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: A significant part of the lore's appeal was that many of its claims—such as the 1995/07/29 Build or the Wario Apparition —initially yielded very few or no search results when they first appeared on 4chan and Reddit in 2020. This "data void" made the stories feel like genuine, undiscovered secrets rather than common internet fiction.
In the context of the SM64 mythos, "search results" often points to two distinct community behaviors: mario 64 - search results
: Lore threads often warn users against researching specific "cursed" dates or builds. These "search results" are portrayed in analog horror videos as gateways to unsettling or broken versions of the game that allegedly cause psychological distress or "shared nightmares". : A significant part of the lore's appeal
