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This article is about the musical theme from Super Mario Bros. 3. For the world where this theme plays, see Dark Land. For other eighth worlds in the Super Mario franchise, see World 8.
"World 8 Map"
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"World 8 Map (Dark Land)" in Super Mario Bros. 3
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Mario Party Superstars (2021)

"World 8 Map (Dark Land)"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for Super Mario Bros. 3. It plays in the overworld map for Dark Land, the eight and final world of the game. A similar theme is played as the opening of "Bowser BGM" in Super Mario World.

Arrangements

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

Three different arrangements of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)" can be heard throughout The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, as the show is based on Super Mario Bros. 3.

Super Mario series

Super Mario All-Stars

The Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3 features a 16-bit arrangement of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)" that is used for the same purpose as the original. This arrangement is reused for the same purposes in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition.

  World 8 Map (Castle of Koopa) - The arrangement heard in Super Mario All-Stars
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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

The Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, features an arrangement of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)" that is used for the same purpose as the original.

Mario Party series

Mario Party

In the first Mario Party, an arrangement of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)", titled "Dodging Danger" and composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, plays in the minigames Skateboard Scamper and Piranha's Pursuit.

  Dodging Danger - The arrangement heard in Mario Party
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Mario Party Superstars

In Mario Party Superstars, an arrangement of "Dodging Danger", which in itself is an arrangement of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)", plays in the minigame Piranha's Pursuit.

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Mario Kart DS

In Mario Kart DS, the background music that plays in Bowser Castle is loosely based on "World 8 Map (Dark Land)". This arrangement was composed by Shinobu Nagata.

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Super Paper Mario

In Super Paper Mario, a metal arrangement of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)", titled "Bowser Battle", plays during Bowser's boss fights.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate features two arrangements of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)", both of which can be played on any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage.

The first arrangement can be in heard "Fortress Boss - Super Mario Bros. 3", which, despite the name, is actually a medley arrangement of multiple themes from Super Mario Bros. 3, those being "Fortress Boss", "World 6 Map (Ice Land)", and "World 8 Map (Dark Land)".

The second arrangement of "World 8 Map (Dark Land)" is incorporated into "King Bowser - Super Mario Bros. 3", which is a metal arrangement of "King of the Koopas" from Super Mario Bros. 3.

List of Super Mario appearances

Games

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo Entertainment System 1988 Original "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"[1] Koji Kondo
Super Mario All-Stars Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1993 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Mario Party Nintendo 64 1998 Arrangement "Dodging Danger" Yasunori Mitsuda
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Boy Advance 2003 Arrangement
Mario Kart DS Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement Shinobu Nagata
Super Paper Mario Wii 2007 Arrangement "Bowser Battle"
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Wii 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Arrangement "Fortress Boss - Super Mario Bros. 3"
"King Bowser - Super Mario Bros. 3"
Mario Party Superstars Nintendo Switch 2021 Arrangement "Dodging Danger"

Film and television

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 1990 Arrangement Michael Tavera

Albums

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「マップ8ワールド」 (Mappu 8 Wārudo) Koji Kondo
Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3 2004 Original 「マップ8ワールド」 (Mappu 8 Wārudo) Koji Kondo

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マップ8ワールド[2]
Mappu 8 Wārudo 		Map 8 World

References

  1. ^ a b Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong series Donkey Kong Game Kaishi • 25m Theme • Hammer • Opening
Donkey Kong Jr. Game Start
Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country Aquatic Ambiance • Bonus Room Blitz • Cranky's Theme • DK Island Swing (Mine Cart Madness) • Fear Factory • Forest Frenzy • Gang-Plank Galleon • Simian Segue • Treetop Rock
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Stickerbush Symphony
Donkey Kong Country Returns Mine Menace
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. Game Start A • Title BGM
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. 1-Up • Castle BGM • Course Clear (Power Up) • Ending • Ground BGM (Game Over · Player Down) • Invincibility BGM • Timer Warning • Underground BGM • Underwater BGM • World Clear
VS. Super Mario Bros. Business-Use Mario Name Entry
Super Mario Bros. 2 Boss BGM • Ground BGM • Please Select Player • Underground BGM
Super Mario Bros. 3 Airship BGM • Athletic BGM • Bros. Battle • Fortress BGM • Fortress Boss • Game Over • Ground BGM • King of the Koopas • 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 6 Map (Ice Land) • World 8 Map (Dark Land)
Super Mario Land Main Theme • Underground Theme
Super Mario World Bowser BGM • Donut Plains (Map Screen) • Ending • Ground BGM (Athletic BGM · Bonus Game BGM · Castle BGM · Ghost House BGM) • Koopalings BGM • P Switch BGM • Star World (Map Screen) • Title BGM • Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)
Super Mario 64 Bowser's Road • Bowser's Theme • Merry-Go-Round • Peach's Castle • Piranha Plant's Lullaby • Super Mario 64 Main Theme (Slider)
Super Mario Sunshine Isle Delfino (Ricco Harbor)
New Super Mario Bros. BGM Tride • Main Theme (Athletic Theme) • Mega Mario • P Switch BGM • Course Clear
Super Mario Galaxy Egg Planet • Gusty Garden Galaxy • Luma • Overture • Rosalina in the Observatory • The Toad Brigade
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Castle Theme • Desert Theme • Ghost House BGM • Jungle Theme • Toad House • Underwater Theme
Super Mario 3D Land Castle Theme • Ground Theme • Underwater Theme
New Super Mario Bros. U Ground Theme
Super Mario 3D World A Boss Approaches • Super Bell Hill
Super Mario Maker Title Theme
Super Mario Odyssey Fossil Falls • Jump Up, Super Star!
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario Chill • Fever
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart Award Ceremony • Donut Plains • Mario Circuit • SNES Rainbow Road • Super Mario Kart Title Screen
Mario Kart 64 Kalimari Desert • Luigi Raceway • Moo Moo Farm / Yoshi Valley • N64 Rainbow Road
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GCN Yoshi Circuit
Mario Kart DS DS Waluigi Pinball
Mario Kart Wii Wii Coconut Mall • Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit • Wii Moo Moo Meadows
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Athletic BGM • Flower Field BGM • Opening Melody • Powerful Mario
Yoshi's Story Yoshi's Song • Yoshi's Story • Yoshi's Tale
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion Title Theme
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Pyoro • WarioWare, Inc. (Dr. Crygor)
WarioWare: Twisted! Mona Pizza
WarioWare: Touched! Ashley's Theme
Other Hello, Happy Kingdom • Important Item Acquired • Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers • Overworld Theme • Totaka's Song
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Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses Boom Boom • Big Booa • Fake Bowsera • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moona • Advance Coina • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomeranga • Cape Feathera • Card • Coin • e-Coina • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer • Hammer Suit • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushrooma • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetablea
Objects Main game ? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Brick floor • Bridge • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Canoe • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Drawbridge • Elevator block • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Gun barrel • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Island • Jump Block • Lift • Locked Door • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coina • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rock • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • White Block • White Block (platform) • Wood Block
World-ea !-Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Goal Pole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Jumping Board • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake platform • Soft sand • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario • Caped Marioa
Switch Cardsa 1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up!! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
Worlds Grass Land • Desert Land • Water Land • Giant Land • Sky Land • Ice Land • Pipe Land • Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-ea
Locations e-Coin Castlea • Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel • Spade Panel • Start Panel) • Toad's House • Treasure Ship
Enemies Main game Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober • Bloober baby • Bloober with kids • Bob-omb • "Boo" Diddly • Boomerang Brother • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Brother • Fire Chomp • Firesnake • Giant Koopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Brother • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Scattering Bloober • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Piranha
World-ea Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler
Obstacles Bowser Statue • Candy ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Diagonal cannon • Falling spikea • Fire-Bara • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Lava • Pit • Quartet-cannon • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Shifting wall • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e mini-gamesa Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
Music Airship BGM • Athletic BGM • Bros. Battle • Fortress Boss • Ground BGM • King of the Koopas • P Switch BGM / Toad's House • Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM • Underwater BGM • World 1 Map (Grass Land) • World 3 Map (Water Land) • World 4 Map (Giant Land) • World 8 Map (Dark Land)
Miscellaneous Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time Limit
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