Luigi hiding in the source code of Super Mario 64?

Luigi hiding in the source code of Super Mario 64?

You’ve no doubt seen online that the source code for a number of Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 games has been discovered and leaked.

One smaller thing that’s interesting about these leaks is that the mighty Luigi, Mario’s much-loved brother, was claimed to been hiding in the source code of the beloved Super Mario 64 for a whopping 24 years.

Well yes and no

In an older interview Mr. Miyamoto stated that he would have liked Luigi as a second playable character in the game. But was he really in the game?

Let’s keep it simple; there where models, textures, sounds etc for Luigi BUT nowhere in the game code in itself was that used. It seems developers at the time where expecting him to be needed in the game but no nothing in itself used any of the assets.

So if you see it, someone modded or faked it or used Super Mario 64 DS.