SCAMMED BY MARIO: The mystery of the fake ads

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Published 2020-12-21
Over the last year, Super Mario has been mixed up in a bizarre scam involving fake ads and strange mobile games. Today, I want to finally uncover the truth!

TWITTER: twitter.com/thomasgdocs
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Big thanks to Andre from Mix and Jam! Check out his channel here: youtube.com/mixandjam

I also want to note that I condensed a lot of his explanation down, so if any of it is incorrect, it’s down to me and not him!

CREDITS
-    • Level Up's video is copied YET again!...   [Extra footage of BW ad!]
-    • Mario and Luigi's Maze Mayhem   [Level Up - Mario’s Maze Mayhem]
- Stock Video of London Buses - George Morina @ Pexels
- Classroom Stock Photo - Max Fischer @ Pexels
- Old Man listening to music - Andrea Piacquadio @ Pexels
- Other stock footage + images via Pexels

MUSIC
- Logic and Trick - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney OST
- Case Overview, End Credits - Layton Brothers Mystery Room OST
- Other music via Epidemic Sound

All Comments (21)
  • @HardSonicStorm
    Believe it or not, Falcon Game Studio stole several Level Up videos, at some point, we ( Team Level Up ) found the YouTube channel with all the ads, but I think they are deleted by now
  • @Pluike
    Who would’ve thought that Nintendo hadn’t made a full mobile port of a switch exclusive game.
  • @shinyxz9
    The clones have been around longer than Bob's world. My mom used to play a game called "Lep's World" a lot back in 2013-2014
  • @Shakeno
    Is no one going to mention how the LevelUp video actually looks like what could be a fun coop Mario and Luigi game? :(
  • @cyberskelet0n
    In this video: Thomas discovers the world of r/crappyoffbrands
  • @RCGC480
    When I first saw the ad, I knew that the channel was kinda recognizeable
  • @The-E-Base
    I saw the ad, and at this point MANY PEOPLE need to warn Level Up about this issue immediately.
  • @shikabaneconga
    literally cannot comprehend how a man who investigates for a living, couldnt figure out the community was bots and that the game couldve horribly infected his phone
  • @riku4057
    "characters were original" ? bro thats literally baby luigi
  • @Adam_slay_1010
    "scammed by mario" what if mario came to your door and scammed you
  • @mdmackint
    Kind of late to the party here, but I just realised something. The button to open the app from the Play Store says 'open', but if an app is marked as a game, it should say 'Play'. Very small detail but I couldn't help notice.
  • 0:58 a moment of silence for who actually pressed the skip ad button because they tough they saw an actual ad
  • When the mario ad came up I was screaming at the screen "BRO THAT'S LEVEL UP"
  • 4:48 The characters were original. So that's not baby Luigi turning into baby Mario after drinking a potion?
  • @dattromboneguy
    I love how one of the top comments in the Google Play Store even SAID that the footage was from Level Up lol
  • @beetlebum007
    "I noticed a logo".. Not like someone in the reviews literally said the ads were ripped from level up... 🤷🏼‍♂️
  • @Pugs
    14:58 Every copy of Bob's World is personalized
  • @Kosmicd12
    I kept trying to close all the ads lol
  • @500werewolf
    Gotta love how the first reviews you see are 1 stars but there are far more 5 stars then any other. Gotta love bot reviews.