Ultra Fernando Cousins

Ultra Fernando Cousins is video game developed by Splendodreams and published by Mondo-Magic. It's said that it was released on the Nintendo 64, PlayStation 1, Sega Saturn, and PC. The game itself is a bootleg of Super Mario 64 with notable added content like the 2-player feature, bonus games inside of the game, and 60 main courses in total; 45 more than the amount in Super Mario 64 itself in base copies of the game.

The game's plot seems to ape the plot of most mainline Mario games, with Prince Plum (Princess Peach) being kidnapped, and Fernando (Mario) and Miguel (Luigi) having to save him. Along with this, visuals of the game seem to be alarmingly similar to visuals in Super Mario 64 and other Mario games. Miguel himself looks exactly similar to Luigi, albeit with a probable flipped mustache like Fernando. There seems to be around 400 "Cool Stars" to collect in the game, which the stars themselves are akin to the Power Stars found among Super Mario 64. Along with this, there are power-ups such as the Rumble Pie, Rainbow Paint, and Glass Nails, mirroring the Caps and power-ups found in Mario games.

The game itself was first reported to be mentioned in the British magazine known as "Computer and Video Games", in which a review for it was made. The game was praised for it's contents and gameplay, albeit the game's content was seen as not original. Information of the game itself seemed to be scarce from that point onward, although it is rumored that the game itself is still being sold around Mexico.

Due to the increased interest in the conspiracies surrounding Super Mario 64's content and its Personalisation A.I, Ultra Fernando Cousins had gained relevancy in the lore community. A ROM speculated to be the game itself was circulated in some parts of it. Speculation has run rampant about the game and the developer/publisher of it, due to the obscurity and elusiveness of the companies themselves.

Personalisation A.I
Considering that Super Mario 64 has been revealed to have A.I in the game that personalises every copy of it, theories regarding if Ultra Fernando Cousins has that A.I in it or something similar has been touched on. It is possible that Splendodreams had stolen code from Super Mario 64 through the alleged "temporal leakage", which could explain why Ultra Fernando Cousins is very similar to it. It could be possible that the leakage contained information regarding the Personalisation A.I, and Splendodreams used the A.I for Ultra Fernando Cousins.

What makes this seem to be unlikely would be that the game itself was ported towards places other than the Nintendo 64 such as the PlayStation, PC, and Sega Saturn. Emulated and ported versions of Super Mario 64 mostly have little to no involvement of the Personalisation A.I for the game (with the possible exception of the Nintendo 64DD port of it), and Ultra Fernando Cousins being ported towards other systems with different technology besides the Nintendo 64 would be against the A.I being in the game. However, it's very likely that if the A.I were in the game that it would be only in the Nintendo 64 version of it.

L is Real Connection
Some of the content from Ultra Fernando Cousins seems to be eerily similar to rumors of Super Mario 64, particularly the rumor of unlocking Luigi and the 2-Player mode. Ultra Fernando Cousins has a 2-player mode feature with Miguel as the second playable character, much like how Luigi would be the second playable character in Super Mario 64. This could not be a coincidence, considering Luigi was supposed to be in Super Mario 64 and that Miguel looks almost like Luigi.

It is theorized that some people who had said that they had unlocked Luigi in Super Mario 64 seem to mistake which game they had played, playing Ultra Fernando Cousins instead of Super Mario 64. It is somewhat possible, considering that there hasn't been any boxart, cover or cartridge/disk of the game to be found. This could mean that it might be possible that Ultra Fernando Cousins had falsely advertised itself to be Super Mario 64 when it was sold. However, considering that the developer and publisher of Ultra Fernando Cousins was name-dropped, it's probably unlikely.

Trivia

 * Coincidentally, Super Mario 64 was originally supposed to be called "Ultra 64 Mario Brothers", which has a similar naming scheme to Ultra Fernando Cousins.