Yoshi Desert (theme)
| "Yoshi Desert" | |||
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| "Yoshi Desert" in Mario Kart: Super Circuit | |||
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| Composed by: Unknown (either Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga, or Minako Hamano) | |||
| Key | C major, C double harmonic | ||
| First appearance | Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
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"Yoshi Desert"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, where it plays in the race course of the same name.
Composition[edit]
"Yoshi Desert" is an Arabic-inspired composition that uses a double harmonic scale for the majority of its main melody. A modified version of "Yoshi ni noru toki" from Super Mario World plays in time with the beat throughout the theme.
History[edit]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit marks the first appearance of "Yoshi Desert".
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
In Mario Kart Tour, an arrangement of "Yoshi Desert" plays in GBA Yoshi Desert, which was first added in the 2023 Yoshi Tour. The synth bass is replaced with a simple pulse waveform, and the Yoshi vocals are retained, now using the original version of the sound effect.
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Mario Kart World[edit]
In Mario Kart World, an Oriental metal arrangement of "Yoshi Desert" can play in Free Roam during the day, on the route from Shy Guy Bazaar to Wario Stadium in the Flower Cup, and on VS Race routes coming from Desert Hills and Shy Guy Bazaar during the day. It is fully titled "Yoshi Desert (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)" in the Nintendo Music app. This arrangement lacks the Yoshi vocals.
The game's arrangement of "Desert Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which can play in Free Roam during the day, quotes "Yoshi Desert" about 43 seconds in. It is fully titled "Desert BGM (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)" in the Nintendo Music app.
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Gallery[edit]
- Image for "Yoshi Desert" (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)" from Mario Kart World on Nintendo Music
List of Super Mario appearances[edit]
Games[edit]
| Work | System | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
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| Mario Kart: Super Circuit | Game Boy Advance | 2001 | Original | ||
| Mario Kart Tour | iOS, Android | 2023[a] | Arrangement | ||
| Mario Kart World | Nintendo Switch 2 | 2025 | Arrangement | "Yoshi Desert (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)"[1] |
- ^ Added in the 2023 Yoshi Tour on April 4, 2023
Albums[edit]
| Work | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
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| Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music) | 2026[a] | Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) | "Yoshi Desert (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)" |
- ^ Added to the album on July 20, 2026
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ヨッシーさばく Yosshī Sabaku | Yoshi Desert | [1] | |
| Dutch | Yoshi's Woestijn | Yoshi's Desert | [1] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music)
| Mario Kart World music | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Courses | Race courses | New courses | "Acorn Heights" • "Boo Cinema" • "Bowser's Castle" ("Opening (Lightning Cup)") • "Cheep Cheep Falls" ("Opening (Leaf Cup)") • "Crown City" • "Dandelion Depths" ("Opening (Leaf Cup)") • "DK Spaceport" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)") • "Dry Bones Burnout" ("Opening (Leaf Cup)") • "Faraway Oasis" • "Great ? Block Ruins" • "Mario Bros. Circuit" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)" · "Replay") • "Peach Stadium" • "Rainbow Road" ("Results Screen (Rainbow Road)" · "Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Salty Salty Speedway" • "Starview Peak" • "Whistlestop Summit" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)") |
| Returning courses | "Airship Fortress" ("Opening (Flower Cup)") • "Choco Mountain" ("Opening (Lightning Cup)") • "Desert Hills" • "Dino Dino Jungle" • "DK Pass" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Mario Circuit" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Peach Beach" ("Opening (Banana Cup)") • "Shy Guy Bazaar" • "Sky-High Sundae" • "Toad's Factory" • "Wario Shipyard" • "Wario Stadium" ("Opening (Flower Cup)") | ||
| Battle courses | "Battle Course" (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) • "Battle Course" (Mario Kart DS) • "Battle Course" (Mario Kart 64) • "Battle Course" (Super Mario Kart) • "Battle Stadium" • "Chain Chomp Wheel" • "Delfino Pier" • "Thwomp Desert" | ||
| Cups | "Opening (Shell Cup)" • "Opening (Special Cup)" • "Opening (Star Cup)" | ||
| Arrangements | Mario Kart arrangements | Super Mario Kart | "Bowser Castle" • "Choco Island" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits" • "Title Screen" • "Vanilla Lake" |
| Mario Kart 64 | "Character Select" • "DK's Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Toad's Turnpike" | ||
| Mario Kart: Super Circuit | "Bowser Castle" • "Cheese Land" • "Peach Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Ribbon Road" • "Riverside Park" • "Shy Guy Beach" • "Yoshi Desert" | ||
| Mario Kart: Double Dash!! | "Baby Park" • "Bowser's Castle" • "Dry Dry Desert" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Mushroom Bridge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Sherbet Land" | ||
| Mario Kart DS | "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Delfino Square" • "Figure-8 Circuit" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shroom Ridge" • "Staff Credits" • "Tick-Tock Clock" • "Waluigi Pinball" • "Yoshi Falls" | ||
| Mario Kart Wii | "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "DK Summit" • "Dry Dry Ruins" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Maple Treeway" • "Moonview Highway" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits A" • "Wario's Gold Mine" | ||
| Mario Kart 7 | "Bowser's Castle" • "Daisy Hills" • "Music Park" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Rock Rock Mountain" • "Rosalina's Ice World" • "Toad Circuit" | ||
| Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Mario Circuit" • "Mario Kart 8" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shy Guy Falls" • "Sunshine Airport" • "Super Bell Subway" • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods" | ||
| Mario Kart Tour | "Bangkok Rush" • "Merry Mountain" • "Ninja Hideaway" • "Los Angeles Laps" • "Singapore Speedway" • "Tokyo Blur" • "Vancouver Velocity" | ||
| Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit | "Title Screen" | ||
| Super Mario arrangements | Super Mario Bros. | "Ending" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" | |
| Super Mario Bros. 2 | "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Bros. 3 | "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Course Clear" • "Ending" • "Fortress Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Overworld Medley (Super Mario Bros. 3)" • "Underwater BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Land | "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" | ||
| Super Mario World | "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "Overworld Medley (Super Mario World)" • "Title BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins | "Main Theme" | ||
| Super Mario 64 | "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Title Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Slider") | ||
| Super Mario Sunshine | "Delfino Plaza" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course - Sky and Sea" | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. | "Castle BGM" • "Ground BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Galaxy | "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory 3" • "Space Junk Road" | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | "Beach Theme" • "Castle BGM" • "Castle Boss" • "Credits Theme 1" • "Desert BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Volcano BGM" | ||
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Digga-Leg" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Starship Mario 1" • "Sky Station Galaxy" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy" | ||
| Super Mario 3D Land | "Beach Theme" • "Ground Theme" • "Snow Mountain Theme" | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. U | "Ground Theme" | ||
| Super Mario 3D World | "A Boss Approaches" ("Bowser's Highway Showdown" · "World 8") • "Athletic Theme" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Double Cherry Pass" • "Hands-On Hall" • "Hisstocrat" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Shifty Boo Mansion" • "Sprawling Savanna" • "Super Bell Hill" | ||
| Super Mario Maker | "Title Screen" | ||
| Super Mario Odyssey | "Break Free (Lead the Way)" • "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "Peronza Plaza" • "Shiveria Town" • "Steam Gardens" • "Tostarena Ruins" | ||
| Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury | "Attack! Bowser's Fury" • "Plessie Ride!" | ||
| Yoshi arrangements | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Boss" • "Stage Start" | |
| Yoshi's Story | "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Tale" | ||
| Other arrangements | Mario Paint | "Flyswatter Level 1" • "Painting Mode 1" | |
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | "Main Theme" | ||
| Donkey Kong Country | "DK Island Swing" | ||
| Luigi's Mansion | "Title Theme (Humming)" | ||
| WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! | "Voices Being Carried on the Waves" | ||
| Flipnote Studio | "Mario Drawing Song" | ||
| Other | "Final Lap Fanfare" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" ("Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Mirror Mode Unlocked" • "Mission Clear" • "Results Screen" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Special Cup Appears" · "Victory Lap" · "Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Super Star" • "Title Theme" ("Opening (Knockout Tour)" · "Replay" · "Course Select" · "Special Cup Appears" · "Spectating") • "Trophy Theme" | ||
