Athletic BGM (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)
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"Athletic BGM" | |
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"Athletic BGM" in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |
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Composed by: Koji Kondo | |
Genre | Big band[1] |
Key | F major |
BPM | 134 |
Time signature(s) | 2 2 (with swung eighths) |
First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) |
"Athletic BGM,"[2] also known as "Obstacle Course,"[3] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the athletic levels in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
ArrangementsEdit
Yoshi seriesEdit
Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3Edit
An arrangement of "Athletic BGM" 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 SNES version and uses different, lower-quality synthetic instruments.
Athletic BGM - The arrangement heard in Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | File info 0:30 |
Yoshi Touch & GoEdit
In Yoshi Touch & Go, a G major steelpan arrangement of "Athletic BGM" can play in the Marathon mode.
Athletic BGM - The arrangement heard in Yoshi Touch & Go | File info 0:30 |
Itadaki Street seriesEdit
Itadaki Street DSEdit
In Itadaki Street DS, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays on chance squares.
アスレチック - The arrangement heard in Itadaki Street DS | File info 0:30 |
Fortune StreetEdit
In Fortune Street, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays on Venture squares and during the Dart of Gold minigame when played on a Super Mario-series board.
Venture Square / Dart of Gold (Super Mario) - The arrangement heard in Fortune Street | File info 0:30 |
Super Smash Bros. BrawlEdit
Super Smash Bros. Brawl features an upbeat arrangement of the theme, titled "Obstacle Course" arranged by Shota Kageyama, and it can be played on the 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 of the "Bowser" 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 "Flower Field BGM" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, titled "Yoshi's Island". This arrangement includes a brief arrangement of "Athletic BGM". 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 (Brawl)". Both tracks can be played on any Super Smash Bros.-series and Yoshi-series stage.
Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer) - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl | File info 0:30 |
Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter) - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl | File info 0:30 |
Yoshi's Island - The "Athletic BGM" section of the arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl | File info 0:22 |
Mario Kart seriesEdit
Mario Kart 8 DeluxeEdit
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe introduced Yoshi's Island, a course based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass along with an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" that serves as the course's background music. Additional percussion is added to the instrumentation when the player is driving at top speed while in first place
Yoshi's Island - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | File info 0:30 |
Yoshi's Island (Frontrunning) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | File info 0:30 |
Mario Kart TourEdit
The Yoshi's Island course returns in Mario Kart Tour beginning with the 2023 Yoshi Tour, along with a new arrangement of "Athletic BGM". This arrangement is extremely similar to the one heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but uses slightly different instrumentation.
Yoshi's Island - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart Tour | File info 0:30 |
Mario Kart WorldEdit
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In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" can play in Free Roam and during routes in Grand Prix or VS Race. In Grand Prix, it is one of four arrangements that can play on the route from Dino Dino Jungle to Great ? Block Ruins in the Banana Cup.
WarioWare: Move It!Edit
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In WarioWare: Move It!, a brief arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays in the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island microgame.
Other arrangementsEdit
Mario & Zelda Big Band LiveEdit
A live bluegrass arrangement of "Athletic BGM" with fiddle, mandolin, and banjo instrumentation with 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.
ヨッシーアイランド アスレチックのテーマ - The arrangement heard in Mario & Zelda Big Band Live | File info 0:29 |
Daigassou! Band BrothersEdit
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"Athletic BGM" is featured as a playable song in the Japan-only Nintendo DS title Daigassou! Band Brothers.
GalleryEdit
Image for "Yoshi's Island" from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Music
List of Super Mario appearancesEdit
GamesEdit
Work | System | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | 1995 | Original | "Athletic BGM"[2] | Koji Kondo |
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | Game Boy Advance | 2002 | Arrangement | Taiju Suzuki | |
Yoshi Touch & Go | Nintendo DS | 2005 | Arrangement | ||
Itadaki Street DS | Nintendo DS | 2007 | Arrangement | 「アスレチック」 (Asurechikku)[4] | |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Wii | 2008 | Arrangement | "Obstacle Course"[5] | Shota Kageyama |
"Yoshi's Island"[5] | Noriyuki Iwadare | ||||
Fortune Street | Wii | 2011 | Arrangement | ||
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo 3DS | 2014 | Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) | "Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)"[6] | Shota Kageyama |
"Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)"[6] | |||||
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | Wii U | 2014 | Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) | "Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)"[7] | Shota Kageyama |
"Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)"[7] | |||||
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Nintendo Switch | 2018 | Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) | "Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island"[8] | Shota Kageyama |
"Yoshi's Island (Brawl)"[8] | Noriyuki Iwadare | ||||
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Nintendo Switch | 2023[g 1] | Arrangement | "Yoshi's Island"[2] | |
Remix | |||||
Mario Kart Tour | iOS, Android | 2023[g 2] | Arrangement | ||
WarioWare: Move It! | Nintendo Switch | 2023 | Arrangement | ||
Mario Kart World | Nintendo Switch 2 | 2025 | Arrangement |
- ^ Added in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass on March 9, 2023
- ^ Added in the 2023 Yoshi Tour on April 4, 2023
AlbumsEdit
Work | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
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Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version | 1995 | Original | 「アスレチック」 (Asurechikku) | 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)」 (Yosshī Airando Asurechikku no Tēma (Sūpā Famikon: "Yosshī Airando" Yori)) |
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Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music | 2005 | Original | 「アスレチック」 (Asurechikku) | Koji Kondo |
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack | 2015 | Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) | "Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)" | Shota Kageyama |
Other mediaEdit
Work | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: A Magical Tour of Yoshi's Island | 1996 | Original | Koji Kondo |
Names in other languagesEdit
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | アスレチック[2] Asurechikku |
Athletic |
NotesEdit
- On the Nintendo Music app, "Athletic BGM" is labeled as "Selects," classifying it as one "of the very best tracks from the Nintendo Music library," originating from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. "Athletic BGM" shares this title with "Flower Field BGM" and "Goal!"
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Balmont, James (June 19, 2023). An introduction to OG Nintendo super-composer Koji Kondo. Dazed. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Nintendo Music
- ^ Super Smash Bros. series Sound Tests
- ^ Itadaki Street DS Sound Test
- ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sound Test
- ^ a b Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Sound Test
- ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Wii U Sound Test
- ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test