Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube 828k You've likely heard how the Japanese composer Kazumi Totaka is known for slipping a short melody into almost every Nintendo game he has worked on.

Kazumi Totaka has for decades composed music for Nintendo games. His very first project for Nintendo, a GameBoy title called X, included this short sequence of notes: ...

Kazumi Totaka is one of Nintendo's most experienced and talented composers and sound directors, yet that's probably not the reason that many recognise his name.

In the Japanese version, people could hear “Totaka’s Song,” a song written by Nintendo composer Kazumi Totaka, by entering the name “とたけけ.” Now, it turns out the new version of ...

Totaka’s Song, the long-running Nintendo game Easter egg, has recently been discovered hidden away inside Mario Kart 8(via CVG). As YouTube user “Somewhat Awesome Games” demonstrates in the ...

Totaka's song is most easily accessible from the title screen of the SNES' Mario Paint, but the quirky ditty has appeared in over a dozen games featuring the work of Nintendo sound designer Kazumi ...

Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi, born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games.

For nearly 25 years, Nintendo sound designer and composer Kazumi Totaka has been sneaking a song — a 19-note melody commonly known as “Totaka’s Song” — into the company’s video games ...

Composer Kazumi Totaka is known for hiding his "Totaka's Song" in just about every game he works on, but somehow Wave Race 64 missed out on this fun little bonus.

You can't think about the Wii Shop Channel without first conjuring up its music - that irresistible ditty composed by Kazumi Totaka, a song so infectious it went on to become a meme.

Nintendo’s elusive tune, Totaka’s Song, has been discovered in Mario Kart 8 Yoshi’s Valley. The long running easter egg has appeared in numerous Nintendo titles, and a clever gamer has ...