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The Secrets of Minecraft
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The Secrets of Minecraft is a series of videos hosted by the characters M.A.R.I.L.L.A. and Narrator on the official Minecraft YouTube channel. The series showcases removed features, concept art, development processes, and other information about the game that either isn't commonly known or wasn't publicly available previously. The series aired 11 episodes and a trailer, lasting from June 9, 2021, through July 22, 2022.

Episodes

Features That Got Cut

Features That Got Cut
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Narrator and M.A.R.I.L.L.A. introduce themselves as the hosts of the show, and exchange snarky insults trying to one up eachother. Narrator then talks about why they renamed roses to poppies. He explains that they wanted to add rose bushes, and that its more realistic for roses to grow as bushes opposed to single flowers. He then claims to have personally been in charge of telling roses they were being replaced by poppies, and did so by sending them a farewell card.

M.A.R.I.L.L.A. then talks about how "crystalized honey was accidentally added to a Java snapshot and quickly taken out of the game," pointing out that it was made redundant by honeycomb, and that they "don't want unnecessary items in Minecraft. Just unnecessary co-hosts, apparently," to which Narrator rebuts with how necessary he was since he claimed to be in charge of manually removing the item from every Minecraft world.

They next address the indev house, trying to ask Tiny Jens why it was removed only for him to say that "literally no one cares but you" before wishing them luck on the series. M.A.R.I.L.L.A. speculates that the starter house was removed since it encouraged players to modify the house instead of building their own.

They then address original mob designs, saying they don't always get them right on the first time, using the example that the creeper model was originally a botched pig. They then talk about the phantom being added as a result of MineCon Earth (and becoming the "most beloved mob in Minecraft history", a line M.A.R.I.L.L.A. couldn't say without bursting into laughter). Narrator said that they implemented a phantom design closer to the sketch shown in MineCon Earth, but claimed "the developers worried it looked too much like a sock puppet," leading to the removal of the phantom's mouth and "sock-like look, forever."

Lastly, M.A.R.I.L.L.A said she and Narrator were being cut out from "all Minecraft media" because they couldn't learn to work together." They then get worried, as they were only just made aware by reading the script, and Narrator said he still had to pay off the termites on his indev house. Narrator then convinces M.A.R.I.L.L.A to work with him on the series, before throwing her off a cliff.

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Updates That Nearly Broke Us

Updates That Nearly Broke Us
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M.A.R.I.L.L.A. and Narrator introduce themselves, with M.A.R.I.L.L.A. claiming she just deleted the Update Aquatic due to her "crippling phobia of kelp." They then mention a point of contention among developers for the update was if dolphins should be "cute and cuddly," or have realistic behaviors, before compromising with having dolphins steal dropped items. Narrator then unsuccessfully attempts to drown M.A.R.I.L.L.A., who is saved by dolphins, before he himself falls into the water.

Next, Narrator says that "one of the toughest parts of the Village & Pillage update was coming up with the name. You haven't lived until you've told your marketing department that you want this year's update to their family-friendly crafting game to have 'pillage' in the title." M.A.R.I.L.L.A. says that "IT TAKES A VILLAGE UPDATE" was also considered, before claiming it should have been named after her.

Narrator then claims that they would have probably made "THE FOREVER ALONE UPDATE" if they realised how difficult implementing cross-platform play was for Bedrock Edition in the Better Together Update. M.A.R.I.L.L.A says that converting Legacy Console Edition worlds to Bedrock Edition worlds was one of the most challenging parts of the update.

The screenshot M.A.R.I.L.L.A. uses to "exclusively" reveal cobblestone will remain in Minecraft.

M.A.R.I.L.L.A. jokes about The Nether Update being timed perfectly given how the year "2020 went for the human race," but they then mention it was originally delayed in favor of updating the oceans in the Update Aquatic before either update was announced.

They appologize for the Cave Update being split in two, and M.A.R.I.L.L.A. reveals the next update would not remove cobblestone from the game, and that Mojang needs time to ensure its quality.

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Caves & Cliffs Part I

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Becoming a Game Developer

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Death Sounds, Secret Animals, and other Delights!

Death Sounds, Secret Animals, and other Delights!
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How We're Making the Warden

How We're Making the Warden
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The Allay

The Allay
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How We Invented Frogs

How We Invented Frogs
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The Secrets of Minecraft Villagers

The Secrets of Minecraft Villagers
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The Secrets of Minecraft's Deep Dark

The Secrets of Minecraft's Deep Dark
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The FINAL Secrets of Minecraft!!

The FINAL Secrets of Minecraft!!
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Videos

Trivia

  • According to an interview on Minecraft.net, in-universe the show has 2,893,000 episodes, however only nine are able to be released to the public.[1] In spite of this, the show has eleven episodes, or twelve counting the trailer.
    • Every episode is approximately six minutes long on average. If this applies to these unseen episodes as well, this would mean Narrator and M.A.R.I.L.L.A. have worked on the show for 17,358,000 minutes, or 33.025114155 years.

References

  1. ↑ "New show alert: The Secrets of Minecraft" by Tom Stone – Minecraft.net, July 26, 2021.

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