The Florida Mario Man

The Florida Mario Man refers to an unidentified indvidual located in the state of Florida who's locked up in an unknown mental asylum in 2005. The general description of the person is that he is a Caucasian male who believes himself to be Mario from Nintendo's Mario series of games. It is not known who specifically the person is, nor any family or relatives of him.

The existence of the Florida Mario Man had been known of due to an anonymous leak of information regarding mental asylums from the southern coastal states of the United States of America (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, etc.) coming from 4chan around 2007. Archives of the thread or most of the leaked information have not been found, with exception of the Florida Mario Man. Details about the individual reveal certain experiences regarding the Personalisation A.I. of Super Mario 64, and the assumed altered state of mind that the Florida Mario Man had due to the game.

Information regarding any other mention of the Florida Mario Man has been scarce, as there doesn't seem to be anything about him besides the leaked information. This is theorized to be caused by a bribery done by Nintendo to the mental asylum containing the individual in order to prevent mass awareness of the dark side effects of certain Super Mario 64.

Leaked Information Document
8-22-2005

INDIVIDUAL NAME: ████████ ██████████

AGE: 41

STATUS: Alive

DESCRIPTION: ████████ ██████████ is a 41-year old Caucasian male with a portly appearance. The individual himself has the belief that he is Mario, a character from the Nintendo series of the same name. He also seems to commonly wear a homemade makeshift costume of the main character himself, albeit worn out in some places. The voice of ████████ seems to be unnaturally altered to sound eerily similar to Mario himself, although it could be through mimicking the voice of the character himself for what is supposedly for years.

████████'s mental condition seems to be tied towards the game Super Mario 64, as it seems to have an addictive hold onto the individual himself. Increased aggregation and mood swings have been noticed from ████████ when he is separated from playing the game after 3 hours at a minimum. A cartridge of the game along with a Nintendo 64 console has been set up in the individual's room in order to stabilize his mood.

Any phenomena sighted on the individual's copy of Super Mario 64 must be reported to personnel, and must be thoroughly checked through. If the cartridge contains mood/cognitive altering phenomena such as ███ ████████, disposal and replacement of it is mandatory. Otherwise, the copy would be kept in the ████████'s room. All phenomena documented must be reported back to Nintendo for analysis. Leakage of information regarding the individual's experiences with the game or any phenomena related to it are a hazard, especially about ███ ████████ and ███████. It would provide irrefutable damage towards the public image of Nintendo itself.

Tampering with the cartridges is strictly prohibited under standards and guidelines. This includes playing the cartridge itself, as it can lead to the feel of the game being "wrong" towards ████████, which can increase aggression levels. All replaced copies of Super Mario 64 must be pristine and not have any prior usage. Strangely enough, ████████ does not get "enraged" when the cartridges get replaced, as if they are still tailored towards the individual specifically.

Tapes from the home of ████████ have been recovered in ███, Florida. These tapes record the individual's initial playthrough of Super Mario 64 and other recordings relating to the game. The tapes have been numbered in order of the date they have been made, based on the recording information provided in the videos. These tapes should be given towards Nintendo for researching purposes.

Tape #1 - BOB-OMB BATTLEFIELD (Oct. 4th, 2004): The tape starts with the intro of Super Mario 64 playing; the one where Princess Peach's letter is shown. ████████'s playthrough of the game in this tape focuses on the first course of the game, Bob-Omb Battlefield. The individual's voice seems to be normal, without the Mario impersonation. The first notable sign of oddity comes from the second star of the course, "Footrace with Koopa the Quick", in which the Chain Chomp enemy's eyes have no visible pupils. Other than this oddity, the course itself seemed to be normal.

That seemed to be the case, until "Behind Chain Chomp's Gate", in which the Chain Chomp itself seemed to be missing. Along with this, the gate in which the Star is imprisoned in is also gone. As such, ████████'s time with the star seemed to be easier than before. ███ ████████ does not seem to be fazed out by this, thinking that it was supposed to be normal in the game.

Tape #2 - WET-DRY WORLD (Oct. 6th, 2004): ████████ 's copy of Super Mario 64 seems to be altered significantly, as Mario starts out in the second floor of Princess Peach's Castle, in front of the painting to Wet-Dry World, even though as of that time the individual's save of the game had 7 stars. Nonetheless, ████████ went into the painting, and played through the course.

Throughout playing the game while in the course, ████████ seems to have a discomforted feel towards Wet-Dry World, commenting that the course gave him a headache. Along with this, some of the objects of the course seem to be placed differently than what they are supposed to. Things get off when it comes to the later stars of the area, as the portrait of the painting leading to Wet-Dry World changed to an unknown, organic image. Possibly a brain.

Tape #3 - COOL, COOL MOUNTAIN (Oct. 11th, 2004): The tape starts off revolving around the fourth course of the game, Cool, Cool Mountain. Objects in the course seem to be changing their places much more radically than in Wet-Dry World. Darker anomalies have been noticed around ███ ████████, which alterations have seemed to have an affect on ████████.

The next part of the tape takes place in a dining room hall, with ████████ looking at the camera. The individual seems to be talking about ███ ████████, and how they seem to give him nightmares and an indescribable pain in his body when he talked to them. A noticeable anomaly regarding the individual is that on some occasions, he speaks in a different voice, most likely an impersonation of Mario. This seems to be early signs of Super Mario 64 seeming to alter ████████'s mind.

Tape #4 - KNOWLEDGE (Oct. 12th, 2004): The tape itself seems to be mostly corrupted, although some pieces of the audio seem to be in normal condition. From what seems to be known of, ████████ seemed to have a run-in with another anomalous entity known as ███████, who has seemed to make the former see "the light", so to speak. What this specifically refers to is unknown, but it seems to correlate towards ████████ believing that he is Mario.

Tape #5 - YELLOW MAN (Oct. 13th, 2004): ████████ starts off at the entrance to Peach's Castle, much like when a player starts to play a saved game. An oddity's right in the start of the tape, with the individual starts to speak. He starts to do an impersonation of Mario, which stays throughout the tape. This can be seen as a start of the delirious belief that ████████ has about believing himself to be the eponymous character.

████████ 's play style seems to be way off, as the individual makes Mario wander around aimlessly in the castle area, not going through any paintings or any of the other entrances to courses. Oddly enough, the HUD is also missing as well, so it is unknown how much stars ████████ had achieved so far. The aimless walking seems to go on for quite a while until the individual goes into the Basement. ████████ seems to proceed to go to the big star door in the basement, where Dire Dire Docks is. After the door is opened, the tape gradually corrupts until nothing eligible can be heard or seen.

Analyzing the parts of the tape that gradually corrupt show something in the entrance point of Dire Dire Docks. It appears to be a head emerging from it, albeit the corruption aspect of the tape makes it hard to find out what the head belongs to.

Tape #6 - IDENTITY FOUND (Oct. 14th, 2004): This is the final tape that was found in ███, Florida. The tape starts in a room of some sorts, presumably a dining room area. ████████ is shown sitting on a chair in the table of the dining hall, with fabric and other materials on the table. The individual throughout most the tape seems to laugh maniacally, while making a costume.

On some occasions, ████████ slams his head on the table, seeming to not feel any pain from it. The individual afterwards, while still laughing, continues to work on the costume. It is then revealed that this costume was a Mario one, the same one ████████ still wears on. He then proceeds to wear the costume, and stops laughing all together. The tape then ends with the individual saying "It's-a me! Mario!" while wearing the costume.