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'''Super Mario 64 Big Star Secret''' is a partially lost [[YouTube]] [[screamer]] video based on the "secret" from ''[[wikipedia:Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64]]''. The video was first uploaded to YouTube by Adam "LotusMan17" Bounds on August 15th, 2007, and was then deleted from the channel in late 2012. Aside from being just a Mario screamer, this is a lost screamer that anyone still searches for. Yet even the people from Lost Media Wiki started hunting for the screamer from websites, which only lasted a year. A poorly made screamer about unlocking Luigi was enough to provoke a huge amount of search from everyone with information coming in hand recently. The video had amassed around 900,000 views at its peak.<ref name="LMWDiscord">[https://screamer.wiki/images/1/1c/LMWDiscord12.png LMW Discord #1]</ref>

Created with [[wikipedia:Windows Movie Maker|Windows Movie Maker 2]],<ref name="LMWDiscord" /> the video in question shows the process of unlocking [[wikipedia:Luigi|Luigi]]. It starts by presenting a series of steps displayed on a black screen, followed by Lotus executing the actions shown in the beginning. One of the instructions involves circling the [https://www.mariowiki.com/Courtyard_(Peach%27s_Castle) courtyard statue] for a specific duration.<ref group="note">The courtyard statue is referred to by the screamer as the "big star" and the "big star secret" would mean to the urban legend known as L is real 2406.</ref> Subsequently, after instructing the player to kick the Boo, they are directed to press the "A" button on the wall<ref>https://www.neoseeker.com/forums/1191/t1145970-rumors/4.htm</ref> as the concluding step. Just as the player is about to do so, an abrupt appearance of the [[K-fee]] zombie (from the particular "Auto" commercial) interrupts the video. It is rumored that, if looked closely, one may see Lotus leaning against the wall before the actual screamer; however, this rumor remains unproven. The video ends with the credits scrolling down from the top. It is possible that the top of the credits said, "trolled lol". Originally, the video had three different songs for the gameplay and credits but muted because of copyright issues.

On September 8, 2015, a Screamer Wiki user named [[User:SCL|SCL]] (also known as Socoollogos on FANDOM) posted his concern about the screamer on a thread in the Screamer Forum. One user also discovered the screamer as SCL was concerned about. He tried finding the screamer through the [[Wayback Machine]], but only to find that no archives of the video had been made yet. The user also mentioned that an annotation popped up during the video, where Lotus said he would remove the video because he was receiving hate. The reply had a different link to a reaction video, but it was private.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190822024248/https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:4199</ref> However, there are many posts about this screamer besides this thread. A YouTuber Mahlv also uploaded his concerns about the lost Mario 64 screamer to [[YouTube]] in August 2020. Another documentary was then shortly followed at a later date, where he talks about the screamer being hunted by the Lost Media Wiki and other information.

There are no copies of the video that could possibly be found, which is pretty obvious. The only thing that one could find in searching for the update description and its thumbnail. The updated description says, "''The video was done out of complete boredom, and yet people still wish to leave hateful comments. Therefore, commenting has been disabled.''" So, this could be the truth behind why Lotus deleted the video: because of how many death threats and hate comments he had received, rather than saying it was accidental. The thumbnail and updated description are more likely found on its Facebook page, which was created in late 2011.<ref><s>[https://bit.ly/3msR5q6 SM64 screamer Facebook page]</s></ref>