April Fools' Day 2021

For April Fools' Day 2021, a channel event themed around the discontinuation of and occurred on the SiIvaGunner channel, starting on March 31, 2021.
==Summary==
The event was foreshadowed with a series of three rips counting down to the discontinuation of Super Mario 3D All-Stars, featuring Super Mario 64 on March 29, Super Mario Sunshine on March 30, and Super Mario Galaxy on March 31. Additionally, all rips uploaded on March 31 were of games from the Super Mario franchise and/or featured songs from Super Mario games as jokes.
March 31 ended with the rip "Super Mario 3D All-Stars Music SM64 Game Over", which depicted Mario disappearing. Afterwards, all references to Mario were removed from the rip's metadata, the Mario-esque form of Grand Dad in the lighthouse was replaced with Fred FlintstoneWayback Machine: SiIvaGunner and nearly every single Super Mario rip on the channel was set to private.
Afterwards, the channel would upload rips referencing the theme of Mario being dead or erased in various ways. The vast majority of rips were of fake game substitutes for Super Mario games in which Mario is no longer present (e.g. became ). Rips of and the games within it (, , and ) still contained traces of his name, albeit heavily corrupted or partially obscured.
Most of the fake game rips had jokes relating to death in some way. There were also 12 rips not using fake games, mostly consisting of:
*Rips relating to Luigi or Sonic in some way, due to the implications of what these characters would do without Mario around.
*Rips based on the rips uploaded on March 31 that weren't rips of Mario games but had Mario-related jokes, with said jokes replaced with non-Mario jokes.
After the last rip of April 1, "Staff Roll - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ 64", the channel went silent for most of the following day, except to upload "Dad Battle (In-Game Mix) - Friday Night Funkin'". Towards the end of April 3, a rip where Mario's name was legible in the title, "Ultimate Koopa Clear - Super M̶̲̉a̷̔̐r̵̪̈́i̸̐͗ȏ̵̇ 64", was uploaded. A few hours later, the video "A Leap of Faith - SilvaGunner: Rebooted" was uploaded, which depicted the Super Mario games, as well as Mario himself, being restored. Four more rips alluding to the event's end were uploaded, concluding with "Staff Roll (JP Version) - Super Mario 64DD" on April 4. The majority of the privated rips were unprivated, and the Fred Flintstone in the lighthouse switched back to Grand Dad. This may be a reference to how April 4, 2021 was Easter, since Mario returned after being "dead" for 3 days, similarly to the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion (Easter Sunday).
==Timeline==
===March 29===
*Clock Town, First Day (Removed Version) - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
===March 30===
*Clock Town, Second Day (Removed Version) - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
===March 31===
*Super Mario 3D All-Stars Music SM64 Slider (Beta Mix)
*Last Day (Removed Version) - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
*Athletic BGM (Alternate Mix) - Super Mario Bros. 3
*Super Mario 3D All-Stars Music SMG Space Athletic
*Athletic Theme (Yoshi) - Super Mario World
*Clock Town, Third Day (Removed Version) - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
*Above Ground BGM (Alternate Version) - Super Mario Bros. 3
*Perry Cutscene - Phineas and Ferb: Ride Again
*Underwater Theme (Alpha Mix) - Super Mario Bros. 3
*Emerald Hill Zone (2 player) (OST Mix) - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
*Ground Man Stage - Mega Man & Bass
*Course Clear Fanfare - Super Mario Bros. 35
*Athletic Theme (Unused PAL Version) - Super Mario World
*Slider (Aircheck) - Super Mario 64
*Big Robo Bug - Mario Paint
*Game Over (JP Version) - Super Mario Bros. 3
*Athletic Theme (Alpha Version) - Super Mario Land 2
*Goodnight Mario - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
*Super 3D All-Stars Music S64 Game Over
===April 1===
*Opening Cutscene - Hotel
*Super █████ 3D All Stars Music S█64 Super █████ 64 Main Theme
*Game Over (Beta Mix) - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
*Slot Machine - Super 3D World
*Lost Valley (Trailer Version) - Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
*Underwater Theme (Alpha Mix) - Super Bros. 3
*Possessed Staircase Battle ~Medley~ - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
*Ultimate Koopa - Super 👉█̸͌̑█̷̾̓😁̶̆͠☼̷̇̃👈̸̂͑█̷̾̓█̾̓ 64
*Underwater Theme - Super World
*World 7 (Clouds) - New Super Bros.
*Ground Theme (Super Luigi Bros.) - NES Remix 2
*Labyrinth Fight (OST Version) - Cave Story
*Rainbow Road - Kart DS
*My Hero (Menu Preview Version) - Rock Band 2
*Athletic Theme (Unused PAL Version) - Super World
*Super Bros. Music - Miss ~ Game Over
*Music Box (Beta Mix) - Super Bros. 3
*Fawful, Cackletta - Luigi: Superstar Saga
*Ground Man Stage - Mega Man and Bass
*Super Bros. Music - Ground Theme
*Peach's Message - Super 64 DS
*Rugby Sevens (Point Scored) - Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
*Perry Cutscene - Phineas & Ferb: Ride Again
*Super █████ 3D All Stars Music S█64 Super █████ 64 Main Theme (JP Version)
*Bros. Music - Bonus Stage
*Cave Dungeon - Super 64 DS
*Big Robo Bug - Paint
*Super Bros. Music - Invincible
*Athletic Theme (PAL Version) - Super World
*Character Selection (Version 1.1) - Gangster Bros.
*Luigi Mansion - Hoops 3-on-3
*Pause Sound Effect - Super Bros. 3
*Overworld Theme - Super World
*Above Ground BGM (Alternate Version) - Super Bros. 3
*Tropical Resort - Act 2 (Beta Mix) - Sonic Colours (DS)
*Level Intro - Wario
*Under the Ice (Unused Version) - Pinball Land
*Deep Core - Sonic Rush Adventure
*Shine! - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ Sunshine
*File Select - Super 64 DS
*Bros. Music - Title Theme
*Koopa's Road - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ 64
*Delfino Plaza (Removed Version) - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ Sunshine
*Kamek's Library - Party DS
*Steam Gardens (CD Version) - Super Odyssey
*Overworld Theme - New Super Bros. Wii
*Secret Course: Sky & Sea - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ Sunshine
*"It's a me, Mari!" - Super Mari 64
*Gusty Garden Galaxy - Super █̴̧̀a̵̤̐r̷̙̋█̶̰̆o̶͚̚ Galaxy
*Athletic Theme (Alpha Mix) - Super Land 2
*Opening - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ 64
*Emerald Hill Zone (2 player) (OST Version) - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
*Bowser Castle - Super Odyssey
*Slider (Rain) - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ 64
*Staff Roll - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ 64
===April 2===
*Dad Battle (In-Game Mix) - Friday Night Funkin'
===April 3===
*Ultimate Koopa Clear - Super M̶̲̉a̷̔̐r̵̪̈́i̸̐͗ȏ̵̇ 64
*A Leap of Faith - SilvaGunner: Rebooted
*"It's a me, Mario!" (Mario Mix) - Super Mario 64
===April 4===
*Birth - Super Mario Galaxy
*Good Morning Mario - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
*Staff Roll (JP Version) - Super Mario 64DD
==Privated rips==
The beginning of April 1 saw the privating of almost every video in the channel's history that included the word "Mario" in the title. This included the most viewed rip on the channel, 39 other rips featured in the "Popular uploads" section, and the entire contents of most Super Mario game playlists (many of which were among the largest playlists). This mass privating had two exceptions:
*"Vanish Mario - Super Mario 64" (in reference to the event theme)
*"SEQ_MARIOKART - Mean Girls (DS)" (either a reference to the game's lost status at the time, or an error due to "Mario" not being a whole word)
Most rips that did not have "Mario" in the title were not privated even if they had Mario references, such as "Paper Jams Main Theme Fusion Collab", "Staff Credits - Super Mari Sunshine", and "Stage Clear - Somari" stayed up. However, the following rips were privated despite not having "Mario" in the title:
*All rips uploaded on March 31, 2021 (except "Super 3D All-Stars Music S64 Game Over").
*Rips from , , and , as these games featured Mario on the thumbnail.
*Rips from ,Wayback Machine: Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light due to the game's English translation also being discontinued after March 31.
*"Steam Gardens - Super Smash Bros. UItimate" was privated a few hours after the initial privating of rips. This was the only rip at the time to use the Mario thumbnail without containing "Mario" in the title.
*"Dad Battle (In-Game Version) - Friday Night Funkin'" was privated after the upload of "Dad Battle (In-Game Mix) - Friday Night Funkin'", in which Mario is edited out of the rip.
This totaled to at least 1751 privated videos.List of every known privated rip at around 2 AM PDT on April 1 However, the effectively empty playlists could still be viewed;Wayback Machine: Super Mario Land - example of a playlist rendered empty some of them had the rips of their equivalent fake games added.Wayback Machine: Mario Bros., Hotel Mario, Super Mario 64, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy - some playlists that were not updatedWayback Machine: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario 3D World - some playlists that were updated
On April 4, all rips privated during the event were unprivated, with some delay for "Dad Battle (In-Game Version) - Friday Night Funkin'" and "Steam Gardens - Super Smash Bros. UItimate". This also resulted in the accidental republication of "Mario kart 8", "Beware the Forest's Mushrooms (Beta Mix) - Super Mario RPG", and the initial upload of "Level 2 (Sewer) - Gangster Bros.".
==Message==
At 9:21pm PDT on April 1, 2021, the @GiIvaSunner Twitter account posted a coded message written in a substitution cypher, with the additional message "FOUND WHEN WE RETURNED #1".Tweet by @GiIvaSunner; April 1, 2021 This message has been decoded as follows:Tweet by @antonioegjr; April 3, 2021
I AM SIIVAGUNNER
I ONLY UPLOAD HIGH QUALITY VIDEO GAME RIPS
BUT I AM NOT ENTIRELY INNOCENT
IN THE CREATION OF MY LIFE THAT OF ANOTHER WAS TAKEN
I WISH I GOT TO LEARN HIS NAME BEFORE HE PASSED
I WONDER WHAT HE WOULD THINK OF ME NOW
THIS WAS THE FIRST OF MANY REGRETS BUT I FEAR THAT
It is currently unknown if this message has direct connections with the event, if any.
On May 2, 2021, a similar coded message was posted to the Twitter, captioned "FOUND WHEN WE RETURNED #2". It uses a different cypher from the original message, and it is not currently known what it decodes to, or whether it relates to the event or previous message.
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==Trivia==
*Ten rips during the event use mix names despite there not being a mixless rip under the same metadata.
**"Athletic Theme (PAL Version) - Super World" references "Athletic Theme (PAL Version) - Super Mario World".
**"Steam Gardens (CD Version) - Super Odyssey" references "Steam Gardens (CD Version) - Super Mario Odyssey".
**"Athletic Theme (Alpha Mix) - Super Land 2" references "Athletic Theme (Alpha Version) - Super Mario Land 2" from the March 31 part of the event.
**The name of "Underwater Theme (Alpha Mix) - Super Bros. 3" references "Underwater Theme (Alpha Mix) - Super Mario Bros. 3" from the March 31 part of the event.
**The name of "Above Ground BGM (Alternate Version) - Super Bros. 3" references "Above Ground BGM (Alternate Version) - Super Mario Bros. 3" from the March 31 part of the event.
**The name of "Athletic Theme (Unused PAL Version) - Super World" references "Athletic Theme (Unused PAL Version) - Super Mario World" from the March 31 part of the event.
**The name of "Slider (Rain) - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ 64" references "Slider (Aircheck) - Super Mario 64" from the March 31 part of the event (both mix names reference the series).
***All of the rips referencing rips from March 31 were made by the same ripper as the one referenced.
**The rips "Music Box (Beta Mix) - Super Bros. 3", "Delfino Plaza (Removed Version) - Super M̸̌̊a̴͛̿█̸͌̑i̵̛͊█̷̾̓ Sunshine", and "Under the Ice (Unused Version) - Pinball Land" appear to do this for no reason, as there is no Mario counterpart to these rips.
==See also==
*April Fools' Day 2016
*April Fools' Day 2017
*April Fools' Day 2018
*April Fools' Day 2019
*April Fools' Day 2020
*April Fools' Day 2022
*April Fools' Day 2023
*April Fools' Day 2024
==External links==
*SiIvaGunner: April Fools' Day 2021 - YouTube playlist by Arthur101
==References==
Category:Season 5 events