Editing World 2 Map (Desert Land)

{{theme infobox
|title=World 2 Map (Desert Land)
|file=[[File:World 2 Theme Super Mario Bros 3.oga]]"World 2 Map (Desert Land)" in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|image=[[File:NM SMB3 World 2 Map Desert Land.png|250px]]<br>Image from [[Nintendo Music]]
|composer=[[Koji Kondo]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
"'''World 2 Map (Desert Land)'''"<ref name=NMusic>[[Nintendo Music]]</ref> is a theme composed by [[Koji Kondo]] for ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' that can be heard on the overworld map of [[Desert Land]], the second [[world]] of the game. The theme itself consists of only five repeating notes as well as a repeating bassline.

==Arrangements==
===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
Arrangements of "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" can be heard throughout ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', as the show is based on ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario All-Stars''====
In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', its re-release ''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]'', and its [[Wii]] [[reissue|port]], ''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'', an arrangement of "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" plays in the overworld map for the second world of the game's remake of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. This arrangement returns in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', where it plays in desert-themed worlds from the [[Super Mario Maker 2#World Maker|World Maker]].
{{media table
|file=SMAS SMB3 World 2 Map.oga
|title={{Conjectural|World 2 Map (Desert Hill)}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario All-Stars''
|length=0:18
}}

====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', an arrangement of "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" plays in the overworld map for the second world, just like in the original game.

===''Mario Kart World''===
In ''[[Mario Kart World]]'', a big band jazz medley arrangement of "[[World 1 Map (Grass Land)]]", "World 2 Map (Desert Land)", "[[World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky]]", "[[World 7 Map (Pipe Land)]]", and "[[World 3 Map (Water Land)]]" can play in [[Mario Kart World#Free Roam|Free Roam]].

{{media table
|file=MKW Desert Land Arrangement.mp3
|title=Overworld Medley
|description=The "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" section of the arrangement heard in ''Mario Kart World''
|length=0:30
}}

===Other arrangements===
====''Fantasic World of Super Mario Bros. 3''====
The ''[[Fantasic World of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' album features an arrangement of "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" incorporated in "I Can't Help Fighting With You".

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
===Games===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!System
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|1988
|Original
|"World 2 Map (Desert Land)"<ref name=NMusic/>
|[[Koji Kondo]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|1993
|Arrangement
|
|[[Soyo Oka]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|1993
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario All-Stars'')
|
|Soyo Oka
|-
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|2003
|Arrangement
|
|Taiju Suzuki
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
|[[Wii]]
|2010
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario All-Stars'')
|
|Soyo Oka
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|2020<ref group=g>Added in the 3.0.0 update on April 22, 2020</ref>
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario All-Stars'')
|
|Soyo Oka
|-
|''[[Mario Kart World]]''
|[[Nintendo Switch 2]]
|2025
|Arrangement
|"Overworld Medley"<ref name=MKWorld>''[[Mario Kart World]]'' pause menu</ref>
|
|}
<references group=g/>

===Film and television===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|1990
|Arrangement
|
|[[Michael Tavera]]
|}

===Albums===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Fantasic World of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|rowspan=2|1988
|Arrangement
|"I Can't Help Fighting With You"
|Ikuro Fujiwara
|-
|Original
|"Super Mario Bros. 3, Game Original Sound Story -Selected Medley-"
|Koji Kondo
|}

==References==
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{{Themes}}
{{SMB3}}
[[Category:Recurring themes]]
[[Category:Desert themes]]
[[Category:World and hub themes]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 music]]