Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)

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"Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)"
"Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" in Mario Kart 64
The image for "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" from Mario Kart 64 on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Kenta Nagata
Key C major
First appearance Mario Kart 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

"Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle),"[1] also known as "Start Grid #2 (Time Attack & Battle)"[2] or simply "Finish Trial,"[3] is a musical theme composed by Kenta Nagata for Mario Kart 64, where it plays when a player begins a Time Trial, a VS Race, or Battle Mode. The theme itself consists of only a single chord played three times, along with a drum roll.

Arrangements[edit]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

In Mario Kart: Super Circuit, an arrangement of "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" plays when a player begins a Time Trial, a VS Race, or Battle Mode. The rhythm is slightly altered, but it still consists of a single chord played three times, along with a drum roll.

Icon of an audio speaker. Start Grid - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart: Super Circuit
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, an arrangement of "Luigi Raceway," titled "Luigi Circuit," can play in the Mario Circuit stage. The beginning of the arrangement features the "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" fanfare. This arrangement returns in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, now titled "Luigi Raceway," where it can play in the same stage, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, now titled "Luigi Raceway - Mario Kart 64," where it can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Mario Kart-series stage.

Icon of an audio speaker. Luigi Circuit - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 1996 Original "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)"[1] Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Arrangement "Luigi Circuit"[4] Yasufumi Fukuda
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Luigi Raceway"[5] Yasufumi Fukuda
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Luigi Raceway - Mario Kart 64"[6] Yasufumi Fukuda

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks 1997 Original "Finish Trial" Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack 1997 Original "Start Grid #2 (Time Attack & Battle)"
「スタートグリッドファンファール（TA&バトル)」 (Sutāto guriddo fanfāru (TA & batoru)) 		Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit 1997 Original "Interlude [start grid #2 (Time Attack & Battle)]" Kenta Nagata

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スタートグリッド (タイムアタック＆バトル)[1]
Sutāto Guriddo (Taimu Atakku & Batoru) 		Starting Grid (Time Attack & Battle)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack
  3. ^ Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sound Test
  5. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sound Test
  6. ^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test
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VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "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 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
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Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
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Super Mario 3D Land "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme"
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Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "GCN Baby Park" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN Yoshi Circuit"
Mario Kart DS "DS Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Wii Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Wii Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wii Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Mario Kart 7 Title Screen" ("Neo Bowser City" · "Toad Circuit") • "Piranha Plant Slide"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise"
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Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
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Mario Kart 64
Drivers Lightweights Peach • Toad • Yoshi
Middleweights Mario • Luigi
Heavyweights D.K. • Wario • Bowser
Courses Mushroom Cup Luigi Raceway • Moo Moo Farm • Koopa Troopa Beach • Kalimari Desert
Flower Cup Toad's Turnpike • Frappe Snowland • Choco Mountain • Mario Raceway
Star Cup Wario Stadium • Sherbet Land • Royal Raceway • Bowser's Castle
Special Cup D.K.'s Jungle Parkway • Yoshi Valley • Banshee Boardwalk • Rainbow Road
Battle Mode Big Donut • Block Fort • Double Deck • Skyscraper
Enemies and obstacles Baby Penguin • Bat • Boulder • Bus • Cactus • Car • Cargo truck • Chomp • Chubby • Crab • Ghost • Giant Egg • Ice • Lava • Mini Bomb Kart • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Porcupine • Snowman • Thwomp • Train
Background species Big Cheep Cheep • Boo • Bowser Statue • Cheep Cheep • Cow • Lakitu
Items and objects Item Box items Banana • Banana Bunch • Boo • Fake Item • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Other Dash Panel • Hot-air balloon • Kart • Pipe Frame • Ramp • Trophy
Techniques Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide • Slipstream • Spin-Turn
Music "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
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