When I first discovered this - *actually I think I found it when I entered the level for the first time* - it was just eerie. I actually thought this was linked to Animal Crossing: New Leaf! When on a Monday, early morning, you’d find an alien on the TV, with some creepy static in the background.
There's only one explanation for this. Princess peach has aliens in her castle and she left this ufo behind so logically we should raid peach's castle for aliens.
Mario Players: *literally experiences the actual death and rebirth of the entire universe caused by an implosion of reality* Also Mario Players: *what the heck is that a ufo???* 👀👀👀
Imo this seems like deep message about how, even in a world so controlled and well defined within our expectations of a Mario game, there are still greater secrets out there with little or no explanation that may never be solved. It makes the world seem real and lived in and conveys that there are beings and events going on in this world/universr that are far beyond our control and understanding and despite being the main character, the world doesn't just revolve around us.
There's something in the sky at the beginning of 2-1 as well, if you get to the binoculars super quickly and look up you can see it launch off. It looks like something completely different from the UFO- more like a comet.
well there are tons of more ufos in marioverse. Mario galaxy is filled with them not just the prerendered cutscene. You even fight the octo boss on a ufo and there is a boss (miniboss) that is a ufo itself as well as many mini enemies
Yes! I was so surprised when I saw it accidentally. I first thought I imagined it but it came again when I restart the level. Love your vids Swanky keep the awesome content! ^^
I guess it's a killarea that moves as fast as the camera so either all enemies die when scrolled past or it only kills Mario everything else probably behaves just like the other levels.
In world 4-3 if you get the CP and die, then immediatly use the binocular right in front of the checkpoint and look up, 3 UFOs can be seen all shooting off at once, its pretty satisfying.
I've never noticed that UFO even though I take my time while completing the stages (and possibly because I use that binoculars to only look at that Toad). And also I cannot believe this game is almost 10 years old!
@Toadw1 Yeah, I played that game, I even 100%ed it and it was fun and I actually was surprised when it pointed out it had been 10 years already, it only felt like 3!
for the pixel artifacts: its possible that the artist made the sprite himself but added some kind of noise filter or other graphical effect to the picture to make it look more "lo-fi" as a reference to how ufo footage tends to be blurry and imprecise. the pixels around the ufo could be a leftover from the filter or also added in for the same artistic effect
I think the UFO might be an Easter egg being used to reference Super Mario Galaxy, but I don't know for sure, it's just a little theory I came up with while watching this video.
SwankyBox, could you check out a Super Mario Maker 2 night Jungle background that has crocodile corpses? I have always wondered where did they come from, who were they part of, and who made them from the Mario universe. I tried to find information about them, but did not seem to find any...
Captain Toad was making his way back from the observatory. Duh. That’s why Toads are yelling and pointing it out. He is returning, it was a foreshadow to odyssey.
2:32 It's not a pre-rendered cutscene. The cutscene takes place in-engine, so it's not pre-rendered like a FMV. I think you meant to say it takes place during a cinematic, not real time gameplay.
When the game first came out I saw a video in it I thought it was editing and forgot about it until now I’m gonna try it when I get back home but this is crazy
If this was a reference to the fake Super Galaxy 3 on 3DS this would be a nice little Easter egg, but Nintendo doesn’t roll that way so it’s probably just a nod to the real first two deals.
I think this is really easy to interpret. This is the latest game in the Marioland saga, which began on the Gameboy. It’s, for sure, a reference to Tatanga. In Super Mario Land for Gameboy the last boss is an alien, so, since this game is the next in the franchise, homage was paid to that boss.
tbh the UFO is probably from galaxy except the civilization advanced their space crafts designs. They are just checking up or probably making amends for the harm they caused to the kingdom in Mario Galaxy
You mentioned the UFOs in Super Mario Galaxy, which could make a video all by themselves. Who’s piloting them? Where did Bowser find them? Did he make them? We don’t know.
I know this is 5 months late, but I remember the ufo on 4-1, I went to the binoculars thing and the ufo was just sitting there to the right of the toad in between the rock pillars, then it zoomed away
Any one else notice that if you look at the artifacts at the dark area of the ufo image and move your phone the artifacts more even if the video is paused it’s neat
Somethinf interesting is that the oficial Nintendo made a video of secrets of Super Mario 3D Land, and in that video they show the UFO like if this was nothing
There was once a time when i played super mario sunshine where i was on Pianta village and something odd happened where i fell under the deathbox and survived i didn't figure out how to replicate this and i hope you can figure out what happened?
0:47 "...that something was creeping on you in the skies above." *shows Toad*
@Boco Corwin Toadstool = frog chair
@Boco Corwin Toad is not the same as frog
And then after showing toad, it shows the hell valley sky trees
This supports my headcanon that generic Toads are evil pests that act as a legion. The UFO is harmless, but Toad... never trust him.
@@fawfulthegreat64 Maybe Toads and Shroobs are related in some way.
Theory: Yoshi is inside that UFO and he is using it to escape Earth to continue to avoid his taxes
So, an Animal Crossing crossover?
Celestia Creates no SMG4
Mystery solved.
He did that in Super Mario Galaxy too
It all makes sense
when i first saw this, i ran to my dad and was like “Dad look at this!” and he just stared at me and was like “ok”
@pimpn Juggalo same lol
Make videos on ur channel
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Pimpn
When I first discovered this - *actually I think I found it when I entered the level for the first time* - it was just eerie.
I actually thought this was linked to Animal Crossing: New Leaf! When on a Monday, early morning, you’d find an alien on the TV, with some creepy static in the background.
It's because 3:00am or 6:00am I think are creepy times
Harley I think - in the UK at least - it was 3AM - 5AM...
It's meant to be a event
@@harley898 4:00am is too (at least in Japan)
There's only one explanation for this.
Princess peach has aliens in her castle and she left this ufo behind so logically we should raid peach's castle for aliens.
Peach's Castle = Area 51?!
*X-Files Theme Plays*
Smg?
They can’t stop us all.
Was it Princess Shroob all along??
Mario Players: *literally experiences the actual death and rebirth of the entire universe caused by an implosion of reality*
Also Mario Players: *what the heck is that a ufo???* 👀👀👀
Berkeley Creager
Yes, I too love Mario Galaxy one and two. This here, this man right in front of me, is a man of true quality.
There is an ufo in galaxy 1 so seeing another shouldn't be surprising.
EDIT: replaced a few words.
It’s probably the shroobs
the ufo is probably mario’s hat from odyssey
😂🤣
Clever conspiracy, tbh.
You Just Made My Day😂😂😂
Funny man kazuma
It could be Yoofoe, from Super Mario Odyssey.
Plot Twist: The UFO is actually being controlled by Shroobs from Partners in Time, this is foreshadowing for their return
Nani?!
Christopher Moon hope so
I hope
I think the Hell Valley Sky Trees could also be Shroobs
Oh Noes
Imo this seems like deep message about how, even in a world so controlled and well defined within our expectations of a Mario game, there are still greater secrets out there with little or no explanation that may never be solved. It makes the world seem real and lived in and conveys that there are beings and events going on in this world/universr that are far beyond our control and understanding and despite being the main character, the world doesn't just revolve around us.
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no this is just a little Easter egg and you’re overanalyzing.
@@yeehaw8089 Well, not everyone is able to think critically
There's something in the sky at the beginning of 2-1 as well, if you get to the binoculars super quickly and look up you can see it launch off. It looks like something completely different from the UFO- more like a comet.
I'll check into that, it might not show up for me because I'm on citra not console, and we have yet to prefect 3ds emulation.
Although I do have knowledge on astrophysics and astronomy, so i am more qualified than your average person.
It’s probably the Comet Observatory.
Anyone got a video of this? I’m interested now.
Now I’m interested
Swanky: (sees ufo) “There must be some kind of explanation for this!”
History channel guy: “Aliens!”
Wow, never been so early with no notifications!
well there are tons of more ufos in marioverse. Mario galaxy is filled with them not just the prerendered cutscene. You even fight the octo boss on a ufo and there is a boss (miniboss) that is a ufo itself as well as many mini enemies
schildiish, tru dat!
Swanky: This seems to have been a photo that was put in.
Also Swanky: This is just a gag.
*x-files theme music*
I wish they did more stuff like this in Mario games. Hell, just have a level where when you look into something and then you here’s a cheap jumpscare.
Like Mario yellng spaghetti
This has been done already 👍 Play a certain Mario game from years and years ago
I feel like this video would've been more popular if it came out during the era of Area 51 memes and whatnot.
@Trip Young thanks for replying to my one year old comment ☺️
Yes! I was so surprised when I saw it accidentally.
I first thought I imagined it but it came again when I restart the level.
Love your vids Swanky keep the awesome content! ^^
Is it possible to see what happens on a auto scroll level when Mario gets left behind, or is that death directly tied in with the camera?
I guess it's a killarea that moves as fast as the camera so either all enemies die when scrolled past or it only kills Mario everything else probably behaves just like the other levels.
I love this kind of stuff. Makes me want to look at that ball of light in Majora's Mask to see where it goes after the aliens leave.
In world 4-3 if you get the CP and die, then immediatly use the binocular right in front of the checkpoint and look up, 3 UFOs can be seen all shooting off at once, its pretty satisfying.
Yes
DO NOT ABBREVIATE CHECKPOINT AS CP
@@burgerkingfries4941 why not? :(
@@Strashky People could get the very much *wrong* idea
@@burgerkingfries4941 when i talk about a mario level?
I've never noticed that UFO even though I take my time while completing the stages (and possibly because I use that binoculars to only look at that Toad). And also I cannot believe this game is almost 10 years old!
Wow it really is, time sure did fly by fast
@Toadw1 Yeah, I played that game, I even 100%ed it and it was fun and I actually was surprised when it pointed out it had been 10 years already, it only felt like 3!
Only a few months left
Damn, I feel old
It could be Rosalina’s star ship observatory.
Could
It’s not shaped at all like her observatory tho.
for the pixel artifacts: its possible that the artist made the sprite himself but added some kind of noise filter or other graphical effect to the picture to make it look more "lo-fi" as a reference to how ufo footage tends to be blurry and imprecise. the pixels around the ufo could be a leftover from the filter or also added in for the same artistic effect
There's a huge windmill-looking structure in the background at the very back of Flash Black Galaxy in SMG2.
Oh yeah, I forgot that, he should look at that too.
Bruh thats literaly the UFO from Mario&Luigi Partners in Time... I swear, the Skytrees are just Shroobs from the game
Interesting. I'm gonna have to go back to World 1-3 and see if I can find it.
THE HELL VALLEY SKY TREES FROM GALAXY CAME HERE IN THE UFO AND ARE NOW THE GUYS IN THE GHOST HOUSES
Good theory
Or the toad just got bored so he pulled out his drone to get your attention.
the downscale artifacts could be a side-effect due to automatic optimizing of textures
I think the UFO might be an Easter egg being used to reference Super Mario Galaxy, but I don't know for sure, it's just a little theory I came up with while watching this video.
Finally somebody Who thinks Is the super Mario Galaxy ufo
Thats just a Toad using the Wing Cap
Im ready for a theory as absurd and as great as the Sans is Ness theory.
UFO exists.
Me: Area 51 Raid2 (the Virus attacks)
I LOVE your mystery vids, keep em coming!
SwankyBox, could you check out a Super Mario Maker 2 night Jungle background that has crocodile corpses? I have always wondered where did they come from, who were they part of, and who made them from the Mario universe. I tried to find information about them, but did not seem to find any...
Danny SG What?
Kremlings?
@@soulubilityofficial6635 Omg maybe! 🤔😮
What style level is this background detail? I can't seem to find anything when I look up, "Super Mario Maker 2 Jungle Background."
I can just imagine a movie where the developers say that they didn't even mean for these things to be in the games
Captain Toad was making his way back from the observatory. Duh. That’s why Toads are yelling and pointing it out. He is returning, it was a foreshadow to odyssey.
Omg ! I din't know about this all this time !!!
*I had no idea there was a UFO and now I feel dumb*
2:32 It's not a pre-rendered cutscene. The cutscene takes place in-engine, so it's not pre-rendered like a FMV. I think you meant to say it takes place during a cinematic, not real time gameplay.
WHO ELSE JUST LOVES THIS CHANNEL! MY FAVORITE!
Pretty interesting to see this exploratory kinda video from you again! Thanks for uploading!
When the game first came out I saw a video in it I thought it was editing and forgot about it until now I’m gonna try it when I get back home but this is crazy
If this was a reference to the fake Super Galaxy 3 on 3DS this would be a nice little Easter egg, but Nintendo doesn’t roll that way so it’s probably just a nod to the real first two deals.
My question is:
Who in the frick sat there for 90 seconds at the binoculars to find it?
Somebody
@@lars1228 self explanatory ok
🤷♂️
No one:
That one dev that keeps sneaking creepy stuff into Mario games:
I wish there was a new super mario galaxy game that talks about this (imagine if that ufo was a time traveling ufo that had mario inside
I saw that as a kid i thought it was a cloud or something then
The Super Mario Galaxy alien things were terrifying oh my God-
Omg how did I never notice this?
I've played super Mario 3d land at least millions of times
I'm pretty sure it's a reference to something else but I can't remember what. I know I've seen a full color version of that exact same UFO before.
I love your vids. Keep up the great work!!!
I think this is really easy to interpret. This is the latest game in the Marioland saga, which began on the Gameboy. It’s, for sure, a reference to Tatanga. In Super Mario Land for Gameboy the last boss is an alien, so, since this game is the next in the franchise, homage was paid to that boss.
My theory is that's Tatanga the alien trying to kidnap princess daisy
At 0:01 when i first saw that ghost in super mario 3d land, I was terrified and i had troubles sleeping for awhile lol
That UFO just became an IFO
The ufo was actually shown off in the hint movies on the eshop
I love that the subtitles listed it as the 4-4 ghost In the opening
Intro: dkc ghost rope sound
Me for the entire vid: i love dkc 1 and 2... my legit best childhood memories... wait whats the vid about?
I bet the UFO is the shroobs from Mario and Luigi partners in time! I mean they should return it was my favorite game and they should return
0:49 Toad:Am I a Joke to you?
There is a scene in Dr Mario NES where a UFO takes the virus after you complete Level 20 High Speed. This is yet another return.
Thanks for clearing this up years ago i was puzzled on what this thing actually was.
I remember seeing this and being shocked as heck 🤣
tbh the UFO is probably from galaxy except the civilization advanced their space crafts designs. They are just checking up or probably making amends for the harm they caused to the kingdom in Mario Galaxy
Yay! Another video about my favorite 3ds (and mario) game!
Never saw this during my own play through, but this is intriguing
Thanks for this video on the UFO! It definitely caught me off guard the first time I spotted it when I was little XD
Mario Maker also has flying saucers. My bet some in the Mario dev team is a UFO enthusiast.
Thank God I've wondered about this for so long
I am on 8/Bowser and I have never ever came across any aliens, UFOs or creepy ghosts watching you. I don't know how.
Genuinely game props. That's just how things were in old mario games too.
Swanky Box: *Luigi's Mansion music*
Me: It's gonna be a good video. UwU
I won't be surprised if Tatanga makes a return in a future Mario game
I would have liked to see you either move Mario up to the UFO or move the UFO down so I could see its exact size.
what a great gag I'm looking forward to seeing it when I finally play this game
I just remember the UFO from one of PBG's videos
Galaxy isn't only time we saw UFOs in mario, Tatanga had some in Super Mario Land series.
I never noticed the UFO!
So cool.
Never knew there was a UFO in the game
Speaking of creepy when I used to think that in the Star Wars one of the waitresses scary win but I haven’t watched so I was near
This is as creepy as planes on the sky...
You mentioned the UFOs in Super Mario Galaxy, which could make a video all by themselves. Who’s piloting them? Where did Bowser find them? Did he make them? We don’t know.
i really did love that quirky secret and even though i know it is imma pretend there some alien species in the mario universe we don't know about
I know this is 5 months late, but I remember the ufo on 4-1, I went to the binoculars thing and the ufo was just sitting there to the right of the toad in between the rock pillars, then it zoomed away
Any one else notice that if you look at the artifacts at the dark area of the ufo image and move your phone the artifacts more even if the video is paused it’s neat
I wish I could play this game... 😔
i hope you can get a 3ds in the future dude
Zopbdq321 or it comes on Virtual Console.
Use citra
Zopbdq321 thanks man
Use emulator
I never thought this game was full of such mysteries, especially The one i passed 100% of it 😅
Somethinf interesting is that the oficial Nintendo made a video of secrets of Super Mario 3D Land, and in that video they show the UFO like if this was nothing
I guess you can say the video is very.....
*Out of this world* 🛸👽
I think it would be interesting if it was supposed to be an easter egg for a future game.
Maybe from Mario or another Nintendo game.
Love your vids❤️
Nintendo be like:
Hmmm...
Let’s throw in nightmare fuel:D
Reggie from 2018: but si-
NO
This reminds me of the ufo Easter egg in a blue sky in a painting.
I love all the little secrets and mysteries in Nintendo games.
Wasn't this something that Nintendo themselves showcased?
I know that the Hell Valley Sky Trees are just tress, but I like to think that they’re aliens that were in that UFO
I remember seeing this when i was younger and being extremely confused
There was once a time when i played super mario sunshine where i was on Pianta village and something odd happened where i fell under the deathbox and survived i didn't figure out how to replicate this and i hope you can figure out what happened?
I Think the flying taxis and the flying Oddysey in every World is a reference on the UFOs.
I didn't even know that ufo existed.
I never heard of this until now
Genuine theory idea here
Maybe the UFO is a foreshadowing to Super Mario Odyssey's flower stealing UFO boss???
The UFO has the hell valley sky trees ready to move to another home