The Soundfrog is a character featured in Super Mario Maker and its Nintendo Switch sequel, Super Mario Maker 2. Its appearance is a green, cartoonish frog, similar to the one found in the Mario Paint composer. By tapping the Soundfrog icon on the left-hand side of the editing screen, the player can access a variety of sound effects to use in their course. Soundfrog is eventually unlocked in the game alongside the sixth shipment of editing tools.
The sound effects can be placed onto the backdrop and will play if Mario touches them, but they can also be placed onto objects and enemies and will play the noise if the object does a specific thing (for example, hitting a ? Block from below). Most sound effects create visuals and will appear as the sound itself plays. Additionally, there is a sample course in the game called "Sound Effects" that shows the player how sound effects work and what they can do.
The Soundfrog itself is also one of the creators of the "Official" courses in the game. Its first course, Muncher Mayhem, was released a day after the game's version 1.20 update.
In Super Mario Maker 2, Mario can receive jobs from Soundfrog in Story Mode. In Story Mode, it dances to create "atmosphere" for the castle and will offer to dance on command once its jobs are completed. A zipper appears on its back, implying it may actually be someone wearing a frog costume.
List of sound effects
Super Mario Maker
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A man shouting in pain. The screen blurs for a split second. Its icon is of a screaming cartoon face. |
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A man moaning in pain. The screen blurs for a split second. Its icon is of a yelling cartoon face. |
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A crashing sound. Rocks and occasionally the landslide warning sign in the sound effect's icon can be seen falling from the top of the screen. Its icon is a warning sign with rocks falling. |
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A dramatic violin stab. The screen darkens for a second with white streaks appearing around the border. Its icon has flaming rocks falling. |
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A man shouting "Ow!" in a high-pitched voice. Two stars appear where the sound effect was played. Its icon is a shoe. |
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A man shouting "Whoo!" in a high-pitched voice. Three stars and a rainbow appear where the sound effect was played. Its icon is a shoe lifted up by a spring. |
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Children cheering. Confetti appears where the sound effect was played. Its icon is two clapping hands. |
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A crowd cheering and applauding. Confetti and sparkles appear where the sound effect was played. Its icon is a blowhorn. |
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A heavenly musical effect with church bells and a harp. A beam of light shines down from above where the sound effect was played. Its icon is an otafuku mask. |
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An eerie piano musical effect followed by a sinister laugh. The screen darkens for a few seconds with ominous purple fog. Its icon is a hannya mask. |
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A punching noise, occasionally accompanied by a cat's meow. A cat's paw can be seen "punching" the location the sound effect was played. Its icon is a boxing glove. |
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Fireworks sound effects and visuals. Its icon is a firework. |
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Festive music, with several small dancers dancing around Mario, while the Wii U GamePad plays vocals. If placed on an item or object, interacting with it does not make the dancers appear, but musical notes will appear around the screen instead. Its icon are two maracas. |
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Rave music, with a crowd cheering and flashing lights, ending with a spotlight on Mario. Its icon is a fan. |
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Sounds of mischievous laughter. Red, blue, and yellow mouths appear where the sound effect was played, possibly referencing the Viruses from Dr. Mario. Its icon is a mouth laughing. |
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Calm silence, followed by a bird's chirping. A hanafuda-styled foreground appears, resembling the background of the Nintendo 3DS hanafuda theme. Its icon is a bird on a branch. |
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The baby sound effect from Mario Paint. The same face from the icon appears where the sound effect was played. Its icon is a baby face. |
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The clown horn noise from Mario Paint. A circle of flowers appear where the sound effect was played. Its icon is a car. |
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A doorbell noise. A light bulb icon appears where the sound effect was played. Its icon is a lightbulb. |
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An error buzzer sound effect. A scribble icon appears where the sound effect was played. Its icon is a "wrong" icon. |
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A telephone buzzing. Jagged lines representing a telephone's ringing appear at random locations around the screen. Its icon is a telephone. |
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Distorts the game's music and screen for a short period of time. "Dizzy" stars appear around Mario's head, and if the course's theme is New Super Mario Bros. U, Mario's eyes will be half-open for the duration of this sound effect. Its icon is "dizzy" stars. |
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Plays boss music, which changes depending on the course's theme. Bowser's emblem also briefly appears on-screen. Super Mario Bros. courses play the Enemy Course music from Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World courses play the standard boss battle music from their respective games, and New Super Mario Bros. U courses play the Castle battle music from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Its icon is a silhouette of Bowser's face. |
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Plays bonus area music, which changes depending on the course's theme. Three colored Mushrooms also can be seen rolling across the screen. Super Mario Bros. courses play the high score music from VS. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3 courses play the second World 5 Map/Coin Heaven theme, and Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. U play the bonus area music from their respective games. Its icon is of a Mushroom. |
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Slow heartbeat noises. The screen pulses slightly and the edges darken for every heartbeat. Its icon is of a blue heart. |
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Mutes the game's music. A static effect appears for a split second. Its icon is the Undodog with a surgical mask. |
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A bird's tweeting noise, or a short sound recording if the player chooses to record using the GamePad's microphone. A bird is seen flying in where the sound effect was played. Any sound recordings in courses that are uploaded to the server will be replaced by the default sound effect. Its icon is a bird. |
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A chicken's clucking noise, or a sped up or slowed down version of a sound recording. A rectangular bird is seen flying in where the sound effect was played. Any sound recordings in courses that are uploaded to the server will be replaced by the default sound effect. Its icon is of a chicken. |
Super Mario Maker 2
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Soundfrog and sound effects return in Super Mario Maker 2 with new additions.[1] All of them are now categorized in five different groups similar to the course elements: feelings, stingers, reactions, animations, and music.[2][3] When playing in an underwater or Ghost House course set at nighttime, certain sound effects serve as temporary light sources when they are triggered.
Sound effects marked with an asterisk (*) return from Super Mario Maker.
Feelings
The feelings category is represented by a smiling face and colored yellow.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Shock* | A man shouting in pain. Its icon is of a screaming cartoon face. [4] | |
| Scream* | A man moaning in pain. Its icon is a yelling cartoon face.[3] | |
| Laughter* | Sounds of mischievous laughter. Its icon is a mouth laughing.[3] | |
| Guffaw | Sounds of laughter from an audience. Its icon is a row of three mouths laughing.[4] | |
| Booo! | A childish voice blowing a raspberry. Its icon is a pouting cartoon face.[4] | |
| Cheer | A crowd cheering. Its icon is a blowhorn (although reused from Super Mario Maker, the sound effect itself is different).[4] | |
| Baby* | The baby sound effect from Mario Paint. Its icon is a baby face.[3] | |
| Party Popper | Celebratory sparkles and bright screen accompanied by bursts of confetti from the sides of the screen. Its icon is a party popper.[2][3] | |
| Applause | An audience clapping. Its icon is a pair of hands clapping (although reused from Super Mario Maker, the sound effect itself is different).[3] | |
| Near Miss | A faced black sun/black hole entity swoops across the screen. |
Stingers
The stingers category is represented by a "!?" and colored red.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Clatter* | A crashing sound. Its icon is a warning sign with rocks falling.[3] | |
| Drama! | A dramatic sound. Its icon is flaming rocks falling (although reused from Super Mario Maker, the sound effect itself is different).[3] | |
| Kick* | A man shouting "Ow!" in a high-pitched voice. Its icon is a shoe.[3] | |
| Jump* | A man shouting "Whoo!" in a high-pitched voice. Its icon is a shoe lifted up by a spring.[3] | |
| Honk Honk* | The clown horn noise from Mario Paint.[3] | |
| Punch* | A punching noise. Its icon is a boxing glove.[3] | |
| Oink | An oinking sound effect that also causes the pig stamp from Mario Paint to pop up from wherever it was triggered.[1][3] | |
| Kuh-thunk! | A taiko drum sound.[3] | |
| Beep! | Causes the screen's picture to break up slightly as a beeping sound plays. Its icon is a television.[4][5] | |
| Ninja Attack! | An effect based on The Mysterious Murasame Castle in which Takamaru's and enemy ninjas' sprites from said game move through the screen while the game's main theme replaces the level music. Its icon is a shuriken.[1][3] | |
| Zap! | A manga-style visual composed of white flares linked by electric discharges, accompanied by a piano tune.[1][3] |
Reactions
The reactions category is represented by split arrows and colored green.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Ding Dong* | A doorbell noise. Its icon is a lightbulb.[3] | |
| Bzzzt!* | An error buzzer sound effect. Its icon is a vertical spiral.[3] | |
| Glory* | A heavenly musical effect with church bells. Temporarily lights up the entire screen when triggered in a nighttime underwater or Ghost House course. Its icon is an otafuku mask.[3] | |
| Doom* | An eerie piano musical effect. Its icon is a hannya mask.[3] | |
| Yeah! | A sound effect of children shouting "Yeah!" Its icon is an eighth note.[3] | |
| Aww... | A sound effect of a group of people groaning. Its icon is a spiral.[3] |
Animations
The animations category is represented by sparkles and colored purple.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Fireworks* | Produces a single firework that rises up a short distance and explodes. Produces light in nighttime Ghost House and underwater course. Its icon is a fireworks explosion. | |
| Audience | A cymbal crash followed by an audience cheering. Its icon is a disco ball.[4] | |
| Scatting | A woman vocalizing to music. Its icon is a woman holding a microphone.[4] | |
| Spark | An effect represented by stars popping from a spot.[3] | |
| Traditional | A confetti effect that plays while paper lanterns bounce on the upper part of the screen. Its icon is a lantern with a cherry blossom.[1][3] | |
| Electric Guitar | A rock "boom" visual. Its icon is an electric guitar.[1][6][3] | |
| Twisty Turny | A record-scratching sound effect. Its icon is a squid.[4] | |
| Woozy | Another record-scratching sound effect. Its icon is an octopus.[4] | |
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Music
The music category is represented by a vinyl record and colored blue.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Peaceful | A chime, followed by the sound of a water drop. Its icon is water ripples.[4] | |
| Horror | A sinister flash, after which the screen becomes dull while a terror tune replaces the level music. Its icon is a skull.[1][6][3] | |
| Bonus Music* | Plays bonus area music, which changes depending on the course's style. In the Super Mario 3D World style, "Slot Machine," the Lucky House theme (which in turn is an arrangement of the character select theme from Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2) plays. Its icon is a Mushroom.[3] | |
| Heartbeat* | Heartbeat noises. Its icon is a blue heart.[3] | |
| Silence* | Mutes the game's music. Its icon is Undodog with a surgical mask. | |
| Boss Music* | Plays boss music, which changes depending on the theme. Super Mario 3D World courses play "Motley Bossblob," a recurring boss theme from the same game. Its icon is Bowser Jr.'s emblem.[4] | |
| Final Boss | Plays final boss music, which changes depending on the theme. Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 courses play the final boss theme from the latter game; Super Mario World courses play its respective final boss theme; New Super Mario Bros. U courses play the second phase of the final boss theme; and Super Mario 3D World courses play "The Great Tower Showdown 1," the first part of Meowser's boss theme from the same game. Its icon is Bowser's emblem.[4] | |
| Super Mario Kart | Plays the Mario Circuit theme from Super Mario Kart. Its icon is the Super Famicom logo, which appears briefly when the effect is triggered.[7][3] | |
| Super Mario 64 | Plays "Slider" from Super Mario 64. Its icon is the Nintendo 64 logo.[3] | |
| Super Mario Sunshine | Plays Delfino Plaza's theme from Super Mario Sunshine. Its icon is the GameCube logo, which appears briefly when the effect is triggered.[8][3] | |
| Super Mario Galaxy | Plays Gusty Garden Galaxy's theme from Super Mario Galaxy. Its icon is the Wii logo, which appears briefly when the effect is triggered.[3] |
List of sound effect applications
It has been requested that this section be rewritten and expanded to include more information.
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What effect the sound effects have on Mario depends on which one was used:
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Plays sound effect when hit or destroyed. |
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Plays sound effect when hit in ? Block form, or destroyed in any form. |
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Plays sound effect when destroyed. |
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Plays sound effect when something emerges from it. |
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Plays sound effect when Mario comes out. |
 
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Plays sound effect when collected. |
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Plays sound effect when collected. |
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Plays sound effect when used. |
 
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Plays sound effect when defeated. In the case of , , , and , it plays while the enemy is on screen.
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Plays sound effect when defeated. In the case of , , , and , it plays while the enemy is on screen.
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Plays sound effect when defeated. In the case of , , , and , it plays while the enemy is on screen.
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| German | Soundfrosch[?] | Soundfrog | |
| Italian | Sonorana[?] | Pun of sonoro (auditory) and rana (frog). | |
| Korean | 소리개구리[?] Sori Gaeguri |
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References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nintendo Life (May 28, 2019). ALL Sound Effects in Super Mario Maker 2 on Nintendo Switch (So Far). YouTube. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ Nintendo Insider (May 28, 2019). 12 Minutes With Super Mario Maker 2's Story Mode. YouTube. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ a b GameXplain (May 16, 2019). Super Mario Maker 2 Japanese Website Tour! In-Depth Look at New Elements, Screenshots Galore & Nina?. YouTube. Retrieved on May 18, 2019.
- ^ Perfectly Nintendo (May 15, 2019). Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) - Make (Footage). YouTube. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ Nintendo Life (May 28, 2019). Super Mario Maker 2 Course Maker Gameplay on Nintendo Switch (Direct Feed). YouTube. Retrieved May 28, 2019.