Totake's Song

'''Totaka's Song is a short, 19 note, looping tune, hidden in almost every game Kazumi Totaka has worked on as a composer. It was first discovered in Mario Paint, which led many people to refer to it as the "Mario Paint song", and was thought to be the first instance of the song. It has since been discovered in the Japan-only Game Boy game X which predates Mario Paint by months. It was later found in many other games including Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]], Yoshi Touch & Go, Virtual Boy Wario Land, Luigi's Mansion, and several others. As of February 2007, people are still actively seeking the song in the few games Totaka has worked on where it has yet to be discovered; the two most strongly suspected locations are Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land]], Wave Race 64, and Wii Sports.

The song was recently found encoded onto at least three[citation needed] different Animal Crossing e-Reader cards.

Confirmed appearances
The song has been found in the following games:


 * Animal Forest
 * Animal Crossing
 * Animal Crossing e-Reader cards (#P15, "Boy," "Who's Dunnit?")
 * Animal Crossing: Wild World
 * Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
 * The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening / ''DX*
 * Luigi's Mansion
 * Mario Paint
 * Pikmin 2
 * Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
 * Virtual Boy Wario Land
 * X**
 * Yoshi's Story
 * Yoshi Touch & Go
 * In most versions, the song can only be found in Richard's house, but in the Japanese version of the game, the song can be found at the title screen by typing the name Totakeke in when starting a new game.


 * Found in the game's code; conventional method of access unknown.

While the song was first found in Mario Paint (August 1992), the earliest released game to have the song is X (May 1992).