From the source code of Super Mario 64, it turned out that Luigi was a playable character, ``Luigi was real'' and talked on the net

It is reported that a large amount of source code of Nintendo's game titles is leaking, and at the same time the source code of prototypes such as ' Super Mario 64 ', ' Ocarina of the Legend of Zelda ', ' Super Mario Yoshi Island ' It is leaked on the Internet. Analysis of the source code of the Super Mario 64 prototype revealed that there was data for Mario's younger brother Luigi as a playable character.

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In an interview in 1996, Shigeru Miyamoto , the creator of Mario, revealed that Super Mario 64 was initially preparing Luigi as the second playable character after Mario.

And in the newly leaked large amount of Nintendo game data, there is a file called ``Ultra 64 Mario Bros'' which is said to be the initial build of Super Mario 64, and in this there is a playable character of Luigi. It became clear that the data was included. In response to this information, there is a topic on the Internet as 'L Is Real.'

MARIO 64 SOURCE JUST LEAKED

THERE'S AN OFFICIAL LUIGI MODEL pic.twitter.com/EfkfETKY0C

— DRINK OF THE (HD) WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD (@BigCti) July 25, 2020

According to the programmer @GlitchyPSI , the leaked Super Mario 64 source code contained three Luigi textures. Furthermore, since it uses pure C language, it is relatively easy to import Luigi data into Super Mario 64.

Two things about Luigi in the SM64 leak:
1. IT IS REAL. here are the 3 textures I extracted from it

2. Decomp people can easily import the model ingame because it's in pure C, it just needs some manwork to change the syntax up pic.twitter.com/N2JNx5Lnd1

— GlitchyPSI @ Artfight ???????? // BLM (@GlitchyPSI) July 25, 2020

The following is an image that I tried to import only Luigi's face data into Super Mario 64 Mario.

i ported luigi's head from the n64 leak pic.twitter.com/5nFbU7D9Xr

— Cucky (@greendev123) July 25, 2020

On the other hand, a Twitter user who is in the process of rebuilding parts of Luigi other than the face.

While this doesn't excite me as much as others, many are excited that 'L IS Real' and Luigi is in Mario 64's beta filed, but put into segments, and they've been slowly reconstructing him.pic.twitter.com/ LrXUiRiFv9

— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) July 26, 2020

A movie that actually reproduces Luigi from the data in the source code is also posted.

super luigi 64 in Real pic.twitter.com/2mbm8wlnK3

— Axo #BlackLivesMatter (@axoonium) July 26, 2020

In the following movie you can see how Luigi is actually operated in Super Mario 64.

SM64-Luigi Restored-YouTube


In addition, from the leaked source code, it is also revealed that there is another version of the dance that Mario dances when he gets a star on Super Mario 64.

Still haven't went to bed. Still doing Mario 64. Bunch of unused animations I'm going to take a peak at now, here's 'windemoAold', which is mario doing a cute little dance. This was supposed to go instead of the Dance Animation Star. Pic.Twitter.Com/qhuNOTkkod

— Nova (@Marionova64) July 26, 2020

In addition, it is said that some files of the large amount of source code leaked this time are damaged, and it is pointed out that it is difficult to reproduce Luigi on Super Mario 64 in a complete state.

In addition, VGC of overseas game media pointed out that this mass data leak may be related to the data leak that occurred in May 2020 . The data leak that occurred in May 2020 is believed to be due to the hacking of a server related to BroadOn, which was undertaking the development of the Wii hardware and software.