Wario's Gold Mine (theme)

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"Wario's Gold Mine"
"Wario's Gold Mine" in Mario Kart Wii
Wario's Gold Mine from Mario Kart Wii
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Key G major
First appearance Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Wario's Gold Mine"[1] is a musical theme in Mario Kart Wii, where it plays in the race course of the same name.

History[edit]

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

Mario Kart Wii marks the first appearance of "Wario's Gold Mine." A techno arrangement of the theme plays during the underground section. In the official Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack album, both the original version and the underground arrangement are played in sequence on the same track, titled 「ワリオこうざん」 (Wario Kōzan, "Wario Mine").

Icon of an audio speaker. ワリオこうざん - The underground arrangement heard in Mario Kart Wii
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Mario Kart 8[edit]

“For the Wii version, we used a different arrangement when you're down in the mines. This time around, we added the voices of the Shy Guys. After all, they're really hard workers, so they turn up in all kinds of places.”
—Liner notes in the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

In Mario Kart 8 and the Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as part of The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 DLC, an arrangement of "Wario's Gold Mine" plays in Wii Wario's Gold Mine. It is likewise titled "Wii Wario's Gold Mine" in the Nintendo Music app and the official Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack album. A looping drum set beat is added to the instrumentation whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place. The underground version from Mario Kart Wii has been removed, with the full arrangement instead playing throughout the entire course. Shy Guys can also be heard singing to the theme when entering the mine.

Icon of an audio speaker. Wii Wario's Gold Mine - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8
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Icon of an audio speaker. Wii Wario's Gold Mine (Shy Guys) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8
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Icon of an audio speaker. Wii Wario's Gold Mine (Frontrunning) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8
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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit[edit]

In Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, the Mario Kart 8 version of "Wario's Gold Mine" plays in Windswept Prairie.

Mario Kart World[edit]

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In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Wario's Gold Mine" can play in Free Roam and during routes in VS Race.

Mario & Sonic series[edit]

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games[edit]

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In the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, a chiptune arrangement of "Wario's Gold Mine" can be chosen as the background music for events. It is titled "Wario's Gold Mine: Mario Kart Wii" in the game's sound test.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games[edit]

In Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the arrangement of "Wario's Gold Mine" from Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games can once again be chosen as the background music for events. It is titled "Wario's Gold Mine: Mario Kart Wii (Remix)" in the game's sound test.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Original 「ワリオこうざん」 (Wario Kōzan)[2]
Arrangement
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Wii 2011 Arrangement "Wario's Gold Mine: Mario Kart Wii"[3]
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Wii U 2013 Past arrangement (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games [Wii]) "Wario's Gold Mine: Mario Kart Wii (Remix)"[4]
Mario Kart 8 Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Wii Wario's Gold Mine"[5] Kenta Nagata
Remix
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Wii Wario's Gold Mine"[5] Kenta Nagata
Past remix (Mario Kart 8)
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Nintendo Switch 2020 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack 2011 Original 「ワリオこうざん」 (Wario Kōzan)
Past arrangement (Mario Kart Wii)
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Wii Wario's Gold Mine" Kenta Nagata

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2024 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Wii Wario's Gold Mine"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ワリオこうざん[2]
Wario Kōzan 		Wario Mine

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario & Sonic series sound tests
  2. ^ a b Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack
  3. ^ Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii) sound test
  4. ^ Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games sound test
  5. ^ a b Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
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Recurring themes and sound effects
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Game Start" • "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Round Start BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Game Start" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
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Donkey Kong 64 "DK Isle" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. "Game Start" • "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Coin" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Pause" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "Timer Warning" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World Clear"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Course Clear" • "Fortress Theme" • "Main Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Paah" • "Switch On!"
Super Mario Galaxy "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" ("Game Over") • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
Super Mario 3D Land "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme"
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Title Theme"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Koopa Castle Course" • "GBA Mario Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "GCN Baby Park" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "DS Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise"
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)"
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Drifting Away" • "Pyoro" • "WarioWare, Inc." ("Dr. Crygor")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
Miscellaneous "Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Totakeke's theme"
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