Mario Circuit (Mario Kart: Double Dash!! theme)

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"Mario Circuit"
"Mario Circuit" in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
The 100cc version of Luigi Circuit, from Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Composed by:
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Key C Mixolydian
First appearance Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Mario Circuit"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where it plays in Luigi Circuit, Mario Circuit, and Yoshi Circuit.

History[edit]

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash![edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! marks the first appearance of "Mario Circuit."

Mario Kart DS[edit]

In Mario Kart DS, an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" arranged by Shinobu Tanaka plays in GCN Luigi Circuit and GCN Yoshi Circuit.

Icon of an audio speaker. GCN Luigi Circuit / GCN Yoshi Circuit - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart DS
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Mario Kart Wii[edit]

In Mario Kart Wii, the original version of "Mario Circuit" plays in GCN Mario Circuit.

Mario Kart 8[edit]

“For this track, in order to fully bring out Yoshi's whimsical nature, we swapped the brass part used in the original track with a saxophone ensemble. We also rerecorded that characteristic choppy guitar sound live. We left the whistling part untouched, though!”
—Liner notes in the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

In Mario Kart 8 and the Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as part of The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 DLC, an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays in GCN Yoshi Circuit. It is likewise titled "GCN Yoshi Circuit" in the Nintendo Music app and the official Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack album. A looping drum set beat is added to the instrumentation whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place.

Icon of an audio speaker. GCN Yoshi Circuit - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8
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Icon of an audio speaker. GCN Yoshi Circuit (Frontrunning) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8
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Mario Kart Tour[edit]

In Mario Kart Tour, the original version of "Mario Circuit" plays in GCN Yoshi Circuit.

Mario Kart World[edit]

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In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" can play in Free Roam.

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix[edit]

Main article: Rollercoasting

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix features an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" as a playable song. It is titled "Rollercoasting."

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Mario & Sonic series[edit]

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games[edit]

The Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games features the original version of "Mario Circuit" as an unlockable theme in the Gallery Jukebox. It is titled "Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Bros. Circuits."

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games[edit]

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In the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, an arrangement of "Mario Circuit" can be chosen as the background music for events. It is titled "Mario Circuit: Mario Kart Double Dash!!" in the game's sound test.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games[edit]

In Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the arrangement of "Mario Circuit" from Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games can once again be chosen as the background music for events. It is titled "Mario Circuit: Mario Kart Double Dash!! (Remix)" in the game's sound test.

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games[edit]

In the Wii U version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the arrangement of "Mario Circuit" from Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games can once again be chosen as the background music for events.

Other appearances[edit]

nintendogs[edit]

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In nintendogs, a chiptune arrangement of "Mario Circuit" plays when the player is controlling the Mario Kart toy. It is titled "Toy: Mario Kart" in the Nintendo Music app.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Original
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix Nintendo GameCube 2005 Arrangement "Rollercoasting"
Mario Kart DS Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement Shinobu Nagata
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Nintendo DS 2008 Original "Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Bros. Circuits"
Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Original
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Wii 2011 Arrangement "Mario Circuit: Mario Kart Double Dash!!"[2]
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Wii U 2013 Past arrangement (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games [Wii]) "Mario Circuit: Mario Kart Double Dash!! (Remix)"[3]
Mario Kart 8 Wii U 2014[g 1] Arrangement "GCN Yoshi Circuit"[4] Atsuko Asahi
Remix
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Wii U 2016 Past arrangement (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games [Wii])
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "GCN Yoshi Circuit"[4] Atsuko Asahi
Past remix (Mario Kart 8)
Mario Kart Tour iOS, Android 2019 Original
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement
  1. ^ Added in The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 DLC on November 13, 2014

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "GCN Yoshi Circuit" Atsuko Asahi

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2024 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "GCN Yoshi Circuit" Atsuko Asahi

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese GC ヨッシーサーキット[5]
GC Yosshī Sākitto 		GCN Yoshi Circuit

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario & Sonic series sound tests
  2. ^ Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii) sound test
  3. ^ Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games sound test
  4. ^ a b Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
  5. ^ Nintendo Music
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Recurring themes and sound effects
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Game Start" • "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Round Start BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Game Start" • "Round 1 BGM" • "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" • "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)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Isle" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. "Game Start" • "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Coin" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Pause" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "Timer Warning" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World Clear"
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" • "Music Box" • "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)"
Super Mario Land "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "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"
New Super Mario Bros. "Course Clear" • "Fortress Theme" • "Main Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Paah" • "Switch On!"
Super Mario Galaxy "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "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" ("Game Over") • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme"
Super Mario 3D Land "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground 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"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Koopa Castle Course" • "GBA Mario Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "GCN Baby Park" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "DS Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise"
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)"
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Drifting Away" • "Pyoro" • "WarioWare, Inc." ("Dr. Crygor")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
Miscellaneous "Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Totakeke's theme"
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Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Drivers Light Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Toad • Toadette • Koopa • Paratroopa • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
Medium Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Waluigi
Heavy Donkey Kong • Bowser • Wario • Petey Piranha • King Boo
Karts Light Goo-Goo Buggy • Rattle Buggy • Toad Kart • Toadette Kart • Koopa Dasher • Para-Wing • Barrel Train • Bullet Blaster
Medium Red Fire • Green Fire • Heart Coach • Bloom Coach • Turbo Yoshi • Turbo Birdo • Waluigi Racer
Heavy DK Jumbo • Koopa King • Wario Car • Piranha Pipes • Boo Pipes
Any Parade Kart
Courses Mushroom Cup Luigi Circuit • Peach Beach • Baby Park • Dry Dry Desert
Flower Cup Mushroom Bridge • Mario Circuit • Daisy Cruiser • Waluigi Stadium
Star Cup Sherbet Land • Mushroom City • Yoshi Circuit • DK Mountain
Special Cup Wario Colosseum • Dino Dino Jungle • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Battle courses Cookie Land • Block City • Luigi's Mansion • Nintendo GameCube • Pipe Plaza • Tilt-a-Kart
Objects Standard items Banana • Fake Item • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Star • Triple Mushrooms • Trophy
Special items Birdo's Egg • Bob-omb • Bowser's Shell • Chain Chomp • Giant Banana • Golden Mushroom • Green Fireball • Heart • Red Fireball • Red Shell • Triple Green Shells • Triple Red Shells • Yoshi's Egg
Course objects Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Car (Mushroom-shaped) • Dash Panel • Item Box • Kart • Ramp • Yoshi Cookie
Background characters and species Baby Bowser • Boo • Donkey Kong Jr. • Hammer Bro • Helicopter Yoshi • Kamek • Lakitu • Noki • Koopa Paratroopa • Pianta • Poochy • Shy Guy • Snifit • Toad • Train • Toadsworth
Enemies and obstacles Big Pokey • Bomb-car • Boulder • Bus • Car • Cargo truck • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Freezie • Ghost • Goomba • Ice • Lava • Mechanical Bowser • Mechanical Piranha Plant • Noshi • Piranha Plant • Pit Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Skating Shy Guy • Snowman • Table • Thwomp • Warp Pipe • Wiggler Wagon
Techniques Double Dash • Drift • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide Attack
Battle modes Balloon Battle • Shine Thief • Bob-omb Blast
Music "GCN Baby Park" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Miscellaneous All Cup Tour • Brands • Daisy Cruiser • Finish line • Gallery • Glitches • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! matching game • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mushroom Cup guide • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Scene of the Crime • Staff
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