Donut Plains (theme)

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This article is about the musical theme from Super Mario Kart. For the theme from Super Mario World, see Donut Plains (Map Screen).
"Donut Plains"

"Donut Plains" in Super Mario Kart
Composed by:
Soyo Oka
First appearance Super Mario Kart (1992)
Latest appearance Mario Kart Tour (Hammer Bro Tour) (2020)

"Donut Plains"[1] is a musical theme from Super Mario Kart composed by Soyo Oka, serving as the background music for Donut Plains 1, Donut Plains 2, and Donut Plains 3.

Reuses[edit]

The following list does not include ports and remakes of Super Mario Kart.

Game Description
Mario Kart Tour The original theme plays in SNES Donut Plains 1, SNES Donut Plains 2, SNES Donut Plains 3, and RMX Donut Plains 1.

Arrangements[edit]

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

Donut Plains 1, Donut Plains 2, and Donut Plains 3 all return as retro courses in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, along with an arrangement of "Donut Plains". This arrangement uses chiptune instrumentation and lower-quality synthetic instruments.

Icon of an audio speaker. SNES Donut Plains - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart: Super Circuit
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Mario Kart DS[edit]

SNES Donut Plains 1 returns as a retro course in Mario Kart DS, along with an arrangement of "Donut Plains".

Icon of an audio speaker. SNES Donut Plains 1 - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart DS
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Mario Kart 8[edit]

SNES Donut Plains 3 returns as a retro course in Mario Kart 8 and its Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, along with an arrangement of "Donut Plains". Additional percussion is added to the arrangement's instrumentation when the player is driving at top speed while in first place. It is titled "SNES Donut Plains 3" in the game's official soundtrack and the Nintendo Music app.

Icon of an audio speaker. SNES Donut Plains 3 - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8
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Icon of an audio speaker. SNES Donut Plains 3 (Frontrunning) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8
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WarioWare: D.I.Y.[edit]

WarioWare: D.I.Y. features an a cappella arrangement of "Donut Plains", simply titled "Mario Kart", as one of 9-Volt's Records.

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1992 Original "Donut Plains"[1] Soyo Oka
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Mario Kart DS Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement Shinobu Tanaka
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Nintendo DS 2009 Arrangement "Mario Kart"
Mario Kart 8 Wii U 2014 Arrangement "SNES Donut Plains 3"[2] Yasuaki Iwata
Remix
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "SNES Donut Plains 3"[1] Yasuaki Iwata
Past remix (Mario Kart 8)
Mario Kart Tour iOS, Android 20201 Original Soyo Oka

1 - Added in the Hammer Bro Tour on March 24, 2020

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "SNES Donut Plains 3" Yasuaki Iwata

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong series Donkey Kong Game Kaishi • 25m Theme • Hammer • Opening
Donkey Kong Jr. Game Start
Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country Aquatic Ambiance • Bonus Room Blitz • Cranky's Theme • DK Island Swing (Mine Cart Madness) • Fear Factory • Forest Frenzy • Gang-Plank Galleon • Simian Segue • Treetop Rock
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Stickerbush Symphony
Donkey Kong Country Returns Mine Menace
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. Game Start A • Title BGM
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. 1-Up • Castle BGM • Course Clear (Power Up) • Ending • Ground BGM (Game Over · Player Down) • Invincibility BGM • Timer Warning • Underground BGM • Underwater BGM • World Clear
VS. Super Mario Bros. Business-Use Mario Name Entry
Super Mario Bros. 2 Boss BGM • Ground BGM • Please Select Player • Underground BGM
Super Mario Bros. 3 Airship BGM • Athletic BGM • Bros. Battle • Fortress BGM • Fortress Boss • Game Over • Ground BGM • King of the Koopas • P Switch BGM / Toad's House • Player Down • Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM • Underwater BGM • Warp Zone • World 1 Map (Grass Land) • World 2 Map (Desert Land) • World 3 Map (Water Land) • World 4 Map (Giant Land) • World 6 Map (Ice Land) • World 8 Map (Dark Land)
Super Mario Land Main Theme • Underground Theme
Super Mario World Bowser BGM • Donut Plains (Map Screen) • Ending • Ground BGM (Athletic BGM · Bonus Game BGM · Castle BGM · Ghost House BGM) • Koopalings BGM • P Switch BGM • Star World (Map Screen) • Title BGM • Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)
Super Mario 64 Bowser's Road • Bowser's Theme • Merry-Go-Round • Peach's Castle • Super Mario 64 Main Theme (Slider)
Super Mario Sunshine Isle Delfino (Ricco Harbor)
New Super Mario Bros. BGM Tride • Main Theme • Mega Mario • P Switch BGM • Course Clear
Super Mario Galaxy Egg Planet • Gusty Garden Galaxy • Overture • Rosalina in the Observatory • The Toad Brigade
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Castle Theme • Desert Theme • Ghost House BGM • Jungle Theme • Underwater Theme
Super Mario 3D Land Ground Theme • Underwater Theme
New Super Mario Bros. U Ground Theme
Super Mario 3D World Super Bell Hill
Super Mario Maker Title Theme
Super Mario Odyssey Jump Up, Super Star!
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario Chill • Fever
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart Award Ceremony • Donut Plains • Mario Circuit • SNES Rainbow Road • Super Mario Kart Title Screen
Mario Kart 64 Kalimari Desert • Luigi Raceway • Moo Moo Farm / Yoshi Valley • N64 Rainbow Road
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GCN Yoshi Circuit
Mario Kart DS DS Waluigi Pinball
Mario Kart Wii Wii Coconut Mall • Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit • Wii Moo Moo Meadows
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Athletic BGM • Flower Field BGM • Opening Melody • Super Star (countermelody)
Yoshi's Story Yoshi's Song • Yoshi's Story
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion Title Theme
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Pyoro • WarioWare, Inc. (Dr. Crygor)
WarioWare: Twisted! Mona Pizza
WarioWare: Touched! Ashley's Theme
Other Totaka's Song • Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers
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Super Mario Kart
Playable characters Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr. • Koopa Troopa • Luigi • Mario • Princess • Toad • Yoshi
Courses Mushroom Cup Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Bowser Castle 1 • Mario Circuit 2
Flower Cup Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 • Bowser Castle 2 • Mario Circuit 3
Star Cup Koopa Beach 1 • Choco Island 2 • Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Mario Circuit 4
Special Cup Donut Plains 3 • Koopa Beach 2 • Ghost Valley 3 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road
Battle courses Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4
Items and objects Question Block items Banana Peel • Feather • Ghost • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Star
CPU-only items Egg • Fireball • Poison Mushroom
Miscellaneous items and objects Coin • Jump • Kart • Trophy • Zipper
Techniques Drift • Mini-Turbo • Hop • Rocket Start
Species, enemies, and obstacles Big Cheep Cheep • Bullet Bill • Gopher • Flopping Cheep Cheep • Ice • Lakitu • Oil slick • Snow block • Super Thwomp • Thwomp • Warp Pipe
Music Donut Plains • Super Mario Kart • Mario Circuit • Rainbow Road
Miscellaneous Finish line • Gallery • Nintendo Music • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Super Mario Kart: Mario Kart Grand Prix
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