Wild Glide Galaxy (theme)

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"Wild Glide Galaxy"
"Wild Glide Galaxy" in Super Mario Galaxy 2
Thumbnail for "Wild Glide Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy 2 used for Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Mahito Yokota[1]
Key E major
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Arrangement of
"Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" (Super Mario Galaxy 2)

"Wild Glide Galaxy"[2] is a musical theme composed by Mahito Yokota for Super Mario Galaxy 2, where it plays in the galaxy of the same name when the player glides with Fluzzard. It is an arrangement of "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" from the same game.

History[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy 2 marks the first appearance of "Wild Glide Galaxy", and it returns in the Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, for the same purpose. It is also included in the official Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack album.

Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, a jazz fusion arrangement of "Wild Glide Galaxy" based on the arrangement from the "Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Live" concert series can play in Free Roam during the day. It is titled "Wild Glide Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)" in the Nintendo Music app.

Icon of an audio speaker. Wild Glide Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World
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Other appearances[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Live[edit]

The "Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Live" concert series featured a live big band jazz medley arrangement of "Puzzle Plank Galaxy", "Slider", and "Wild Glide Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii 2010 Original "Wild Glide Galaxy"[2] Mahito Yokota
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Wild Glide Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)"[2]
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Switch 2025 Original "Wild Glide Galaxy"[2] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Switch 2025 Original "Wild Glide Galaxy"[2] Mahito Yokota

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack 2010 Original 「ジャングルグライダー」 (Janguru Guraidā) Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Spotify) 2026 Original "Wild Glide Galaxy" Mahito Yokota

Live performances[edit]

Event Year Location Type Title Credits
Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Live 2015 Osaka International Convention Center, Osaka, Japan and Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan Arrangement Super Mario Special Band

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Wild Glide Galaxy" Mahito Yokota
2026[b] Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) "Wild Glide Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)"
  1. ^ Added on September 15, 2025
  2. ^ Added on June 8, 2026

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ジャングルグライダー
Janguru Guraidā		 Jungle Glider [2]
Dutch Wild Glide Galaxy - [3]
Spanish Galaxia Descenso Tropical Tropical Descent Galaxy [3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack
  2. ^ a b c d e f Nintendo Music
  3. ^ a b Mario Kart World pause menu
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Forms Cloud Mario • Rock Mario • Fire Mario • Bee Mario • Rainbow Mario • Boo Mario • Spring Mario • Dash Yoshi • Blimp Yoshi • Bulb Yoshi
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Enemies Amp • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Boo • Big Gringill • Big Paragoomba • Big Thwomp • Big Wiggler • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Bomp • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzz saw • Cannonball • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Choppah • Clampy • Cluckboom • Cosmic Clone • Crabber • Digga • Dry Bones • Elite Octoomba • Fire Shooter • Fizzlit • Flaptack • Flipbug • Flomp • Fuzzy • Giant Goomba • Giant Koopa • Gold Chomp • Golden Gummit • Goomba • Goombeetle • Gringill • Gummit • Hammer Bro • Homing Chomp • Hot Urchin • Jack O'Goomba • Jam-o'-War • Jammyfish • Kleptoad • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Li'l Brr • Li'l Cinder • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mandibug • Mattermouth • Mega Boo • Meteor • Micro Mecha-Bowser • Mikey Mine • Mini Goomba • Octoboo • Octoguy • Octoomba • Paragoomba • Pinhead • Piranha Plant • Pokey Head • Prickly Piranha Plant • Prickly plant • Pulse Beam • Pupdozer • Rhomp • Rocto • Ruby Rock • Sentry Beam • Skeeter • Slurple • Small Chomp • Smeech • Snoodle • Space Mine • Spangler • Spiky Gummit • Spindleburr • Spinecone • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Spiny Piranha Plant • Spoing • Spring Topman • Spring Vault • Super Piranha Plant • Swaphopper • Thwomp • Topman • Topmini • Tox Box • Tracks • Trapdragon • Twirlip • Undergrunt • Undergrunt Gunner • Urchin • Water Shooter • Whimp • Whomp • Wiggler • Zap Ball • Zap Nozzle
Obstacles Banzai Bill Cannon • Bars • Bill Blaster • Black hole • Bob-omb dispenser • Cactus • Chomp box • Current • Dark • Dark matter • Deadly quicksand • Electric rail • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Garigari Mini • Giant cog • Gravity field • Lava • Lava burst • Lava Geyser • Ledge Hammer • Mud • Quicksand • Sinking Swamp • Spike Block • Steel Crate • Wind
Bosses Peewee Piranha • King Lakitu • Digga-Leg • Gobblegut • Mandibug Stack • Rollodillo • Bowser • Sorbetti • Megahammer • Glamdozer • Squizzard • Prince Pikante • Boomsday Machine • Bowser Jr. • Whomp King • Bugaboom • Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Major Burrows • Bouldergeist
Items and power-ups ? Coin • 1-Up Mushroom • Bee Mushroom • Big fruit • Blimp Fruit • Boo Mushroom • Bronze Star • Bulb Berry • Clock • Cloud Flower • Coin • Comet Medal • Dash Pepper • Fire Flower • Fruit • Grand Star • Green Shell • Green Star • Key • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Rock Mushroom • Silver Star • Spin Drill • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Yellow Star Chip • Yoshi egg
Objects ? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Balloon • Banandelion • Bar • Beacon • Beat Block • Block • Blue switch • Brick • Bubble • Bubbler • Bull's-eye • Cage • Cannon • Chance Cube • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud • Coconut • Cosmic block • Crate • Crystal • Cymbals • Disappearing platform • Divot • Drum • Fish • Flipping panel • Flipswitch Panel • Floaty Fluff • Flower (environmental object) • Flower (grapple) • Flower (platform) • Flying ? Block • Gate • Giant grape • Giant Star Bit • Glass case • Golden peg • Grate • Gravity switch • Ground-Pound Switch • Handle • Honeycomb wall • Ice • Ice block • Ice Meteor • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf raft • Lever Switch • Lift • Lucky Cube • Meteorite • Picture block • Pipe • Pit • Pole • Pull Star • Puzzle piece • Pyramid • Ramp • Red and blue blocks • Rock • Rubbery bulb • Sand Bird • Seagull • Shrinking platform • Signboard • Sling Star • Snake platform • Snow sculpture • Snowball • Star Wand • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Star Ball • Star Barrier • Starshroom • Steel Crate • Stone circle • Stone wheel • Stump • Swing • Teeter-totter moon • Teleporter • Tip Network • Torch • Tornado • Trampoline • Treasure chest • Tree • Underwater ring • Volcano • Warp Pad • Water Ball • Water spout • Watermelon
Locations World 1 Sky Station Galaxy • Yoshi Star Galaxy • Spin-Dig Galaxy • Fluffy Bluff Galaxy • Flip-Swap Galaxy • Rightside Down Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla
World 2 Puzzle Plank Galaxy • Hightail Falls Galaxy • Boulder Bowl Galaxy • Cosmic Cove Galaxy • Wild Glide Galaxy • Honeybloom Galaxy • Bowser's Lava Lair
World 3 Tall Trunk Galaxy • Cloudy Court Galaxy • Haunty Halls Galaxy • Freezy Flake Galaxy • Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy • Beat Block Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet
World 4 Supermassive Galaxy • Flipsville Galaxy • Starshine Beach Galaxy • Chompworks Galaxy • Sweet Mystery Galaxy • Honeyhop Galaxy • Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet
World 5 Space Storm Galaxy • Slipsand Galaxy • Shiverburn Galaxy • Boo Moon Galaxy • Upside Dizzy Galaxy • Fleet Glide Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker
World 6 Melty Monster Galaxy • Clockwork Ruins Galaxy • Throwback Galaxy • Battle Belt Galaxy • Flash Black Galaxy • Slimy Spring Galaxy • Bowser's Galaxy Generator
World S Mario Squared Galaxy • Rolling Coaster Galaxy • Twisty Trials Galaxy • Stone Cyclone Galaxy • Boss Blitz Galaxy • Flip-Out Galaxy • Grandmaster Galaxy
Other Mushroom Kingdom • Starship Mario • Comet Observatory
Moves Backward somersault • Crouch • Dash • Double jump • Double kick • Eat • Flutter jump • Ground pound • Head Shake • Jump • Kick • Long jump • Side somersault • Skate • Slide • Spin • Spin jump • Stomp • Sweep kick • Swim • Triple jump • Wall jump
Gameplay elements amiiboa • Crate Burning • Fluzzard gliding • Galaxies • Grand World Map • Letter • Life meter • Portal • Prankster Comet • Star List • Star Pointer
Story elements Rosalina's Storybooka • Star Festival
Music "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Chompworks Galaxy" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Digga-Leg" • "Fated Battle" • "Fleet Glide Galaxy" • "Megahammer" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Peewee Piranha" ("Teleporter Melody") • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Further info 7-Eleven • Baskin-Robbins • "Cosmic Power-Up with Mario and Yoshi" • Gallery • Glitches • Iwata Asks • Mario Galaxy Orchestra • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Original soundtrack • Personality quiz: Movie match • Piano de Hiku Super Mario Galaxy 2 • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff (Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2) • Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary Trial Play Event • Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Spotify) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 Collector's Puzzle • Super Mario Galaxy 2 Enemy Danglers • Super Mario Galaxy 2 for beginners • Super Mario History 1985-2010
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version
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