Aquatic Race

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"Aquatic Race"
"Aquatic Race" in Super Mario Galaxy
The image for "Aquatic Race" from Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Mahito Yokota[1]
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) (2025)

"Aquatic Race"[2] is a musical theme composed by Mahito Yokota for Super Mario Galaxy, where it plays during ray surfing in the Loopdeeloop Galaxy and the Loopdeeswoop Galaxy, racing the penguins in the Sea Slide Galaxy mission Faster Than a Speeding Penguin, and during blowing up trash in the Battlerock Galaxy mission Battlerock's Garbage Dump and the Dreadnought Galaxy mission Dreadnought's Garbage Dump.

In each instance where the theme plays, a unique jingle plays, followed by an on-screen countdown. The theme then starts as the "Go!" text appears. At the end of the races in the Loopdeloop Galaxy, the Loopdeswoop Galaxy and the Sea Slide Galaxy, two different jingles play if the player either wins or loses, with the "Goal!"/"You lose" text appearing onscreen.

History[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy marks the first appearance of "Aquatic Race". It is also included in the official Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack album.

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arrangement of "Aquatic Race" plays during races with the Spooky Speedster in the Ghostly Galaxy mission A Very Spooky Sprint and Boo's Boneyard Galaxy mission Racing the Spooky Speedster. It is titled "Boo Race" in the official Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack and the Nintendo Music app. Additional drum beats are added to the arrangement when the Spooky Speedster is close to Mario/Luigi.

"Aquatic Race", "Boo Race" and its remix, return in the Nintendo Switch ports, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Super Mario Galaxy, for the same purposes. In the case of "Boo Race" for its inclusion in the Nintendo Music app and the Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack, both the original theme and its remix are played in the sequence on the same track.

Icon of an audio speaker. Boo Race - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Galaxy
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Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

In Super Mario Galaxy 2 and its Nintendo Switch port, an arrangement of "Aquatic Race" that is raised in semitone plays in all of The Chimp challenges, and in the Romp comet missions, like Spiny Rainbow Romp. The jingles that played at the start and end of the races in Super Mario Galaxy also return here and also play at the start and end of Fluzzard gliding in Wild Glide Galaxy and Fleet Glide Galaxy, with both galaxies using their own themes.

Icon of an audio speaker. Minigame - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy Wii 2007 Original "Aquatic Race"[2] Mahito Yokota
Arrangement "Boo Race"[2]
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii 2010 Arrangement
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Nintendo Switch 2020 Original "Aquatic Race"[2] Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Boo Race"[2]
Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo Switch 2025 Original "Aquatic Race"[2] Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Boo Race"[2]
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Switch 2025 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Wii])

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack 2008 Original "Aquatic Race" Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Boo Race"
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Music) 2024 Original "Aquatic Race" Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Boo Race"
Super Mario Galaxy (Spotify) 2026 Original "Aquatic Race" Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Boo Race"

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseオーシャンレース, テレサレース
Ōshan rēsu, Teresa rēsu
Ocean race, Boo race[2]

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