Editing Mario Circuit (theme)

{{Theme infobox
|composer=[[Soyo Oka]]
|file=[[File:SMK-Music-MarioCircuit.oga]]<br>"Mario Circuit" in ''Super Mario Kart''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2022|2022]])
}}
"'''Mario Circuit'''"<ref name=SSB>''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series Sound Tests</ref> is the theme from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' composed by [[Soyo Oka]] and used in [[SNES Mario Circuit 1|Mario Circuit 1]], [[SNES Mario Circuit 2|Mario Circuit 2]], [[SNES Mario Circuit 3|Mario Circuit 3]], and [[Mario Circuit 4]]. It has been reused and rearranged as those courses have returned throughout the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series.

==Reuses==
The following list does not include ports and remakes of ''Super Mario Kart''.
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!width=20%|Game
!width=58%|Description
!width=22%|Music
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|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|"Mario Circuit" plays on {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}.
|[[File:SNES Mario Circuit 3 - Mario Kart Wii.oga]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|The "Super Mario Kart" [[List of sound effects in Super Mario Maker 2#Music|sound effect]] plays "Mario Circuit".
|
|}

==Arrangements==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
[[SNES Mario Circuit 1|Mario Circuit 1]], [[SNES Mario Circuit 2|Mario Circuit 2]], [[SNES Mario Circuit 3|Mario Circuit 3]], and [[Mario Circuit 4]] all return as retro courses in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', along with a new arrangement of the "Mario Circuit" theme. This arrangement is similar to the original, but it adds some {{wp|chiptune}} instrumentation and uses lower-quality synthetic instruments.

{{media table
|file=MKSC-ExtraCourse-MarioCircuit.oga
|title={{Conjectural|{{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit}}}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''
}}

====''Mario Kart DS''====
{{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 1}} returns as a retro course in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' along with an arrangement of the "Mario Circuit" theme very faithful to the original.

{{media table
|file=MKDS-Music-SNES-MarioCircuit1.oga
|title={{Conjectural|{{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit 1}}}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart DS''
}}

====''Mario Kart 7''====
{{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 2}} returns as a retro course in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' along with an arrangement of the "Mario Circuit" theme. This arrangement uses higher quality samples, but it is otherwise almost identical to the original.

This arrangement returns for {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 1}}, <small>SNES</small> Mario Circuit 2, {{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}, and {{classic-link|RMX|Mario Circuit 1}} in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.

{{media table
|file=MKT_SNES_Mario_Circuit_Theme.oga
|title={{Conjectural|{{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit 2}}}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart 7''
}}

====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
{{classic-link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}} was added as a retro course to ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' in Wave 2 of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' along with an arrangement of "Mario Circuit". This arrangement adds {{wp|piano}} accompaniment and {{wp|drum kit}} percussion to the theme, but it is otherwise almost identical to the original.  

{{media table
|file=Switch SNES MarioCircuit3 BCP.oga
|title={{Conjectural|{{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
}}

===''Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race''===
A sped up arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays in ''[[Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race]]'' when the karts are racing. An extra note is added at the end of the arrangement.

===''Itadaki Street'' series===
====''Itadaki Street DS''====
An arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays on the [[Mario Circuit (board)|Mario Circuit]] board in ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''.

{{media table
|file=ISDS Mario Circuit.oga
|title={{Conjectural|Mario Circuit}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Itadaki Street DS''
}}

====''Fortune Street''====
Like in ''Itadaki Street DS'', an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays on the [[Mario Circuit (board)|Mario Circuit]] board in ''[[Fortune Street]]''. This arrangement is only slightly altered from the ''Itadaki Street DS'' version.

{{Media table
|file=FS Mario Circuit.oga
|title={{Conjectural|Mario Circuit}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Fortune Street''
}}

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' features an {{wp|electro house}} arrangement of the theme as a playable track, titled "'''Mario Circuit'''", and incorporates the starting grid countdown theme used to signal the start of the race in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. It can be played on the [[Figure-8 Circuit (stage)|Mario Circuit]] stage.

This arrangement returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', where it can be played on the same stage, and in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', now titled "'''Mario Circuit - Super Mario Kart'''", where it can be played on any ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]''- and ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]''-series stage.
{{media table
|file=Mario Circuit SSBB.oga
|title=Mario Circuit
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''
}}

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 3D World''====
In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays in the level [[Mount Must Dash]], which is itself based on ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''{{'}}s versions of Mario Circuit.

This arrangement returns for the same level in ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''.

{{media table
|file=Super Mario 3D World Mount Must Dash.oga
|title=Mount Must Dash
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario 3D World''
}}

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays during the [[RC Car Challenge]] minigame in the [[Metro Kingdom]].

{{media table
|file=OST RC Car Super Mario Odyssey.oga
|title=RC Car
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario Odyssey''
}}

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
===Games===
{|class=sortable border=1 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%"
!Work
!System
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|1992
|Original
|
|[[Soyo Oka]]
|-
|-
|''[[Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race]]''
|Arcade
|1994
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|2001
|Arrangement
|
|<!--Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, Minako Hamano (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|2005
|Arrangement
|
|[[Shinobu Tanaka]]
|-
|''[[Itadaki Street DS]]''
|Nintendo DS
|2007
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|[[Wii]]
|2008
|Arrangement
|"Mario Circuit"
|Yusuke Takahama
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|Wii
|2008
|Original
|
|Soyo Oka
|-
|''[[Fortune Street]]''
|Wii
|2011
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|2011
|Arrangement
|
|Soyo Oka
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|[[Wii U]]
|2013
|Arrangement
|"Mount Must Dash"
|<!--Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata (specific composer unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
|Wii U
|2014
|Past arrangement (''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'')
|"Mario Circuit"
|Yusuke Takahama
|-
|''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|2017
|Arrangement
|"RC Car"
|[[Shiho Fujii]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2018
|Past arrangement (''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'')
|"Mario Circuit - Super Mario Kart"
|Yusuke Takahama
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2019
|Original
|
|Soyo Oka
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|{{wp|Android (operating system)|Android}}, {{wp|iOS}}
|2019
|Past arrangement (''Mario Kart 7'')
|
|Soyo Oka
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2021
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario 3D World'')
|"Mount Must Dash"
|<!--Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata (specific composer unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2022{{footnote|main|1}}
|Arrangement
|
|<!--Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata, Asuka Hayazaki, Toru Minegishi, Kazumi Totaka, Koji Kondo (specific arranger unknown)-->
|}
{{footnote|note|1|Added in Wave 2 of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' on August 4, 2022}}
===Albums===
{|class=sortable border=1 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]''
|2013
|Arrangement
|"Mount Must Dash"
|<!--Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata (specific arranger unknown)-->
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マリオサーキット
|JapR=Mario Sākitto
|JapM=Mario Circuit
}}

==References==
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{{Themes}}
{{SMK}}
[[Category:Recurring themes]]
[[Category:Super Mario Kart]]