Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)

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"Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
"Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" in Super Mario World
The image for "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" from Super Mario World on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key C major
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for Super Mario World, where it plays during the overworld map of Yoshi's Island.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

Super Mario World marks the first appearance of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)", and it returns in the port of the game included in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World for the same purpose. It is also included in the official soundtrack album of the same name.

In the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

Icon of an audio speaker. Yoshi's Island (Map Screen) - The arrangement heard in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
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Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

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Super Mario Maker 2 features two arrangements of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)".

A faithful arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" plays in the map screen of Endless Challenge when on Easy or Normal difficulty.

An altered arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" plays in the map screen of Endless Challenge when on Expert difficulty.

The original version of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" plays in ground-themed worlds from the World Maker.

Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land[edit]

In Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land, the original version of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" plays when showcasing a map of Yoshi's Island and when Mario and Luigi first run through Dinosaur Land at the start of their adventure.

Super Mario World television series[edit]

In the Super Mario World television series, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" arranged by Michael Tavera is featured in various episodes of the show. An additional arrangement of the theme without backing instruments is also featured in the episode "The Night Before Cave Christmas".

Mario Undōkai[edit]

In Mario Undōkai, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" plays during the tutorial screens of each minigame.

Itadaki Street DS[edit]

In Itadaki Street DS, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" plays when determining the player order. It is titled「MAP 1 (ヨースター島)」 (MAP 1 (Yo'ster Isle), "MAP 1 (Yoshi's Island)") in the game's sound test.

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Mario Kart World[edit]

In Mario Kart World, a medley arrangement of "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)", "Star World (Map Screen)", "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)", "Donut Plains (Map Screen)", and "Special World (Map Screen)" can play in Free Roam during the day. It is titled the "Overworld Medley" in the game's pause menu.

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List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 Original "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"[1] Koji Kondo
Mario Undōkai Arcade 1993 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Original "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"[1] Koji Kondo
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Itadaki Street DS Nintendo DS 2007 Arrangement "MAP 1 (ヨースター島)" (MAP 1 (Yo'ster Isle))[2]
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Arrangement
2020[a] Original
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Overworld Medley"[3]
  1. ^ Added in the 3.0.0 update on April 22, 2020

Film and television[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land 1991 Original Koji Kondo
Super Mario World 1991 Arrangement Michael Tavera

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「MAP1(ヨースター島)」 (Mappu 1 (Yōsutā Shima)) Koji Kondo

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)" Koji Kondo
  1. ^ Added on February 3, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ヨースター島（MAP)
Yōsutā Tou (MAP)		 Yoshi's Island (MAP) [1]
MAP1(ヨースター島)
Mappu 1 (Yōsutā Tou)		 MAP 1 (Yoshi's Island) [4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Itadaki Street DS sound test
  3. ^ Mario Kart World pause menu
  4. ^ Super Mario World album
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) "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" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Theme" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Throne Room" • "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 "Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Aquatic Race" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Deep Dark Galaxy" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "A Tense Moment" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme"[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st – 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Wario franchise Wario Land 3 "Out of the Woods"[conjectural]
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"[conjectural] • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "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" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Protagonists and allies Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Little Yoshi • Dolphin • Bird
Bosses Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Larry Koopa) • Bowser • Reznor • Big Boo
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Bonus Coin • Cape Feather • Coin • Control Coin • Dragon Coin • Yoshi's Egg • Fire Flower • Gray Coin • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Power Balloon • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's Wings
Objects ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Sign • Beanstalk • Blue Door • Bonus block • Bridge • Bubble • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Coin countera • Count-Lift • Daikon • Diagonal platform • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Escalator • Fence • Flimsy Lift • Floating island platform • Flying Platform • Flying Prize Block • Grab Block • Gray Block • Gray P Switch • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Note Block • Jumping Board • Key • Lift • Message Block • ON/OFF Switch • O/X Block • Piston Lift • Prize Block • Revolving Door • Rope • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Single Swing Lift • Skull Raft • Snake platform • Spotlight • Spring platform • Star Road • Stretch Block • Switch Block • Triangular Block • Triple Swing Lift • Yellow Door • Yoshi Cloud
Worlds of Dinosaur Land Yoshi's Island (Yoshi's House · Kappa Mountain) • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special Zone
Moves Carry • Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Looking up • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Buddy Swarm • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Haunted Hole • Hothead • Ice • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant (Jumping Pumpkin Plant) • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Shifting wall • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Music and sound effects Worlds "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Courses "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM")
Other "Bowser BGM" • "Ending" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Title BGM"
Sound effects "1 UP Oto" • "Coin" • "Dai Mario faiamario ni henshin" • "Dragon Coin" • "Fireball" • "Gate o kitta toki" • "Jump-dai de tonda toki" • "Ko Mario ni natta toki" • "Messēji Windō ga deru toki" • "Shippo furu toki" • "Yoshi ni noru toki"
Other 1-Up Room • Bonus game • Bonus Star • Fall • Giant Gate • Item Stock • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Sand cloud • Timer • Tourist Tips
Promotional content 1992 Super Mario World • 1993 Super Mario World • Charmy Water: Super Mario World • "Konnichiwa Super Famicom" • Life, Advanced Quiz • Mario 'n Me • Nintendo Characters: Super Mario Advance 2 • Super Mario World: Mario Pachinko • Mario Slot • Super Mario Bingo Party • Super Mario Embroidery World • Super Mario World (ball-in-a-maze game) • Super Mario World (Barcode Battler II) • Super Mario World (handheld pinball game) • Super Mario World (slot machine) • Super Mario World (water game) • Super Mario World Coin Game • Super Mario World Lucky Coin • Super Mario World: Mario Kiki Ippatsu • Super Mario World: Mario no Pukapuka Ofuro Land • Super Mario World Mario no UFO Crane • Super Mario World Maze Game • Super Mario World Ojama Shoot • Super Mario World Puzzle Game (1) • Super Mario World Puzzle Game (2) • Super Mario World Puzzle Tsumiki • Super Mario World Sports Stadium Soccer & Hockey Game • The Music Man
Further info Gallery (GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Mario Mania • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pégate a Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (GBA) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World • Super Mario History 1985-2010 • Super Mario World (album)
Adaptations 4koma Manga Ōkoku (Super Mario: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7) • GO! GO! Mario World • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • Super Mario (Kodansha manga) (Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 2 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 4 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 7 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World (Mario Olympics) · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World (Time Traveler)) • Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater (books: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 10) • Super Mario Adventures • Super Mario World (television series) • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land • Super Mario-kun (Volumes: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6)
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