Battle Course (Mario Kart: Double Dash!! theme)

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search

This article needs Mario Kart improvement. Specifically:

Requested improvements must be clear, pertinent, and well-formed. Please refrain from adding bullet points such as "Add more information" or "Write the rest of the article".
"Battle Course"
"Battle Course" in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
A Balloon Battle in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
Composed by:
Unknown (either Kenta Nagata or Shinobu Nagata)
Genres Ska, funk, jazz
First appearance Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Battle Course"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where it plays in the battle courses Cookie Land, Block City, Nintendo GameCube, and Pipe Plaza, as well as in Luigi's Mansion and Tilt-a-Kart in Shine Thief. This theme uses mostly ska instrumentation, and consists of brass, a saxophone, a Hammond organ, a synth, Latin percussion, and agogô bells.

History[edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! marks the first appearance of "Battle Course".

In Shine Thief, a remix of "Battle Course" that omits the main melody plays whenever the Shine Sprite is dropped on the course.

Icon of an audio speaker. Shine Thief - The remix heard in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
File info
0:30
Help:Media file • Having trouble playing?

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

In Mario Kart Wii, the original version of "Battle Course" plays in GCN Cookie Land.

Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Battle Course" plays in Dino Dino Jungle during battles. It is titled "Battle Course (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)" in the Nintendo Music app. The theme now features bongo drums and a Rhodes piano throughout, and the synth bass has been replaced by an electric one. In the repeat of the A section, a synth replaces the brass from the original, which joins the off-beat guitar chords on the left instead. The B section now uses a looping square wave arpeggio.

Icon of an audio speaker. Battle Course (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World
File info
0:30
Help:Media file • Having trouble playing?

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Original
Remix
Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Original
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Battle Course (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)"[1]

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2026[a] Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) "Battle Course (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)"
  1. ^ Added on June 1, 2026

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Spanish Circuito de Batalla Battle Circuit [2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Mario Kart World pause menu
[Edit]
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Drivers Light Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Toad • Toadette • Koopa • Paratroopa • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
Medium Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Waluigi
Heavy Donkey Kong • Bowser • Wario • Petey Piranha • King Boo
Karts Light Goo-Goo Buggy • Rattle Buggy • Toad Kart • Toadette Kart • Koopa Dasher • Para-Wing • Barrel Train • Bullet Blaster
Medium Red Fire • Green Fire • Heart Coach • Bloom Coach • Turbo Yoshi • Turbo Birdo • Waluigi Racer
Heavy DK Jumbo • Koopa King • Wario Car • Piranha Pipes • Boo Pipes
Any Parade Kart
Courses Mushroom Cup Luigi Circuit • Peach Beach • Baby Park • Dry Dry Desert
Flower Cup Mushroom Bridge • Mario Circuit • Daisy Cruiser • Waluigi Stadium
Star Cup Sherbet Land • Mushroom City • Yoshi Circuit • DK Mountain
Special Cup Wario Colosseum • Dino Dino Jungle • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Battle courses Cookie Land • Block City • Luigi's Mansion • Nintendo GameCube • Pipe Plaza • Tilt-a-Kart
Objects Standard items Banana • Fake Item • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Star • Triple Mushrooms • Trophy
Special items Birdo's Egg • Bob-omb • Bowser's Shell • Chain Chomp • Giant Banana • Golden Mushroom • Green Fireball • Heart • Red Fireball • Red Shell • Triple Green Shells • Triple Red Shells • Yoshi's Egg
Course objects Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Dash Panel • Item Box • Kart • Mushroom car • Ramp • Yoshi Cookie
Background characters and species Baby Bowser • Boo • Donkey Kong Jr. • Hammer Bro • Helicopter Yoshi • Kamek • Lakitu • Noki • Koopa Paratroopa • Pianta • Poochy • Seagull • Shy Guy • Snifit • Toad • Train • Toadsworth
Enemies and obstacles Big Pokey • Bomb-car • Boulder • Bus • Car • Cargo truck • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Freezie • Ghost • Goomba • Ice • Lava • Mechanical Bowser • Mechanical Piranha Plant • Noshi • Piranha Plant • Pit Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Skating Shy Guy • Snowman • Table • Thwomp • Warp Pipe • Wiggler Wagon
Techniques Double Dash • Drift • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide Attack
Battle modes Balloon Battle • Shine Thief • Bob-omb Blast
Music "Baby Park" • "Battle Course" • "Bowser's Castle" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Dry Dry Desert" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Mushroom Bridge" • "Peach Beach" • "Rainbow Road" • "Sherbet Land"
Miscellaneous All Cup Tour • Brands • Daisy Cruiser • Finish line • Gallery • Game 2 • Glitches • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (guide) • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Scene of the Crime • Staff
[Edit]
Mario Kart Wii
Drivers
Small Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Toad • Toadette • Koopa Troopa • Dry Bones
Medium Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
Large Wario • Waluigi • Donkey Kong • Bowser • King Boo • Rosalina • Funky Kong • Dry Bowser
Any Mii
Vehicles
Karts Small Standard Kart S • Booster Seat • Mini Beast • Cheep Charger • Tiny Titan • Blue Falcon
Medium Standard Kart M • Classic Dragster • Wild Wing • Super Blooper • Daytripper • Sprinter
Large Standard Kart L • Offroader • Flame Flyer • Piranha Prowler • Jetsetter • Honeycoupe
Bikes Small Standard Bike S • Bullet Bike • Bit Bike • Quacker • Magikruiser • Jet Bubble
Medium Standard Bike M • Mach Bike • Sugarscoot • Zip Zip • Sneakster • Dolphin Dasher
Large Standard Bike L • Flame Runner • Wario Bike • Shooting Star • Spear • Phantom
Courses
Wii Grand Prix Mushroom Cup Luigi Circuit • Moo Moo Meadows • Mushroom Gorge • Toad's Factory
Flower Cup Mario Circuit • Coconut Mall • DK Summit • Wario's Gold Mine
Star Cup Daisy Circuit • Koopa Cape • Maple Treeway • Grumble Volcano
Special Cup Dry Dry Ruins • Moonview Highway • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Retro Grand Prix Shell Cup GCN Peach Beach • DS Yoshi Falls • SNES Ghost Valley 2 • N64 Mario Raceway
Banana Cup N64 Sherbet Land • GBA Shy Guy Beach • DS Delfino Square • GCN Waluigi Stadium
Leaf Cup DS Desert Hills • GBA Bowser Castle 3 • N64 DK's Jungle Parkway • GCN Mario Circuit
Lightning Cup SNES Mario Circuit 3 • DS Peach Gardens • GCN DK Mountain • N64 Bowser's Castle
Battle stages Wii Stages Block Plaza • Delfino Pier • Funky Stadium • Chain Chomp Wheel • Thwomp Desert
Retro Stages SNES Battle Course 4 • GBA Battle Course 3 • N64 Skyscraper • GCN Cookie Land • DS Twilight House
Tournament arena Galaxy Colosseum
Other
Items and objects Item Box items Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Fake Item Box • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mega Mushroom • Mushroom • POW Block • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Star • Thunder Cloud • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Other Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Coin • Dash Panel • Halfpipe-style boost ramp • Hot-air balloon • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Mushroom Trampoline • Ramp • Trophy
Background characters and species Big Cheep Cheep • Birdo • Boo • Delfino Oak Tree • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Lakitu • Mii • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Noki • Petey Piranha • Penguin • Pianta • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Toad • Unagi • Yoshi • Yoshi's Egg
Enemies and obstacles Angry Sun • Baby Penguin • Big Pokey • Bob-omb Car • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Car • Cargo truck • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Crusher • Delfino Oak Tree • Falling Pillar • Fire • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fire Snake • Ghost • Giant Wiggler • Goomba • Ice • Koopa Zapper • Lava • Lava Geyser • Mecha Bowser • Mecha Piranha Plant • Mine Cart • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Oil slick • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Shy Guy Galleon • Shy Guy Snowboarder • Sidestepper • Spiky Topman • Swoop • Thwomp • Warp Pipe • Volcanic debris
Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Turn • Trick • Wheelie
Battle modes Balloon Battle • Coin Runners
Music "Chain Chomp Wheel" • "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "Delfino Pier" • "DK Summit" • "Dry Dry Ruins" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Moonview Highway" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Selection Screen" • "Staff Credits A" • "Thwomp Desert" • "Toad's Factory" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Miscellaneous Children's Puzzle Mario Kart • Cowboy Jed • Daisy Cruiser • Emblem • Finish line • Gallery • Glitches • Item probability distributions • Iwata Asks • Jed Junior • Mario Kart (Wii/DS) • Mario Kart Channel tournaments • Mario Kart Wii Collector's Puzzle • Mario Kart Wii Grand Prix • Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content • Quick Poll • Sponsors • Staff • Trading cards • The Year of Luigi Sound Selection
[Edit]
Mario Kart World music
Courses Race courses New courses "Mario Bros. Circuit" ("Opening (Mushroom Cup)" • "Replay" • "Trophy Theme") • "Boo Cinema" • "Rainbow Road" ("Opening (Special Cup)" • "Results Screen (Rainbow Road)") • "Starview Peak"
Returning courses "Airship Fortress" ("Opening (Flower Cup)") • "Choco Mountain" ("Opening (Lightning Cup)") • "Desert Hills" • "Dino Dino Jungle" • "DK Pass" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" ("Opening (Shell Cup)") • "Mario Circuit" ("Opening (Special Cup)" • "Staff Credits") • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Peach Beach" ("Opening (Banana Cup)") • "Shy Guy Bazaar" • "Sky-High Sundae" ("Opening (Star Cup)") • "Toad's Factory" • "Wario Shipyard" ("Opening (Star Cup)") • "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"
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" • "Shy Guy Beach" • "Yoshi Desert"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "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"
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" • "Underwater BGM" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" ("Overworld Medley") • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" ("Overworld Medley")
Super Mario Land "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario World "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Ground BGM" ("Bonus Game BGM" • "Castle BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Star World (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley") • "Title BGM" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" ("Overworld Medley")
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 "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" ("Trophy Theme") • "Final Lap Fanfare" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" ("Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Mission Clear" • "Results Screen A" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Special Cup Appears" • "Trophy Theme" • "Victory Lap" • "Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Super Star" • "Title Theme" ("Opening (Knockout Tour)" • "Peach Stadium" • "Rainbow Road" • "Replay" • "Course Select" • "Special Cup Appears" • "Spectating")
Retrieved from "https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Battle_Course_(Mario_Kart:_Double_Dash!!_theme)&oldid=5364732"