Toad's Factory (theme)

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"Toad's Factory"
"Toad's Factory" in Mario Kart Wii
Brick Blocks at Toad's Factory.
Composed by:
Unknown (either Asuka Hayazaki or Ryo Nagamatsu)
Genres Jump blues, big band
Key C minor
First appearance Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Toad's Factory"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart Wii, where it plays in the race course of the same name. This theme features brass, piano, electric piano and acoustic bass instrumentation.

History[edit]

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

Mario Kart Wii marks the first appearance of "Toad's Factory".

The first seven seconds of the theme do not play at the start of the race. Instead, the theme restarts from the beginning when the player takes the large jump after the red room. This is the only course in the entire Mario Kart series where this happens, therefore making it practically impossible to hear the entire theme under normal circumstances (unless one were to simply sit in place long enough for the theme to play through). The restart did not occur during the Toad's Factory tournament.

Additional clapping is added to instrumentation when the player is in the second room containing the alternating conveyor belts. In the official Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack album, the normal and clapping versions of "Toad's Factory" are played in sequence on the same track.

Icon of an audio speaker. キノピオファクトリー - The remix heard in Mario Kart Wii
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Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Toad's Factory" plays when racing in the course of the same name. As with Mario Kart Wii, the first seven seconds of the theme do not play in a traditional three-lap race. Unlike Mario Kart Wii, however, the theme no longer restarts from the beginning after the player leaves the red room. Instead, the full intro plays when reaching the course's finish line from a route or during a rally. The clapping remix from Mario Kart Wii is omitted, with the full arrangement instead playing throughout the entire course. In Knockout Tour, leaving Toad's Factory causes the theme to transition into a coda.

When approaching Toad's Factory from a route or during a rally before reaching the course's finish line, a simple prelude arrangement of "Toad's Factory" featuring a piano melody over a backing electric guitar plays. It is titled "Toad's Factory (Intro)" in the Nintendo Music app. A remix of "Toad's Factory (Intro)" that omits the piano and bass plays during the rolling start of the Acorn Rally.

Icon of an audio speaker. Toad's Factory (Intro) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World
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Icon of an audio speaker. Toad's Factory - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World
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Icon of an audio speaker. Toad's Factory - The coda heard in Mario Kart World
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Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Original 「キノピオファクトリー」 (Kinopio Fakutorī)[2]
Remix
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Pastiche "Toad's Factory (Intro)"[3]
Remix
Arrangement "Toad's Factory"[3]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack 2011 Original 「キノピオファクトリー」 (Kinopio Fakutorī)
Past remix (Mario Kart Wii)

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2026[a] Past pastiche (Mario Kart World) "Toad's Factory (Intro)"
Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) "Toad's Factory"
  1. ^ Added on June 1, 2026

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese キノピオファクトリー
Kinopio Fakutorī
Toad's Factory [2]
Spanish Fábrica de Toad Toad's Factory [1]

Notes[edit]

  • "Toad's Factory" is one of three race course themes in Mario Kart Wii where its intro is not skipped on the third lap, the other two being "Ghost Valley" and "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway", as the latter lacks one.

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