Toad Circuit (theme)

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"Toad Circuit"
"Toad Circuit" in Mario Kart 7
Toad Circuit in Mario Kart 7
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Unknown (either Kenta Nagata or Satomi Terui)
Key D Mixolydian
First appearance Mario Kart 7 (2011)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)
Quotes from
"Luigi Raceway" (Mario Kart 64)
"Mario Kart 7 Title Screen" (Mario Kart 7)
Quoted by
"Neo Bowser City" (Mario Kart 7)

"Toad Circuit",[1] also known as "Mario Circuit"[1] or simply "Circuit",[2] is a musical theme in Mario Kart 7, where it plays in Toad Circuit and Mario Circuit. This theme is an upbeat composition that utilizes an organ, and it quotes "Mario Kart 7 Title Screen" from the same game and "Luigi Raceway" from Mario Kart 64 approximately 38 seconds in.

History[edit]

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Main article: Neo Bowser City (theme)

Mario Kart 7 marks the first appearance of "Toad Circuit". A looping drum set beat is added to the instrumentation whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place.

A techno medley arrangement of "Toad Circuit" and "Mario Kart 7 Title Screen" from the same game, "Toad's Turnpike" from Mario Kart 64, and "Luigi Circuit" from Mario Kart Wii plays in Neo Bowser City. It is likewise titled "Neo Bowser City" in the Nintendo Music app.

Icon of an audio speaker. Toad Circuit (Frontrunning) - The frontrunning version heard in Mario Kart 7
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Icon of an audio speaker. Neo Bowser City - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 7
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Mario Kart Arcade GP DX[edit]

In Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, the intro of the theme that plays in Peach Castle is based on that of "Toad Circuit".

Icon of an audio speaker. Peach Castle - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
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Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Main article: Tokyo Blur (theme)

In Mario Kart Tour, the source-quality version of "Toad Circuit" plays in 3DS Toad Circuit and 3DS Mario Circuit.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as part of Wave 1 of the Booster Course Pass, an arrangement of "Toad Circuit" plays in 3DS Toad Circuit. It is likewise titled "3DS Toad Circuit" in the Nintendo Music app. It is an enhanced, remastered version that uses higher-quality samples and slightly different instrumentation. A looping drum set beat is added to the instrumentation whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place.

Icon of an audio speaker. 3DS Toad Circuit - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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Icon of an audio speaker. 3DS Toad Circuit (Frontrunning) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, a jazz fusion arrangement of "Toad Circuit" based on the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe arrangement can play in Free Roam and on any VS Race route during the day. It is fully titled "Toad Circuit (Mario Kart 7)" in the Nintendo Music app.

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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

Exclusively in the Wii U version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, an excerpt of "Toad Circuit" plays during one of Donkey Kong's idle animations, where he plays Mario Kart 7 on a Nintendo 3DS XL.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

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In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a medley arrangement of "Toad Circuit" and "Neo Bowser City" from the same game can play in the Mario Circuit stage. It is titled "Circuit (Mario Kart 7)" in the game's sound test, and it was arranged by Junichi Nakatsuru. It is also included in the official album Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, "Circuit (Mario Kart 7)" from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Mario Kart-series stage. It is titled "Circuit - Mario Kart 7" in the game's sound test.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart 7 Nintendo 3DS 2011 Original "Toad Circuit"[1]
"Mario Circuit"[1]
Remix
Arrangement "Neo Bowser City"[1]
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Arcade 2013 Arrangement
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Wii U 2014 Original
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Circuit (Mario Kart 7)"[3] Junichi Nakatsuru
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U) "Circuit - Mario Kart 7"[4] Junichi Nakatsuru
Mario Kart Tour iOS, Android 2019 Original
2019[a] Arrangement
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2022[b] Arrangement "3DS Toad Circuit"[5]
Remix
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Toad Circuit (Mario Kart 7)"[6]
  1. ^ Added in the Tokyo Tour on October 8, 2019
  2. ^ Added in Wave 1 of the Booster Course Pass on March 18, 2022

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U) "Circuit (Mario Kart 7)" Junichi Nakatsuru
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music) 2024 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) "3DS Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo Music) 2025 Original "Toad Circuit"
"Mario Circuit"
Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music) 2026[a] Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) "Toad Circuit (Mario Kart 7)"
  1. ^ Added to the album on August 3, 2026

Names in other languages[edit]

"Toad Circuit"[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese キノピオサーキット
Kinopio Sākitto		 Toad Circuit [1]
Chinese (Traditional) 奇諾比奧賽道
Qínuòbǐ'ào Sàidào		 Toad Racetrack [1]
Dutch Toads Circuit Toad's Circuit [7]
Korean 키노피오 서킷
Kinopio Seokit		 Toad Circuit [1]
Spanish Circuito Toad Toad Circuit [7]

"Mario Circuit"[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese マリオサーキット
Mario Sākitto		 Mario Circuit [1]
Chinese (Traditional) 瑪利歐賽道
Mǎlì'ōu Sàidào		 Mario Racetrack [1]
Korean 마리오 서킷
Mario Seokit		 Mario Circuit [1]

Notes[edit]

  • On the Nintendo Music app, "Toad Circuit" is labeled as "Selects", classifying it as one "of the very best tracks from the Nintendo Music library", originating from Mario Kart 7. "Toad Circuit" shares this title with "Mario Kart 7 Title Screen" and "Rainbow Road".

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo Music)
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. series sound tests
  3. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sound test
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test
  5. ^ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music)
  6. ^ Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music)
  7. ^ a b Mario Kart World pause menu (Ver. 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.7.0)
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. (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" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Theme" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Funky the Main Monkey (Funky's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)" • "Token Tango (Bonus Level)"
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! "Big Boss Blues"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Island" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Jungle Hijinxs" • "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" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Title BGM" • "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" • "Throne Room" • "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" • "Rescuing Princess Peach" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins "Main Theme"
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 "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mario Vs. Luigi - Final Results" • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Aquatic Race" • "Attack of the Airships" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Beach Bowl Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Deep Dark Galaxy" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Help!" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "Star Ball" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "A Tense Moment" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Airship Theme" • "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Digga-Leg" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • Castle Theme[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade" • World 2-3's theme[conjectural]
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Beep Block Skyway" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City" • "Peronza Plaza" • "Steam Gardens" • "Tostarena Ruins"
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)" • "Battle Mode" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "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" • "Bowser's Castle" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Figure-8 Circuit" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Tick-Tock Clock" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "DK Jungle" • "Music Park" • "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi franchise Yoshi "Mushroom BGM"
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"
Wario franchise Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 "Main Theme"
Wario Land 3 "Out of the Woods"[conjectural]
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"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"[conjectural] • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "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" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "The Mario Drawing Song" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Mario Kart 7
Drivers Starting Mario • Luigi • Peach • Yoshi • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Toad • Koopa Troopa
Unlockable Daisy • Wario • Rosalina • Metal Mario • Shy Guy • Honey Queen • Wiggler • Lakitu • Mii
Karts and parts New karts Standard • Gold Standard • Birthday Girl • Bumble V • Bruiser • Soda Jet • Tiny Tug • Cact-X • Koopa Clown • Cloud 9 • Zucchini • Blue Seven • Bolt Buggy
Returning karts B Dasher • Egg 1 • Barrel Train • Pipe Frame
Tires Standard • Gold Tires • Roller • Slim • Slick • Sponge • Mushroom • Wood • Red Monster • Monster
Gliders Super Glider • Gold Glider • Peach Parasol • Flower Glider • Beast Glider • Swooper • Paraglider
Courses Mushroom Cup Toad Circuit • Daisy Hills • Cheep Cheep Lagoon • Shy Guy Bazaar
Flower Cup Wuhu Loop • Mario Circuit • Music Park • Rock Rock Mountain
Star Cup Piranha Plant Slide • Wario Shipyard • Neo Bowser City • Maka Wuhu
Special Cup DK Jungle • Rosalina's Ice World • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Shell Cup N64 Luigi Raceway • GBA Bowser Castle 1 • Wii Mushroom Gorge • DS Luigi's Mansion
Banana Cup N64 Koopa Troopa Beach • SNES Mario Circuit 2 • Wii Coconut Mall • DS Waluigi Pinball
Leaf Cup N64 Kalimari Desert • DS DK Pass • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Maple Treeway
Lightning Cup Wii Koopa Cape • GCN Dino Dino Jungle • DS Airship Fortress • SNES Rainbow Road
Battle stages New stages Honeybee Hive • Sherbet Rink • Wuhu Town
Returning stages GBA Battle Course 1 • N64 Big Donut • DS Palm Shore
Items Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Coin • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Item Box • Lightning • Lucky Seven • Mushroom • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Star • Super Leaf • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Objects Cannon • Crate • Current • Cutting torch • Glide Ramp • Hot-air balloon • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Ramp • Ring • Spinning tube / Paddle wheel • Water Geyser
Enemies and obstacles Anchor • Banzai Bill • Barrel • Board • Boulder • Bouncing Note • Bumper • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Cutting torch • Drain pipe • Fish Bone • Flipper • Flying Shy Guy • Frogoon • Goomba • Honey • Ice • Jar • Lava • Mountain Goat • Noshi • Oil slick • Penguin • Pinball • Piranha Plant • Puddle • Rocky Wrench • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Snake jar • Stingby • Super Thwomp • Swoop • Table • Tiki Goon • Thwomp • Traffic (Car • Pickup truck) • Train • Walking Tree • Water Geyser
Background characters Birdo • Boo • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Lakitu • Monty Mole • Shy Guy • Toad • Unagi
Techniques Drift • Hop • Jump action • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Turn
Battle modes Balloon Battle • Coin Runners
Music "Bowser's Castle" • "Daisy Hills" • "DK Jungle" • "Mario Kart 7 Title Screen" • "Music Park" • "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Rock Rock Mountain" • "Rosalina's Ice World" • "Shy Guy Bazaar" • "Toad Circuit" • "Wario Shipyard" • "Wuhu Loop / Maka Wuhu"
Miscellaneous Children's Puzzle Mario Kart • Daisy Cruiser • DK's Tree House • Emblem • Finish line • First-Person View • Gallery • Ghost • Glitches • In-game statistics • Item probability distributions • Iwata Asks • Kart • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • New sponsors • Staff • Suntory • Underwater driving • Trophy
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