Game Start (Wrecking Crew)

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"Game Start"
"Game Start" in Wrecking Crew
Thumbnail for "Game Start" from Wrecking Crew for Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Hirokazu Tanaka
First appearance Wrecking Crew (1985)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

"Game Start"[1] is a musical jingle composed by Hirokazu Tanaka for Wrecking Crew, where it plays at the start of every phase (sans the bonus stages).

History[edit]

Wrecking Crew series[edit]

Wrecking Crew[edit]

Wrecking Crew marks the first appearance of "Game Start". It is also included in the official albums Game Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew and Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol.1.

Wrecking Crew '98[edit]

In Wrecking Crew '98, a chiptune arrangement of "Game Start" is featured in the game's port of Wrecking Crew, where it plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

Icon of an audio speaker. Game Start - The arrangement heard in Wrecking Crew '98
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Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, a medley of the original versions of "Game Start", "Phase BGM", "Phase Clear", "Bonus Phase", "Golden Hammer", and "Game Over" from Wrecking Crew can play in the Duck Hunt stage. It is titled the "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley" in the game's sound test.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a medley arrangement of "Game Start", "Phase BGM", "Bonus Phase", and "Golden Hammer" from Wrecking Crew arranged by Manabu Namiki can play in the Wrecking Crew stage. It is titled the "Wrecking Crew Medley" in the game's sound test. The "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley" from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS also returns and can play in the same stage.

Icon of an audio speaker. Wrecking Crew Medley - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the "Wrecking Crew Medley" from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and the "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley" from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and "Other"-series stage. The former medley is titled "Wrecking Crew Medley (for 3DS / Wii U)" in the game's sound test.

Super Mario Maker[edit]

In Super Mario Maker, the beginning percussion of "Game Start" plays when transforming into Costume Mario with the Foreman Spike costume.

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix[edit]

Main article: Destruction Dance

In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, "Game Start" can be heard at the beginning of "Destruction Dance".

Icon of an audio speaker. Destruction Dance - The arrangement heard in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
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List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Wrecking Crew Nintendo Entertainment System 1985 Original "Game Start"[1] Hirokazu Tanaka
Wrecking Crew '98 Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1998 Arrangement
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix Nintendo GameCube 2005 Arrangement "Destruction Dance"
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2014 Original "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley"[2] Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Original "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley"[3] Hirokazu Tanaka
Arrangement "Wrecking Crew Medley"[3] Manabu Namiki
Super Mario Maker Wii U 2015 Original Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Original "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley"[4] Hirokazu Tanaka
Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U) "Wrecking Crew Medley (for 3DS / Wii U)"[4] Manabu Namiki

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol.1 2004 Original 「ゲームスタート」 (Gēmu Sutāto) Hirokazu Tanaka
Game Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew 2004 Original 「ゲームスタート」 (Gēmu Sutāto) Hirokazu Tanaka

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Game Start" Hirokazu Tanaka
  1. ^ Added on July 21, 2025

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]

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sound test
  3. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Wii U sound test
  4. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test
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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. 3 "Course Clear" • "Fireworks" • "Game Over" • "Player Down" • "World Clear"
Super Mario World "Course Clear" • "P Switch BGM"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Message" • "Course Clear" • "Peach's Letter" • "Toad's Message"
New Super Mario Bros. "Course Clear" • "Switch On!"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Game Over"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Game Over"
Mario Kart series Mario Kart 64 "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)"
Yoshi series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Stage Start"
Yoshi's Story "30 Fruit!"
Other "Important Item Acquired" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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VS. Wrecking Crew / Wrecking Crew
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Phases Bonus Stage • VS. Wrecking Crew • Wrecking Crewa
Musica "Bonus Phase" • "Game Start" • "Game Over" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM" • "Phase Clear"
Miscellaneous Gallery • Game Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Wrecking Crew (playing cards)
a Only in Wrecking Crew
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Wrecking Crew '98
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Gnat Attackd Fly • Fly Bombd • Fly Childd • Fly Parentd • King Watingad
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d Only in the Wii U version
e Only in the Nintendo 3DS version
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Items Assist Trophy • Banana Gun • Banana Peel • Barrel • Beehive • Bob-omb • Boomerang • Bullet Bill • Bumper • Crate • Fire Bar • Fire Flower • Freezie • Golden Hammer • Grass • Green Shell • Hammer • Hothead • Lightning • Metal Box • Party Ball • Poison Mushroom • POW Block • Soccer Ball • Spiny Shell • Star Rod • Super Launch Star • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Scope
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Special Standard Up Side Down Final Smash
Mario Fireball Super Jump Punch Cape F.L.U.D.D. Mario Finale
Dr. Mario Megavitamins Super Sheet Dr. Tornado Doctor Finale
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