Luigi in Super Mario 64
Remember that time back in 1998 when everyone was convinced that Luigi could be unlocked in Super Mario 64? Gamers spent hours, days even, trying to figure out how to get Mario’s beloved brother as a playable character in the game. N64.com even offered up $100 to the first player who could successfully unlock Luigi in the game.
Countless theories began to hit the web and gamers were trying just about anything to unlock Luigi. We were all convinced it was possible to play as Luigi simply because someone out there claimed the blurry script on the bottom of what is now known as the Eternal Star read: “L Is Real 2401.” And this wasn’t even the April Fool’s joke. It was our own lack of good judgment that led us to go on a wild goose chase for Luigi but the cruel joke came in when Nintendo Power got in on the fun.
The magazine’s April issue claimed it would finally tackle all the “L Is Real” conspiracies and provide gamers with the answers they had been looking for all along. All gamers had to do was flip to page 128.
The magazine only had 108 pages.
