Musical Secrets & Trivia: Mario Kart - #1

[@TurbopropPuppy]

"I can't blame [Nintendo] honestly, people were being nostalgic without their consent." you are a comedic genius you know that? unparalleled

[@crimsonscriticalcorner9048]

Why is Nintendo in Square brackets

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

@@crimsonscriticalcorner9048 [REDACTED] I think that's why at least

[@yowch1081]

Square brackets in quotes are used to indicate words that aren’t in the original quote, usually used to provide context

[@crimsonscriticalcorner9048]

@@yowch1081 but why when the context is right there

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

@@yowch1081 Yeah, that makes more sense

[@redllanterns7736]

the joy of hearing "it really is a road where you go" when i've been singing rainbow road in my head the whole time

[@emilioolated6821]

Same

[@roosterboots4684]

I'll see you again, Uncle 😔

[@hazelmarill]

Fun Fact: 8's Rainbow Road is literally Sunshine Airport 2. Like, if you listen closely enough it's just a jumbled up remix of Sunshine Airport with some added "Rainbow Road Flare" plus a few unique sections. I have no idea why these tracks are connected like that but it's pretty interesting.

[@AgentB90]

MK8 Rainbow Road is a space station. The logical next step up from an airport is a spaceport!

[@Abejorro97]

I honestly don't hear it. Which parts sound similar?

[@hazelmarill]

@@Abejorro97 It can be a little weird to pick up although I may be wrong and it's really just my bad hearing but here are a few time stamps RR 0:06-0:12 \ SA 0:32-0:38 RR 0:13-0:17 \ SA 0:11-0:15 RR 0:20-0:29 \ SA 0:38-0:44 RR 0:30-0:37 \ SA 0:04-0:14 RR 0:40-0:44 \ SA 0:32-0:36 RR 0:45-0:49 \ SA 0:39-0:43 These are the links for the specific references that I used and there are a few that you may have to listen to a couple times but personally I think they sound at least a little similar kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaPMgGd7p9JpbLs kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF7NdnSAh9Wjg8k

[@andymcclurg9916]

Who knows, maybe they fly to space

[@drock1331]

I kind of hear it

[@karak962]

oh this is just delightful. you are like the PERFECT youtube channel for me, i’ve never been so captivated by a channel. your editing, your content and topics, your humor, everything!!!

[@josbird]

Ditto!!!

[@tarantuIas]

same here!!!

[@eliseosroom4392]

Samee

[@sleepysloothz442]

Nice opinion. Sadly, anime pfp.

[@MayliSong]

I also just love listening to her voice. I don't know what it is about it, but I find it so very pleasant.

[@KirbyIsANerd]

10:40 Neat detail, actually, because both games were in-development at the same time, they influenced each other in a few ways! Rosalina being one of them- She was originally only as tall as Peach or Daisy, but the Mario Kart Wii team felt like they needed a girl character for the heavyweight class since it was entirely man when the game was in-development. So, they asked the Galaxy team to just make her like, really, comedically tall, and that's why Rosalina is canonically seven feet tall.

[@Furrito_272]

Oh fuck yeah!

[@drek.475]

Tall girls are great, so I'm not complaining

[@KirbyIsANerd]

@@drek.475 True!!!

[@thesnifftoad]

And then shrunk her back down in 3D World

[@-VoDkAsVengeance-]

Because girls can't be in a heavyweight fighting class in any other way than being 7 feet tall. Video game women logic.

[@manydogs2772]

If you check under your couch cushions you could probably find another version of Maple Treeway in there.

[@Bizabizow]

I found 6 in mine

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Happy to see Mario Kart experience some sort of online resurgence, from tournaments to the Booster Packs to this! Mario Kart 8's music is divine, I adore the adaptive nature of the tracks. Mount Wario and Dolphin Shoals are prime examples, but also that extra layer added when you're in First- all so good! Personally, my favorite in that context is Donut Plains 3, due to the additional whistles. Bowser's Castle also sounds slick with the extra drums. I'm curious about Banshee Boardwalk's music, though, it's the closest we have to an ambient track for a course and I'm wondering if they perhaps hid any secrets within all the spooky noises.

[@maegnificant]

I'm still disappointed with the expansion but it's better than nothing

[@luisnaturai330]

Oh geez, the super Mario galaxies were my childhood, and like, some of the music just went so hard. Rosalina's observatory? Absolute beauty. The vibes? They were on point all of the time

[@pokemon_trainer_isaiah]

I will never get tired of watching and rewatching her videos, I love her voice and editing style

[@camithebrick]

Her voice is so soothing

[@spacekii]

She's honestly one of my new favourite KZbinrs. So energetic and funny, but yet relaxing at the same time

[@potassiumtheif5857]

@@spacekii same

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

Gotta say I like how you play _just enough_ of the music to get it. With some musical comparisons the music I’m supposed to be thinking about leaves my mind because they went too far away from it, and that didn’t happen this time!

[@seeya_le]

YEAHHHHHH mario kart :O Wowi, as a big leitmotif fan, excited to see more of this series from you!

[@alexveinti2]

Looks like I found my people! :D

[@seeya_le]

YEAHHHH!!! leitmotif gang rise up

[@Gingerblossom6969ily]

God your editing skills are top tier! This was such a fun watch. I swear my brother and I go absolutely FERAL if we hear someone so much as hum the tune to coconut mall

[@mr.monster683]

Nintendo worker: I am sorry but due to copyright reasons we must re-educate you. Please follow us out to our vehicle and do not resist.

[@Amphibian42]

6:47 oh my lord i cried i laughed so hard, i was singing it in my head the entire time wondering if you were gonna play it or mention it and had just resigned to the fact it wasn't when you said that 💀

[@notmyname213]

That video is a piece of internet history and I'm so happy it got referenced.

[@Amphibian42]

@@notmyname213 absolutely

[@diegonoy7445]

The amount of nostalgic Mario kart tunes in this video is taking me back to a time where I would play Mario kart ds multiplayer behind during class. Good times.

[@-taptap-]

Same it made me so happy lol

[@wuzznuts1489]

Your videos have so much personality, and I love them because of them!

[@thoroughbryce]

Another fun Mario Kart music fact that I learned recently: Paper Mario Sticker Star's battle theme is a remix of Ribbon Road from Super Circuit. I had never noticed it before, and it absolutely blew my mind when I found that out.

[@jamesm.3520]

Words can't explain how much I love that maple track. I remember the good old days playing vs with my sisters. After racing hardcore in a few matches, we would normally end it with Maple Treeway. Just cruisin' and driftin' all around that track. BTW literally seconds before you mention maple treeway, I decided to eat a maple leaf creme cookie from the jar. Talk about coincidence

[@LiamWins]

Super Circuit is actually the only mainline Mario Kart that wasn't directly developed by Nintendo (only published), which you can tell from a lot of parts of the game (e.g having the exact same characters and items as 64, having very similar controls to Super, having all of Super's tracks as bonuses, etc), so you can still say that every mainline Mario Kart developed by Nintendo has Super's theme in its...theme.

[@kobehope501]

I especially love the musical references in zelda, the nostalgia fuels me!

[@sugarbun9036]

Bizzy's voice is so soothing if I was a baby I would stop crying as soon as she starts talking about funny plumber man

[@natanmaia3575]

There's this fun thing in how the Circuits share some themes, as well as one Toad motif I'm almost sure exists (toad circuit, turnpike)

[@ThighFish]

You sure it isn't just that those two courses are part of Neo Bowser City's music?

[@underthehood123]

The tunnel section of Super Bell Subway plays the Underground theme from the original Super Mario Bros in its bass line. Felt super smart when I noticed that.

[@ThighFish]

Piranha Plant Slide also takes cues from it as well as the SMB overworld.

[@crisismoon880]

1:11 The iconic Dreamworks smile

[@maggiesducks]

5:18 sounds so much like Melee’s opening

[@wookywok]

Another fun fact: 3DS Wario Shipyard features leitmotifs from both Wario Land's Rice Beach and a recurring leitmotif from the original Warioware!

[@omnipasta]

One of my favorite tracks for those reasons. It's not everyday Wario games get acknowledged in Mario spinoffs, or acknowledged in general.

[@kaasiand]

Mario Kart Super Circuit DOES actually feature the SMK title theme! It's literally a direct cover of the original theme too, and it plays as the race music during single-pak multiplayer races (where you can only select the first four SNES tracks and play as coloured Yoshis). It's a bit hard to find youtube uploads of this song, but a version remastered with the original sample sources is included in "Mario Kart: Super Circuit Remastered" (by The Brickster) at 1:06:43

[@kylecunns]

Mario Kart 7 also does the cord thing on Rainbow Road

[@supersungal2]

I always thought it was interesting that in one of the tracks in the newest Mario Kart, they straight up use a chunk of Gusty Garden Galaxy :)

[@ThighFish]

And Sky Station.

[@glitchedblood]

In GBA link multiplayer, the SMK motif can be heard in Super Circuit

[@splitsee2526]

I love your topics, humor, art, voice, editing, and just everything. This is one of my most favorite channels of 2022! (Found this channel in February)

[@millythompsonfromtrigun98anime]

Great video, the Bowser's Castle trivia blew my mind too! As for ideas for the series, Kirby is the king of leitmotifs so that could make for a meaty video.

[@grape448]

If this is gonna be a series, then I’d love to see you do a video on Kirby music! Since it (especially in the newer games), makes tons of music callbacks. Things like how the Green Greens melody tends to make an appearance in the final boss themes, or how the motif from Kirby’s Triumphant Return appears at least once in each of the modern games, or just with how often old songs are remixed makes listening for musical secrets and references in Kirby really fun!

[@elpozolero777]

6:46 OMG, I swear I was singing that song right before you made the reference, I wasn't expecting it xD

[@thicboibigsmoke7220]

There is nothing I love more than a repeating motif in video games. My favourite example has to be the many examples in call of duty zombies of all things, such as the round change themes, “damned” and “Samantha’s lullaby”

[@quagstar]

Something I didn't realise till I played super circuit on wii u was that the song actually has two openings, the regular one, and the one after you complete all super circuit cups with 3 stars. The 3 stars opening is so good and the fact that this game is so criminally overlooked means that not enough people know about it. Also super circuit has the best Bowser castle theme to this date. They really went like "let's make a song that slaps so hard that they HAVE to remix it for dream ice hockey in 2009".

[@2230yt]

Imagine how long an undertale entry in this series would be

[@Bizabizow]

I'm not sure if I ever will do Undertale/Deltarune, although I LOOOVEEE the music and the motifs / secrets. Basically every trivia fact in that regard has already been stated a thousand times and is pretty well known, so I'd have to have a good amount of semi-obscure bits to talk about for it to be worth it for me lol

[@2230yt]

@@Bizabizow very true

[@VincentSplat]

I want to see a second part to this ! As a Mario Kart fan and Mario Kart music enjoyer, I was delighted to see this video pop up in my recommanded feed !

[@Spady_Jorts]

i already know this is going to be a good one

[@notetmc]

im so happy you talked about the Mario Kart Title Leitmotif I've barely seen any videos talking about it, I literally love the leitmotif it just feels so Mario Karty

[@t.f.pyoungjobi7941]

Luigi

[@bxbgba]

Luigi

[@hailchan]

Luigi

[@d500dev]

Luigi

[@nessie3682]

I never played with the music on in my youth, (listening to books on tape, pretending to do homework) but now as I go back and play them now I'm really suprised how great the music is, and this was really cool loved all the trivia! Edit I would love more music vids! I think the old harvest moon/story of seasons games sounded pretty.

[@juanpablo.a]

As a musician, it makes me really happy to see someone talk about video game music. Btw the video is super well edited and I learned a few new things. I would love to see a part 2; talking about the 3/4 time signature in DS Peach Gardens or the obscure 5/4 in Wild Woods. Thank you!

[@morningbell3690]

Please make more of these, you’re absolutely delightful.

[@CloudBomb3r]

"those are all boring, though! *yawns* *lays down* *goes to sleep*" has been in my head all day

[@KonkeyVG]

I never knew I needed content like this, such a good video. The Kirby franchise loves to make musical references (it is generally a very self-referential series). I would love to see a video on the music in those games.

[@CPU3pt14159]

My favorite Mario Kart music easter egg is when they play the Kalahari Desert theme when you're taking the train to Dry Dry Desert in Paper Mario. I'd love to see that covered in the hypothetical MK music secrets part 2.

[@Bizabizow]

Omg you’re right!! I never noticed that, that’s so cool

[@ThighFish]

*Kalimari However, its name is indeed based on that desert.

[@EggsyO.Benedict7065]

Some of these mario kart tunes got me humming to them. Especially the Mario Kart DS ones

[@jackscrivens9520]

This reminds me of when I learned that cool cool mountain and the slide themes are remixes of each other.

[@memeisseur3872]

MK7's Rainbow Road is by far one of my favorite tracks in the entire series, both in terms of course and music, it's just THE perfect Rainbow Road

[@gamerguydood4999]

Oh god I have to go through the rest of my whole life now knowing that Bowser's Castle is a dark version of Maple Treeway haha seriously awesome video, got a sub from me :)

[@hatti...]

The track scenery itself also suggests that it's the same location as Maple Treeway just burned down

[@AlexNeon97]

Double Dash's songs are so nostalgic for me. It brings me back to when I played that game as a small kid

[@OrdinaryMarioBrosOfficial]

Mario kart 7’s title screen song secret is the most nostalgic Edit: MARIO KART 7 HAS THE BEST EASTER EGGS IN THE MUSIC CUZ THE MUSIC IS NOSTALGIC AND REALLY GOOD AND NO ONE CAN SAY OTHERWISE

[@mro.p.9093]

I totally agree that Maple Treeway is the best Mariokart track of all time and I also popped off when I heard it in Origami king.

[@FishyAshB]

"It really is a road that you go, isn't it?" - I LOVE YOU FOR THIS REFERENCE

[@PixelShiftss]

As someone who loves music this was an absolute joy to watch and I would love to see more.

[@rosecandy8922]

Mario Kart 7's Rainbow Road will always be my favorite one in terms of both course and music. It's pretty much my N64 Rainbow Road.

[@BlueThunderO7]

One more thing about the N64 Rainbow Road motif, in F-Zero X, specifically the 64DD (Disk Drive) Expansion Kit version of F-Zero X, there is Rainbow Road track that has a rock version of Rainbow Road as a nod to Mario Kart 64.

[@COOOLDUDE]

one thing i really want to mention is the music from neo bowser city, its like the holy grail of a video like this, the ENTIRE thing is made up of motifs they combine toad's turnpike with toad circuit (which itself is just the melody of the mk7 main theme) then go straight into mkwii luigi raceway and then immediately return to toad circuit. it's awesome

[@emanresu2425]

The Paper Mario series is another one that really loves hammering in its motifs, especially Super Paper Mario and Color Splash

[@ToastyArmadio]

I’m so very happy that I found your channel, you’re really funny, nice, and just incredibly talented too!! Thank you for making such amazing content and just being an amazing person in general too! Can’t wait to see more of your content in the future :>

[@TeknoThom]

Actually quite surprised you didn’t mention Gusty Garden Galaxy being in Cloudtop Cruise’s theme. I know it’s not exactly hidden, but you did mention Good Egg Galaxy in Wii’s Rainbow Road which I never noticed until now.

[@georgelloydgonzalez]

My favourite musical Easter egg is Neo Bowser City having the main riff of Toad's Turnpike, as well as Wii Mario Circuit

[@rubylikessonic2]

6:47 that brought back memories I forgot existed. Rip Uncle Walter

[@georgelloydgonzalez]

"A free sample of seratonine" is exactly how I would describe the N64 Rainbow Road theme. Also, Victory Lap, the credits music

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Fun Fact: in the Japan-only Expansion kit for F-Zero X, there's an exclusive N64 Rainbow Road remix. Mario Kart 8's original DLC (pre-Deluxe), of course, brings this full circle with the inclusion of tracks for Mute City and Big Blue.

[@DeloofTegOrb]

4:33 the single pack mode has it lol. When you’re in a race.

[@DeloofTegOrb]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXuonp6Ah76nqLMsi=AQetpCcbAYdK21OJ

[@apagan0075]

In Mario Kart Super Circuit there's a version of the SMK Title theme, Driver/Character Select theme and the Mario Ranks theme in the Single Pak mode of multiplayer.

[@pop-roxs]

dude im not that old to remember stuff before mariokart wii and 7(actually i cant rlly remember 7 that much), but everything from wii, especially the rainbow road bits, were SO unimagineably nostalgic. i loved seeing and hearing the course

[@VVM2024]

Super Mario Kart title theme shows up again in Mario Kart Live Home Circuit. First Time you connect your Kart when Mario/Luigi comes out of the pipe and knocks on your screen with a thumbs up.

[@Абдулло-щ3е9э]

6:50 Every time I hear that rainbow road theme I always sing along silently.

[@dragonfishlist]

I'd love to see some Ace Attorney music in this series if you've played the games before. Keep doing what you're doing.

[@princeapoopoo5787]

Oh my god I am so happy to hear you talk about the Maple Treeway bit. I don't really find much crossover between the different Mario spinoffs so the Tranquil Pipes music blew my mind. Please keep doing these videos, they're great!

[@theorangutan2339]

Fun fact: the first time the MK64 rainbow road song was remade was actually in F-ZERO X where in the expansion kit (for the 64DD, released in 2000) has a remixed version of it.

[@flamingphoenix1425]

Video needs an update. Wii Bowser's Castle appeared in the queue for Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge at Universal

[@CrystallineSoundscape]

A course in Mario kart 8 has a reference to Mario Galaxy and that’s the cloudtop cruise track, throughout the theme you can hear the iconic gusty garden theme! It’s also heard inside the thundery cloud section of the course in a theme of pure rock!

[@ZenexFX]

I’m mad at myself for not checking out your channel earlier as your Melee video hit my recommended feed a couple months ago, but I was searching for something else, but luckily this hit my feed today and now I’m ecstatically awaiting more videos like this

[@peterjoel345]

Holy shit, you absolutley just blew my mind with the Bowsers castle Maple treeway connection. I've been playing the game for ten years and never noticed that.

[@Yelough]

“ Babe wake up, Bizabizow posted”

[@SilentlyFalling]

God I never thought I'd find someone who's equally as interested in this specific kind of motif reuse, specifically in Nintendo titles. You don't know how happy this makes me :D

[@yippeleeka]

I've never played or properly listened to any Mario Kart tracks, but I am still watching this video and enjoying it because supporting your content is a great decision!

[@6amerBr0]

I'd love a part two! Here's an obvious music secret but still one worth mentioning for another time: 3DS Neo Bowser Castle's music is actually a medley of three different songs from the Mario Kart series. It starts with the opening from 3DS Toad Circuit, then it goes to N64 Toad's Turnpike, then to Wii Luigi Circuit, and then back to 3DS Toad Circuit, and the song also has little bits of the Mario Kart 7 theme in it.

[@BlueLemons_96]

Now I wanna go play Mario Kart Wii! Man, Double Dash takes me straight back to my childhood. ☺️

[@tdkey777]

Algorithm finally pointed you out to me, time to search through your backlog! Edit: And by that I mean the couple music videos you have and then wait for you to post more cause music talk is my jam!

[@MayliSong]

Aw man, thank you for reminding me how much I adored Maple Treeway. I somehow completely forgot how happy that course and song made me, maybe it's because I lost my copy of Mario Kart Wii so long ago.

[@depositstomach1816]

absolutely thrilled to see another video from you, my day is saved ajsdfkajsfkja

[@markymark443]

13:38 I didn’t know it for a while either. Probably because you can hardly hear the song during normal gameplay due to all the sound effects in the actual stage in addition to normal Mario Kart sound effects drowning out the audio lol

[@megarayquaza2240]

The rainbow road medley is an IV drip of serotonin straight to my brain

[@plushdragonteddy]

as a mario galaxy stan who played galaxy and mario kart wii at roughly the same time in my life, i cannot beLIEVE i never noticed rainbow road's reference to good egg galaxy !! and i have both of those songs committed completely to memory! that's so cool

[@lu.pimentel3664]

I love listening to people explain music to me as someone who can almost never pickup on motifs in video games unless specificly pointed out to me. I don't know whats wrong with my ears.

[@albigoat]

oh my fucking god thank you for existing. PLEASE do more of this series. Motifs in game soundtracks are literally the reason I want to study music and game design in university. I love this sort of stuff and its always so hard to find people that talk about it on youtube

[@UltimateTS64]

Yo that theme reference in block plaza kinda blew my mind, I didn't even realize it was there all these years 😂. But Mario Kart music makes me extremely nostalgic, like I have such a strong attachment to a majority of the songs and hearing a bunch of them back to back like this makes me want to listen to all of them

[@LandonEmma]

Mario kart 7s theme is used in Neo Bowser City and in Toad Circuit/Mario Circuit...

[@theburningbaron6417]

One thing I never noticed until recently is the fact that DS Bowser’s Castle uses bits from DS Airship Fortress.

[@thomasdonahue2441]

This video is PERFECTLY UP MY ALLEY - I’d love for you to look at more mariokart music or even Pokémon music in future

[@electricalman481]

Very fun fact: In Mario Kart 7, 8, and Tour, with every music track-including the music tracks that dynamically change depending on the section/lap you’re in-there’s a frontrunning version of it with an added electric percussive beat that can only be heard when you’re in 1st place and a few seconds ahead of second place. The best part is that each beat has a unique quirk. I.e. Donut Plains 3 getting more whistles or Bowser’s Castle getting this really loud crash.

[@TheAwesomeGN]

dude motifs n shit are one of my favourite things to listen out for in video games One of me favourite uses of them tho is in credits, something about the credits being comprised of bits from across the game is SO MUCH BETTER than a wholly original song.

[@SicklySeraph]

I NEVER noticed the good egg galaxy reference in MKW. The biggest impactful console for me was the Wii, and i spent dozens of hours on Galaxy and MKW, so that made pretty happy.

[@goot1087]

I don’t think I’ve ever subscribed this fast to a channel I’ve never heard of till this point! I was hooked instantly!

[@yarshmellow2323]

I'm glad you talked about the Super Mario Kart theme making its way into other Mario Kart themes because the part of it in Mario Kart 8's theme lives rent free in my head 24/7