Kazumi Totaka's Song Guide

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The first game Kazumi Totaka is credited as music director is this 3D space action game on Game Boy by Star Fox developers Argonaut. When the song was discovered, 15 years after its original release, it usurped Mario Paint as the first appearance of the song by a mere 2 months.

In Mission 4, Dr. Yamano has been kidnapped and you have to destroy the alien bases and find him. In some bases you find fake scientists who pop up on screen to thank you. Wait on this screen for a few moments and Totaka's Song will play.

Mario Paint

The most well known occurrence of the song, and perhaps the easiest to find. On the title screen, pressing each of the letters has a different effect.

Simply click on the "O" and it will turn into a bomb and explode, stopping the music. A few seconds later, Totaka's Song will play.

For the Frog the Bell Tolls

When you return to the third village after visiting the castle, a new building will have appeared next to the ship.

Enter the building and wait around for a couple of minutes. The music will eventually stop and Totaka's Song will play. The regular music will then start up again.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

When you lose all your lives, wait on the Game Over screen for a few minutes. Eventually the music will stop and Totaka's Song will play.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Link's Awakening contains no less than three versions of Totaka's Song, although only two have been discovered in the game so far.

The first is in Richard's house, south of Kanalet Castle. Richard, the frogs in his house, and even his theme originated in For the Frog the Bell Tolls. Wait in his house for a few minutes and the music will stop and Totaka's Song will play.

The second appears in the Japanese version. If you enter your name as "Totakeke" (see screenshot) then the music will change to a remix of Totaka's Song.

This second version can also be found in the German version of Link's Awakening DX on the Game Boy Color. Simply enter your name as "MOYSE" (Claude Moyse was the German translator on the game).

The third version has yet to be discovered, but it was ripped from the soundtrack. It sounds like it is played using the Instruments of the Sirens.

Virtual Boy Wario Land

After completing the game and watching the staff credits, wait on the "END" screen for 1 minute and 15 seconds, and Totaka's Song will start playing.

Yoshi's Story

Wait for a moment on the Trial Mode stage select screen. After the music has looped a few times it will stop and Totaka's Song will play.

Mario Artist

One of the songs you can play over your creations in Mario Artist: Talent Studio is Totaka's Song.

A video exists showing an old man crossing a road to Kazumi Totaka's Song. Very little information is known about this game, so it's not clear if this is a pre-set video or if it was a fan creation that happened to use the song.

Animal Crossing

K.K. Slider (Japanese name Totakeke) is a guitar-playing dog that appears outside the train station every Saturday night at 8, and his design is based on Kazumi Totaka. You can either request a song or ask him to play a random song, but there are some secret songs he will only play when requested.

Request the secret "K.K. Song" and it turns out to be a version of Totaka's Song.

When he's finished playing, he gives you an aircheck that you can play on the tape deck in your house. This sounds more like the original digital beeps.

The song also shows up when you scan some Animal Crossing e-Reader cards, with P15 and P13 confirmed so far. It's also worth noting that Kazumi Totaka is credited as the sound designer on the e-Reader itself.

Luigi's Mansion

After meeting E.Gadd for the first time, you will have to do some training with the Poltergust. Before training begins you are sent to a screen displaying the game controls. Wait on this screen for 3 minutes and 25 seconds and Totaka's Song will play.

Pikmin 2

Go into any cave you have not yet completed. Finish it by collecting the treasure, and when you exit the cave using the geyser you will be taken to the "Treasures Salvaged" screen, where a "Cave Completed" message and twinkling confetti appears. Wait on this screen for a few minutes and Totaka's Song starts playing.

If you haven't completed the cave, or you complete the cave first and run through it again, the confetti will not appear and the song will not play.

Yoshi Touch & Go

On the Marathon mode you will sometimes cross through a mountain area where strong winds blow away your clouds. Pause the game and listen for a few minutes. Eventually Totaka's Song will play.

Animal Crossing: Wild World

K.K. Song returns in this game. Simply request it from K.K. Slider on Saturday Night in Brewster's Roost.

Animal Crossing: City Folk

K.K. Song returns once more, but there is another appearance in the game.

When Kapp'n is driving the bus between your town and the city, sometimes he will whistle Totaka's Song.