Toad's Factory (theme)
| "Toad's Factory" | |
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| "Toad's Factory" in Mario Kart Wii | |
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| Composed by: Unknown | |
| Key | C minor |
| First appearance | Mario Kart Wii (2008) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) |
"Toad's Factory"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart Wii, where it plays in the race course of the same name. The first seven seconds of the theme do not play at the start of the race. Instead, the theme restarts from the beginning when the player takes the large jump after the red room. This is the only course in the entire Mario Kart series where this happens, therefore making it practically impossible to hear the entire theme under normal circumstances (unless one were to simply sit in place long enough for the theme to play through). The restart did not occur during the Toad's Factory tournament.
History[edit]
Mario Kart Wii[edit]
Mario Kart Wii marks the first appearance of "Toad's Factory". Additional clapping is added to instrumentation when the player is in the second room containing the alternating conveyor belts. In the official Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack album, both the original version and the clapping remix are played in sequence on the same track, titled 「キノピオファクトリー」 (Kinopio Fakutorī, "Toad's Factory").
 キノピオファクトリー - The remix heard in Mario Kart Wii | File info 0:30 |
Mario Kart World[edit]
In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Toad's Factory" plays when racing in the course of the same name. As with Mario Kart Wii, the first seven seconds of the theme do not play in a traditional three-lap race. Unlike Mario Kart Wii, however, the theme no longer restarts from the beginning after the player leaves the red room. Instead, the full intro plays when reaching the course from a route or during a rally. The clapping remix from Mario Kart Wii is omitted, with the full arrangement instead playing throughout the entire course.
When approaching Toad's Factory from a route or during a rally before reaching the course's finish line, a simple prelude arrangement of "Toad's Factory" plays, featuring a piano melody over a backing electric guitar. An additional arrangement of the prelude theme without the piano or the bass plays when starting the race in the Acorn Rally. In Knockout Tour, approaching the next course causes the theme to transition into a coda.
| Toad's Factory - The prelude arrangement for routes and rallies heard in Mario Kart World | File info 0:30 |
| Toad's Factory - The prelude arrangement for the Acorn Rally heard in Mario Kart World | File info 0:30 |
| Toad's Factory - The race course arrangement heard in Mario Kart World | File info 0:30 |
| Toad's Factory - The coda heard in Mario Kart World | File info 0:02 |
List of Super Mario appearances[edit]
Games[edit]
| Work | System | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart Wii | Wii | 2008 | Original | 「キノピオファクトリー」 (Kinopio Fakutorī)[2] | |
| Remix | |||||
| Mario Kart World | Nintendo Switch 2 | 2025 | Arrangement | "Toad's Factory"[1] |
Albums[edit]
| Work | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack | 2011 | Original | 「キノピオファクトリー」 (Kinopio Fakutorī) | |
| Past remix (Mario Kart Wii) |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キノピオファクトリー[2] Kinopio Fakutorī |
Toad's Factory |
Notes[edit]
- "Toad's Factory" is one of three race course themes in Mario Kart Wii where its intro is not skipped on the third lap, the other two being "Ghost Valley" and "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway", as the latter lacks one.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mario Kart World pause menu
- ^ a b Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack
