Top Ten Mario Kart DS Songs

Everyone knows this one. It's the most iconic song in the game, and it truly started the Waluigi fame with the pinball course. But don't forget that it's used in Wario Stadium as well, even though it doesn't fit as well there. That's probably also why people don't like the Wario Stadium remix in Mario Kart 8 because "they want it to sound more like pinball."

This is, though, a truly badass and catchy theme, and it really captures the spirit of Waluigi. If you say Waluigi has no personality, TOO BAD WAALUIGI TIME! Listen to this theme, it truly symbolizes Waluigi's personality.

Honestly, Airship Fortress and Luigi's Mansion are among my two favorite songs in the entire Mario franchise. Maybe not among the best songs of all time in general, but definitely in terms of Mario.

These two songs awaken the most nostalgia out of any other Mario Kart song, excluding Wario's Gold Mine and maybe some songs in Mario Kart 7. This is because these were retro tracks in Mario Kart 7, my favorite Mario Kart game. At the time I got the game, I was heavily into spooky and adventurous music. These two courses have it, and they have left lots of nostalgia on me.

This one in particular is just downright amazing and the main reason Airship Fortress is my favorite Mario Kart DS course. This song is what you get when you combine horror, adventure, epicness, and a rescue mission. One of the best combinations ever, and to think a Mario game would use it is just amazing too. That melody just nails being great.

On top of that, the setting of this course helped me love it too because of the airship in a dark sky high up and those bullet/banzai bills. At the time, I considered these enemies to be scary, and it helped the music further get its identity. Top 1 easily. Best song ever in Mario Kart almost.

Man, I surely wrote a long comment on Airship Fortress. I doubt such a long comment will be made by me again on a song item, except maybe this one.

Speaking of Airship Fortress, that song and Luigi's Mansion, as I said on that item, are among the most nostalgia-filling Mario Kart songs ever. In my opinion, they are only topped by Wario's Gold Mine and maybe some Mario Kart 7 songs. It had to do with their spooky combined with adventurous themes.

In a nutshell though, Airship Fortress focused more on the adventurous and epic theme while Luigi's Mansion focused more on the spooky theme. Yet again, the combination is great. The nostalgia always hits me when I play the course and this music plays. It really captures the spookiness, and the course itself helped me love the music. I love the dark green colors and the walking trees and all that stuff. Definitely a top two contender in my opinion.

This is the definitive coastal and harbor theme in Mario Kart. As a course based on Delfino Plaza from Super Mario Sunshine, it nails every aspect, including the music, which, while different from your usual Super Mario Sunshine tune, is still very great.

It gives you a feeling that your adventure is soon about to be over when looking from a Mario Kart Wii perspective, where it's the second-to-last course in the Banana Cup. When you're new to the game, it looks like the last cup in the game. Ah, good times.

This is another incredibly underrated Mario Kart course. It has everything you'd ask for in a beach course. A forest, a boardwalk, rock structures, and the beach. And the music, those steel drums are amazing and so tropical. They incredibly remind me of Freddi Fish 3 with its tropical setting and steel drums. Great song.

Normally, I do not put anything related to retro courses in lists about modern Mario Kart games because they really are not from that game. However, this song is not only so good, but it's also literally the only retro song in the entire game that surpasses the original and becomes amazing. N64 Choco Mountain was surprisingly good too, but for me, it only stayed on the same level as the original.

Just listen to this. The original was epic and all, but this is at least twice as epic, and by that I mean very! I could literally imagine this song playing while fighting the last boss in a game, say a Mario game actually, even if it's not that climactic.

Now, this needs to be said because this song is quite overrated. It didn't even make my top five, which most likely comes as a surprise to most people. Also, "original"? Lol no, it's taken directly from Super Mario 64. Not an original act.

That's not to say I do not like it because this is one of the catchiest songs in the game. It truly captures the time and clock spirit. However, it sounds a bit too mono, which is why I strongly prefer the Wii U remix.

One of my favorite title screen themes of all time in terms of Mario Kart. Only Mario Kart 7, I suppose, has a better theme, but this surely nailed it as well. It's so upbeat and motivational and knows how to be nostalgic to its players who grew up with it in the late 2000s. I personally first played the game ten years later in 2015, but that hasn't stopped me from finding this song quite nostalgic and great.