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:
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Key D Mixolydian, D Dorian
First appearance Mario Kart 7 (2011)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Toad Circuit,"[1] also known as "Mario Circuit,"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart 7, where it plays in Toad Circuit and Mario Circuit. This theme is an upbeat track that utilizes an organ, and it also incorporates portions of "Mario Kart 7 Title Screen."

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 of "Toad Circuit" whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place.

An arrangement of "Toad Circuit" is incorporated in the theme that 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, an arrangement of the first few notes of "Toad Circuit" is incorporated into the theme that plays in Peach Castle.

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

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Main article: Tour Tokyo Blur (theme)

In Mario Kart Tour, the source quality version of "Toad Circuit" plays in 3DS Toad Circuit. Moreover, an arrangement of the ending section of "Toad Circuit" is incorporated into the theme that plays in Tokyo Blur.

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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Mario Kart World[edit]

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In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Toad Circuit" based on the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe version can play in Free Roam and during routes in VS Race.

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] Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Arcade 2013 Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Circuit (Mario Kart 7)"[2] Junichi Nakatsuru
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U) "Circuit - Mario Kart 7"[3] Junichi Nakatsuru
Mario Kart Tour iOS, Android 2019 Original
2019[g 1] Arrangement
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2022[g 2] Arrangement "3DS Toad Circuit"[1]
Remix
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement
  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

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2024 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) "3DS Toad Circuit"
2025[g 1] Original "Toad Circuit" / "Mario Circuit"
  1. ^ Added on April 30, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

"Toad Circuit"[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese キノピオサーキット[1]
Kinopio Sākitto 		Toad Circuit

"Mario Circuit"[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マリオサーキット[1]
Mario Sākitto 		Mario Circuit

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 Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sound test
  3. ^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test
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Recurring themes and sound effects
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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" • "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 Isle" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. "Coin" • "Game Start" • "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "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" • "Pause" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "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" • "Music Box" • "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 "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "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 ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Star Catch Fanfare" • "Toad's Message"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
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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 "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
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!"
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Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Koopa Castle Course" • "GBA Mario Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "GCN Baby Park" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "DS Cheep Cheep Beach" • "DS Peach Gardens" • "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" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise"
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Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)"
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WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
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Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
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Miscellaneous "Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Mute City" • "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
Retro 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 Retro stages GBA Battle Course 1 • N64 Big Donut • DS Palm Shore
New stages Honeybee Hive • Sherbet Rink • Wuhu Town
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 • Car • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Cutting torch • Drain pipe • Fish Bone • Flipper • Flying Shy Guy • Frogoon • Goomba • Honey • Ice • Jar / Snake jar • Lava • Mountain Goat • Noshi • Oil slick • Penguin • Pickup truck • Pinball • Piranha Plant • Puddle • Rocky Wrench • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Snake • Stingby • Super Thwomp • Swoop • Table • Tiki Goon • Thwomp • 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 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Rosalina's Ice World" • "Toad Circuit" • "Wario Shipyard"
Miscellaneous Daisy Cruiser • DK's Tree House • Emblem • Finish line • First-Person View • Gallery • Ghost • Glitches • In-game statistics • Item probability distributions • Kart • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • New sponsors • Staff • Underwater driving • Trophy
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