I'm surprised that a low-poly version of this hasn't been used in B3313, or anywhere else. It just sits there, collecting dust, wondering how it's one of the not much Mario stuff that hasn't been talk about a ton.
This is like one of those weird dreams you have as a kid where nothing bad happens but it's still scary because it takes something you're familiar with and makes it feel strange and foreign
Strangely, even though I've never seen and heard those places and musics before, they're so familiar and nostalgic to me.(especially the entrance and the dome.) It's like I've been or heard in my old dreams...
Its not that deep it looks like a nostalgic place so your brain makes u feel nostalgia for it niggas need to stop acting like nostalgia is some otherworldly godly feeling
The gamecube was never the best in gaming engineering. It was really cool for a console though, and especially a relatively low-cost and physically tiny console.
@@andrewjackson244i would argue that makes it the best. A beefy expensive console isnt impressive from an engineering standpoint, it's impressive from a business standpoint. A powerful low cost machine on the other hand!!!
Those arrow animations feel so Nintendo. Absolutely nailed the weird year 2000 feel Edit: Wait is this real I just saw the upload date lol. I thought this was a fan thing
@@JomSpoons I think the “fake-ness” comes from the nature of the work. Building a tech demo for developers has different needs than a playable game demo for customers. This demo features a lot of weird rooms in “Peach’s Castle” without any purpose other than to show off hardware capabilities. The most lore-accurate room is the one with a giant Mario statue for Peach to worship, but everything else is out of place or makes you think the princess has lost her mind.
Another aspect of it is that I have heard absolutely no one ever mention this tech demo in the many years I've been in the Nintendo fandom, compared to something like Mario 128 which I have heard about countless times.
@@JomSpoons The Top 3 Nintendo tech demos that gets the constant spotlights are the Legend of Zelda Spaceworld Demo, the Luigi's Mansion tech demo, and the Wii Airplane tech demo that eventually became Wii Sports Resort.
Okay... I *LOVE* the presentation on this tech demo. The interactivity, the way it shows how powerful the GameCube was for its time... it just amazes me in any way I can imagine. God bless you, Nintendo. God bless you.
I honestly feel if this was released, it's have such a Luigi's mansion feel for it. It sucks we couldn't see a final project, but I'm so happy we got Mario Sunshine instead. That game is very dear to me
What made the GameCube charming was its impression of a virtual toy chest/mystery box. Perhaps it's because developers mastered rendering plastic materials at this point and took advantage of it, à la Toy Story. Environments felt like sets residing in the console itself. Characters and objects like tiny playthings. The sound design played a huge part in getting the idea across - very "knick-knacky" for lack of a better term, like everything was made out of wood or legos. A lot of games present this well, like Chibi-Robo. In SSBM, the intro shows miniature figurines coming to life. It's my second favorite Nintendo aesthetic.
They probably decided that from here they would make only small consoles. The GCN is still smaller than the smallest versions of new gen consoles Edit: oh I thought you were talking about the console itself
You verbalized what I’ve felt for a long time! Love the style so much. Somehow it feels more futuristic than anything coming out today, although i do like a lot of design choices for the Switch and some of its games
I know it's objectively lower fidelity and all the rendering is more primitive than what we get now, but for some reason this and a lot of game cube games just appear timeless looking, this is a tech demo obviously showing off the best the gamecube could do but I genuinely find this looks more appealing than unreal engine bodycam stuff that's literally trying to look like real life
I really miss this era of Nintendo. I loved how the early Gamecube days had a style that showcased a great blend of fantasy and semi realistic visuals. It had a great range of lighting and shading effects, along with a lot of colorful looking locations. Ever since the Wii age, Nintendo games have been relying too much on experimental and plain/cartoony looking art styles. Most of them are too bright looking, and rely on too many basic colors, instead of the wide range of colors Gamecube offered. I was hoping the Wii U would finally bring the Gamecube style of graphics back to life with the power of stunning HD visuals, but once again, Nintendo went with mostly simple looking graphics for most of their games. I loved the look of the gamecube Mario games a lot more than the Wii and Wii U era. The only Mario games on Wii U that looked great were Mario Kart 8 and Mario Tennis Ultra Smash. I would say Super Mario 3D World looked great, but it only looked great during certain levels. Most levels relied on too many bright green colors, simple textures, and too much overuse of bloom lighting. However, Mario 3D World did have some stunning looking levels and effects, if only the whole game had a consistent quality of good looking visuals, instead of constantly jumping between boring and stunning. Even Super Mario Galaxy looked bland in areas. While it did have a great use of lighting effects, shading effects, reflection, and water, a lot of the game stil looked a bit simplified. For instance, the grass in many levels had a fuzzy looking texture, which looked odd, grass should look lush, not spongey. Mario Galaxy had great visual effects, but a lot of the level designs didn't fit with the advanced lighting and shading effects. At least Switch seems to be on the right track with bringing visual quality back to the Mario games. Mario Odyssey looks like it will have a good mix of fantasy and semi realism. That's what I've been wanting in a Mario game for a long time, to see Mario go through more than just simple looking level designs. Mario Odyssey won't rely on Mario just running through cartoony looking worlds, or too realistic looking worlds, it settled on a mix, and that's what I like about it.
The fact that it looks abandoned while being so cheery and magical is very bittersweet as an adult. It vaguely reminds me of "The Backrooms". My inner child is very excited to see this magical world with fun colors for the first time, but the adult side of me knows it's a computer simulation that we can end at any time. Just because it's a simulation doesn't mean there's no magic in the experience of it, though
@n13475 Don’t even start with the proselytizing, bud. It’s up to the other person if they choose to believe in the word of God or not, and I’m sick and tired of you Holier Than Thous doing more harm than good by trying to force people into believing.
yes but that was via software and looking awful by the way , that game was so bad (enter the matrix i suposse) gc had the effect integrated in the chip
It's amazing how much soul is in even a tech demo from Nintendo back in the day. Entire games with a storyline are released nowadays and they've got less character than this.
Interesting... I like some of music in this. This tech demo feels relaxing... except when the arrow hops up the stairs. AND THE FRANTIC MUSIC IN THE CINEMA THEATER WHICH I REALLY LIKE TOO.
It's so weird how it's peak liminal space yet the arrow is oozing with personality that has that distinctive Nintendo charm. It's like reading a creepypasta that ends happily ever after.
Lmao too much youtube essays. How is this liminal? All rooms are notable locations with characteristic features, all are named for tech they demonstrate, they are all in a familiar location(peach castle) so it's the opposite of liminal, you yourself said the arrow has personality, there's happy fitting music in the background. Stop shitting your pants over 3d game rooms with no NPCs
Lmao too much youtube essays about rooms with no NPCs being scary How is this liminal? All rooms are labelled for the features they demonstrate, everything happens in a familiar location(peach castle) - this is opposite of liminality. As you said arrow has personality and there's cheery fitting music in the background
@@bartekmilit’s still liminal because it’s a tech demo that has no npcs so the castle feels empty. And since it’s a tech demo it can never be completed or beaten so it’s like an abandoned monument
Ik this is a Tech DEMO, but gotta love this implies Peach haves a Hangar filled with a ton of weaponery, a random ass cave with a Goomba statue and a void with only a Question Block lmao
Probably where the Soldier Toads train for Bowser's attacks I guess (and at the end of the day in case of attack they'll panic and Mario will have to do everything)
Specular mapping was definitely used in Gamecube games. For example, Pikmin 2 uses it for the mosaic tiles most prominently seen in the Shower Room. It is, admittedly, a much more subtle version of the effect, but nonetheless, it's still used.
I love that little sliver of time in the GameCube's life where the art direction was pretty much just high res N64. This demo has such a strong aura and that was kinda lost when Nintendo sharpened up the models and designs to look pretty much how they do today.
I like how all the music is dreamlike, bordering on the same vibes as Yume Nikki, but then you get in the theater and the music immediately becomes Clown Falling Down The Stairs
Man, the polygon count on that Goomba statue alone is impressive to say the least given that the GameCube was developed after the N64’s release. Speaking of the N64, I love how folks like Kaze Emanuar have been showcasing how much potential was unfortunately squandered accidentally by Nintendo due to the jump from 2D sprites to 3D models being so new to them at the time.
@MrWeirdGuy Remember, That this was made just to strictly show off the power of the GameCube and to show developers the graphic capabilities of the system. That's way you don't see any NPC or CPU and the object you control is very simple and probably contains only a few polygons.
@@bubbythebear6891That's the point. There are no stages, CPU enemies and NPCs, no cutscenes (or very small cutscenes) etc. It could never do all of this while actually running a full game
i would play this. like, go through and play and explore it even after the first time. it reminds me of interactive information CD-ROMs like the Walt Disney World trip planning guide i played all the time as a kid, but if thedevelopers got to really engage with a 3d environment and have fun instead of being tied to only the also-fun fmv and image combo with menus they usually have.
I remember seeing this before and man, I thought it was merely someone who did some fan game project or some demo to showcase the power of the GameCube. Then, as I saw the video from 15 years back, I later found out the title for it and have loved the video ever since. Someone mentioned that the GameCube would be the last console that has this much vibrance and beauty compared to later consoles, which is why the 5th and 6th generation consoles are my top favorite ones of all time, hands down. With 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th generational consoles being honorable mentions. (Looks at the date this came out)....Ahh yes, that makes sense as I've come across this years back. Probably ended up in my feed when I was looking at PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox 2001 walkthroughs.
@@notkingboo9323 only older Wiis will work natively though, if your Wii has a lid on top, then there you go, that means your Wii is GameCube compatible
![Nintendo 64 LOST BITS | Leaked Debug Tech Demos [TetraBitGaming]](/img/n.gif)
I'm surprised that a low-poly version of this hasn't been used in B3313, or anywhere else. It just sits there, collecting dust, wondering how it's one of the not much Mario stuff that hasn't been talk about a ton.
It's music is used in B3313 area Parallel Lobby
@@SysDataSoftOfficalBut only the music. I haven't seen anyone reference the weird rooms
I'm gonna be honest, I didn't even know this. Is it something based on an official concept? Purely fanmade?
@@Mike14264 It's a tech demo made by Nintendo to showcase the Gamecube's capabilities, do people even read the title of a video they click on?
@@dinisb I read it a bit after making this comment, thank you for asking
This is like one of those weird dreams you have as a kid where nothing bad happens but it's still scary because it takes something you're familiar with and makes it feel strange and foreign
Why do I relate but hate this comment because of how much it relates.
I really want this to be popular
i had a dream that i swear took place in this castle a year or two before i first watched this tech demo, and it did really scare me lol
@@yellowmarioflexing8626 Yea its so fascinating and eerie, it feels so good
I had a dream that SpongeBob and Mr Krabs were made of PNGs and SpongeBob got abducted by a pirate
I like how the arrow transforms into a dolphin at the beginning, since the Gamecube was codenamed Dolphin.
Wow, i didn't catch that. Great thinking!
Yeah just become a dolphin for a second
So, maybe that's why the GameCube and Wii emulator is called that way.
@@RobloxGuest768 Yes, that's exactly the reason. 🙂
THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW I KNOW WHY THE EMULATOR IS CALLED DOLPHIN
How the hell did Nintendo manage to make me love a Red Arrow.
If you have a very specific affection for sentient arrows then I highly recommend checking out Segare Ijiri
6:23 man, that atmosphere and music from the "Metal Mario room" goes so hard!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 it's screaming 90s
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Feels more early 2000s
its like mario kart rainbow road but lofi studying
More like Namco Museum PS1
Reminds me of something from spyro
Strangely, even though I've never seen and heard those places and musics before, they're so familiar and nostalgic to me.(especially the entrance and the dome.) It's like I've been or heard in my old dreams...
Funnily enough, I feel the same way. Maybe just because it represents the old GameCube era very well?
@@Werten25 Indeed. I've never had Gamecube either when I was young, but the 2000s' things always give me a special feeling.
Same.
It’s a reminder of an era in the sound and visual department
Its not that deep it looks like a nostalgic place so your brain makes u feel nostalgia for it niggas need to stop acting like nostalgia is some otherworldly godly feeling
At some point in gaming history, this was the best in gaming engineering. I'm impressed by how far we've come in such a short time
Im still impressed by that tech demo
And it just keeps getting more and more impressive
@@andrew11ds41IKR it's not even that bad looking for today's standards.
The games maybe, but the demo isn't too bad
The gamecube was never the best in gaming engineering. It was really cool for a console though, and especially a relatively low-cost and physically tiny console.
@@andrewjackson244i would argue that makes it the best. A beefy expensive console isnt impressive from an engineering standpoint, it's impressive from a business standpoint. A powerful low cost machine on the other hand!!!
You can almost hear the presenter rushing to get through his paragraph about bump mapping and lighting as the arrow descends the spiral staircase.
This video just makes me want MORE. i want a mario game that looks exactly like this
super mario 64 is close
@@jytvrealthis is like Mario 64 but you're half dreaming
Kinda looks like those 64 "realistic" Mario renders
A game made entirely in the style of high quality renders from this era. I would fall in love@@pun_dimen
Wario World has some similar looking areas, very nice 3d models in that one.
This is literally the coolest interpretation of peaches castle I've seen yet, how am I only now learning this exist?!
i feel like most people forget how powerful the gamecube really was in its day. amazing console.
Those arrow animations feel so Nintendo. Absolutely nailed the weird year 2000 feel
Edit: Wait is this real I just saw the upload date lol. I thought this was a fan thing
I swear, this is the fakest looking real tech demo I have ever seen
@@JomSpoons
I think the “fake-ness” comes from the nature of the work.
Building a tech demo for developers has different needs than a playable game demo for customers. This demo features a lot of weird rooms in “Peach’s Castle” without any purpose other than to show off hardware capabilities.
The most lore-accurate room is the one with a giant Mario statue for Peach to worship, but everything else is out of place or makes you think the princess has lost her mind.
Another aspect of it is that I have heard absolutely no one ever mention this tech demo in the many years I've been in the Nintendo fandom, compared to something like Mario 128 which I have heard about countless times.
@@JomSpoons The Top 3 Nintendo tech demos that gets the constant spotlights are the Legend of Zelda Spaceworld Demo, the Luigi's Mansion tech demo, and the Wii Airplane tech demo that eventually became Wii Sports Resort.
@@JomSpoons which is weird because it's been avaliable to download for a long time!
That arrow entering door animation gets me every
time!
Cute eh, had lots of charm
Okay... I *LOVE* the presentation on this tech demo. The interactivity, the way it shows how powerful the GameCube was for its time... it just amazes me in any way I can imagine. God bless you, Nintendo. God bless you.
and the fact they made original music for this that slaps. how have I never seen/ heard this???
Only Nintendo could make an arrow loveable.
big fan of the random cave with a massive goomba statue
It was the best stage
Same
It looks like Myst or Riven.
Rare footage of Super Mario 128
Peach was a huge fan of graphics technology huh
Lol!
"Look, Mario! The GameCube can actually handle many polygons at once, long shadows and huge textures!"
"Ooh, mamma mia!"
she spared no expense
I fleshed out the little arrow guy into my own little character because I loved him so much
I'm insane.
epic
pls i wanna seee
@@shroomy64-001 I gotta share sometime
His name is "A.Roe"
Arrow a cute!!
I love the liminal feeling that the castle and the music give, it's like a place I have dreamed of or that I feel like I've been to before
As much as I love Super Mario Sunshine, I kinda wish we got a true sequel to Mario 64 on the GameCube with this as the hub world
you mean mario 128? yeah its sucks it got scrapped, but at least pikmin, twlight princess and mario galaxy have borrowed things from 128
I honestly feel if this was released, it's have such a Luigi's mansion feel for it. It sucks we couldn't see a final project, but I'm so happy we got Mario Sunshine instead. That game is very dear to me
how would that game even function? like your controlling a bunch of marios thats way too many marios for you to control @@jytvreal
Mario 64 overated ngl.
@@luginess0 Not at all. Mario in Mario 64 still has movement unlike any Mario game since. His level of control if anything has just been dumbed down.
Imagine how Mario 64 would look if it came out on the Gamecube.
What made the GameCube charming was its impression of a virtual toy chest/mystery box. Perhaps it's because developers mastered rendering plastic materials at this point and took advantage of it, à la Toy Story. Environments felt like sets residing in the console itself. Characters and objects like tiny playthings. The sound design played a huge part in getting the idea across - very "knick-knacky" for lack of a better term, like everything was made out of wood or legos. A lot of games present this well, like Chibi-Robo. In SSBM, the intro shows miniature figurines coming to life. It's my second favorite Nintendo aesthetic.
They probably decided that from here they would make only small consoles.
The GCN is still smaller than the smallest versions of new gen consoles
Edit: oh I thought you were talking about the console itself
You verbalized what I’ve felt for a long time! Love the style so much. Somehow it feels more futuristic than anything coming out today, although i do like a lot of design choices for the Switch and some of its games
Chibi robo was so good...
Gotcha force is another great example
I know it's objectively lower fidelity and all the rendering is more primitive than what we get now, but for some reason this and a lot of game cube games just appear timeless looking, this is a tech demo obviously showing off the best the gamecube could do but I genuinely find this looks more appealing than unreal engine bodycam stuff that's literally trying to look like real life
The leap from n64 to this really was unreal.
someone please make this a garys mod map.
I was planning to ask that as well. :D
It's been eight years, When is someone going to do it?
I've got some bad news...
@@heyyoumewtwo4801rip
@@heyyoumewtwo4801 Lemme guess nintendo will sue?
I really miss this era of Nintendo. I loved how the early Gamecube days had a style that showcased a great blend of fantasy and semi realistic visuals. It had a great range of lighting and shading effects, along with a lot of colorful looking locations. Ever since the Wii age, Nintendo games have been relying too much on experimental and plain/cartoony looking art styles. Most of them are too bright looking, and rely on too many basic colors, instead of the wide range of colors Gamecube offered. I was hoping the Wii U would finally bring the Gamecube style of graphics back to life with the power of stunning HD visuals, but once again, Nintendo went with mostly simple looking graphics for most of their games. I loved the look of the gamecube Mario games a lot more than the Wii and Wii U era. The only Mario games on Wii U that looked great were Mario Kart 8 and Mario Tennis Ultra Smash. I would say Super Mario 3D World looked great, but it only looked great during certain levels. Most levels relied on too many bright green colors, simple textures, and too much overuse of bloom lighting. However, Mario 3D World did have some stunning looking levels and effects, if only the whole game had a consistent quality of good looking visuals, instead of constantly jumping between boring and stunning.
Even Super Mario Galaxy looked bland in areas. While it did have a great use of lighting effects, shading effects, reflection, and water, a lot of the game stil looked a bit simplified. For instance, the grass in many levels had a fuzzy looking texture, which looked odd, grass should look lush, not spongey. Mario Galaxy had great visual effects, but a lot of the level designs didn't fit with the advanced lighting and shading effects.
At least Switch seems to be on the right track with bringing visual quality back to the Mario games. Mario Odyssey looks like it will have a good mix of fantasy and semi realism. That's what I've been wanting in a Mario game for a long time, to see Mario go through more than just simple looking level designs. Mario Odyssey won't rely on Mario just running through cartoony looking worlds, or too realistic looking worlds, it settled on a mix, and that's what I like about it.
Anything on the Wii (Mario Galaxy, Brawl, Prime 3) looked better than what the GameCube could have offered.
Cartoony nintendo games>realistic nintendo games
Mario Odyssey is Mario version of Sonic World Adventure A.K.A Sonic Unleashed. It's a remake of 2008 game that tricks people it's new.
TA-PAB Bangkok Uhh, no?
@@DonkeykongSw2 what
The fact that it looks abandoned while being so cheery and magical is very bittersweet as an adult. It vaguely reminds me of "The Backrooms". My inner child is very excited to see this magical world with fun colors for the first time, but the adult side of me knows it's a computer simulation that we can end at any time. Just because it's a simulation doesn't mean there's no magic in the experience of it, though
The backrooms aren't cheery or magical.
@@k-leb4671 the backrooms are so magical 🪄✨🪄🪄✨🪄
Your itchy ears are yearning for spirituality
@n13475 Don’t even start with the proselytizing, bud. It’s up to the other person if they choose to believe in the word of God or not, and I’m sick and tired of you Holier Than Thous doing more harm than good by trying to force people into believing.
@@n13475 Who comments this kinda crap lmao
i dont understand why im so fascinated and impressed with a pre-2000s tech demo for the gamecube of all things but ok
That's actually quite impressive.
The PS2 couldn't do these effects.
The PS2 had no fixed function normal mapping support so, unfortunately no it couldn't
i had both and gamecube was clearly superior just have a look to rebel strike at gc (not in emulator)
ast r I googled and it looks like the PS2 can have a normal mapping effect and was used in a matrix game.
yes but that was via software and looking awful by the way , that game was so bad (enter the matrix i suposse) gc had the effect integrated in the chip
Too bad most gamecube games didnt use some of these effects.
It's amazing how much soul is in even a tech demo from Nintendo back in the day. Entire games with a storyline are released nowadays and they've got less character than this.
Interesting...
I like some of music in this.
This tech demo feels relaxing...
except when the arrow hops up the stairs.
AND THE FRANTIC MUSIC IN THE CINEMA THEATER WHICH I REALLY LIKE TOO.
It's so weird how it's peak liminal space yet the arrow is oozing with personality that has that distinctive Nintendo charm. It's like reading a creepypasta that ends happily ever after.
erm, this is so fricking liminal space. so skibidi toilet analog horror.
Lmao too much youtube essays. How is this liminal? All rooms are notable locations with characteristic features, all are named for tech they demonstrate, they are all in a familiar location(peach castle) so it's the opposite of liminal, you yourself said the arrow has personality, there's happy fitting music in the background. Stop shitting your pants over 3d game rooms with no NPCs
Lmao too much youtube essays about rooms with no NPCs being scary
How is this liminal? All rooms are labelled for the features they demonstrate, everything happens in a familiar location(peach castle) - this is opposite of liminality. As you said arrow has personality and there's cheery fitting music in the background
@@bartekmilit’s still liminal because it’s a tech demo that has no npcs so the castle feels empty. And since it’s a tech demo it can never be completed or beaten so it’s like an abandoned monument
It still looks like a gamecube game, with that specific hi-lo poly roundness and the sheen on everything
October 1, 2024 and this is now popping up on my feed and I’ve never heard of this until now
Had to save this to Favorites. I love finding pieces of obscure gaming history like this. It really does show what the GC was capable of too.
Me too (:
I loved the video and arrow
Me: Ummm peach... There's a creepy arrow thing floating around your castle.
Peach: oh that's just mario
Me: O.o okkayyyy thennnn.....
Princess Daisy • Rσyαl Deījι Hιme χ She seems...surprisingly cool with it.
Truly Princess Daisy Greetings,young princess. How are you today?
@@kailegoh2308 Maybe she was kindapped by Wario...
Me: "Mario, what type of mushrooms did you take, I want some!"
Ik this is a Tech DEMO, but gotta love this implies Peach haves a Hangar filled with a ton of weaponery, a random ass cave with a Goomba statue and a void with only a Question Block lmao
Probably where the Soldier Toads train for Bowser's attacks I guess (and at the end of the day in case of attack they'll panic and Mario will have to do everything)
they removed the ? block from that room before Super Mario 64 DS
When the arrow said "🐬" I felt that.
Not sure how I’d never heard of this before. Feels like the kind of thing I’d think was real in a dream. Love this stuff!
1:58 I never saw this used in ANY gamecube games. The first time I saw that type of specular mapping was in mario galaxy on wii.
Specular mapping was definitely used in Gamecube games. For example, Pikmin 2 uses it for the mosaic tiles most prominently seen in the Shower Room. It is, admittedly, a much more subtle version of the effect, but nonetheless, it's still used.
I love that little sliver of time in the GameCube's life where the art direction was pretty much just high res N64. This demo has such a strong aura and that was kinda lost when Nintendo sharpened up the models and designs to look pretty much how they do today.
I love how this tech demo created some of the nicest and most dreamlike worlds I’ve seen.
I like how all the music is dreamlike, bordering on the same vibes as Yume Nikki, but then you get in the theater and the music immediately becomes Clown Falling Down The Stairs
look at those Gamecubes!! it's the most fitting music for their Gamecube-esque antics
@@c.l.m.c.3328 true, they are schmoovin
beautiful graphics...kinda makes me sad
The arrow is so fun I loved the bouncing part
BOING *transforms into dolphin*
**3 months later*
i remember you from somewhere lol
@@koiyune I comment on a lot of stuff there's no telling
Man, the polygon count on that Goomba statue alone is impressive to say the least given that the GameCube was developed after the N64’s release.
Speaking of the N64, I love how folks like Kaze Emanuar have been showcasing how much potential was unfortunately squandered accidentally by Nintendo due to the jump from 2D sprites to 3D models being so new to them at the time.
This has the feel and sound design of a Humongous Entertainment game.
@MrWeirdGuy Remember, That this was made just to strictly show off the power of the GameCube and to show developers the graphic capabilities of the system. That's way you don't see any NPC or CPU and the object you control is very simple and probably contains only a few polygons.
This demo is so nostalgic and peaceful. Nintendo knew how to make the best showcases for hardware.
i like how the arrow does that little twist when it enters a room. very satisfying
Dolphin is so powerful and holds up so well still
I think the lobby of this castle might of been scraped and remodelled into the foyer from Luigi’s mansion GC
UA-cam recommends worked today in 2024! That’s amazing demo 🎉
They had no business making all those bangers for a tech demo
I love that characters like Goomba still have the aesthetics of Nintendo 64-era renders.
Pretty amazing that this looks better than most Wii games.
Too be fair, this was made to look good and be nothing more.
I wouldn't go that far. Sonic Colors looks way better
@@bubbythebear6891That's the point.
There are no stages, CPU enemies and NPCs, no cutscenes (or very small cutscenes) etc.
It could never do all of this while actually running a full game
This can be played on a regular GameCube with Datel SD Media Launcher
or on a Wii with Nintendont
In an alternate universe, instead of mario, we will have arrio
Arrio, I honestly want to call it that from now on
the impact this demo has had on me is indescribable
Hats off to those who made this honestly, it’s incredible and we never actually saw it in a game.
Crisp sound effects, sharp music, smooth camera panning, This got some Tomodachi life vibes.
This is what mario will look like in 2000
You can't convince me that the coins near the end aren't Fruity Pebbles flavored
If you listen closely when the arrow tries to leave a room, the knocks sound like a part of the fever music from dr.mario
This feels like I dream I had 8 years ago. And it makes me feel very relaxed and nostalgic despite never seeing this before.
i would play this. like, go through and play and explore it even after the first time. it reminds me of interactive information CD-ROMs like the Walt Disney World trip planning guide i played all the time as a kid, but if thedevelopers got to really engage with a 3d environment and have fun instead of being tied to only the also-fun fmv and image combo with menus they usually have.
I swore this was gonna be an analogue horror project. Really neat though!
the music in this is so pikmin-esque and I love it
I remember seeing this before and man, I thought it was merely someone who did some fan game project or some demo to showcase the power of the GameCube. Then, as I saw the video from 15 years back, I later found out the title for it and have loved the video ever since. Someone mentioned that the GameCube would be the last console that has this much vibrance and beauty compared to later consoles, which is why the 5th and 6th generation consoles are my top favorite ones of all time, hands down. With 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th generational consoles being honorable mentions.
(Looks at the date this came out)....Ahh yes, that makes sense as I've come across this years back. Probably ended up in my feed when I was looking at PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox 2001 walkthroughs.
The gamecube was such a jump from the n64 in terms of visuals. It was amazing to witness as a kid
THE MUSIC IN THE MAIN AREA!!!! THAT'S THE PARALLEL LOBBY IN B3313!!!!!
there's a dirty drawing of peach left unused in the files of this demo
Really?
Holy moly you’re right
They used this engine for Wario World on GameCube!!!
I noticed immediately from the shaders, but 7:30 is My evidence.
even today this is groundbreaking stuff
Wow this is old
Well running on an actual videogame
Average B3313 fan: "oMg iT's sO LiMiNaL i'M qUaKiNg iN mY bOoTs!"
vs.
Average Mario enjoyer: "Haha, the arrow is going boingy boingy!"
When the music stops and it knocks like 4 times it feels like some analouge horror shit is abt to happen
i love the arrow
This makes me feel weirdly nostalgic.
😳 What if we kissed in the Antialiasing Hangar 😳
Then that would be a very antialiased kiss
@@supermarioVB64you're still alive
@@shyguy85 yep, thank you for the wellness check
@@supermarioVB64 still hanging in there?
It would be interesting to see in 3D!, since the game-cube did have some sort of 3D capability.
the castle entrance music sounds familiar for some reason, oddly familiar, like a long lost memory
maybe final fantasy
This has the same creepy surreal feeling of super Mario 64
I wish demos like this were publicly available at the time. One of my fondest youth memories is the castle demo for unreal engine mobile.
Imagine how mind blowing this technology would've been only six years after the N64 released
"Graphics won't get better than this!"
This is that moment where Peter turns to lois and says "is this a snuff film?"
Finally.
Peach Castel.
A mario game in this style would be so eerie, but so perfect
yep
but thats already exists, super mairo 64 has the same style as this demo but with worse graphics
@@jytvreal The better graphics are part of the style.
Wait, how did I not know this existed till now?
Me too 😭
I mean it's not that popular so it makes sense
I love the music so much. It's amazing -- this whole thing is amazing.
why does this still impress me so much?
Awesome tech demo, it's just strange is the first time I'm seeing this
Everyone seems to forget you can put gamecube discs in the wii.....
Derp_Nate you can?
@@chocolatechippancakes7759 Yes, you can.
@@notkingboo9323 only older Wiis will work natively though, if your Wii has a lid on top, then there you go, that means your Wii is GameCube compatible
I’ve never seen this before, really eerie I was really waiting for a jumpscare the whole time
I really really want to be here and explore this place
Played B3313 first then discovered this. I love the feeling of that game.
This would be an awesome RPG game!
Why did this bit remind me of the parappa the rapper 1 cutscenes 5:31
I think it still holds up today