Throne Room

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"Throne Room"
"Throne Room" in Super Mario Bros. 3
The image for "Throne Room" from Super Mario Bros. 3 on Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key A minor
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)

"Throne Room"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for Super Mario Bros. 3, where it plays during the cutscenes with the transformed kings that are seen before and after each airship course.

History[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 marks the first appearance of "Throne Room". It is also included in the official albums Super Mario World, Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3, and Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, an arrangement of "Throne Room" plays during the flashback cutscenes shown after a Royal Sticker is collected. It particularly resembles the Super Mario All-Stars arrangement of "Throne Room".

Icon of an audio speaker. Royal Sticker Obtained - The arrangement heard in Paper Mario: Sticker Star
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Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

In Paper Mario: Color Splash, a nearly identical version of the Paper Mario: Sticker Star arrangement is heard during the cutscene after Mario collects a Big Paint Star. This recording has a higher audio quality, and different piano notes in the backing track. It is found on the record for The Crimson Tower at the Prisma Museum, where it is titled "You Got the Paint Star!".

Icon of an audio speaker. You Got the Paint Star! - The arrangement heard in Paper Mario: Color Splash
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List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo Entertainment System 1988 Original "Throne Room"[1] Koji Kondo
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Nintendo 3DS 2012 Arrangement
Paper Mario: Color Splash Wii U 2016 Arrangement "You Got the Paint Star!"[2]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「王様の部屋」 (Ōsama no heya) Koji Kondo
Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3 2004 Original 「王様の部屋」 (Ōsama no heya) Koji Kondo
Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music 2004 Original 「王様の部屋」 (Ōsama no heya) Koji Kondo

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Throne Room" Koji Kondo
  1. ^ Added on March 9, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

"Throne Room"[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese 王様の部屋
Ōsama no heya
King's room [1]

"You Got the Paint Star!"[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese きらめく大ペンキスター ? [2]
Dutch Je hebt de verfster! ? [2]
French (Canadian) La grande Étoile peinte! ? [2]
French (European) Étoile de couleur obtenue ! ? [2]
German Farbstern erhalten! ? [2]
Italian Mega vernistella ? [2]
Portuguese Megaestrela de tinta obtida! ? [2]
Russian Мегазвезда краски! ? [2]
Spanish (Latin American) ¡La estrella cromática! ? [2]
Spanish (European) La estrella iris ? [2]

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