Mario Kart World's Character Select Screen Hides a Legendary Nintendo Easter Egg

Nintendo has included an infamous recurring Easter egg in Nintendo Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World, fans have discovered.

Totaka's Song, a recurring tune that has secretly appeared in countless Nintendo games, has once again been found — and you can hear it on Mario Kart World's character selection screen.

Simply scroll over to Yoshi on your character roster and leave the green dinosaur dancing for a little while. Eventually, he will start humming a familiar tune — yes, this is Yoshi singing Totaka's Song.

"I was idling on the Character Select screen when I noticed Mario began humming after enough time passed," wrote reddit user charizardtelephone. "I thought, 'Huh, they could totally hide hidden tunes like that.' Wait. Hidden music? In a Nintendo game? With Yoshi? It was too good to be true."

You can take a listen to Yoshi humming Totaka's Song below:

Legendary Japanese video game composer Kazumi Totaka has included versions of the melody in various games he has contributed to, both as composer and as the voice/noises of Yoshi himself. From Super Smash Bros. to Wii Sports, Animal Crossing to Pikmin, Totaka's Song is somewhere inside them all.

"After a few seconds, lo and behold, Yoshi begins humming Totaka's Song like the idle Yoshis do in Mario Kart 8," charizardtelephone continued, detailing the song's discovery in Mario Kart World. "Very cool Easter egg. Not sure if anyone else has noticed it yet."

In Japan, Mario Kart World is currently beating the physical sales of Switch 1 launch title The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild earned back at Nintendo's last console launch. The game, which is included in a bundle option with the Switch, is Nintendo's first big hit for its new console. Next up to launch is Donkey Kong Bananza, which will be further detailed in a Nintendo Direct broadcast later this week.

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