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Frontrunning beats

Frontrunning beats
Composed by:
Unknown
Key Atonal
BPM Varies
Time signature Varies, usually 4
4
First appearance Mario Kart 7 (2011)
Latest appearance Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)

Frontrunning beats are a simple, looping drum set beat in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8. It is layered on top of the current course's music when the player is not in 50cc, in first place, driving at top speed, and far enough away from second place.

Composition

The beat consists of a kick, snare and some hi-hats. Some courses also add their own additional instruments.

History

Mario Kart 7

In Mario Kart 7, frontrunning beats are sequenced, and stored in a sequence and soundfont file. All courses have their own BPM value that they set the beat to to match their music. Non-returning battle courses also have their own BPM value for their frontrunning beats, despite the Battle mode not using them.

Icon of an audio speaker. Music Park
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Icon of an audio speaker. Music Park (Frontrunning)
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DS Waluigi Pinball and DS Airship Fortress have dedicated frontrunning beats that are unique to those courses:

Icon of an audio speaker. SEQ_SYNC_BEAT_WALUIGI_PINBALL - The frontrunning beats heard in DS Waluigi Pinball
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Icon of an audio speaker. SEQ_SYNC_BEAT_KILLER_SHIP - The frontrunning beats heard in DS Airship Fortress
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Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

In Mario Kart 8 and its Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, frontrunning beats are now streamed and use higher quality samples. Courses also have more dedicated frontrunning beats; they have their own slightly different mixing, and some even have unique intros and time signatures.

Frontrunning beats with alternate or additional instruments

Icon of an audio speaker. Bowser's Castle (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in Bowser's Castle.
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Icon of an audio speaker. SNES Donut Plains 3 (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in SNES Donut Plains 3.
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Icon of an audio speaker. Dragon Driftway (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in Dragon Driftway.
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Icon of an audio speaker. 3DS Neo Bowser City (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in 3DS Neo Bowser City.
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Frontrunning beats with unique intros

Icon of an audio speaker. Bone-Dry Dunes (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in Bone-Dry Dunes.
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Icon of an audio speaker. Wii Moo Moo Meadows (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in Wii Moo Moo Meadows.
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Icon of an audio speaker. GCN Dry Dry Desert (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in GCN Dry Dry Desert.
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Icon of an audio speaker. N64 Yoshi Valley (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in N64 Yoshi Valley.
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Icon of an audio speaker. DS Tick-Tock Clock (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in DS Tick-Tock Clock.
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Icon of an audio speaker. N64 Rainbow Road (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in N64 Rainbow Road.
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Icon of an audio speaker. Mute City (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in Mute City.
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Icon of an audio speaker. GCN Baby Park (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in GCN Baby Park.
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Icon of an audio speaker. GBA Ribbon Road (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in GBA Ribbon Road.
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Icon of an audio speaker. Big Blue (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in Big Blue.
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Icon of an audio speaker. GBA Sky Garden (Frontrunning beats) - The frontrunning beats heard in GBA Sky Garden.
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Frontrunning beats in different time signatures

Icon of an audio speaker. Thwomp Ruins (Frontrunning beats) [12
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Icon of an audio speaker. Wild Woods (Frontrunning beats) [1
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Icon of an audio speaker. Tour Paris Promenade (Frontrunning beats) [3
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Icon of an audio speaker. DS Peach Gardens (Frontrunning beats) [3
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Icon of an audio speaker. Tour Athens Dash (Frontrunning beats) [12
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Icon of an audio speaker. Piranha Plant Cove (Frontrunning beats) [3
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Notes

  • GBA Cheese Land's frontrunning beats are out of sync from the music's percussion.
  • Wild Woods and Tour New York Minute are the only courses in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that do not have their frontrunning beats match the time signature of the theme.

Extra Long ? Block

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Extra Long ? Block
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Artwork from Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
Appears in Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park (2026)
Effect Turns blue with the text "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition"
Variant of Long ? Block

The Extra Long ? Block is a variant of the Long ? Block from Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park that is nine and a half tiles long. It appears for like five seconds in the game's first trailer. When hit, it turns blue, gains the loading screen's grid-like pattern, and displays the text "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition".

That's it. That's the whole article.

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder / Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Daisy • Rosalina* • Co-Star Luma* • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light-Blue Yoshi • Nabbit • Captain Toad* • Plucky*
Forms Power-ups Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Invincible Mario • Elephant Mario • Bubble Mario • Drill Mario • Flower Mario*
Wonder Effect forms Hoppycat Mario • Goomba Mario • Balloon Mario • Spike-Ball Mario • Wubba Mario • Sproing Mariob • Puffy Lift Marioa • Metal Mario
Other Ghost
Non-playable characters Ancient Dragon • Baby Yoshi* • Luma* • Poplins • (Angler Poplin · Curious Poplin* · Florist Poplin* · Loyal Poplin · Master Poplin · Poplin Band* · Recruit Poplin*) • Prince Florian • Professor Connect • Racing Wiggler • Talking Flowers • Tip-Tap* • Toad Brigade (Brigade Blue Toad* · Brigade Green Toad* · Brigade Purple Toad* · Brigade Yellow Toad* · Captain Toad)
Enemies Anglefish • Armad • Baboom • Big Fiery Note Piranhaa • Big Fire Piranha Plant • Big Goomba • Big Hoppycat • Big Piranha Plant • Big Seeker Bullet Bill • Big Shoomp • Big Smogrin • Big Snootle • Big Trottin' Piranha Plant • Blewbird • Bloomp • Bob-omb • Bone Goomba • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo (Roy's Showdown!*) • Bull's-Eye Billet Train • Bull's-Eye Gnawsher • Bullet Bill • Bulrush • Buzzy Beetle • Castle Bowser • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Cheep Cheep* • Cloud Piranha • Condart • Condrop • Cross Bob-omb* • Dry Bones • Fiery Note Piranha • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Spike • Flying Mechakoopa • Gamboo • Gnawsher • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Hefty Goomba • Hefty Goombrat • Hefty Smogrin • Hefty Swirlypod • Hoppo • Hoppycat • Hothead • Kamek • Kerpop • King Boo • Konk • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu trioa • Lava Blobble • Lava Bubble • Li'l Scorcher • Li'l Sparky • Maw-Maw • Mechakoopa • Melon Piranha Plant • Metal Gamboo • Missile Meg • Mumsy • Muncher • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Noknok • Outmaway • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokipede • Raargh • Revver • Rift Koopa • Rift Mario • Robbird • Rolla Koopa • Rrrumba • Seeker Bullet Bill • Serpont • Shoomp • Shova • Skedaddler • Sluglug • Smackerel • Smogrin • Snootle • Snortoise • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sproing • Swirlypod • Sugarstar • Taily • Thwomp • Trompette • Trottin' Bone Piranha Plant • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Urchin • Whohoo • Wonder Anglefish • Wonder Blewbird • Wonder Bloomp • Wonder Bulrush herd • Wonder Fish Bone* • Wonder Gnawsher • Wonder Hoppo • Wonder Hoppycat • Wonder Konk • Wonder Missile Meg • Wonder Piranhab • Wonder Shova • Wonder Smackerel • Wubba • Zip-Zap
Obstacles Bill Blaster • Bob-omb Cannon • Bowser statue • Bull's-Eye Blaster • Burner • Būsuke Hōdaic • Electricity Block • Electricity Cloud • Fire Bar • Fire Knuckle • Fire Wheel • Fireball • Flying battleship (Wonder Effect) • Giant Spiked Ball • Honey • Hot-Hot Rock • Ice • Lava • Lava Ball • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Lightning • Mecha Maker • Moving torch • Ōgata no Burnerc • Piston • Pit • Poison swamp • Poison tide • Rift • Sand • Spike-Ball • Spike Trap
Bosses Bowser Jr. / Wonder Bowser Jr. • Koopalings* (Wendy / Wendy (Wonder form) · Lemmy / Lemmy (Wonder form) · Larry / Larry (Wonder form) · Roy / Roy (Wonder form) · Iggy / Iggy (Wonder form) · Morton / Morton (Wonder form) · Ludwig / Ludwig (Wonder form)) • Bowser / Wonder Bowser
Items and power-ups Badges Parachute Cap • Wall-Climb Jump • Dolphin Kick • Floating High Jump • Crouching High Jump • Timed High Jump • Fast Dash • Grappling Vine • Boosting Spin Jump • Coin Reward • Auto Super Mushroom • Add ! Blocks • Safety Bounce • Rhythm Jump • Sensor • Coin Magnet • All Elephant Power • All Fire Power • All Bubble Power • All Drill Power • All Flower Power* • Jet Run • Spring Feet • Invisibility • Sound Off? • Fruit Lover* • Life Booster* • Zero Damage*
Other items 1-Up Mushroom • 10-Coin Balloon* • 10-flower coin • 30-Coin Balloon* • Bellabel Flower* • Bellabel Water* • Bellabel Water coin* • Big shell • Blue Coin • Bowser Balloon* • Bubble Flower • Buzzy Shell • Coin • Drill Mushroom • Elephant Fruit • Fire Flower • Flower coin • Hidden Coin • Light Vase* • Jar • Key • Koopa Shell • Red POW Block • Roller Skate* • Royal Seed • Small flower coinb • Standee • Standee Surprise • Super Flower Pot* • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Swirlypod Shellb • Wonder Flower • Wonder Seed • Wonder Token
Objects Blocks ! Block • ? Block • 10-Coin Block • Brick Block • Cactus box • Cloud Block • Crate • Donut Block • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Hard block • Hidden Character Block • Icy block • Invisible block • Iron Block • Jewel block • Launching ? Blockb • Launching Block • Light-Switch • Linking Lift • Long ? Block • Long Cloud Block • Long Donut Block • Long Rotating Blocka • Marimba Block • ON/OFF Switch • Peanut box • POW Block • Pumpkin box • Race Block • Rhythm Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Blockb • Snow Block • Spring Blockb • Timer-Switch • Turn Around Block • Wonder POW Block • Yureru Blockc
Other objects ! Switch • ? Capsuleb • ? Switch • Akatō Liftc • Arrow Sign • Beacon • Bomb • Bone Lift • Bridge • Bowser Switch • Bubble • Bumper • Cannon • Chandelier • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud • Coin blastera • Conveyor Belt • Cork • Current • Door • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Downpour Cloud • Flower Pedestal* • Fossilized dragon • Fune • Goal (Wiggler Race) • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (secret) • Goo • Handle • Hip Tree • Inchworm Pipe • Item Balloon • Jet Pipe • Key Door • Koopaling Clown Car* • Lakitu's Cloud • Large ! Switch • Lift • Lifting Shabonc • Marui Kic • Mienai Ashibac • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • Oseru Ashibac • Oseru Dokanc • P Switch • Pipe • Pole • Propeller Flower • Puffy Lift • Pump Lift • Rhythm Floorb • Semisolid Platform • Shikaku Trampolinec • Sign • Sinkin' Pipe • Spin Drill • Spotlight • Sprout* • Starpoint* • Topple Rock • Totchīc • Treasure chest • Triangoline • Ugoku Ashibac • Vine • Water • Water tide • Wow Bud • Zip Track
Locations Worlds Pipe-Rock Plateau • Fluff-Puff Peaks • Shining Falls • Sunbaked Desert • Fungi Mines • Deep Magma Bog • Petal Isles • Special World • Bellabel Park*
Level types Brigade tent* • Badge Challenge • Bonus • Break Time! • KO Arena • Poplin House • Search Party • Wiggler Race
Other Flower Castle • Flower Kingdom • Poplin Shop • Toad Brigade Training Camp*
Moves Boosting Spin Jump • Carry • Crouch • Crouching High Jump • Dash • Floating High Jump • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Looking up • Midair Spin • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Beat • Coin Heaven • Completion • Extra life • Greeting • Heart Points • Player shadow • Secret exit • Sub-area • Wonder Effect
Music Courses "Arena" • "Bonus: Coins Galore!" • "Coast Theme" • "Grassland Theme" ("Athletic Theme" • "Badge Challenge" • "Desert Theme" • "Epilogue: Come Back Again Sometime, Yeah?" • "Epilogue: Kingdom in Full Bloom" • "Palace Theme" • "Prologue: Adventure Awaits!" • "Prologue: The Flower Kingdom" • "Savanna Theme" • "Title Screen" • "Wiggler Race!") • "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Poplin House" ("Epilogue: Kingdom in Full Bloom" • "Off to Bellabel Park"* • "Staff Credits: Meetup in Bellabel Park"* • "World Clear!") • "Snowy-Mountain Theme"
Break Time! courses "Break Time! Raise the Stage" • "Break Time! Trottin' Piranha Plants" • "Break Time! Tunes 1" • "Break Time! Tunes 2"
Wonder Effects "Bendy-Boing Wonder" • "Doomy-Gloom Wonder" • "Medley-Mix Wonder" • "A Night at Boo's Opera" • "Piranha Plants on Parade" ("Bowser's Wonder Rush") • "Starry-Staff Wonder" • "Quizzy-Question Wonder" • "Zappy-Zone Wonder"
Worlds "World Theme: Attraction Central"* ("The Bellabel Flowers" • "Staff Credits: Meetup in Bellabel Park" • "Yeah, Attraction Clear!" • "You Got a Bellabel Flower!") • "World Theme: Pipe-Rock Plateau"
Jingles "Castle Bowser Demolished" • "Rosalina Appears" • "Too Bad!"
Other "Bowser's Theme" ("Bowser's Here!" • "Castle Bowser Battle") • "Captain Toad Goes Forth"* ("Fly Free, Captain Toad!" • "Staff Credits: Meetup in Bellabel Park" • "World Theme: Camp Central") • "Invincibility BGM" ("Shooty-Star Wonder" • "Super Star") • "The Toad Brigade" ("It's Captain Toad!" • "Training? Let's Go!"* • "You Got a Flag!"* • "You Got a Patch!"*) • "Underground BGM" ("Poison-Swamp Underground Theme" • "Underground Theme")
Further info 7-Eleven • Ask the Developer • Baskin-Robbins • Chō Mario Sugoroku 3 • Flowers* • Gallery • "Hop Chop Splat Oh-no! Song" • Glitches • Prince Florian sprite sightings • Quotes • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo (theme) • Online Play Guide • Staff (Meetup in Bellabel Park) • Suntory • Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary Trial Play Event • Super Mario Bros. Wonder Beginner Tips • Super Mario Bros. Wonder Chō‑Rittai Sugoroku • Super Mario Bros. Wonder Trading Cards • Super Mario Bros. Wonder Yurayura Jump Game • Wonder no Sekai e (Wonder Challenge Special)
b Uses a derived name
c Uses a foreign name
* Exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Related Play Nintendo activities
All about Super Mario Bros. Wonder • Badge bunch • Personality quiz: Movie match • Spring break adventures! • Which Mario Game Is Perfect for You?

Super Mario Maker naming scheme concepts

Theme titles

Game style/form - theme/sound effect/jingle (remix or mode identifier, if applicable)

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Exclusive to Super Mario Maker 2
  2. ^ a b Exclusive to the Link and SMB2 Mario forms
  3. ^ Exclusive to the Super Mario Bros. style
  4. ^ a b Exclusive to the Super Mario World style
  5. ^ Exclusive to the 2D styles
  6. ^ Exclusive to the New Super Mario Bros. U style

Examples:

Semisolid Platform images

SMM(2)-SsP-[1]-[2]-[3](-Night)

  1. Game style abbreviation (e.g. SMB3)
  2. Theme (e.g. Ground)
  3. Variant (e.g. 2)

Color Panel documentation

Course Really Rolling Hills Sunshine Seaside Bob-ombs Below Rainbow Run Night Falls on Really Rolling Hills
Kick & hi-hat 0-? 0-? 0-? 0-? 0-?
Synth bass
Synthesizer & more hi-hats
Snare
Brass
Key change
Coda & "Mario's Color Panels" 43 40 143 162 43

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Super Mario Bros. style Courses "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Un