Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM

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"Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM"
"Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" in Super Mario Bros. 3
The image for "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" from Super Mario Bros. 3 on Nintendo Music
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Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key C major
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)

"Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM"[1] is a musical theme composed for the Spade Panel and N-Mark Spade Panel minigames in Super Mario Bros. 3 by Koji Kondo. The theme consists of a simple repeating ascending bassline with jazz snare drum percussion.

Reuses[edit]

The following list does not include ports or remakes of Super Mario Bros. 3.

Game Description
Super Mario Bros. Wonder The theme plays during the Wonder Effect in Taily's Toxic Pond. It is titled "Quizzy-Question Wonder" in Nintendo Music.

Arrangements[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario All-Stars[edit]

An enhanced 16-bit arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" is used for the Spade Panel minigame in the Super Mario Bros. 3 remake in Super Mario All-Stars.

The arrangement returns for the same purpose in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition.

Icon of an audio speaker. Slot BGM / Concentration BGM - The arrangement heard in Super Mario All-Stars
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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

An arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" arranged by Taiju Suzuki similar to one heard in Super Mario All-Stars can be heard in the Game Boy Advance reissue of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. This version is more compressed than the Super Mario All-Stars version and uses different, lower-quality synthetic instruments.

Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

In Super Mario 64 DS, an arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" arranged by Kenta Nagata plays during the Wanted!, Connect the Characters, and Mario's Slides minigames.

Wanted! and Mario's Slides return in New Super Mario Bros., along with the theme's arrangement.

Icon of an audio speaker. Wanted! / Connect the Characters / Mario's Slides - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 64 DS
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Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Super Mario Odyssey features an arrangement of the theme, titled "Spinning Slots" in the in-game Music List and "Yay! Slots Away!" in the Nintendo Music app. This arrangement features an acoustic double bass playing the main melody with snare drum percussion accompaniment. It plays during the Slots minigame.

Icon of an audio speaker. Spinning Slots - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Odyssey
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Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

In Super Mario Maker 2, an arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" plays during the Match & Win! minigame, which is based on the Spade Panel minigame from Super Mario Bros. 3, in green Toad Houses on the World Maker world map. This arrangement sounds very similar to the Super Mario All-Stars version of the theme; however, the guitar used for the melody cuts off each note much more quickly than the Super Mario All-Stars version.

Icon of an audio speaker. Match & Win! - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Maker 2
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, an arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" is included in the theme heard during the game's credits, "Starry-Staff Wonder".

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, an arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" arranged by Yoko Shimomura, titled "A Little Anxious," plays in Grate Guy's Casino.

Icon of an audio speaker. A Little Anxious - The arrangement heard in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
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Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star features an even jazzier arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" that plays in Snifit or Whiffit whenever the Host Snifit introduces each challenge. The main melody is played on bass and trombone with snare drum percussion and piano accompaniment. The arrangement also includes a modulation and occasional jazz piano runs and fills.

Icon of an audio speaker. Your Answers, Please! - The arrangement heard in Paper Mario: Sticker Star
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Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

A rearrangement of the version used in Paper Mario: Sticker Star appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash, for Snifit or Whiffit: Seabed Edition. It is titled "Your Answers, Please!" in the Prisma Museum sound gallery, under the record for Cobalt Base.

Icon of an audio speaker. Your Answers, Please! - The arrangement heard in Paper Mario: Color Splash
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Mario Party: Island Tour[edit]

In Mario Party: Island Tour, a medley arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" and "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" titled "Slowly bubble up..." plays during the minigames Tap Dash, Tile Savvy, Spin the Bubble, Cheep Diamonds, and Spin and Bear It.

Icon of an audio speaker. Slowly bubble up... - The arrangement heard in Mario Party: Island Tour
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, an arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" can be heard in "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom" while Mario and Toad make their way through Toad Town on their way to Peach's Castle.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo Entertainment System 1988 Original "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM"[1] Koji Kondo
Super Mario All-Stars Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1993 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1996 Arrangement Yoko Shimomura
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Boy Advance 2003 Arrangement Taiju Suzuki
Super Mario 64 DS Nintendo DS 2004 Arrangement Kenta Nagata
New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo DS 2006 Past arrangement (Super Mario 64 DS) Kenta Nagata
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Wii 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Nintendo 3DS 2012 Arrangement
Mario Party: Island Tour Nintendo 3DS 2013 Arrangement "Slowly bubble up..."
Paper Mario: Color Splash Wii U 2016 Arrangement "Your Answers, Please!"
Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch 2017 Arrangement "Spinning Slots"
"Yay! Slots Away!"[1] 		Naoto Kubo
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 20201 Arrangement
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2023 Original "Quizzy-Question Wonder" Koji Kondo
Arrangement "Starry-Staff Wonder"

1 - Added in the 3.0.0 update

Film and television[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 Arrangement "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom" Brian Tyler

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「スロット面BGM」 (Surotto-Men BGM) Koji Kondo
Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3 2004 Original 「スロットBGM／神経衰弱BGM」 (Surotto BGM / Shinkei Suijaku BGM) Koji Kondo
Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music 2004 Original 「スロットBGM／神経衰弱BGM」 (Surotto BGM / Shinkei Suijaku BGM) Koji Kondo
Super Mario Odyssey Original Soundtrack 2017 Arrangement 「スロットやろっと」 (Surotto Yarotto) Naoto Kubo
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023 Arrangement "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom" Brian Tyler

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
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Recurring themes
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 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" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "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" • "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 "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's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "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" • "Switch On!"
Super Mario 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 "Puzzle Plank" • "Theme of SMG2"
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 "Award Ceremony" • "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" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN Yoshi Circuit"
Mario Kart DS "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" • "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"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "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" • "Totaka's Song"
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Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses Boom Boom • Big Booa • Fake Bowsera • Koopalings (Larry Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moona • Advance Coina • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomeranga • Cape Feathera • Card • Coin • e-Coina • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer • Hammer Suit • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushrooma • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetablea
Objects Main game ? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Brick floor • Bridge • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Canoe • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Drawbridge • Elevator block • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Floor • Frozen Coin • Giant Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Gun barrel • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Island • Jump Block • Lift • Locked Door • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coina • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rock • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • White Block • White Block (platform) • Wood Block
World-ea !-Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Goal Pole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Jumping Board • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake platform • Soft sand • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario • Caped Marioa
Switch Cardsa 1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up!! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
Worlds Grass Land • Desert Land • Water Land • Giant Land • Sky Land • Ice Land • Pipe Land • Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-ea
Locations e-Coin Castlea • Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel · Spade Panel · Start Panel) • Toad's House • Treasure Ship
Enemies Main game Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober • Bloober baby • Bloober with kids • Bob-omb • "Boo" Diddly • Boomerang Brother • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Brother • Fire Chomp • Firesnake • Giant Koopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Brother • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Roto-Disc • Scattering Bloober • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Piranha
World-ea Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler
Obstacles Bowser Statue • Candy ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Diagonal cannon • Falling spikea • Fire-Bara • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Lava • Pit • Quartet-cannon • Rocket Engine • Shifting wall • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e mini-gamesa Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
Music "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Miscellaneous Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time Limit
Further info Completion • e-Readera • e-Reader cardsa • Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4) • Glitches (Super Mario Advance 4) • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content (Super Mario Advance 4) • Quotes • Staff • Super Mario World
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