Super Mario 64 is the most terrifying horror game ever created.
It's an extremely front-loaded game that gets progressively worse with each major star door you go through.
>>745997880AIEEEEEEEEE IT'S LIMINAL AND... WEIRD!!!*enters Wet Dry World*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
If I saw this in the middle of the room I wouldn't jump in even if you paid me a million dollars
>>745997880So much freemasonry symbolism for whatever reason.
>>745998075the kids it's made for are all playing the first 4 levels ad infinitum. It's fine
I know you're all gonna joke about what I'm saying but the skyboxes did disturb me in like an esotherical level
>>745998159Your mom is a Freemason symbol
>>745997880AHEMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ2A36p9D8o
Beta castle.
>>745997880bros....
>>745998781This is peak comfy.
>>745997880unironically peach's giant ass painting slowly morphing into bowser's face in an empty hallway and the carpet swallowing you under is not for kids
>>745999009the fucking piano was scarier for 7 year old me, grow a pair
>>745999009literally an ntr castle, cake is codeword for bowser cum
>>745997880zoomer moment
>>745997880https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGj4yZLG-oU
There is a dreamlike quality to Mario 64 that I haven’t seen in any other game from the franchise, I would liken it to classical animation like Thru the Mirror or Popeye Meets Sindbad.
>>745999046that jumpscare fucked with everyone
>>745999009That moment did give me goosebumps as a kid.
>>745998573I was cursed to have to play this game as a 9 year old and managed to grind through to level 3 or 4.
>>745997880maybe if youre retarded
>>745998159The more I see these types of posts the more I think that free masons are just secret society larpers and people mistakenly attribute control to them because they have so many symbols that there's bound to be at least one of them in any given work.
>>745998159Such as?
>>745999046yeah no shit because the piano was a literal jump scare, you're missing the point
>>745999327agreed
>>746000620People who grew up alongside the technology don't find Mario 64 surreal or uncanny, it's only younger people looking back on it in hindsight.If you personally recall the feeling of seeing the massive leap in technology that going from Yoshi's Island to Mario 64 represented, you're going to always see it in that context. You see it as a step in an additive process.To someone who didn't experience that, Mario 64 feels surreal. Like it's missing things it should have. It feels empty, and strangely artificial. Textures repeat, some things are billboarded sprites, you don't get anything more than the bare minimum, and some baked in features of the levels, to guide you. It feels hostile, like the whole thing is a shoddy facade, and something dangerous is lurking around every corner.In some sense, they're experiencing the game the way it was always meant to be. People who played it back in the day were way too caught up in the wonder and spectacle of it all to really absorb how haunting and lonely it should have been to explore a castle voided of all life and placed into the hands of a powerful enemy.TL;DR: Yeah, Mario 64 is a little bit spooky, nigga. It was always supposed to be. Most of us just never noticed, because we were too busy pissing our pants over how cool it was to triple jump in 3D.
>>746000052Not even that. Mason's aren't really a secret society. Chances are, your nearest lodge has a website and a mail address. It's only secret in so far that you don't have to disclose being part of it. And even then, at this point most of them don't bother making it a secret. That said, if they ever were an influential political lobby, those days are long gone.
>>745999134the game is older than zoomers, watchu talking bout unc?
>>746004081I was a kid at the release of this game and certain parts of the game, intentional or not, were unsettling. And some of the concepts do qualify as surreal.
B3313 and the Backrooms have done irreparable, unfathomable amounts of cultural damage for people like me who find liminal spaces comfy in an eerie way. It's even funnier that 4chan is technically responsible for this to some extent
that heckin le negative aura.....
>>746004518I do specifically remember this level's secret little sunken city to be kind of unsettling and strange. I remember thinking it could have been a town in Zelda or something.
>>745997880>>745998138>>745998694>>745998781>>745999009can you please spoiler these kinds of screencaps to avoid triggering the more sensitive users like me? i have actually gotten involuntary erections from this liminalism which is a form of sa on ur part. please do better
>>745997880Bowser's laugh always scared me as a kid and still kind of does as an adult
Nobody posted it?
Dude heckin cartoon penguins and Italians is flippin scary
>>745997880https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txUqdUWt1l4This would scare tf outta me as a kid. I never even finished the game cause of this shit. Kek
>>746005556That level had a "Sunken City of Atlantis" theme. Its name in the German translation made it explicit. Also explains the skybox.
>>746006059did you grow up to be that one kid that all the other teenage boys "practiced" with you gaylord lol
>>745998075No, it gets less for babies and you're a fucking baby.>wahhh TTC is too hard!That's you
How Super Mario 64 changes you (it broke me)
>>746004532same, sucks cause i like both, B3313 is mario 64 yume nikki based off this board shitposting about mario 64 being personalized which is fun and the backrooms got snatched by kids wanting it to be the next SCP foundation with scary monsters.
>>746000052>>746004249I know a few. It's a men's club where they motivate each other to success. It's p. cool.
Sunshine is scarier cause the gameplay sucks lol
There really is no game with an atmosphere like Mario 64.
>>746006139>an upload of a screenshot of a render of an image fileYou fucking lazy inconsiderate piece of shit. I was wondering why the image has 2 incomplete sections at the top and bottom. Fucking zoomers. Tired of this shit.
man you fuckers don't know scary until you're turned into paper and milked dry by a goomba succubus
>>745997880>black and white squares on the floor>red carpets>yellow stars>ceiling painted as the sky
>>746000052Other way around, they are more relevant than they seem, but they have successfully stayed on a low profile.
>>745997880HOLY LIMINAL I'm shook!
I-I-Is that a r-r-room? AAAAIIIIEEEEEE!>>746004081This.
>>745998781THIS game BROKE me.20:69:14
>>745998075The cluster of levels 5-8 was the best. The game keeps getting better after that because you're supposed to improve at the controls and return to earlier levels, and the later levels are still solid enough, sometimes even really good.
>>746015672>I'm done.
tiny-huge island is underrated and I'm sick of pretending it's not.
I don't get the liminal space trend, or what liminal space even means.Liminal just means "it's a room that is empty?"And that's scary?
>>746015848Nah. It describes a specific, forlorn atmosphere. A room doesn't have to be completely empty to feel liminal. You'll know it when you see it. Look at some Edward Hopper paintings and watch some David Lynch movies.
>>745997880every pseud in here who glazes the buzzword "liminal" deserves to be lowered into Bowser's lavapit
>>746016013once again proving smoothbrains use the term "liminal" as a pseudointellectual label you slap onto your usual "the vibes". It means nothing, it's all just a circlejerk for apes who want to seem smart bc they can't actually analyze and articulate what actually makes said horror work.Every time some streamerslag gesticulates and goes "so liminal" I want to set them on fire
>>746015848Liminal space literally means the space between. Like, a hallway connecting 2 rooms is a liminal space. It has no purpose except being the transitory area between locations. "Liminal space" now just means the creepy feeling zoomers get when confronted with that and now they can apply it to any stupid empty room or whatever
>>746015848liminal is gen alpha's worst fear: a room without an ipad
>>746016294>"Liminal space" now just means the creepy feeling zoomers get when confronted with that and now they can apply it to any stupid empty room or whateverthis, see>>746016212you will also note that it's often applied by zoomies to games with "retro" graphics because those mystify them
>>746007189Kek, this sort of shit doesn't get parodied enough
>>746016294It can also refer to a space in transition, either between being occupied and being empty, or being transitioned from one purpose to anotherBut yeah the word most of these zoomfucks are looking for is 'uncanny' and it pisses me off
>>746016212You're the dumbass for thinking it's about horror. Yes, lot of horror movies and games utilize liminal spaces but liminal spaces aren't inherently scary.It's about the melancholy feelings some places invoke. For different reasons. An empty hotel, like, say, the Shining utilizes feels "liminal" because it's a building simultaneously meant to be lived in, however temporarily, but not carry any personal note. A train station feels liminal because it invokes feelings of both departure and possibility, and homesickness. An empty school feels liminal because it conveys a sense of nostalgia and bygone days, presumably carries dome sentimental memories. The reason they need to be empty or mostly empty to invoke these feelings is because there are too many things to distract from them when they're crowded. You need to be alone enough to actually take them in to feel them
>>746016212>>746016294>>746016412and if you really want to be queen of the idiots, you mention that you read Freuds essay about the uncanny once bc a) lmao Freud and b)gotta broadly apply another term to everything you get "horror vibes" from
The only truly unsettling moment for me as a 7 year old kid playing this was in jolly roger bay when the eel escapes the ship and you can see it swimming around in the depths as you first dive down into the water
>>746016519>You're the dumbass for thinking it's about horror.which is a really fucking funny thing to say in a thread about "le liminal horror in SM64", but again, not beating the allegationsas to the rest of your post, see>>746016294just stop using that word and articulate what the actual thing makes you feel, you're halfway there
https://youtu.be/MVDOj109F5E
>>746016541for me it's lacan
>>746016628>just stop using that word and articulate what the actual thing makes you feel, you're halfway thereNTA, but why? Everything he said just about lines up with how I've seen the word used so it's a broadly understood term that communicates an idea effectively.The only people who don't seem to get what it means tend to be people who look down on others for using it strangely enough...
>>745999009I unironically had to ask my dad to go up the stairs for me
>>746016761This is the first time I've seen this video, turns out I already gave it a like, probably 10 years ago or more.
>>746017207>NTA, but why? Everything he said just about lines up with how I've seen the word used so it's a broadly understood term that communicates an idea effectively.that is the problem, the term has been used by idiots as a crutch, see the other anon's post about what it actually means and why it's being misused.It's pseud talk, but I guess it gets the clicks, smoothbrains nodding along going "ah I understand now". The fact that you think that it means w/e drivel these idiots spout is a case of "literally" not meaning literally anymore. But go off
>>746016013As someone who loves David Lynch I say you are full of shit, zoom zoom pseud.Link me the vid which namedropped Lynch so I can have a good laugh.
>>746016595Same and that's because you had a healthy brain that was scared of a scary looking thing that hurts you instead of being afraid of an empty fucking room.
>>746006139>hitler salutewhat did they mean by this?
>>746017919ikr, it really is the biggest tell that all these midwits use "liminal" to even describe Lynch or the Nighthawks painting. It means nothing anymore, it's just a placeholder for vague "scary vibes"or as Lynch would say: fucking. bullshit.
>>746004081>People who grew up alongside the technology don't find Mario 64 surreal or uncanny, it's only younger people looking back on it in hindsight.Funny, I grew up with it and didn't find it scary then but I find it unsettling and scary now that I'm old, maybe because for me Mario 64 it's tied to memories of that pre-2000 world that no longer exists, I haven't played the game in like 25+ years and when I played it for the first time was at demo kiosk in a huge multi-storey toy store that also looked like Peach's castle (but painted blue). The store was always empty because the whole zone was a new development, taking the whole muh liminality to a new level.
>>746016516I want to live in there
>>745999009>Peach’s giant ass Mario risking his life for a PAWG.
>>746000052>free masons are just secret society larpershaha, yeah. my gramps was a freemason, its just a club for old men!
>>746016519Liminal spaces as the term's used today are associated with empty places devoid of people, giving a feeling of unease and dread. These places are man-made architecture where people live or engage in social activity like a hotel or a swimming pool. They can just look normal or maybe the architecture could look weird and off putting like it wasn't actually made for humans or by humans, but the idea is that there's something off that you can't quite put your finger on because the place should be full of people which then gives rise to negative emotions. Basically, it's the same type of feeling you'd get from a sinister smile. It's this thing that you normally associate with good vibes, warmth and safety that becomes twisted and gives you that feeling that something's wrong, that uncanny valley feeling which lies at the root of a lot of horror because of how humans are wired. You think liminal spaces aren't horror because you need there to be some tangible danger with you in the room like a monster because that is what you know and understand about the concept of horror.
>>745997880It says a lot about a game's art when modern generations are literally SCARED of it.Nintendo has never been particularly strong when it comes to art, but holy shit, the stuff they produced in the early days of the N64 is awful. Mario Kart 64, in particular, is perhaps one of the ugliest games Nintendo has ever released.
i was more afraid of the idea of infinitely falling into a void or anythingthat level in the sky where you collect the 8 coins (not the tower one) scared me because i would be extremely fucking afraid of falling forever like thatthankfully you just arrive back in the castle
>>746019182>It says a lot about a game's art when modern generations are literally SCARED of it.No, it says more about the people who feel scared by it."oh no it doesn't look like my UE5slop, what is thiiiiiiis" fucking die
>>746004081>In some sense, they're experiencing the game the way it was always meant to be.LOLThe game was designed to look cheerful, childlike, and colorful. But Nintendo was so clueless about 3D back then, and the N64's hardware was so ridiculously awful, that the result actually scares kids nowadays. It's like when an incompetent artist tries to draw a clown, and instead of something funny and happy, it ends up looking scary and grotesque.
>>745997880Did you kill a thread on /v/ to work on your completely unoriginal video essay?
>>745997880>Super Mario 64 is the most terrifying horror game ever created.DK64 completely mogs it
>>745997880Okay Vinny Vinesauce
>>746019623the problem with DK64 is that it feels more videogame-y with the hub worldsthe scariest the game gets is in Creepy Castle with the moans in the music
>>746019182>>746019437Gen Z smokes so much weed that the dumbest shit freaks them out.>wooooaah duuude, an empty room, that's so freaky bro
is it because people are scared of being isolated or in silence?a giant house for yourself or having a walk down an empty city would be a blast for meyou get all the aesthetics with none of the annoyance
>>746019912it really is no surprise that the generation that goes "67 lmao" feels like pic related when they hear "liminal"
>>745997880the eel was spoopy tho
>>746006139>Mario Heils Hitler in the german versionwhat did they mean by this?
>>746019586at least its not another shill thread
Jet Force Gemini was scarier, but the youtuber generation isn't ready for that conversation.
>>745997880>>745998781looks like a nightmare dimension red room
>>746019912>>746020054https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJBYdcLg9P8
>>746004532I don't know what's B3313 but I feel the same. I remember thinking and discussing (10-15 years ago) with friends about liminal places (imaginary or not) that later would have been engulfed in the machine of mainstream culture. This happened to other important aspect of my life, such as Lovecraft' works and the Cyberpunk subgenre, which I always felt as charming and comfy before everyone started speaking about them, ruining their essence
>>746021949Based https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKMaU7jHjYc
>>745998781>this makes zoomies scream and cry in fear
>>746004532>people like me who find liminal spaces comfy in an eerie way.THERE ARE DOZENS OF US! DOZENS!
I grew up in a border town with a lot of Mexicans and so I guess a painted cinder block house isn't that scary to me.
If a few of you found the retail game scary, is there anything discovered in the Nintendo leak that you find scary?https://tcrf.net/Development:Super_Mario_64_(Nintendo_64)/Levels
>>746013446uhh yeah? what's you friggin point, bro?
AHHHH MINECRAFT IS SCARY!!!https://youtu.be/fvvSZUwTL2Y?si=Nhig8XicUfCqjNl2
>>746016541>a) lmao FreudThe late 2010s - present completely vindicated Freud. Not that he was that vulnerable to begin with.
>>746022557That is fucking creepy. Genuinely.
>>746023276why?
>>746023421I mean, look at it. It’s a giant empty castle. Didn’t have an object layout in the leaked data. That’s kinda creepy.https://youtube.com/watch?v=wsTxBL9n39w
Fucking blood red, dude. No wonder these were removed.
