Editing Athletic BGM

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{{Theme infobox
|composer=[[Koji Kondo]]
|key={{wp|F major}}
|file=[[File:SMW2YI Athletic.oga]]<br>"Athletic BGM" in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
"'''Athletic BGM''',"<ref>[[Nintendo Music]]</ref> also known as "'''Obstacle Course''',"<ref name=SSB>''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series Sound Tests</ref> is a musical theme composed by [[Koji Kondo]] for athletic [[level]]s in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.

==Arrangements==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
An arrangement of "Obstacle Course" can be heard in [[Game Boy Advance]] remake of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. This version is more compressed than the original [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version and uses different, lower-quality synthetic instruments.

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|file=YISMA3 Obstacle Course.oga
|title={{Conjectural|Obstacle Course}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
|length=0:29
}}

====''Yoshi Touch & Go''====
{{media table
|file=Obstacle Course (YT&G).oga
|title={{Conjectural|Obstacle Course}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Yoshi Touch & Go''
}}

===''Itadaki Street'' series===
====''Itadaki Street DS''====
In ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]'', an arrangement of "Obstacle Course" plays on chance squares.
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|file1=ISDS Chance Card.oga
|title1=アスレチック
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Itadaki Street DS''
|length1=0:30
}}

====''Fortune Street''====
''[[Fortune Street]]'' features a new arrangement of "Obstacle Course" very similar to the version heard in ''Itadaki Street DS''. Like in ''Itadaki Street DS'', this arrangement plays on Venture squares and during the Dart of Gold minigame.

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|file=FS Venture Card.oga
|title={{conjectural|Venture Square / Dart of Gold}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Fortune Street''
}}

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' features an upbeat arrangement of the theme, titled "Obstacle Course" arranged by [[bulbapedia:Shota Kageyama|Shota Kageyama]], and it can be played on the [[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]] stage. The track is actually a combination of two separate arrangements: an energetic one that plays during the spring and summer phases of the stage (which also contains a brief excerpt from [[Baby Bowser]]'s theme), and a relaxed one that plays during the fall and winter phases. In custom stages and the Sound Test, only the spring and summer variation is available.

''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' also features an arrangement of the main level theme of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', titled "Yoshi's Island". This arrangement includes a brief arrangement of "Obstacle Course". It can also be played on the Yoshi's Island stage.

"Obstacle Course" returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', where its two seasonal variants have been divided into two separate tracks: "'''Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)'''" and "'''Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)'''". In ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'', it can be played on Yoshi's Island stage, and in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', it can be played on the [[Woolly World]] stage.

"Obstacle Course" returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', where the seasonal variants have once again been combined into a single medley track, this time titled "'''Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island'''". "Yoshi's Island" also returns, now titled "Yoshi's Island <small>(Brawl)</small>". Both tracks can be played on any ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]''-series and ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]''-series stage.

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|title1=Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''
|length1=0:29
|file2=SSBB Obstacle Course (Fall-Winter).oga
|title2=Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)
|description2=The arrangement heard in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''
|length2=0:29

|file3=SSBB Yoshi's Island - Obstacle Course.oga
|title3=Yoshi's Island
|description3=The "Obstacle Course" section of the arrangement heard in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''
|length3=0:22
}}

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' introduced [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]], a course based on ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', in Wave 4 of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' along with an arrangement of "Obstacle Course" that serves as the course's background music.

Like other courses in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', the theme speeds up and slightly rises in pitch during the last lap of the race. Also, additional percussion is added to the arrangement's instrumentation when the player is driving at top speed while in first place.

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|title1=Yoshi's Island
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
|file2=Switch YoshisIsland Frontrunning BCP.oga
|title2={{conjectural|Yoshi's Island (Frontrunning)}}
|description2=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
}}

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
The [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] course returns in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' beginning with the [[Yoshi Tour (2023)|2023 Yoshi Tour]], along with a new arrangement of "Obstacle Course". This arrangement is extremely similar to the one heard in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', but uses slightly different instrumentation.

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|file=MKT Yoshi's Island Theme.oga
|title={{conjectural|Yoshi's Island}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart Tour''
}}

===''WarioWare: Move It!''===
In ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', a faithful arrangement of "Obstacle Course" very similar to the original plays during the [[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (microgame)|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]] [[microgame]]. Its tempo has also been changed to match the ticking of the [[Bomb (WarioWare series)|bomb]], and the theme's pitch increases as the microgame's speed increases.<ref name=WWMI>{{cite|author=GameXplain|language=en|url=youtu.be/R46aCpAROxg?si=X9OTMw7RAJexIYHG|title=All Nintendo Microgames in ''WarioWare: Move It'' (Metroid Dread, Mario Pinball Land & More!)|date=November 2, 2023|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 2, 2023}}</ref>

===Other arrangements===
====Mario & Zelda Big Band Live====
A live {{wp|Bluegrass music|bluegrass}} arrangement of "Obstacle Course" with {{wp|fiddle}}, {{wp|mandolin}}, and {{wp|banjo}} instrumentation with {{wp|double bass|upright bass}} accompaniment titled 「'''ヨッシーアイランド アスレチックのテーマ'''」 (''Yosshī Airando Asurechikku no Tēma'', "Yoshi's Island Athletic Theme") is featured in [[Mario & Zelda Big Band Live]], which was later released as a CD and DVD recording.

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|file=M&ZBBL Yoshi's Island Athletic Theme.oga
|title=ヨッシーアイランド アスレチックのテーマ
|description=The arrangement heard in Mario & Zelda Big Band Live
|length=0:29
}}

====''Daigasso! Band Brothers''====
"Obstacle Course" is featured as a playable song in the Japan-only [[Nintendo DS]] title ''{{wp|Daigasso! Band Brothers}}''.

==List of appearances==
===Games===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
|1995
|Original
|「アスレチック」 (''{{hover|Asurechikku|Athletic}}'')<ref name=SMW2:YI>''[[Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version]]''</ref>
|[[Koji Kondo]]
|-
|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
|2002
|Arrangement
|
|Taiju Suzuki
|-
|''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]''
|2005
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''
|2007
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|Arrangement
|"Obstacle Course"
|{{iw|bulbapedia|Shota Kageyama}}
|-
|"Yoshi's Island"
|{{wp|Noriyuki Iwadare}}
|-
|''[[Fortune Street]]''
|2011
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=2|Past arrangement (''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'')
|"Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)"
|rowspan=2|Shota Kageyama
|-
|"Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)"
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
|rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=2|Past arrangement (''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'')
|"Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)"
|rowspan=2|Shota Kageyama
|-
|"Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)"
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|rowspan=2|2018
|rowspan=2|Past arrangement (''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'')
|"Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island"
|Shota Kageyama
|-
|"Yoshi's Island <small>(Brawl)</small>"
|Noriyuki Iwadare
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|2023{{footnote|main|1}}
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|2023{{footnote|main|2}}
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2023
|Arrangement
|
|
|}
{{footnote|note|1|Added in Wave 4 of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'' on March 9, 2023}}
{{footnote|note|2|Added in the [[Yoshi Tour (2023)|2023 Yoshi Tour]] on April 4, 2023}}
===Albums===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version]]''
|1995
|Original
|「アスレチック」 (''{{hover|Asurechikku|Athletic}}'')
|[[Koji Kondo]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Zelda Big Band Live]]''
|2003
|Arrangement
|「ヨッシーアイランド アスレチックのテーマ (スーパーファミコン:「ヨッシーアイランド」より)」<br>(''{{hover|Yosshī Airando Asurechikku no Tēma (Sūpā Famikon: "Yosshī Airando" Yori)|Yoshi's Island Athletic Theme (From Super Famicom: "Yoshi's Island")}}'')
|
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack]]''
|2015
|Arrangement
|"Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)"
|[[bulbapedia:Shota Kageyama|Shota Kageyama]]
|}

===Other media===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: A Magical Tour of Yoshi's Island]]''
|1996
|Original
|
|
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アスレチック<ref>[[Itadaki Street DS sound test|''Itadaki Street DS'' sound test]]</ref>
|JapR=Asurechikku
|JapM=Athletic
}}

==References==
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{{Themes}}
{{YI}}
[[Category:Recurring themes]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]