Gaming Archaeology: Totaka’s Song

by Phil Bond, filed in Games, Gaming Archaeology, Powet.TV Show on Sep.18, 2006

Quirky Nintendo music composer Kazumi Totaka has a 19-note tune that he likes to hide in his games. Have you heard it? Do you know how pervasive it is? Is it still hiding in yet-to-be discovered places?

So far, the list includes Mario Paint, Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Yoshi’s Story, Link’s Awakening DX, Animal Crossing, Yoshi Touch ‘N’ Go, and Animal Crossing: Wild World, plus some games only released in Japan.

Fun fact that got left out of this video: In the final seconds, what the player is doing is entering their name as “Totakeke” in japanese. That predates Animal Crossing by several years.

Tags: DS, GameCube, Mario, Music, Nintendo, Totaka, Zelda

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Oh, ZAC has? From PowerTV, you say?

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Oh, ZAC has? From PowerTV, you say?

~Sean
http://adamrulz.com/ aDam

Bwahaha.

Very awesome Caleb. I have never heard of that thing. Very well put together video. The powet.tv studio is looking great…
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Bwahaha.

Very awesome Caleb. I have never heard of that thing. Very well put together video. The powet.tv studio is looking great…
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uh, note to self. Be sure to introduce self in videos.
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uh, note to self. Be sure to introduce self in videos.
Dayla

Well, that was amazing.
Dayla

Well, that was amazing.
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German

At Zelda DX fill the name Zelda in, then the song come!
German

At Zelda DX fill the name Zelda in, then the song come!
King Tut

This is great.
My new favorite running secret.
hey, what about the jappenese version of Elite Beat Agents?
Osu Teteke ouedan!
Sounds kinda like “Totaka”, eh?
Plus its all music related…
Great stuff!
King Tut

This is great.
My new favorite running secret.
hey, what about the jappenese version of Elite Beat Agents?
Osu Teteke ouedan!
Sounds kinda like “Totaka”, eh?
Plus its all music related…
Great stuff!
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Me

it also appears on luigis mansion at the end of the credits
Me

it also appears on luigis mansion at the end of the credits
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Corwen

Dude it GOT to be in brawl. What do you think? Who knows where one could find it. I’m going to guess maybe its some where in the music related menus?
Corwen

Dude it GOT to be in brawl. What do you think? Who knows where one could find it. I’m going to guess maybe its some where in the music related menus?
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its not in Brawl. a full rip of music files appeared online months ago.
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its not in Brawl. a full rip of music files appeared online months ago.
Corwen

Yeah i guess i should have known that, seeing as how i have listened to the full ost. But is the song that is hidden in the other games part of the sound files?

Because isn’t the song supposed to be hidden? Maybe it’s not part of the sound files. Like maybe its in another sound format?
How does it work on the other games?
Corwen

Yeah i guess i should have known that, seeing as how i have listened to the full ost. But is the song that is hidden in the other games part of the sound files?

Because isn’t the song supposed to be hidden? Maybe it’s not part of the sound files. Like maybe its in another sound format?
How does it work on the other games?
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Capey

‘X’ was actually the oldest videogame for Totaka’s Tune to appear in.
It was only released in Japan, but that doesn’t seperate it from the western Nintendo family. The theme that played in the first tunnel of this revolutionary and classic GameBoy game had a cameo as a song in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Jordan

I guess maybe it could be hidden after a music track…hm…how about after the SSE credits?

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