The problem with something like herobrine is it’s too easy in the age of the internet to figure out that it’s just a myth. Before things could be fact checked, it was a lot easier for myths to spread about hidden secrets in games.
There are actually easter eggs and secrets in games that have legitimately never been found, the YouTube channel oddheader has some good videos about them. https://www.youtube.com/@oddheader
That was one of the last “urban myths” of video games, that there was some above-board way in FFVII to keep Aerith from getting you-know-what.
Isn't herobrine more recent than that?
The problem with something like herobrine is it’s too easy in the age of the internet to figure out that it’s just a myth. Before things could be fact checked, it was a lot easier for myths to spread about hidden secrets in games.
Are you saying Luigi is not in Super Mario 64?
definitely, that was like 2010.
Bigfoot in San Andreas was pretty popular.
There are actually easter eggs and secrets in games that have legitimately never been found, the YouTube channel oddheader has some good videos about them. https://www.youtube.com/@oddheader
Oh sure there’s legit Easter eggs out there, but for every legit one there was a dozen unsubstantiated rumors or Mandela effects.
All the stuff I read was never about preventing it, you had to follow a long ass quest chain and retrieve the life materia to resurrect her.
"Sonic and Tails unlockable in Smash Melee" was another good'n
there was always allegedly a code to let Guile use a pistol kids would swear they seen it