Totaka's Song

Totaka's Song is a melody that Nintendo Composer and Sound Designer Kazumi Totaka is known for inserting in the majority of titles that he has worked on. This creates a level 4 connection between all of the video games that this song is featured in.

## Animal Crossing

* In Animal Crossing (released on December 14, 2001), Animal Crossing: Wild World (released on December 5, 2005) and Animal Crossing: City Folk (released on November 16, 2008) Totaka's Song can be heard if you approach K.K Slider when he is playing music on a Saturday night and requesting him to play K.K. Song
* In Animal Crossing: Wild World (released on November 16, 2008) you can also hear Totaka's Song while being driven to or from the city in Kapp'n's bus and waiting without scrolling through the text, which will result in Kapp'n whistling a number of songs, one of which is Totaka's Song
* In Animal Crossing: New Leaf (released on November 8, 2012) Totaka's Song can be heard while being on the loading screen connecting to the internet after speaking to Kapp'n for 2 minutes and 25 seconds

## Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru

* In Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (released on September 14, 1992) you can hear Totaka's Song by entering the building that appears after finishing the third quest in the castle and waiting for 3 minutes and 30 seconds

## Mario

* In Mario Paint (released on July 14, 1992), Totaka's Song can be heard by clicking the O on the title screen
* In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (released on November 25, 1992) Totaka's Song can be heard by waiting on the game over screen for 2 minutes and 30 seconds
* In Virtual Boy Wario Land (released on November 27, 1995) Totaka's Song can be heard by waiting on the end screen for 1 minute 15 seconds
* In Yoshi's Story (released on February 20, 1998) Totaka's Song can be heard by entering Trial Mode from the games menu and waiting 2 minutes and 10 seconds
* In Mario Artist: Talent Studio (released on February 23, 2000) Totaka's Song can be heard in one of the demo videos
* In Luigi's Mansion (released on November 18, 2001) and the 3DS remake Luigi's Mansion (released on October 12, 2018) Totaka's Song can be heard by going to the training room controller configuration screen and waiting for 3 and a half minutes. An upbeat piano version of Totaka's Song was also meant to appear in Melody Pianissima's music quiz but this was not included in the final version of the game
* In Yoshi Touch & Go (released on March 14, 2005) Totaka's Song will play after 3 minutes and 45 seconds of a level where the wind blows away the clouds you draw, however the level will generally end before this point is reached, so pausing in the level is usually required
* In Yoshi's New Island (released on March 14, 2014) Totaka's Song can be heard by waiting in the world map in level 6-8 for 5 minutes
* In Mario Kart 8 (released on May 30, 2014) and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (released on December 15, 2017) Totaka's Song can be heard being whistled by certain Yoshi's in any course featuring Yoshis
* In Super Mario Odyssey (released on December 1, 2017) after capturing a Moe-Eye and putting on there sunglasses but will hum a variety of songs, one of which resembles Totaka's Song

## Pikmin

* In Pikmin 2 (released on August 30, 2004) Totaka's Song can be heard by waiting on the Treasures Salvaged screen for 3 minutes 50 seconds although this was removed from the New Play Control! re-release. Totaka's Song can also be heard if you enter a cave without a memory card inserted and waiting on the prompt to insert yor Memory Card for 3 minutes and 50 seconds

## Super Smash Bros.

* In Super Smash Bros. Brawl (March 9, 2008) Totaka's Song can be heard playing the Animal Crossing stage "Smashville" on a Saturday so that K.K Slider appears who will play a variety of music, one of which is Totaka's Song

## The Legend of Zelda

* In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (released on August 1, 1993) Totaka's Song can be heard by going to Richard`s frog-filled villa and waiting for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. This also appears in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (released on December 1, 1998) and the Nintendo Switch remake The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (released on September 20, 2019). This can also be heard in the Japanese version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, why starting a new game and entering your name as "とたけけ" (Totakeke) and in the German version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening by entering your name as "MOYSE". Another version of Totaka's Song played on what sounds like the Full Moon Cello from the game can be found in the games code, however it makes no appearance in the final version of the game.

## Wii Sports

* In Wii Sports (released on November 19, 2006) the sound of the tennis ball hitting the racket in Tennis will change slightly and if you set the sounds of the ball to the tempo of Totaka's Song it seems to fit perfectly, however many believe that this is just a psychological trick from people trying to make the racket hits sound like the song

X

* In X (released on May 29, 1992), Totaka's Song can be heard by going to a fake scientist screen in Mission Four and waiting for 40 seconds
* In X-Scape (released on May 31, 2010) Totaka's Song can be heard by saving the fake scientist, talking to the robot until it asks "What's that?!" and waiting for 3 minutes

## Other

There are a number of games that Kazumi Totaka have worked on that have been speculated to include the song, however with it yet to have been found. These games are listed below

* Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000: DS Kondate Zenshuu
* Wave Race 64
* Wii Music
* Yoshi's Wooly World