~ june 2020
mario64 personalized boo story
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In relation to super mario 64, I have a memory that is a bit weird related to the boo in the basement
Personal Story

So, I remember back when I 1st played super mario 64, I was 5 or so, with a cousin older than me. He defeated the 1st bowser and gave me the control to explore the new areas while he went for a drink. I went to the 1st door I saw without a star, didn't see the stairs to the bottom so I instead went to the hallway where there's a boo.

Now, never in my life I had saw a boo, but I though that, as any enemy, I could just punch it.


Now, in the game, when you approach that boo, said boo retreats and escapes to the courtyard, filled with more boos, right?, well, when I approached the ghost, he started chasing me, it took a huge chunk of my health and I decided to run away to the safest place I knew, the main hall of the castle. The boo followed me there, and killed me. I turned off the console in fear.


A week later, I got a nintendo 64 emulator from a family's friend so I decided to play super mario 64, I avoided the ghost hallway during my 1st playtrough.

Then I started a new save file some years after that, and 1st thing I did was run to the hallway to try and fight back the ghost, nothing. Unless you have a set amount of stars, the boss don't generate in the courtyard, so I went back to play the game and defeat bowser to see them...then this motherfucker appeared from behind me and started chasing me, I tried to fight back but nothing worked.

Angry, I restarted the game and ran back to the courtyard, I was going to defeat that boo and...nothing, no chase, no jumpscare, nada.


I played the game as normal, unlocked the ghost house and the boo in the hallway acted as normal, running away and never attacking back.


I assume this is simply a child memory that is fucked up due to time, but still, whenever I walk trough that hallway and see that ghost, I always expect it to chase me for intruding in the basement


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r jan 2021