So growing up I was pretty big into Nintendo

but then again who wasn't.

I mean Mario and Zelda.

Classic.

And as time went on,

games became more sophisticated

but so did the players and because of that

some people began to wonder whether or not

the games that we once thought were straightforward

might actually have a hidden meaning behind them.

So if you've never considered this before,

keep watching because I'm about to give you

10 mind-blowing video game theories.

Also, this may destroy your childhood so sorry.

Number one is Super Mario Bros. is a play.

This theory says that Super Mario Bros. 3

was all a stage play and that we are the audience.

At the beginning of the game,

the red curtains open then during multiple levels,

blocks appear to be bolted to a backdrop

and then at the end of every level,

Mario exits stage right.

This suggests that Mario and his friends are just actors

which makes a lot of sense

considering the lack of continuity between games

and the fact that there's a Lakitu

that follows you around with a camera

during Super Mario 64 and every version of Mario Kart.

Wait a minute.

If Super Mario was all an act

then did I ever really play it?

In which case, was my childhood even real?

Momma.

I don't have to,

sorry, I almost broke my brain there.

I'm okay.

Let's continue.

Number two is Earthbound's Final boss is a fetus.

At the end of the game Earthbound,

there's a very memorable boss battle

that's extremely bizarre.

The theory is that the final boss, Giygas,

is actually a fetus.

And since you have to kill him,

well you can kind of put two and two together

about what's going on here.

Unfortunately this makes a lot of sense

because in order to face him,

you have to go back in time to his most vulnerable form

and then in order to get to him,

you have to go through an opening

that looks like a cervix.

As if that wasn't disturbing enough,

once you're through you see this.

Can you see it?

I'll give you a second.

How about now?

Yeah.

Now believe it or not,

there's actually an even darker theory out there

about how the fetus got there in the first place

but I'm not getting into that in this video.

Now excuse me while I call my therapist.

Number three is Metal Gear Solid

is just a training simulation.

Metal Gear Solid 3 is a popular game

that follows the hero, Solid Snake,

into various stealth adventures.

Except according to this theory,

it was all just a training simulation.

The idea is that any time you screw something up

in the game or simulation,

it ends and you are yanked out of it

only to try all over again.

There's various pieces of evidence to support this

including at the beginning of the game

when one of the characters mishears some dialogue

and asks, "Virtual mission?"

I think it's funny that some gamers

are actually against this theory

like they're angry that if it turned out to be a simulation

that all their hard work to save the world was for nothing.

Sorry to tell you, chief, but it's a video game.

They're sort of all simulations.

Number four is Nazism in The Legend of Zelda.

In The Legend of Zelda for NES,

there's multiple dungeons with various shapes

such as a lion, an eagle, a snake

and a swastika.

Yep.

Childhood ruined.

This theory has been under a lot of debate

for a while for two important reasons.

One is that the shape is not title like a Nazi swastika

and the second is that it matches a manji

which is the Japanese symbol for good fortune

but even if this is a manji,

it's usually a good idea as a company

to steer away from anything

that might even be misinterpreted as Nazism.

Just as a general good rule of practice.

Number five is the hero in Mass Effect 3 is possessed.

The idea behind this theory

is that the hero of the game, Shepard,

that's been fighting the aliens

was actually being possessed by them all along.

This theory is based on a couple things.

The first is that the longer

that you're around the aliens in the game,

the more likely you are to be possessed by them

and Shepard was around them for three games.

The second is that during the game

he gets blasted by Reaper energy

which suddenly makes some of the rules

and visuals of the game change.

There's even a two hour fan made video on YouTube

that picks apart every clue to support this theory

which is awesome except being possessed,

come on that's a little far fetched.

(wicked laughing)

So far fetched.

Number six is that in Final Fantasy VIII

Squall is dead.

This fan theory says that in the game, Final Fantasy VIII,

the main character Squall is actually dead.

The idea came from the end of disc one of the game

when Squall is impaled with an ice shard

while fighting a boss and everything fades to black.

Some players believe he's dead

because at the beginning of the next disc

or the second half of the game,

he mysteriously wakes up without any injury.

There's also alternative theories out there.

One of them being that he's actually in a playable coma.

Speaking of playable coma,

I can't play games like this because I'm a completionist

and I would end up vegetating on the couch

for the 90 hours that it takes to find

everything in this game.

Same thing happened during Super Metroid.

It's kind of a problem.

Number seven is The Great Pokemon War.

This theory says that there was a great war

in which a lot of people died

and you get to play as Ash, one of the survivors.

It actually kind of makes sense.

Ash's father isn't around because he died in the war.

His rival, Gary, is an orphan for the same reason.

And there's training centers and hospitals everywhere.

And at one point during the game,

Lieutenant Surge tells you that an electric pokemon

saved his life during the war.

Now as convincing as this one is,

I don't buy it.

Mostly because a war?

They're pokemon.

How dangerous can they be?

Half of them look like a damn marshmallow

and the most harmful thing they can do

is burp or fart at you.

Number eight is Fallout 3 predicts the future.

This theory is about how in the third installment

of the Fallout game series,

there's a radio that was able to predict the future

with eerie accuracy.

It says that if you kill a certain DJ in the game,

there's a radio station that will begin broadcasting

from the radio various strings of numbers in Morse code.

The creepy part is that apparently

the radio was able to accurately predict

the death of actor, Gary Coleman

as well as the exact date of the BP oil spill.

Now some people believe this to be a hoax

and I should say so.

I mean, nobody could predict the future.

Look at my parents.

They always said I would grow up to do great things

and now I make videos on YouTube

so yeah.

Number nine is Majora's mask

represents the five stages of grief.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

is about how Link loses his fairy friend, Navi,

and he goes looking for her.

The theory is that the whole game

takes place within Link's mind

after he gets knocked out at the beginning of the game

and that everything that happens

is based on the five stages of grief.

Interestingly, not only are all five stages

represented within the story line

but they occur in the exact same sequence as real life.

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance.

Honestly, I think this theory is brilliant

especially since the full explanation online

makes even more sense.

The only problem is I was never able to play it.

Mostly because I was freaked the (bleep) out

by the face on the moon in the game.

Look at that.

Who designed this game?

Freddy Krueger?

And number ten,

Animal Crossing is about a child abducting cult.

If you've never heard of this game, that's okay.

I didn't either.

And I kind of wish I hadn't.

This game is about a kid that moves into a village

full of talking animals

and has to work off his debt by doing chores for them.

The theory is that the animals actually abducted the kid

and our making him their slave.

Disturbingly, this bizarre theory

actually makes sense for a couple of reasons.

The first is that the animals

never let the kid leave the city

and the second is that you're perpetually in debt

because even when you pay it off,

they just up it again.

Did I mention that the game has

no overall objectives or missions?

Yeah, weird.

I suggest if you don't want to teach your kid

about cult activity,

you don't let them play this game.

Unless of course you're a Scientologist

in which case it's par for the course.

Anyways, that's all for this video, guys.

I hope you enjoyed it

and I hope your childhood wasn't ruined

because mine surely was.

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