Editing Mario Circuit (theme)

{{about|the musical theme from [[Super Mario Kart]]|the theme from [[Mario Kart Wii]]|[[Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit]]}}
{{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=NMusic>[[Nintendo Music]]</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 rearranged several times, 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''.
{|class=wikitable style="width:100%"
!width=20%|Game
!width=80%|Description
|-
|''[[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 an arrangement of "Mario Circuit". 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 "Mario Circuit".
{{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 Wii''====
{{classic link|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}} returns as a retro course in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', along with an arrangement of "Mario Circuit". This arrangement uses higher quality samples, but it is otherwise almost identical to the original.
{{media table
|file=SNES_Mario_Circuit_3_-_Mario_Kart_Wii.oga
|title={{Conjectural|{{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart Wii''
}}

====''Mario Kart 7''====
{{classic link|SNES|Mario Circuit 2}} returns as a retro course in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', along with an arrangement of "Mario Circuit". This arrangement uses higher quality samples, but it is otherwise almost identical to the original. Additionally, when the player is driving at top speed while in first place, additional percussion is added to the theme's instrumentation.

This arrangement returns for this track as well as {{classic link|SNES|Mario Circuit 1}}, {{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. Like in ''Mario Kart 7'', additional percussion is added to the theme's instrumentation when the player is driving at top speed while in first place.
{{media table
|file=Switch SNES MarioCircuit3 BCP.oga
|title={{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''====
In ''[[Itadaki Street DS]]'', an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays on the [[Mario Circuit (board)|Mario Circuit]] board.
{{media table
|file=ISDS Mario Circuit.oga
|title=マリオサーキット
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Itadaki Street DS''
}}

====''Fortune Street''====
In ''[[Fortune Street]]'', an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays on the [[Mario Circuit (board)|Mario Circuit]] board. 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 "'''Mario Circuit'''" as a playable song. This arrangement 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.]]''-series 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]]'' and its [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|Nintendo Switch port]], an arrangement of "Mario Circuit", titled "'''Mount Must Dash'''" in the game's [[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack|official soundtrack]], plays in [[Mount Must Dash|the course of the same name]], which in itself is based on ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''{{'}}s versions of Mario Circuit.
{{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]]. It is titled "'''RC Car'''" in the in-game [[Super Mario Odyssey sound test|Music List]] and "'''RC Car Challenge'''" in the [[Nintendo Music]] app.
{{media table
|file=OST RC Car Super Mario Odyssey.oga
|title=RC Car Challenge
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario Odyssey''
}}

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
===Games===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!System
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|1992
|Original
|"Mario Circuit"<ref name=NMusic/>
|[[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
|Arrangement
|
|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"<ref name=SM3DW>''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]''</ref>
|<!--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 Challenge"<ref name=NMusic/>
|[[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"<ref name=SM3DW/>
|<!--Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata (specific composer unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2022{{footnote|main|1}}
|Arrangement
|"{{classic|SNES|Mario Circuit 3}}"<ref name=NMusic/>
|<!--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="wikitable sortable" style="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
|Jpn=マリオサーキット<ref>[[Itadaki Street DS sound test|''Itadaki Street DS'' sound test]]</ref>
|JpnR=Mario Sākitto
|JpnM=Mario Circuit
}}

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