Burnt Luigi

"**Burnt Luigi**" is a Creepypasta/ARG created by JosephTheSnail (or JosephTheSnailShow). The story explains a weird copy of Super Mario 64, an installment of Nintendo's Super Mario franchise, where the player supposedly activated an easter egg that shows Luigi burning alive and becoming disfigured afterwards. The game itself was suddenly found at Gamestop, even though they don't sell games like that. The weird part about this game is that Luigi never even appeared in it until it got remade for the DS.

**NOTE**: I don't own Luigi! Luigi belongs to Nintendo. I only own this story! :)

## Post #1

Personally, I don't know how to start this, but I love Nintendo. The console I grew up with was the Nintendo 64. The games on the console are great, but the one I liked the most was Super Mario 64. Unfortunately, I realized that I don’t have a copy of Super Mario 64 since, if I remember, my parents sold a lot of games I had, and as we were moving at the time, we kept the original Super Smash Bros., in which I had a lot of fun playing.

Anyway, we saved up, and we had enough money to afford more games, so I asked my parents if I could get Super Mario 64 again; they agreed, and I went across the street to the nearby GameStop next to Walmart because it's a submall with GameStop. Now, keep in mind that my first idea was to get the game from eBay; however, I don't really trust the sellers, so I went to Gamestop to see if they were having a nostalgia sale or whatever. For some reason, I didn't expect this—I found the game along with other games like Majora's Mask, another favorite game of mine, without hesitation; I purchased it and Majora's Mask because of my nostalgia trip—but there was no short message written in sharpie on the cartridge or anything eerie from one of those haunted game stories I'd seen before.

I returned home and turned on my Nintendo 64 to begin playing, and the game began as it usually does: I was greeted by the head of Mario, I pressed START, and it played the cutscene where Mario jumped out of the pipe. I didn't find anything weird; it was like any other Mario game. Keep in mind that this game was not cheap; it cost the exact same as what you would expect from a Super Mario 64 copy.

Anyway, when I first started the Bob-omb Battlefield level, I collected stars one by one.

After I reached the top of the mountain, King Bob-omb came there to greet Mario and say his line. For some reason, his brother is mentioned in the text, but I don't remember what it said because I was focused on the good part of the level, fighting King Bob-omb. I did notice the text, though; it said something about Luigi. If you saw the text in the original game, it was familiar, but this game included a different way to end the message.

I didn't care since there's nothing weird about hearing Luigi mentioned in any of the Mario series. I finally collected the star after I defeated King Bob-omb.

Nothing really weird happens; it's just me having fun.

But I played the game until I unlocked the basement after defeating Bowser and getting the key. I didn’t go into any detail because nothing fascinating happened, and then I entered the basement.

This area always creeped me out as a kid since it was dark down there, and it gave me an eerie feeling like the regular game gave me; I don’t know why. I just walked around; I usually stop periodically and mash the buttons on my N64 controller to activate something; I don’t know what I activated, but I might’ve activated a secret; and eventually, I reached the part of the basement where the picture frame of Lethal Lava Land is after running through the halls.

For some reason, instead of the figure in the picture frame, it was Luigi. For some odd reason, this version of Super Mario 64 is so dedicated to Luigi that it's almost like the "Year of Luigi" thing is still continuing; I personally didn't find anything wrong with it since I like Luigi as a character after all.

Again. It didn’t seem too out of the ordinary because Luigi was planned to be in the game during the beta test days, but I just jumped into the picture frame, and I was sent to the level afterward.

Lethal Lava Land was the same as it normally should be, but some platforms were missing and coins were gone.

I began looking for stars to collect in order to unlock a level or star room. I eventually arrived at the platform where Mr. I was supposed to be, but instead of Mr. I, the eyeball enemy, Luigi was standing there on the edge, not moving at all. I approached him to see if he was just Mr. I with a different model; this could have been a modded version of Super Mario 64, a personalized copy, or something, and I accidentally pushed him into the lava.

I felt very bad for him.

His screams and cries for Mario were not distorted or recorded by a different person; they were made by Charles Martinet, the voice actor of Mario, and Luigi, their usual voice actor. Maybe, judging by this being clearly recent, it sounded like the screams were A.I. generated.

After Luigi’s flesh melts and he drowns in the lava, a star flies out of the lava, and I collect it.

I was instantly sent to Peach’s castle, but for some reason, I was knocked out of the picture frame like Mario is when he fails a level. I noticed that the water was red, almost like blood, and Mario had a terrified expression on his face.

Right behind him, Luigi looked different—almost like a zombie; his clothes were darker, and his skeleton was visible. His clothes were torn as well. Every time I tried to find my way out, it was like the endless staircase you need to go up to defeat Bowser. but every door was locked, and the gruesome imagery of Luigi will stay on my mind when I try to sleep.

Trust me, I tried everything that would get me out of this situation. I tried doing the BLJ (Backwards long jump) to get out of this, and guess what? It didn't work.

The eerie part is that Luigi in the picture frame had 1080p graphics, and the game doesn’t really have higher graphics since the console is pretty old and it was beyond the system's technical limitations. While the main graphics worked, this was different. You've seen the games like Super Smash Bros. and the others, and the quality didn't look like luigi's picture frame. The picture of Luigi's disfigured body in the picture frame threw the original graphics out the window, and if I'm being honest, I really liked how this version worked. Unfortunately, I will probably not be able to try this version again,but luckily, I screenshotted everything in this game.

Anyway, this bloodied water rose, and Mario drowned in it while performing the drowning animation; there are no more lives since it took them all, and it returned me to the intro with Mario's head; the game went back to normal; I turned off the game as I'm not taking any risks anymore; I'm done.

## Post #1 (Epilogue)

If you want to play this version of Super Mario 64, lucky for you, I copied the original game file and brought it over the web. Good luck finding it. As for the game itself, I still have it since, after this situation, the copy is back to normal, there's no creepy moment where Luigi gets burned by Mario pushing him, and I'm able to play it normally again. How did I put the original game on the web? I dumped the ROM, and for goodness sake, do not ask for a link.

For now, I'm protecting this blog, and if my brother ever finds this game, this blog will be given to him, as just like me, he loves Mario, and he knows more about this stuff than I do. Hopefully, he will do a better job than I did with this blog, my grammar, or anything like that.

Nothing's going to happen, and I will be fine. I will just enjoy my copies of Majora's Mask and Super Mario 64.

My wish is for my brother to record this experience and do a better job than I did.

Goodbye. I won't stop having nightmares of Luigi getting his face burned off and his screams. I'm done.

## 4/10/2023

Ok, Tumblr, I need your help here, so remember the post about the Super Mario 64 copy regarding Luigi and Mario’s deaths? Yeah, I'm going to download OBS Studio to record the thing, in case you think I'm going insane about this.

I decided to dump my rom of Super Mario 64 so I can show you footage, and it will be shown on my YouTube channel, Joseph the Snail, but I'm praying to God that this goes well.

And I'm swearing to God that if something paranormal happens to my God-forsaken computer, I'm going to flip.

## Post #2

Ah, look at that, post #2. I recently found this blog thanks to my brother. I had a huge problem trying to record this for him, like he requested; apparently, he told me something about a story called “Burnt Luigi." Am I being correct on that? It’s kind of a stupid name; why would you name a story that? Eh, I won’t care too much; he’s my brother anyway.

For a proper introduction to whoever is reading this post, my name is Joseph. I did not write the original post that was locked; my brother did. Recently, I got a hold of this post, so I’m writing it now. Well, enough dellydialing. You wanted a post about something creepy, right? Well, you’re probably going to get it now.

If you knew my work on the internet, I love writing and creating games as a little hobby, and I knew this was my opportunity. So, I gladly agreed to take this blog that my brother was trying to write. One thing I noticed about this post is the use of bad grammar and crap. (For those grammar checker experts who like correcting others’ grammar on the internet, my grammar is terrible too, but I’m sure it will be way better than my brother’s grammar, I tell you that.) Well, back to what I’m talking about: I recently stumbled across the ROM that my brother posted on the web.

I thought it was a virus at first, but if it came from my brother, I had to trust him, right? And besides, it was Super Mario 64; how could I not? It’s definitely a favorite of mine, next to Super Mario World and Luigi’s Mansion on the Nintendo GameCube. Of course, you are expecting a bloody and totally scary mess out of this post, right? Well, I’m expecting to write about one too. Just stick with me; we will see together.

Anyway, I started downloading the ROM, and judging by how I have Project 64, I could play this easily and record the thing, in case you think I’m lying. Either way, my way of recording things like this may seem like I’m just lying and writing a story to scare others. The ROM finally downloaded, and I was able to play it; though, I had to drag it into a folder with my other games, and luckily, it’s been converted into a Z64 file in the first place (heck yeah, I can play this now).

The game started with Mario’s head, of course, like anyone would when they play this game. I decided to play around with Mario’s face, pulling on his ear, nose, you name it. I pressed start, and it took me straight to the selection screen.
One thing I noticed is the save folder from the time my brother was using this blog (it was refreshed to 1 star from before for some odd reason). I opened it and was met with something quite odd; it was a still frame of Mario in the basement, completely flooded with water. Of course, you know, it was in the original game anyway.

Lord, I was hoping I would have a day where I don’t mention anything creepy (something that children may see creepy only) in a post, but instead, I did. Basically, Mario was lying in the water, basically dead, not moving at all, still as a picture, and the water was reddish, and it was mixed with blood. It would've been obvious anyway; it was playing Bowser’s laugh on repeat, and it got deeper at the last frame.

How long was this going to take? God knows how long, but it finally took me back to the selection screen. This time, the original save file (Mario A) had Mario’s head in the center of the gray square but with his eyes completely closed, and he’s puking red water out of his mouth. The HUD that had the stars and “new” text was completely gone; there’s no way I could open the save file back up; my only options were B, C, and D.

I opened B, but the same thing happened, though. This time, it showed a close-up of the lava in Lethal Lava Land, and there was Luigi’s hand coming out of the lava. I don’t know why Luigi was in this, as he was never in Super Mario 64 in the first place, only when the game was still being worked on.

FYI, he was found afterwards after the “rumors” of him being in the game were spreading like wildfire.

Though there was audio of Luigi screaming in the background, sounding A.I.-generated, it should be noted that Charles, the voice actor of Mario and Luigi, originally quit his role, unfortunately. This might’ve been off-topic, but it’s worth knowing because it was tragic for people who grew up with their voices. (It was tragic for me to hear too.) Back to the post: I’m sorry if I keep talking and going off-topic; I’m pretty talkative.

There were frames of Luigi; they weren’t very fast, so I could see them and describe them to you. It was a photo of Luigi, clearly edited and taken in game; he was burned, and the photo was black and white, as if it were taken during the older days. His mustache was completely gone, as was his flesh, revealing his skeleton. His clothing was also torn, revealing some bone underneath. You can see this in the video as well, if you’re following along. Some things had to be cut because I wanted you to figure them out yourself or because I didn’t find them important enough.

As with the first save file, it took me straight to the file selection screen after a little while, now this time showing Luigi's burnt and disfigured look in the center of the gray box, though it got refreshed back to a new file.

My only options were C and D.

I entered the “C” save file and prayed to God that it would grant me at least one game.

It didn't grant me a game, sadly, though instead of that, I got an in-game photo again. It turns out, my job was done in the first place; Bowser was destroyed, though he was decapitated. Who did it? Well, if you’ve been around since the first post, you would know that Luigi drowned Mario, and he might’ve been the one that killed Bowser.

It was playing the Big Boo’s Haunt theme (but deeper and slower for some reason) on repeat, and after a little while, it took me to the selection screen. Though the background was completely distorted and had Luigi’s face flashing on the screen, Bowser’s head was on the center of the buttons like Mario and Luigi, again not pressable, and my only option is D. I hoped for a game, or else I'm wasting my time.

I pressed the final save file, and it was actually a game, though it took me directly to Bob-Omb Battlefield level, though the scene was dark and depressing, and there was the music that you would hear in dire dire docks. The audio was peaceful, but it gave me an uncomfortable feeling of abandonment.

What I meant by that is, do you remember what happened with King Bob-omb? He died, and the battlefield has been left to rot. I don't know who runs it now, but you will find out in this post.

I climbed up the mountain, dodging the black balls going down the hills, and when I reached the top, my screen started glitching and going out of frame.

The man on top was indeed green, burnt, and fleshless.

It was Luigi.

When I saw him and approached, my screen got darker and darker, then flashes of the Luigi picture again started appearing faster and faster.

Randomly, there was a video of a man staring at me, overlaying the flashes of Luigi’s face. This wasn’t Shigeru Miyamoto or Charles Martinet, but this man who flashed on the screen was definitely an employee at Nintendo; how did I know that? He had a uniform on. I don’t know about this man yet, but he might have importance with this file and explain why this version of Super Mario 64 is the way it is.

My theory is that this man could be the one who added Luigi, but he did it in this way without Miyamoto’s knowledge. From what I’m thinking, he might’ve done this because Luigi was his favorite character, and he got angry over the fact that Nintendo didn’t add him to the game, so before launch, he broke into one of the copies and snuck it into my brother and I’s nearby GameStop that’s located in my Walmart submall (no, I don’t live at a store, I live in a town that I won’t give my address to).

Though that’s my theory, it shouldn’t be true.

I also forgot to mention the fact that my screen capture of the Bob-omb Battlefield broke, so you may only hear audio, though the beginning of the video where it shows the selection screen has been shown working perfectly; however, my screen capture usually flashes now and then when it happens, but in the recording, you may see some weird stuff. Let me know what you see.

In the video, you may also notice how choppy the video is. I apologize for that; my computer isn’t very good. Anyway, I can’t continue this post any longer. Before I end this post, this is being recorded with OBS Studio, which is something I’ve been using for a while.

Well, please have a good day. I will continue this again in Post #3 if I ever find anything interesting. Oh wait, I’m getting a call from a curator on the Mario Amino., Let’s see here. It’s TakeASoda? I will answer this.

## Post #2 (Epilogue)

Sorry, no video footage was able to be recorded yet, and I don’t want to even know what happened with my game or what Luigi did to it (he might’ve damaged it; that green plumber did it). I don’t know; I recently felt my computer overheating at times, and on my desktop, I was hearing deeper laughs of Bowser playing on a loop and screams of Luigi burning in the lava in lethal lava land.

Though, even if I didn’t record any footage today, I wrote down some things that TakeASoda and I said on the Mario Amino:

Me: Hello, what do you need, TakeAsoda? Are you asking me about a post violation or something?

TakeAsoda: No. It’s regarding your theory of the second post.

Me: Please specify, please.

TakeAsoda: Ok. So, you know how you came up with the fact of someone over at Nintendo getting angry at the fact Luigi wasn’t in Super Mario 64, right?

Me: Ohhhh yeah, that, I remember now.

TakeAsoda: Basically, it’s true; that employee literally threatened to kill everybody in Nintendo of America; someone I knew who worked at the company at the time told me about this, and he had to evacuate the building.

Me: Did the deaths of Mario and Bowser mean to replicate anything relating to the threats?

TakeAsoda: Yup. One time, he told me that the employee wanted to drown someone, and for another person, he wanted to decapitate them.

Me: Oh wow, what was the employee’s name?

TakeAsoda: His name is unknown, and he exclaimed himself Luigi for some reason. He had an obsession with Luigi for some strange reason.

After that talk, TakeAsoda ended the call and sent me and other leaders and curators to a private chat together to discuss it with people like eeh1229, meph, odd.grump, and other admins of the community that I’m following.

Me: Oh?

TakeAsoda: Yeah, I created this private chat just now.

*Luigi joined the conversation.*

TakeAsoda: Wow, I didn’t invite him.

Me: Yeah, where did this guy come from?

Meph: Don’t disappoint Luigi.

Eeh1229: Don’t disappoint Luigi.

Odd.Grump: Don’t disappoint Luigi.

**FYI**: Those were the only people who said that message; other leaders and curators remained silent.

Me: Wow, what the actual crap was that?

Me: Don’t disappoint Luigi.

Me: LUIGI SHUT UP! HOWEVER IS DOING THAT HAS TO STOP!

TakeAsoda: I think it’s the Luigi user; someone has to kick him out.

*Luigi left the conversation.*

Me: Thank God...

TakeAsoda: Yeah, who was that?

Me: Ben?

TakeAsoda: What? No. He didn't drown. Be serious, Joseph.

Me: Ok, sorry, this is confusing and intriguing.

*BURNT Luigi joined the conversation.*

Notice how the user’s name has BURNT at the beginning of the text. How did this happen? I think the fact that I’m on Amino’s desktop site means the virus might’ve found its way into the browser; I don’t remember ROMs doing something like this.

BURNT Luigi: I am Nintendo.

BURNT Luigi: I am Nintendo.

BURNT Luigi: I AM NINTENDO.

Me: Uhhh… I think my computer has a virus.

BURNT Luigi: I AM NINTENDO.

BURNT Luigi: I AM NINTENDO.

Me: LUIGI SHUT UP ALREADY!

TakeAsoda: Uhh… Here, I will take care of this.

*BURNT Luigi left the conversation.*

TakeAsoda: there, I banned him from the chat, but judging how I couldn’t ban anyone from the community, I asked a leader on here to do it.

Me: Good, thank you.

I know, you guys might’ve been annoyed over how that user was giving off cringe dialog to us, and it sounded like something you heard from these type of stories. But I’m telling you right now, that’s what the user was saying to us, and yes, he was spamming that to us, he also private messaged us (even if some of our messages were turned off).

The same thing happened again; it literally felt like the endless staircase, but not in Super Mario 64; it was in an endless loop, and the user kept being banned but kept coming back when we didn’t invite him in the first place.

*Burnt Luigi joined the conversation.*

Burnt Luigi: Hello.

Me: uhhh… hello?

Burnt Luigi: Hello JosephTheSnail.

Me: hi?

Me: What do you want from me?

Burnt Luigi: Do you want to see a photo of me?

Me: Uhhh, why are you asking me? I guess.

Burnt Luigi: Great! It was from our last meetup.

Me: I’m sorry, WHAT?

Burnt Luigi sends a picture, clearly photoshopping an old picture of me sitting on a log, and he’s holding my hand.

Me: I’m sorry, I do not remember taking this photo with you.

Burnt Luigi: Happy birthday! I heard your birthday is October 8th, correct?

Me: HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT? DID YOU CHECK MY DISCORD TOO?

Burnt Luigi: I have my reasons.

TakeAsoda: I’m sorry, but what is this? OH, OH, no.

Me: I know, right? What is this?

Burnt Luigi: It’s just me. It's me, Luigi!

Me: No, you’re not; you’re not Luigi.

Burnt Luigi: Yes, I am; I’m Luigi.

Me: No, you’re not. I know Luigi; he’s a hero in the real Mario games, and you’re something else.

Burnt Luigi: But I’m a hero.

TakeAsoda: You know what? That’s it; I’m deleting this chat.

Me: Please do it; it can stop this.

TakeAsoda then deleted the chat, and then Luigi, the one from the private chat, went on my wall and said that I wasn’t a fun person; luckily, he blocked me afterward, and I can officially have peace—well, at least for now.

Though, when I closed the browser, music started playing; this was the endless staircase, but playing in reverse.

Well, my only option is to turn this computer off and go to sleep; maybe it will stop. Well, see you guys at the fourth post if I’m still around at the time I write this. Ah! I will be around (it’s not like this figure or game can hurt me); I just have other work to do, like school and the like.

Alright, good night.

Written by JosephTheSnail