Stage Start

"Stage Start"
	"Stage Start" in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
	; Image from Nintendo Music
	Composed by:; Koji Kondo
Key	Atonal
First appearance	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)
Quoted by
	"Yoshi's Island" (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)

Not to be confused with Game Start.

"Stage Start"^[1] is an atonal, ten-note musical jingle composed by Koji Kondo for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where it plays at the start of every level. It is played solely on percussion.

History[edit]

Yoshi series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island marks the first appearance of "Stage Start". It is also included in the official soundtrack album Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version.

In the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, an arrangement of "Stage Start" arranged by Taiju Suzuki plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]

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In Yoshi Touch & Go, an arrangement of "Stage Start" plays at the start of the segments where the player controls Yoshi.

Yoshi's Island DS[edit]

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In Yoshi's Island DS, an arrangement of "Stage Start" plays at the start of every level.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Main article: Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U theme)

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, an upbeat, synth-focused medley arrangement of "Stage Start", "Flower Field BGM", "Opening Melody", and "Map Screen" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island arranged by Yoshihito Yano can play in the Woolly World stage. It is titled "Yoshi's Island" in the game's sound test.

Yoshi's Island - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	File info 0:30

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Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as part of Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass, a Latin-styled arrangement of "Stage Start" plays at the starting grid of the Yoshi's Island race course in Grand Prix or VS Race, replacing the usual "Starting Grid (Grand Prix / VS Race)" jingle. It is titled "Starting Grid (Yoshi's Island)" in the Nintendo Music app.

Starting Grid (Yoshi's Island) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	File info 0:05

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Mario Kart Tour[edit]

In Mario Kart Tour, the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe arrangement of "Stage Start" plays at the starting grid of the Yoshi's Island race course, replacing the usual "Starting Grid" jingle.

Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, the game's arrangement of "Athletic BGM" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which can play in Free Roam during the day, on the route from Dino Dino Jungle to Great ? Block Ruins in the Banana Cup, and on any VS Race route during the day, quotes "Stage Start" at the end of the A section. It is fully titled "Athletic BGM (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)" in the Nintendo Music app.

Other appearances[edit]

Super Mario's Relaxing Life[edit]

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The Super Mario's Relaxing Life sticker pack for LINE features an arrangement of "Stage Start" which plays over a sticker of three Shy Guys cheeringMedia:SMRL-Line-ShyGuy-Cheer.gif.

Gallery[edit]

Image for "Starting Grid (Yoshi's Island)" from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Music
Image for "Athletic BGM (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)" from Mario Kart World on Nintendo Music

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1995	Original	"Stage Start"^[1]	Koji Kondo
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3	Game Boy Advance	2002	Arrangement		Taiju Suzuki
Yoshi Touch & Go	Nintendo DS	2005	Arrangement
Yoshi's Island DS	Nintendo DS	2006	Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	Wii U	2014	Arrangement	"Yoshi's Island"^[2]	Yoshihito Yano
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo Switch	2023^[a]	Arrangement	"Starting Grid (Yoshi's Island)"^[3]
Mario Kart Tour	iOS, Android	2023^[b]	Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)
Mario Kart World	Nintendo Switch 2	2025	Arrangement	"Athletic BGM (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)"^[4]

^ Added in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass on March 9, 2023
^ Added in the 2023 Yoshi Tour on April 4, 2023

Albums[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version	1995	Original	「ゲームスタート」 (Gēmu Sutāto)	Koji Kondo
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Nintendo Music)	2024	Original	"Stage Start"	Koji Kondo
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music)	2024	Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)	"Starting Grid (Yoshi's Island)"

Other media[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario's Relaxing Life	2017	Arrangement

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ゲームスタート Gēmu Sutāto	Game Start		^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Nintendo Music)
^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sound test
^ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music)
^ Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music)

[3] Added in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass on March 9, 2023

[5] Added in the 2023 Yoshi Tour on April 4, 2023

[SMW2NM-1] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Nintendo Music)

[2] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sound test

[4] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music)

[6] Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music)

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[Edit] Recurring jingles
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong	"Game Start" • "Round 1 and 2 Clear" • "Round Start BGM"
	Donkey Kong Jr.	"Game Start"
	Donkey Kong Country	"Lost a Balloon" • "Well Done"
Mario Bros. series	Mario Bros.	"Game Start"
Wrecking Crew series	Wrecking Crew	"Game Start" • "Game Over" • "Phase Clear"
Super Mario series	Super Mario Bros.	"Course Clear" • "Game Over" • "Player Down" • "Timer Warning" • "World Clear"
	Super Mario Bros. 2	"Bonus Chance" • "Bonus Chance: Lose" • "Bonus Chance: Win" • "Course Clear" • "Game Over"
	Super Mario Bros. 3	"Course Clear" • "Fireworks" • "Game Over" • "Player Down" • "World Clear"
	Super Mario World	"Course Clear" ("Bonus Game Clear" • "Castle Clear") • "Game Over" • "Player Down"
	Super Mario 64	"Bowser's Message" • "Course Clear" • "Game Start" • "Star Catch Fanfare" • "Peach's Letter" • "Toad's Message"
	Super Mario 64 DS	"Too Bad!"
	New Super Mario Bros.	"Boss Defeated" • "Course Clear" • "Hurry Up!"
	Super Mario Galaxy	New power-up fanfare^{[conjectural]}
	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	"Bowser Defeated" • "Game Over"
	Super Mario 3D World	"Course Clear!"
Mario Kart series	Mario Kart 64	"Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)"
Mario Kart series	Mario Kart 7	"Final Lap!"
Yoshi series	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	"Stage Start"
Yoshi series	Yoshi's Story	"30 Fruit!"
Other		"Charge" • "Disk System no Thema" • "Important Item Acquired" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"

[Edit] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters and species		Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Item Balloon • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Liquid lift • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Support Ghost
Worlds		Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items	Regular items	Blue watermelon • Coin • Green Shell • Green watermelon • Key • Red coin • Red Shell • Red watermelon • Special Flower • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Items	Special Items	10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects		! Block • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Balloon (Mini Battle) • Balloon (platform) • Beanstalk • Bomb • Breakable block • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Coin Block • Cork • Countdown Platform • Cracked block • Current • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Falling stone block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal Ring • Hard Block • Ice Block • Icicle • Makeshift surfboard • Message Block • Middle Ring • Morph bubble • Moving block • Paddle wheel • Pinwheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red balloon • Rolling rock • Seesaw • Ski Lift • Snowball • Soft rock • Spinning Log • Spinning wheel • Spotted platform • Spring ball • Squishy block • Switch • Teeter-totter • Tulip • Tumbler • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
Bosses		Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser • Big Baby Bowser
Enemies		Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Big Milde • Big Shy Guy • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishing Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Green Toady • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Large Milde • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Needle • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Raven • Raven (mini) • Red Blargg • Red Bullet Bill^a • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shark Chomp • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Snifit • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Piranha • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Obstacles		Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Spiked ball • Spiked weight • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles		Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges		Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Music		"Athletic BGM" • "Big Boss BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Ground BGM" • "Kamek's Theme" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Boss" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Miscellaneous		Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
Adaptations		Super Mario (Super Mario: Yoshi Island 1 · Super Mario: Yoshi Island 2 · Super Mario: Yoshi Island 3) • Super Mario-kun (Volumes: 14 · 15)
Further info		Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.^a • A Magical Tour of Yoshi's Island • Baby Mario's A-Maze-ing Game • Message Block hints • Multimedia • Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES developer interview • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Nintendo Power - Play it Loud! Original Soundtrack Volume 1 • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version • Text changes^a • The Music Man • Wendy's treats • Yoshi's Island Slider
^a Exclusive to Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

[Edit] Yoshi Touch & Go
Characters	Baby Luigi • Baby Mario • Kamek • Stork • Yoshis
Items	Blue Coin • Bubble • Fruit (Apple · Banana · Grape · Melon · Watermelon) • Red Coin • Yellow Coin • Yoshi's Egg
Enemies and obstacles	Brier • Bumper • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Drop • Fang • Fly Guy • Goonie • Gusty • Kamek's Toadies • Lakitu • Marutchi • Monty Mole • Needle • Piranha Plant • Propeller Mūcho • Shy Guy • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Tap-Tap • Toady • Ukiki • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Ptooie Piranha
Other	Gallery • Multimedia • Staff

[Edit] Yoshi's Island DS
Characters	Yoshis • Item Balloon • Star children (Baby Mario · Baby Luigi · Baby Peach · Baby DK · Baby Wario · Baby Bowser · Baby Yoshi) • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Kangaroo • Stork
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5
Items	Character coin • Coin • Flower • Giant Egg • Key • Red coin • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's Egg
Objects	Arrow block • Arrow wheel • Bucket • Countdown Platform • Donut platform • Egg Plant • Flimsy Lift • Flipper • Giant sunflower • Goal roulette • Hanging vine • Message Block • Middle Ring • Mine Cart • Morph bubble • Number Ball • Paddle wheel • Rocket • Rough platform • Soft rock • Spring ball • Stilts • Stork Stop • Tulip • Winged Cloud
Bosses	Big Burt Bros. • Gilbert the Gooey • Hector the Reflector • Big Bungee Piranha • Bessie Bass • Priscilla the Peckish • Six-Face Sal • Big Guy the Stilted • Moltz the Very Goonie • Baby Bowser • Bowser • Giant Bowser
Enemies and obstacles	Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Bill Blaster • Big Boo • Blargg • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boss Bass • Bouncy • Boo Guy • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Bungee Piranha • Burt Brother • Cascading Stone • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Cloud Drop • Crabble • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Debull • Dizzy Dandy • Drool Hard • Egg-enut • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fleeper • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Gargantua Blargg (tall) • Glide Guy • Gobblin • Gooey Goon • Goonie • Green Glove • Gusty • Hanging Blow Hard • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Invisighoul • Itsunomanika Heihō • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lunge Fish • Nep-Enut • Nipper Dandelion • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Pirate Guy • Podoboo • Pointey • Pokey • Polterpiranha • Potted Ghost • Rocket Guy • Sanbo Flower • Scorchit • Shark Chomp • Shy Guy • Shy Guy on Stilts • Shy Stack • Skeleton Goonie • Slugger • Snap Jaw • Spear Guy • Spiked weight • Spinning Spikes • Spray Fish • Super Big Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap • Thorn • Toober Guy • Ukiki • Unshelled Koopa • Wall Lakitu • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Windbag • Woozy Guy
Bonus Challenges	Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Minigames	Tulip Shooter • Flutter Challenge • Bouncy Maze • Speed Eating • Egg Toss
Miscellaneous	Countdown Timer • Gallery • Hanabira Game • Pre-release and unused content • Quick Poll • Quotes • Staff • Suisha Game • Wanage Game • Yoshi's Egg Toss • Yoshi's Island

[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Feather			Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones
Light			Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Green^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peach^a • Villager (Female)^a • Isabelle^a • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl • Diddy Kong^c
Medium			Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Red^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Mario^a • Villager (Male)^a • Inkling Boy • Birdo^c (Light-blue ^c · Black ^c · Red ^c · Yellow ^c · White ^c · Blue