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Totaka’s Song: Part 1 of 3

A secret tune that keeps popping up in Nintendo games, over and over. The hidden signature of composer Kazumi Totaka.

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Duration : 0:7:27


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25 Responses to “Totaka’s Song: Part 1 of 3”

  1. weird but cool
    weird but cool

  2. gamewarrior2216 on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    In Link’s Awakening …
    In Link’s Awakening, I think if you type “ZELDA” in the name bar, the music changes. This was the original, American version. I remember I found that one out as a kid plus the frog house guy in LA(I loved his music for some reason and scared the out of me) and of coarse Mario Paint.

  3. wwedbzfan2000 on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    I -think- I found …
    I -think- I found one in Warioware on GBA. If you sit on the title screen for long enough, the music changes.

  4. in mario kart 64 …
    in mario kart 64 after winning a racewait 50 minutes and the song apears

  5. No one cares.
    No one cares.

  6. mewcherry1996 on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    @blades2122 Yep, it …
    @blades2122 Yep, it is. It’s there again as K.K. Song, and apparently sometimes Kapp’n will whistle it while you’re on the bus ^^

  7. so thats what that …
    so thats what that creepy song was in yoshis story o.0

  8. I think I may have …
    I think I may have heard the Pikmin singing this when he mentioned Pikmin 2.

  9. GOD IT!I WISH …
    GOD IT!I WISH I COULD HEAR IT but my brother lost luigis mansion for gamecube >:(

  10. MrChocoThunda on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    OOOOMMMGGG i found …
    OOOOMMMGGG i found it in luigis mansion it is in the screeen where you slect your controls just wait there ffor about 3 mins adn then the tune will come up its really cool.

  11. Yup. Ever since …
    Yup. Ever since Yoshi’s Story. It makes sense to use in house voice actors knowing how small the Video Game industry was back then. If I remember correctly, Leslie Swan (one of NOA’s Localization people) did Peach’s voice in the English Mario 64.

  12. I knew about some …
    I knew about some of the games this popped up in, but I seriously didn’t know about the one In Six Golden Coins… Wow.

  13. I miss the original …
    I miss the original animal crossing so bad, they ruined it so much

  14. this song creeps me …
    this song creeps me out

  15. @supersane101
    Oh …
    @supersane101
    Oh my bad… not really sure why I didn’t think to check the others… I must have been sleepy or something lol.

  16. creamxtailsxcosmo98 on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    k.k. song
    k.k. song

  17. MrConcreteDonkey on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    Oh, that’s the …
    Oh, that’s the first BGM in Mario Paint. It plays when you click Mario on the title screen.

  18. i mean the one …
    i mean the one before totakas song its very short

  19. is this song in …
    is this song in animal crossing city folk

  20. MrConcreteDonkey on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    -_-
    -_-

  21. crossedmoonmaster on March 16th, 2010 at 3:08 am

    did some one know …
    did some one know that kazumi totaka is also the voice of Yoshi? that was really surprising when I saw it on super smash bros. melee´s credits for me…

  22. whats the name of …
    whats the name of the song that started at 0:02

  23. @rehtlh
    Part three …
    @rehtlh
    Part three which was made three years ago.

  24. i found it on …
    i found it on luigis mansion

  25. for there the frog …
    for there the frog the bell tolls

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