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Personally, I think it's bullshit, through and through. Reading too much into something that wasn't supposed to have something read into. The only way I can read "L Is Real 2401" is if I want it to look like it, otherwise it just looks like a bunch of illegible scibbles.

>>1201129
It is just some Japanese text on a 32x32 pixel texture, blurred up while rendering it enlarged.

FWIW, this exact block of scribblings is in OoT

上 xx xxxxx ｺｰﾄﾞx聞
xx xxxx xx

looks more like japanese than anything
and the release date for PM was August 11, 2000 in JP

>>1201176
literally the only character you can make out for sure in that pic is the katakana for "ko". Everything else can be interpreted in multiple ways...

>>1201129
>L is Real 2401 rumor
The what?

Still looks like Eternal Star to me

>>1201129
Silly white piggu, there no hidden message in our smash hit #1 game Supa Mario Sanshain. You crazy...

>>1201176
The 上 (lit. "up") and ｺｰﾄﾞ (lit. "cord") seem pretty undeniable to me. The devs were Japanese to begin with right

>>1201228
More like code.

>>1201129
I think it means that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone.

>What do you guys think L is Real 2401 is all about?
It's a prophecy. L is Luigi. A small child wrapped in green swaddling clothes will be born in 2401 and be named Luigi. He will grow up in the shadow of his more accomplished brother, but he'll learn to cope with it like a true free spirit. He'll grow tall and take to the plumbing trade. He'll wear overalls and sport the most ballin' moustache you've ever seen. He'll get into sitar music and will enjoy life to the fullest. He will be a god among men.

>2401
>2014

It really is the year of Luigi

>>1201278
Nah, it says Paul is dead.

>>1201129

So, hasn't anyone found the texture within the games code and scaled it down to see if it's legible?

>>1201752
They have, and it isn't.

>>1201759

http://youtu.be/N32ZTPtD9AM

>>1201726
But 2013 was the Year of Luigi

Oh hey, that is Japanese OP. I can make out some of it for you.

上な ------- コーﾄﾞ き-

Above /////// Code ki/

>>1201793
Oh yea, and beginning of the bottom row looks like 下に, which is 'under/below'.

>>1201793
>>1201813

So is it basically saying "Top Text / Bottom Text"?

>>1201813
That line's a bit harder to make out. I can see the 下 but the に is just a complete blur.
>>1201818
Not literally. As a complete example, it could say something like
>Above you is the sky
>Below you is the ground

>>1201818
I dunno, like the whole end of the bottom row is really hard to make out. The top row is easier, at the start and end, but the middle is again really hard to make out.

I would not be suprised if it did just say "The Above Line" and "The Line Bellow" or something to that effect. But the very deliberate use of the word CODE, a English loan word(Different Writing system for loan words) is in the last section of the first row, which makes it at least a bit curious.

I don't know how you guys can read anything from that. It just looks like a bunch of blurred scribbles to me.

>>1201834

there are a couple recognizable characters, but yeah it's pretty hard to make out

So I keep looking at it and this really is the best I can do. If OP really wants to find out, you might be better of finding someone who has read Japanese their whole life, and actually instinctively know sentences that fit into the segment lengths and general shape.

>>1201830
>But the very deliberate use of the word CODE
コード can actually mean code, cord or chord just to play Devil's advocate

>>1201850
Mm, that is true, head stuck in video game mode.

Also, I have changed my mind, the ni in the second line looks like 下ほ, but to be honest, I have no idea any more. It is like I am looking at them for too long.

>>1201845
All I know is some of that is hiragana and the only two i recognize right away are "ki" and "so".

I used to love these rumors as a kid, but as I grew up and understood technology more, this theory revealed itself to be bullshit.

It honestly makes more sense to say "Eternal Star" not "L is real 2401" like what does that even imply? The game's data has been sorted through time and time again, and Luigi's not in it. No model for him, no textures, etc. This rumor is fun, but obviously untrue.

>>1201167
This, the first letter is 上with rest being some random scribbles where you could find anything you want.

>>1201778
That's just what nintendo wanted you to think

>>1201828
It must be "As above, so below". Miyamoto is obviously illumined, so he placed clues to enlightenment in a children's game.

But enough tinfoil. I'm guessing it either really is Japanese text, or it's just a gibberish texture. Either way, I'm certain it doesn't say "L is Real 2401", especially because there's no way Nintendo would have known Paper Mario's release date during SM64's development, and probably hadn't even started production on the game. The fact that it also appears in OoT just reinforces that it's meaningless.

>>1201164
Really? Where?

>tfw you won't live until 2401 to witness the return of our messiah Luigi

>>1203806
but lugi has been in every mario game after Mario 64

>>1203854
Luigi wasn't in Sunshine.

Unless that hidden book has instructions on how to unlock him.

guys i found a secret texture in the rom

>>1203753

It's in Dodongo's Cavern, if you're above the Dodongo head on the right side, it's on a sign before crossing the bridge.

>>1203917
OP here, that is pretty interesting. I think this texture may actually be written in English. I believe it says "CR b o rented", but it is pretty difficult to read.

>>1203917
>>1204180

OP is a retard.

It's a reference to the Beatles

http://eternalstar.50webs.com/