Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit theme)

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"Rainbow Road"
"Rainbow Road" in Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Screenshot of a cameo: Bowser's Castle from Paper Mario.
Composed by:
Unknown (either Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, or Minako Hamano)
First appearance Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)
Quotes from
"Rainbow Road" (Super Mario Kart)
"Rainbow Road" (Mario Kart 64)
Quoted by
"Rainbow Road Medley" (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS)

"Rainbow Road"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, where it plays in the race course of the same name.

History[edit]

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit marks the first appearance of "Rainbow Road". The intro is based on "Rainbow Road" from Super Mario Kart. Said intro is skipped for the final lap version of the theme, as well as every time it resets from a Super Star or Boo. This is the only theme in Mario Kart: Super Circuit with this distinction, as well as the first theme in the entire Mario Kart series to have its final lap variant altered beyond increased tempo or pitch.

Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, a liquid funk arrangement of "Rainbow Road" can play on any VS Race route during nighttime. It is fully titled "Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)" in the Nintendo Music app. This arrangement omits the intro.

Icon of an audio speaker. Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World
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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Main article: Rainbow Road Medley

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, a medley arrangement of "Rainbow Road" from Mario Kart 7, "Rainbow Road" from Mario Kart DS, and "Rainbow Road" from Mario Kart: Super Circuit arranged by Ryo Watanabe can play in the Rainbow Road stage and Smash Run. It is titled the "Rainbow Road Medley" in the game's sound test.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Game Boy Advance 2001 Original
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2014 Arrangement "Rainbow Road Medley"[2] Ryo Watanabe
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)"[1]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music) 2026[a] Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) "Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)"
  1. ^ Added to the album on July 20, 2026

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese レインボーロード
Reinbō Rōdo		 Rainbow Road [1]
Spanish Senda Arcoiris Rainbow Road [3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music)
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sound test
  3. ^ Mario Kart World pause menu (Ver. 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.7.0)
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Mario Kart: Super Circuit
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Star Cup Snow Land • Ribbon Road • Yoshi Desert • Bowser Castle 3
Special Cup Lakeside Park • Broken Pier • Bowser Castle 4 • Rainbow Road
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