or wrong in the replies 😊
"The one who succeeds in killing the Chainsaw will be me! The one and only Eternity Devil!" Honestly, the way Mario talks reminds me of the Eternity Devil as well
Are you kidding me? You described the exact fear i had as a kid, when playing n64 games so effortlessly lmao. I feel kinda elated and stupid at the same time. Also, fuck banjoo kazooies shark in treasure trove cove. It was like a terrifying cherry on top of a heartattack ocean
As you can clearly see, Peach’s castle is haunted not only by Bowser and Wario, but also by Bowser’s former apprentice, whose vengeful spirit stands firm in Mario’s way to each of the 120 stars, Bowser In The Sky, Queen Peach, and the cake she promised to bake for Mario.
I absolutely love this, thig gave me absolute chills down my spine. Imagine gaining sentience and finding out your life is a lie and your only purpose is to entertain a hugher power than you and if you don't give enough of that entertainment your life would be meaningless and would and could be snuffed out in a matter of seconds by that higher power (by us through turning off the game).
The camera locking creepiness reminds me of how it always bothered me in Ocarina of Time that certain areas had locked camera perspective. Then I learn years later that it's because you are standing in a blank greenscreen void with basic collision and a 2 dimensional photo suspended in the distance in front of the camera to give the illusion of you being in that space.
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hi theft king
mario IS DESTROYED
Most horror themes tend to rely on excessive blood and gore but I think some of the best horror comes from things that touch on the psychological fears we all have.
Yet this video did not trigger any anxious emotion🤦
@@YesMyNameIsJohanexactly, I thought it was going to be somewhat decent but nah. I mean at least we should give him a round of applause for trying
@@Dat_onecookie & @Liminalknot can y'all stop being pricks? Just because *your* fears weren't triggered doesn't mean no one else's were. The both of you aren't the center of the world and believe it or not, other's actually do have fears of the things shown in the video. Besides, I'd like to see you both try to make something with this animation quality AND trigger every fear known to man since it is apparently needed to create horror.
@@majinhuedeltarunefan8208 I wasn't really trying to be a prick it isn't really scary it doesn't make me feel anything the only thing it feels like is "spooky wendigo Mario ahh" and besides I'm pretty sure it's my opinion
@@Dat_onecookie Oh sorry then it is my bad. I thought it sounded mean but I guess I'm just an idiot lol. Have a great day then! And of course I have no problem with it being your opinion.
This is psychological horror. It's incredible, how it doesn't really do anything very scary, but instead touches the fears you never knew you had.
i didn't even know that was a fear
@@aprildodd6010 The fear of something being out beyond our world, beyond our comprehension, is terrifying
But the idea of nothing being beyond what we can see is even more terrifying
Fun fact: Luigi's model in the game files was found 24 years and 1 month later after game realized which does fulfill the prophecy.
cool
Skull: "L wasn't real"
Luigi who was in the files: you dumb b-
2401 !!!!!!!
24 years and 01 month
L was in fact, real.
Hands down, this was one of the best Mario Creepypasta Videos I've ever seen in my life!
Hi Luigikid I love your videos! :DDD
@@Luigikid that is really scary 😳😳😳😳
Bad thing is you can't play this which sucks because it would be amazing to play I spent hours looking like a dummy
FR weegekid
Yez
"mario hangs himself"
King: Where did my freaking stars go??!!
King… Harkinian?
He hanged himself. That is really disturbing. 🫣
@@wagnerramosmidichannelabso514 I think he means theft king
20:21 "i hate this... where are my freakin stars
8:38 Naw bro comited suicide☠️☠️☠️☠️
I think what this is trying to say is, in a different universe, video game characters have consciousness, but they must see something wrong in their world in order to unlock that consciousness, and the sheer fact that a video game, on the outside, looks like a fun adventure, but on the inside, is a nightmare-fueled prison is terrifying. And, if my theory is correct, than any video game in that universe, the main character (or a side character, enemy, etc.) can see what is wrong with their world and realize there is no escape. Over time, slowly realizing that they are being put in the same loop over and over again, to play through levels, kill enemies, get more supplies, get upgrades, over and over again. The sheer thought of that makes my blood run cold.
How do you know it isn't like that in _our_ universe?
@theftking you have a point. btw thanks so much for replying to one of my comments, its the first time one of my favorite youtubers has done this on a comment of mine!
@theftking you have a point. btw thanks so much for replying to one of my comments, its the first time one of my favorite youtubers has done this on a comment of mine!
@@theftkingyou gonna get someone to end up experiencing dementophobia
The only thing I'm confused about is what the animal skulls symbolize.
My theory is that Luigi died, and Mario had something to do with it. The skull has a Mario hat in the beginning, and in the mirror room the skull became him. I think that means he’s going crazy and that skull is a part of his consciousness. In some of the cutscenes there are multiple occasions of him dead, possibly because he committed suicide. He’s trying to escape this hell that was created because his brother died. He created it for himself. And he’s getting more and more lost. There is no escape.
Interesting theory. Existential despair partially brought on by trauma and loss.
Yeah and also in the eternal star scene it says "L isn't real" implying that l isn't real for Mario because Mario is trying to forget what he's done to Luigi. And the name "there's nothing behind the castle" shows that after Mario killed Luigi he was guilty of what he did and threw Luigi's dead body off the back of the castle for his body to rot. And the skulls could show marios dead body following and tormenting his ghost after the tragedy that he did
all I can think when I see this is "YOU THOUGHT A KOOPA WORKED ALONE?"
Laurence the first vicar
I kinda figured that Mario was killed by a wendigoon and it took over its body and now Mario’s mind is fighting the creature and all of this is just his “reality” breaking around him as the creature does what ever it wants
The rabbit skull. The rabbit is commonly a timid creature, who runs away from danger. The rabbit skull symbolizes running from infinity, which is impossible. Running from infinity will get you nowhere and will feast on your life force until you are a husk of your former self. Once you have expended your life force, you will die, and feel the sweet embrace of infinity, the same thing you ran from. Infinity is nothing to be afraid of, as it is very forgiving. for one to embrace infinity, they will just need to acknowledge that there is no escape from it.
Yo, I know nobody will see this, but it’s my dads birthday.
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to him.
Happy birthday 🎉
Happy birthday bro 🎉🍰
Happy Birthday to him! 🎈
The fact that he included some of the rom hack’s high quality cutscenes in the montage was kind of funny and added a bit of lightheartedness to the rom hack
Its not a real game to play but I wish it was
@@blainechandler2574 yes it is you just need to download from a website. (Idk how to find the website though)
All cutscenes:
1:02 Repeat
2:58 It looks infinite, but it isn't
7:38 The paintings are staring at me
11:24 I feel watched
15:11 There was never a secret
17:52 I don't feel alone on the arena
18:58 The walls never change
24:27 The one in the mirror doesn't feel like me
27:21Do *you* know what's behind the castle?
@@Hedgewaytheone Thanks chat
Too underated needs to be pinned
Mario's therapist: Giant floating wolf skull doesn't exist, it can't hurt you
Giant floating wolf skull:
@@withfam8246 more like the windingo skull
Giant Wolf skull. "It's a me..
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Mario."
That skull idk why but is one of the scariest things I've ever saw
that looks like deer skull
Been looking for this one 😂😂😂😂
Theft king: *talks about his fear and the terrifying thought of something being there that shouldn’t be there*
Also theft king: “After collecting a few more stars i decided to head to the snow level, mostly because the slide is fun” :)
@@michaelc908 I had the same thought lol
Sameeeee
(gone) (stolem)
He ain't lying tho
being scared of a lake in mario 64 is crazy but that's probably the most real thing in this video
I was always scared of the water levels where we are submerged into the depths of it in this game.
The real scariest thing is that theft king koopa's exaggerated New York accent might not be exaggerated...
I keep thinking there’s two different dudes
INSIDE THIS CHANNEL ARE TWO WOLVES
lore:
random gaster blaster: wanna know what’s behind the castle?
mario: yes.
*about 24 years later*
mario: there’s nothing…
random gaster blaster: :trolo:
mario: YOU-
random gaster blaster: and you wanna know something else? your in endless circles, no escape, not at all.
mario: you know blj exists, right?
random gaster blaster: wait what’s a blj?
mario: someone hold my spaghetti, i gotta go beat this whole “loop thing” under 1 minute.
random gaster blaster: HELL NAH, I GOTTA PATCH HIS BLJ SPEED BEFORE HE GETS TO THE GRAND STAR
It's a hornless wendigo/deer skull😭
The "L is real 2401" star is weird because one more thing that happend is that 24 years and 1 month after mario 64 relased, data miners found that Luigi was planed to be originally in the game but was scrapped.
IS THAT THE GLADIATOR FROM TDS?!
@@piotrm5635 ok
No way
Video: L isn't real
Game files: hello
(May not be in the game but in the code. So skull is a lier.)
That’s because Nintendo predicted it would take 24 years and one month to find Luigi in the source code of Mario 64
Or at least that’s my theory
The reason you cant move the camera is because there is a massive skull of maby a dog is behind you following you everywhere.
The skull is actually the skull of *vulpes vulpes,* or the Red Fox.
nah its just lakitu being a bitch
Dude, I totally understand how the "Anxiety of seeing the infinite void" works. Its unsettling as heck, and I don't ever want to think of it ever again.. I'm here for you.
It reminds me of this marble video game I played on xbox as a child. The sky box was really sunny and beautiful, except on the bottom where it was just this stormy void, it always unnerved me
I have an experience of this in minecraft bedrock, traveling beyond the games comprehension cause a grid where movement is impossible to move unless your in an other dimension, i also have gotten an amber alert while playing an online game, both times unsettled me
It still traumatises me from mario sunshine 😰
I dont really get it can someone explain it?
It more just triggers my fear of always being watched.
I would love to imagine A ROM hack where Mario become sentient and realizes every single world he visited is just a block in the abyss
17:47 "so long, gay bowser!" Got me rolling
same
I see you rollin'
I hatin'
Patrollin' and tryna catch you ridin' dirty
This was literally always a joke in my household. It's all we heard, and when you start a level he says " left pickle" not letsa go xD hahahahahah
This legit might be scarier than anything you’ve covered on your channel
The fact that theres just infinite marios, all stuck in the same box doing the same thing forever, is truly unsettling
I'm glad you liked it! It's the first video I've made on a topic that _really_ scares me, even to this day.
And dont even get me started on the infinite horizons and stuff
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@@freshinaba22763 Fun fact, parallel universes do exist within SM64
We got Gaster Blasters in Mario 64 now!
Everyone making this reference makes me very tempted to do an Undertale horror animation.
@@theftking I was thinking at any moment it would blast Mario since it’s mouth was open like it was going to!
Crossover??????????? ?
The mod is Excellent and Horror movie-like
@@theftking too many of those, i think it’s okay.
I'm sick right now, and this horror Mario game feels like I'm hallucinating because I'm sick. It's like a fever dream. A nightmare.
17:22 OH MY GOD ITS A REFERENCE TO THE GUY WHO CHEATED IN THE BLINDFOLDED SPEEDRUN
😭😭😭 :OO
you do realize the earth is floating in an endless void called space.
Oh yes... I am quite aware. Granted, it's expanding.
If deep in space we found irrefutable evidence of a "corner" where reality just _ended,_ I would be profoundly disturbed by it.
@@theftkingwow, this is, quite.. interesting.
When you think about it, what DOES "nothing" look like?
@@Omori_1xI mean vision is already probably very subjective to humans/mammals/etc. so it's hard to know what anything truly _looks like._
I suspect that true nothing is not just an infinite blackness, but rather something so oblivious that even the notion of darkness does not exist.
@@Omori_1xair.
The things that make me scared is that this rom hack is really different than the other.
It's not about screamer or bloody things : all is about the atmosphere.
The atmosphere maked me uncomfortable, I turn my phone many times because of it
I freaking love this idea of rom hack, people should do more rom hack like that
I'm glad you thought it was spooky!
But like it’s not much better there’s too many jumpscares and not enough dread also if you want it to be more scary then remove obvious jokes
Yea, i would LOVE if someone did this but for RE4 (2005)!!!
Mario🙁😔😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😈😈😈😈
I'm terrible with horror, because the whole time the canine skull popped up, all I could think is 'What the dog doin'?'
@@BeckyNosferatu same
Ok what’s the skull guys deal then, like who is he, is he god? Lakitu? The void? Us? The infinite? We may not know.
@@mr.needlenose is a grey fox skull and it means seeing through deception and mental awareness, so i think its symbolyzes mario freaking out cause he realized that his world is fake and theres no escape
Gaster blaster
The rom hacker just likes goat skulls
To me, it implies that this is truly hell, and that the skull, a goat's skull, is the devil himself, ruling over a vast domain of despair.
@@YourLocalChommer beat me to it
I think the skull knows that the stars are the keys to the castle, and its goal is to stop Mario from finding them, but knowing Mario, it will take more than that to scare him away.
How can anyone not look into the Cold, Dead Eyes of the Mario 64 Mario and not be freaked out?
it’s a me mario
@@truelyruko you don't have the eyes.
wahoo
Its just not scary
memes made him less scary
I made an song on SoundCloud based on this video with the same name as the Romhack, I hope it reaches those who loved this as much as I did, keep up the great work King!
this game just mario 64 but occasionally mario talks about how he is doing the same thing for infinity and then floating goat head comes to scare you
Sometimes he gets sent to a strange void.
Sounds like normal 64 to me.
@@theftkingThat doesn't make it scary or interesting.
@@DrowsyBirdZzz yes, but it DOES make it LIMINAL in a sense
@@tituswaugh4367 Still doesn't make it scary or interesting.
Bro became self aware💀
A little to self aware
@@mightyecho5964 *too
Bro is having an existential crisis 💀
Becoming self-aware can be frightening, or even maddening...
1:04 What is the music here I NEED to know
The castle theme slowed down
@@AJOwens did you find it?
This is like MASK, uses blender to make high quality images, and mixes that with in-game and in-real-life stuff. And that makes an awesome experience.
I'm not familiar with MASK, but it sounds like I ought to be.
@@theftking it's an animal crossing horror movie
@@ladiesmanloganm9289well I definitely need to watch that
@@theftking Mask is amazing! And yet... Something is nothing... But nothing is something... But how can nothing be something... And something be nothing... Nothing...
@@leearmstrong3885 are you ok?
this dude just transformed Super Mario 64's collision detection into _glorious_ paranormal phenomena
For me it's not the fear of the endless void, it's the fear of not knowing what's out there. You know there's nothing but you feel like there is and that's what put's you on edge.
I agree with your sentiment. This reminds me of a particular aspect of human nature: the fear of the unknown. What does this have to do with anything, you may ask? Well, I believe it is a contributing factor to the fear some of us get from seemingly infinite spaces. As you've suggested, we don't know what may lie out in the horizon. Even though these seemingly endless voids probably have nothing of interest beyond what the human eye can see, we still feel as if there should be something waiting for us.
Bro, I wrote the same thing, and then found this after
So basically the same as the phobia of the dark (you’re not scared of the dark itself but that you’re *not* alone in the darkness)
@@eur0be4t3r yes
Im not scared of there being nothing beyond what we can see
I'm scared of there being something
Something bigger than our world, something beyond our vision that we couldn't even comprehend
Maybe something staring us right in the face, but so otherworldly out brains can't comprehend or see it
The scariest part about this is that it was *Lakitu* filming all of this… but… how was he not even terrified? I mean… Mario was having an existential crisis but Lakitu? He was… strangely calm. Another thing that feels weirder than scary, is that those skull creatures seem to be enormous flying creatures… and why did they keep following Mario…? Did they want something from him? If so what did they want from him?
And how did Mario respawn so many times even after *dying* …?
…
This freaks me out
He never respawned
There's infinite universes, which means infinite Mario's
Bro had too many mushrooms💀😭
@@ChrisVarela-oj5gxLMAO
Imagine youre a game character and then you discover the out of bounds and then realise your life was a lie you dont exist and this world will never end and its expanding with emptiness
That wolf skull that keeps popping up is the most unnerving part.
Why do you think it was a wolf skull? Seems intentional
@@Mckenzie-sq6fw I think the wolf skull is supposed to be the symbol of death itself
It also looks like a deer skull
@Mckenzie-sq6fw
Because it’s hard for me to tell.
@@Jack_PR0DUCTIONS it definitely looks like a deer skull.
I felt closure and peace with the final statement “there is nothing behind the castle.”
This feels like a classic Valve Interloper video
Interloper
Your not supposed to be here
It have a life of its own
It lives beyond our consumption of thoughts
It changes
It reacts
It wants you gone
But you keep pushing forward
You saw interloper too! Interesting concept.
SAAAAAAANS! YOU LEFT YOUR GASTER BLASTER AT THE CASTLE AGAIN!
Sans: Nah that's not a gaster blaster that's Papyrus' gaster blaster
@@eclipse_of_moon "SINCE WHEN DID I HAVE THAT SKULL AS MY POWER"
@@pedrossecondaccount Disbelief Papyrus:AM I A JOKE TO YOU?
He’s dead serious
LMAO! XD
take a shot every time he talks about being freaked out or getting freaked out by something
its fake reaction because its an animation, its not a game
@@simocap8061 still if he wanted to convince us better he could of removed the redundant talking of being scared
@@Dragon_ruity true
Or another drinking game,
Take a shot every time Theft King plays the victim in a situation he caused or got involved in when he wasn't involved originally
@@TheMaskedFox288 💀
17:47 I love how the caption says "So long gay Bowser!"
@withfam8246 I love so funny I wonder why did you mean by that but now I know hahahahahaha
(realization)
Hang on....
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF HIS ANIMATIONS!!!
I think....
Yeah I thought this was real and I immediately look there is nothing behind the castle
I had EXACTLY the same process and was genuinely and delightfully tricked and blown away. It was only after trying to look up the romhack and not finding it, then getting (somewhat) confirmation here in the comments that the realisation hit. Ahhh-MAY-zing.
"His" is the guy who make the dead plants video?
Kind of like that fnaf game the you can’t one
How can you guys be friends gullible why would a random romhacker make hd cutscenes and not be popular
when i saw the skull come closer at the end my brain said "bro you wanna smooch or something"
I flipped it off before it started coming closer.
I swear I threw my phone across the room the second I saw that bastard coming closer like omg
I'm pretty sure it just wants a boop. A boop on the snout.
17:47 did no one notice the diolauge
SO LONG GAY BOWSER
what the he-
i did lol
i noticed
Damn, even if it's a horror game, there's still gotta be atleast one or two jokes
FINALLY I KNOW THE NAME OF MY PHOBIA
I always get scared like you for example a maze where it's super foggy and if you look up it seems infinite
"Fear of infinity"
Gojo: 🤞Domain expansion: Infinite Void
Bro that's like a 150% sure-hit effect for theft king
18:15
“Of Lord Bowser’s every apprentice, I was his favorite. You separated us, and for that, you shall pay.”
@@myleswelnetz6700 i was gonna make a separate comment on this what if the skull is bowsers head. Since Mario and bowser were actually nice to each other like you said. When mario defeated him over and over again bowsers skull just appeared and keepd following mario because he misses him.
Didn't know marios skull was a non ape shaped skull.
The scariest thing is that a lot of people say we live in a simulation and there may be a end corner somewhere
Sans,gaster blasters are just out here in super Mario 64😂
ikrrrrrrrr
Its Gaster Mario
And they are wearing a replica of Mario’s hat!
What’s so scary about the giant gaster blaster watching mario
Real
That is not a gaster blaster
@@Miloo8392 then what is it
@@Alex_KhouloudTheft said it was a grey fox skull.
@@DrowsyBirdZzz no bro that’s definitely a gaster blaster
No i do not know what is behind the castle
u bout to find out
“Nuh uh, um actually you see that there are islands over there, and those islands contain other things out there that aren't a part of the storyline”☝️🤓
Erm actually they’re all the same☝️🤓
Erm actually they're flat pictures on the sky box, what the sigma ☝️🤓
Yeah, I agree. It is really ironic that you're out here, telling multiple stories that will freak the average person, while you we're scared of the end of the world and Gruntilda. I don't blame you, I was scared too about those things.
This is probably the most high quality I’ve seen a Mario horror game I’ve seen, btw I’m a fan of you! One of your best videos yet!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
A few notes... the skull never served any purpose, it never had an origin, it never had a point to exist. The audio effects whenever Mario spoke were very cool, but they also had no reason to be there. You could argue it was the infinite voices of Mario speaking, but then why are all the voices different? He says at the end that the infinite worlds are the same. Finally, the hanged Marios gimmick felt as juvenile as Sonic exe, but at least _that_ had some kind of ending/payoff at the end when we come to realise that they were probably from those other realities and Mario's memory was somehow linked to all the other versions of himself.
The lingering shots were far too long and had me checking the video to make sure it was still playing in a couple of instances and took away any uneasiness it had built because I simply wondered when it was going to move on. The scenes... I don't know how they specifically knew to activate but a couple of times it looked like you needed to stand in very specific places for a little while and if that's the case, that's kind of bad because it means you're unlikely to find those specific scenes.
However, the scenes themselves were beautifully rendered, absolutely gorgeous to look at, and the animation was creepy as hell. Overall, solid props to the creator of the romhack, and I hope they continue to create and improve~
Oh and the idea was... _stellar_
Hey so I appreciate the feedback but this is just a creepypasta animation I made. There is no romhack
@@theftking Then half of what I said still applies at least :P
@@theftkingoh dang, i thought i could play this game on steam lolz
@@theftkingoh it is? Well you had me fooled lmao
Good job on it tho, genuinely unsettling
L notes
new title for video Mario gets haunted by a gaster blaster from Undertale
you want to have a bad time? Wario show you bad time
thats the gaster blaster from ALTERTALE
I just realized that in this Rom Hack whenever the game restarts, it’s meant to symbolize Mario k1ll1ng himself to escape the loop of the infinite void but it never works and you just… keep… RRRRRrestart…ing the game..A…Me
(I think I’m not sure)
That’s actually a good theory tbh
If you look closely enough or he throws Bowser, you hear “so long gay Bowser” and if you look at the text, it literally says that =0
Normal Mario 64 allready scared me as a child. That castle is so empty and kinda liminal. And the sacary level... Damn, I allmost couldn't even play it.Those eyeball enemies gave me chills, like they weren't supposed to be in the game, for me they differ from others
This GENUINELY scared me, even seeing it during the day... Whoever made this hack did such a great job
It’s an animation
But the fact that the animations have shaders and realistic water is alot more nerve-racking. It feels like animations with RTX on.
I'm curious about the use of a canine like skull and to what it means. If it is somehow related to some kind of entity or what that controls Marios reality.
I think is a deer skull, (even without the antlers the nose is very similar) it has some spiritual meaning life the cycle of death and rebirth, but is often associeted with the occult so i think theft king put it in there for shock value or because it was cool
@@DarkArtistKaiser quick update, apparently is a grey fox skull as theft said and it means mental awareness and seeing through deception so is more fitting than a deer skull, my bad
omg thank you for the showing me what the fear was called i remember as a kid i glitched mario kart 64 so my character drove through princess peach castle n was stuck in a purple pink void so i ran up to my 64 and unplugged the unholy abomination XD
oh, that's my comfert character being brutally murddered and torchered infinitely
You don't even know
ok so first, the song at the end is "Everyday is Exactly The Same" by Nine Inch Nails (way creepier here tho of course)
2nd, what is the skull? what animal does it belong to?
It is probably a Canine skull.
Gray Fox.
Good catch on the song.
Yoshi mabye?
@@theftking why... A gray fox tho.
"Infinite prisons... and they're all exactly the same."
Holy shit. I think the implication being made is that, everytime Mario dies, the result isn't the clock being rewound to before you entered the level so you can try again - it's Mario getting thrown out into a different universe where he hasn't died yet. Even getting a Game Over just returns you, the player, back to the menu; once you return to the game, nothing has changed.
No matter how many times Mario dies, there's no escaping the Super Mario 64 multiverse. He's stuck there forever.
That is some dark shit.
Ima attempt explain what i think is happening here
Mario, one day for some unknown reason, realized the infinite nature of the skybox and wanted to see what was beyond that infinity
After prying around, throughout this playthrough
After heading up to the back of the castle and seeing the world completely cut off, he realized he was in a game, mario wanted out, he wanted out of the box, and somehow, he saw outsude of it and saw what we see in the end, other worlds, exactly the same
I believe these to be other save files, other games, each with their own mario, marios that have been through this exact same thing
Clearly mirrors have some importance, and i believe the mirrors let mario see glimpses into these other worlds, and he usually sees marios hanging themselves
This is where i believe the wolf skull comes in
My theories are either that it was the first mario that broke free, due to it wearing marios hat several times, or the more likely theory, that wolf skull is part of the game, a sort of anti virus protection system, meant to stop the marios from breaking free
The marios can only see the skull when they break free, because its outside of the world
And i believe when the marios see outside of their world, theyre able to see this skull, and seeing this skull causes them to hang themselves
Notice how our mario never looks directly at the skull except for 1 time, at the snowmans land painting, and immediately after seeing it, that mario hangs itself
I believe the mario after that point to be a new one, possibly one that remembers the "last playthrough," where it saw the skull and hung itself
This mario somehow remembers, and never looks at the wolf skull, knowing what will happen if he does
This wasnt supposed to happen, its a glitch, thats why mario is glitching (when he turns blue or his model spazzes out)
Now theres one more thing that caught my eye, marios voice
Qhats interesting is theres 2 voices
1 deep and echoey voice, and 1 light voice very desynced from the other, a voice that sounds like marios official voice
Now it seems cheep and im not saying this is the case, but its possible that theres some classic someone died and possessed a video game character shenanigans, with someone possessing this specific mario, the deep voice being his and the other voice being marios
Its very likely that thats why this mario can remember
Theres only 1 peice of evidence for this
When mario dies in the fountain the deep voice says "nothing is reternal" but we dont hear the other lighter voice, qhich makes sense because mario is dead in the water
This could be false but i just think it fits, theres just something about the voice that just stands out to me
But thats my interpretation of this rom hack
I may be very wrong but i may be very right
This is just my theory of whats really going on, as ive not seen anyone else talk about whats really happening
But if love to see your theories and opinions on if i was right or wrong in the replies 😊
I think there's a lot of good stuff here. Look up Mario 64 QPUs.
This video makes you really think what could hide in the Infinitiv void we humans call "space"
Super Mario has an Existential Crisis 64
"The one who succeeds in killing the Chainsaw will be me! The one and only Eternity Devil!"
Honestly, the way Mario talks reminds me of the Eternity Devil as well
I love the touch of using NIN's "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" at the end of the video.
It's not a Mario creepypasta without Nine Inch Nails.
I’m so sorry that you have anxiety attacks when you see something. n o t h I n g . It’s just ♾️.
When you’re playing mario 64 but mario and a giant gaster blaster in the background is haunting you.
Look who finally came back
I always come back.
@@theftking That’s my line
@@theftking NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@theftking I always come
@@theftkingthe most famous springtrap line
The fear of infinity, isn't you fearing infinity itself. It's fearing WHAT could be in the infinity, or WHO could be in the infinity.
Edit: Grammer
when I saw that skull all I could think was "Woah mario gaster blaster"
This has no right to be this fuckin' UNSETTLING, holy hell. Great vid, man, but DAMN. Hope y'all can sleep better than I will
Are you kidding me? You described the exact fear i had as a kid, when playing n64 games so effortlessly lmao.
I feel kinda elated and stupid at the same time.
Also, fuck banjoo kazooies shark in treasure trove cove. It was like a terrifying cherry on top of a heartattack ocean
That damn shark.
When a video character is alone and gains consciousness:
I remember entering in a total shock state when I saw that first ghost who runs from you leading to the "eternal star" statue area
As you can clearly see, Peach’s castle is haunted not only by Bowser and Wario, but also by Bowser’s former apprentice, whose vengeful spirit stands firm in Mario’s way to each of the 120 stars, Bowser In The Sky, Queen Peach, and the cake she promised to bake for Mario.
8:56 literally when Mario was in a tragic accident and he died bro, really just said why did all my stars go?😂😂
Theft king: no I am trapped in another void place! Where are my stars! ( casually starts talking about Halo 2 )
Legitimately busted out laughing when Mario is hanging himself and the music starts back up
Either we are alone in the universe or we are not, both possibilities are equally terrifying.
squeeks definetly taught you the moshing effect☠️
True
12:06 gaster blaster go brrrrrrrrrrr
I absolutely love this, thig gave me absolute chills down my spine. Imagine gaining sentience and finding out your life is a lie and your only purpose is to entertain a hugher power than you and if you don't give enough of that entertainment your life would be meaningless and would and could be snuffed out in a matter of seconds by that higher power (by us through turning off the game).
I'm working on a follow-up that is perhaps the most messed up thing I've ever made.
The camera locking creepiness reminds me of how it always bothered me in Ocarina of Time that certain areas had locked camera perspective. Then I learn years later that it's because you are standing in a blank greenscreen void with basic collision and a 2 dimensional photo suspended in the distance in front of the camera to give the illusion of you being in that space.
Yeah I remember coming to that exact realization as a kid.
Thanks, this might of had actually given me the fear of the void 💀
The only thing that scared me more than the infinite void that they was no forth wall, they didn’t break it their just was no forty wall
Mario:DO YOU KNOW WHATS BEHIND THE CAASTTTELELE?
Me:it's my ice cream hidden area🥰
...So, all this years i had apeirophobia?...