Powerful Mario (theme)

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"Powerful Mario"
"Powerful Mario" in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The image for "Powerful Mario" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key C major
BPM 150
Time signature 2
2
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)

"Powerful Mario"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where it plays when Baby Mario becomes Superstar Mario, when playing Mini Battles, and in certain sub-areas. It is an arrangement of "Invincibility BGM" from Super Mario Bros.. This arrangement introduces a countermelody that would later reappear in Super Mario 64 and numerous later games.

History[edit]

Yoshi franchise[edit]

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

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island marks its first appearance.

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

In Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, the main melody of the theme uses a different instrument from the original Yoshi's Island arrangement.

Icon of an audio speaker. パワフル赤ちゃん
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Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]

In Yoshi Touch & Go, an arrangement based on Yoshi's Island's arrangement plays when Baby Mario collects a Super Star in Time Attack mode, which speeds up when the invincibility is about to wear off.

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Yoshi's New Island[edit]

Yoshi's New Island uses a ukulele arrangement that plays the countermelody from Yoshi's Island's arrangement on glockenspiel.

Icon of an audio speaker. STAGE STAR (2 channels)
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Icon of an audio speaker. STAGE STAR (4 channels)
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Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS use an arrangement titled "Powerful Mario" in the official soundtrack and the Nintendo Music app for Wing Mario, Vanish Mario, and when a character rides or swims with a Koopa Shell. "Powerful Mario" reuses the countermelody from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island's arrangement, and is itself reused in New Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario Maker while Mario is wearing the Mario costume and has Super Star invincibility.

Icon of an audio speaker. Powerful Mario[1]
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Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Super Mario 64 DS introduces arrangements of "Powerful Mario" for while the player character is riding Hoot and while Mario has Floating Power. The minigames Bounce and Pounce and Bounce and Trounce use another variation as background music, where an electric piano takes over for both the melody and countermelody. This arrangement returns in New Super Mario Bros. for the latter minigame, as well as Balloon Racing, Jumping Brothers, and Jumping Sudden Death, and in the gallery of the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. The minigame arrangement that returns in New Super Mario Bros. is titled "Balloon Racing" in the Nintendo Music app.

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Icon of an audio speaker. "Balloon Racing"[1]
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Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy uses an arrangement with the countermelody from Yoshi's Island's arrangement for Rainbow Mario, which accelerates over time to reinforce that the power-up is temporary.

Icon of an audio speaker. "Rainbow Mario"[2]
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Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy 2 uses a slightly updated version of Super Mario Galaxy's arrangement with added cymbals.

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Super Mario Run[edit]

In Super Mario Run, a techno arrangement plays after obtaining a Super Star in Remix 10 mode. The theme incorporates the countermelody originally heard in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Icon of an audio speaker. Invincibility BGM (Remix 10)
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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, an arrangement of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island's arrangement titled "It's My Turn" is used during the Star 'Stache Smash minigame. In the game's remake, however, an arrangement of "Do It Now!" from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is used instead.

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Gallery[edit]

  • Image for "Powerful Mario" from Super Mario 64 on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Powerful Mario" from Super Mario 64 on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Super Star" from New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Super Star" from New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Balloon Racing" from New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Balloon Racing" from New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Rainbow Mario" from Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Rainbow Mario" from Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Music

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1995 Original "Powerful Mario" Koji Kondo
Super Mario 64 1996 Arrangement "Powerful Mario" Koji Kondo
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 2002 Arrangement Taiju Suzuki
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 2003 Arrangement "It's My Turn" Yoko Shimomura
Super Mario 64 DS 2004 Past arrangement (Super Mario 64) Koji Kondo
Arrangement Kenta Nagata
Yoshi Touch & Go 2005 Arrangement
New Super Mario Bros. 2006 Past arrangement (Super Mario 64) "Super Star"[1] Koji Kondo
Past arrangement (Super Mario 64 DS) "Balloon Racing"[1] Kenta Nagata
Super Mario Galaxy 2007 Arrangement "Rainbow Mario" Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010 Arrangement Mahito Yokota
Yoshi's New Island 2014 Arrangement Masayoshi Ishi
Super Mario Maker 2015 Past arrangement (Super Mario 64) Koji Kondo
Super Mario Run 2017[a] Arrangement
Super Mario 3D All-Stars 2020 Past arrangement (Super Mario 64) "Powerful Mario" Koji Kondo
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy) "Rainbow Mario" Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2025 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy) "Rainbow Mario" Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy) "Rainbow Mario"
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
  1. ^ Added as downloadable content

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version 1995 Original パワフル赤ちゃん ("Powerful Baby") Koji Kondo
Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack 1996 Past arrangement (Super Mario 64) "Powerful Mario" Koji Kondo
Nintendo 64 Original Soundtrack Greatest Hits 1996 Past arrangement (Super Mario 64) "Wing Cap Mario" Koji Kondo
Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack 2008 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy) "Rainbow Mario" Mahito Yokota

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack
  3. ^ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions sound test
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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" • "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 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"
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
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)"
Wario franchise 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"
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"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM (Excitebike)" • "Totakeke's theme"
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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)
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
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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" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Boss" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Miscellaneous Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
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