Donut Plains (Map Screen)

"Donut Plains (Map Screen)"
	"Donut Plains (Map Screen)" in Super Mario World
	; Image from Nintendo Music
	Composed by:; Koji Kondo
Key	C major
First appearance	Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance	It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts (2025)

"Donut Plains (Map Screen)"^[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for Super Mario World, where it plays during the overworld maps of Donut Plains, Twin Bridges, and Chocolate Island.

History[edit]

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Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

Super Mario World marks the first appearance of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)". It returns for the same purpose in the port of the game included in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World. It is also included in the official soundtrack album of the same name.

The Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, contains its own arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)", which plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

In Super Mario Maker, an arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays during the map screen for the 10 Mario Challenge. In the Nintendo 3DS port, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, this arrangement plays during the map screen for the Super Mario Challenge, with the theme changing into three different versions as the player progresses further in the campaign.

Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land[edit]

In Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land, the original version of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays in the scene showcasing a map of Donut Plains, and the scene where Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi first encounter a Ghost House.

Super Mario World television series[edit]

In the Super Mario World television series, an arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" arranged by Michael Tavera can be heard in various episodes of the show. Moreover, an arrangement of the theme without backing instruments can be heard at the end of the episode "The Yoshi Shuffle". Curiously, both arrangements start later than the original composition.

Mario Roulette[edit]

In Mario Roulette, an arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays in the instructions screen.

Mario Teaches Typing series[edit]

Mario Teaches Typing[edit]

In Mario Teaches Typing, an arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays in the main menu.

Mario Teaches Typing 2[edit]

In Mario Teaches Typing 2, an arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays in the main menu. This arrangement features an original melody in addition to the original composition.

Mario Discovery series[edit]

Mario is Missing![edit]

In the SNES version of Mario is Missing!, an arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays in the title screen.

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Mario's Time Machine[edit]

In the PC version of Mario's Time Machine, a brief arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays in the title screen after the opening cutscene.

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Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, a medley arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)", "Star World (Map Screen)", "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)", "Donut Plains (Map Screen)", and "Special World (Map Screen)" can play in Free Roam. It is titled the "Overworld Medley" in the game's pause menu.

It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts[edit]

In the third episode of It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts, "Shell Games", an arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" plays in the first half of the short.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie[edit]

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A promotional website for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie features a brief orchestral arrangement of "Donut Plains (Map Screen)".^[2]^{[dead link]}

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario World	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1990	Original	"Donut Plains (Map Screen)"^[1]	Koji Kondo
Mario Roulette	Arcade	1991	Arrangement
Mario Teaches Typing	MS-DOS	1991	Arrangement
Mario is Missing!	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1993	Arrangement
Mario's Time Machine	PC	1993	Arrangement		Rob Wallace
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1994	Original	"Donut Plains (Map Screen)"^[1]	Koji Kondo
Mario Teaches Typing	PC	1995	Arrangement
Mario Teaches Typing 2	PC	1996	Arrangement
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	2001	Arrangement
Super Mario Maker	Wii U	2015	Arrangement
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS	Nintendo 3DS	2016	Past arrangement (Super Mario Maker)
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS	Nintendo 3DS	2016	Arrangement
Mario Kart World	Nintendo Switch 2	2025	Arrangement	"Overworld Medley"^[3]

Film and television[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Credits
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land	1991	Original	Koji Kondo
Super Mario World	1991	Arrangement	Michael Tavera
It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts	2025	Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario World	1991	Original	「MAP2(地上)」 (Mappu 2 (Chijō))	Koji Kondo

Other media[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Nintendo Music	2025^[a]	Original	"Donut Plains (Map Screen)"	Koji Kondo

^ Added on February 3, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドーナツ平野（MAP）^[1] Dōnatsu Heiya (MAP)	Donut Plains (MAP)
Japanese	MAP2(地上)^[4] Mappu 2 (Chijō)	MAP 2 (Aboveground)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nintendo Music
^ General Mills (February 5, 2026). The Super Mario Galaxy Adventure Movie Awaits. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ Mario Kart World pause menu
^ Super Mario World album

[4] Added on February 3, 2025

[NMusic-1] Nintendo Music

[2] General Mills (February 5, 2026). The Super Mario Galaxy Adventure Movie Awaits. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[MKWorld-3] Mario Kart World pause menu

[5] Super Mario World album

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"Donut Plains (Map Screen)"
"Donut Plains (Map Screen)" in Super Mario World
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by: Koji Kondo
Key	C major
First appearance	Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance	It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts (2025)

[Edit] Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong	"Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
	Donkey Kong Jr.	"Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong (NES)	"Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong Country	"Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	"Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
	Donkey Kong 64	"DK Rap"
	Donkey Kong Country Returns	"Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series	Mario Bros. (NES)	"Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series	Wrecking Crew	"Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series	Super Mario Bros.	"Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
	VS. Super Mario Bros.	"Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
	Super Mario Bros. 2	"Boss BGM" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
	Super Mario Bros. 3	"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "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)"
	Super Mario Land	"Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
	Super Mario World	"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
	Super Mario 64	"Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
	Super Mario Sunshine	"Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
	New Super Mario Bros.	"Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
	Super Mario Galaxy	"Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Ice Mario" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	"Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
	Super Mario Galaxy 2	"Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
	Super Mario 3D Land	"Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
	New Super Mario Bros. U	"Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
	Super Mario 3D World	"A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
	Super Mario Maker	"Title Theme"
	Super Mario Odyssey	"Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
Dr. Mario series	Dr. Mario	"Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series	Super Mario Kart	"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
	Mario Kart 64	"Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	"Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	"Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
	Mario Kart DS	"Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
	Mario Kart Wii	"Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
	Mario Kart 7	"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
	Mario Kart 8	"Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"
Wario franchise	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3	"Main Theme"
	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	"Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
	WarioWare: Twisted!	"Mona Pizza"
	WarioWare: Touched!	"Ashley's Theme"
Yoshi franchise	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Story	"Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series	Luigi's Mansion	"Title Theme (Humming)"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series	Mario vs. Donkey Kong	"Mini Mario Stage"
Super Smash Bros. series	Super Smash Bros. Melee	"Rainbow Cruise"
Other	The Legend of Zelda	"Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
	Mario Paint	"Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	"Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
	Miscellaneous	"Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"

[Edit] Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Protagonists and allies	Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Baby Yoshi • Dolphin • Bird
Bosses	Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Larry Koopa) • Bowser • Reznor • Big Boo
Items	1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Bonus Coin • Cape Feather • Coin • Control Coin • Dragon Coin • Yoshi's Egg • Fire Flower • Gray Coin • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Power Balloon • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's Wings
Objects	! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Sign • Beanstalk • Blue Door • Bonus block • Bridge • Bubble • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Coin counter^a • Count-Lift • Daikon • Diagonal platform • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Escalator • Fence • Flimsy Lift • Floating island platform • Flying Platform • Flying Prize Block • Grab Block • Gray Block • Gray P Switch • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Note Block • Jumping Board • Key • Lift • Message Block • ON/OFF Switch • O/X Block • Piston Lift • Prize Block • Revolving Door • Rope • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Single Swing Lift • Skull Raft • Snake platform • Spotlight • Spring platform • Star Road • Stretch Block • Switch Block • Triangular Block • Triple Swing Lift • Yellow Door • Yoshi Cloud
Worlds of Dinosaur Land	Yoshi's Island (Yoshi's House · Kappa Mountain) • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special Zone
Moves	Carry • Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Looking up • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles	Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Haunted Hole • Hothead • Ice • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant (Jumping Pumpkin Plant) • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Shifting wall • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Music and sound effects	"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Dragon Coin" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Pin-pon-pan-pon" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Other	1-Up Room • Bonus game • Bonus Star • Fall • Giant Gate • Item Stock • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Sand cloud • Timer • Tourist Tips
Further info	1992 Super Mario World • 1993 Super Mario World • Charmy Water: Super Mario World • Gallery (GBA) • Glitches • Mario 'n Me • Mario Bros.^a • Mario Mania • Super Mario World: Mario Pachinko • Mario Slot • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pégate a Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (GBA) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World • Super Mario Bingo Party • Super Mario Embroidery World • Super Mario World (album) • Super Mario World (ball-in-a-maze game) • Super Mario World (handheld pinball game) • Super Mario World (slot machine) • Super Mario World (water game) • Super Mario World Coin Game • Super Mario World Lucky Coin • Super Mario World: Mario Kiki Ippatsu • Super Mario World: Mario no Pukapuka Ofuro Land • Super Mario World Mario no UFO Crane • Super Mario World Maze Game • Super Mario World Ojama Shoot • Super Mario World Puzzle Game (1) • Super Mario World Puzzle Game (2) • Super Mario World Puzzle Tsumiki • The Music Man
Adaptations	4koma Manga Ōkoku (Super Mario: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7) • GO! GO! Mario World • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • Super Mario (Kodansha manga) (Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 2 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 4 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 7 · Super Mario World 8 · Super Mario World 9) • Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater (books: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 10) • Super Mario Adventures • Super Mario World (television series) • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land • Super Mario-kun (Volumes: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6)
^a Exclusive to Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2