Please Select Player

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Not to be confused with Character Select.
"Please Select Player"
"Please Select Player" in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
"Please Select Player" in Super Mario Bros. 2
The image for "Please Select Player" from Super Mario Bros. 2 on Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Genre Dixieland jazz
Key C major
BPM 150
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Please Select Player"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 , where it plays in the character-selection screen.

History[edit ]

Super Mario series[edit ]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario Advance[edit ]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic marks the first appearance of "Please Select Player". When that game was later redeveloped as Super Mario Bros. 2 , the theme was given slightly more enhanced instrumentation and has been extended by several measures, which is the version subsequent appearances of the theme in the Super Mario franchise are based on. The Super Mario Bros. 2 version is also included in the official albums Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA , Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music , and Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music .

In the Super Nintendo Entertainment System remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 in Super Mario All-Stars , an arrangement of "Please Select Player" plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

In the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Advance , a slightly higher-pitched arrangement of "Please Select Player" plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

Icon of an audio speaker. Please Select Player - The arrangement heard in Super Mario All-Stars
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Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit ]

In Super Mario 3D World and the Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury , an arrangement of "Please Select Player" arranged by Toru Minegishi plays in the Lucky House slot machine minigames and in golden bonus rooms. It is titled "Lucky House" in the Nintendo Music app and "Slot Machine" in the official Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack album. This arrangement is in D-flat major, a half semitone up from the Super Mario Advance arrangement.

Icon of an audio speaker. Lucky House - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D World
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Super Mario Maker 2[edit ]

In Super Mario Maker 2 , the Super Mario 3D World arrangement and the original version of "Please Select Player" play whenever the "Bonus Music" sound effect is triggered in a Super Mario 3D World-style level and while the player is in their SMB2 form respectively.

Mario Kart World[edit ]

In Mario Kart World , a Dixieland jazz arrangement of "Please Select Player" can play in Free Roam during the day, on the route from Mario Circuit to Peach Stadium in the Special Cup, and on any VS Race route. This arrangement was also featured in the Mario Kart World Direct, where it plays during the "Fun with Everyone" section.

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Gallery[edit ]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit ]

Games[edit ]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Family Computer Disk System 1987 Original Koji Kondo
Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo Entertainment System 1988 Arrangement "Please Select Player"[1] Koji Kondo
Super Mario All-Stars Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1993 Arrangement Soyo Oka
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars) Soyo Oka
Super Mario Advance Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Wii 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars) Soyo Oka
Super Mario 3D World Wii U 2013 Arrangement "Lucky House"[1] Toru Minegishi
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Bonus Music"[2] Toru Minegishi
2020[a] Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) Koji Kondo
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo Switch 2021 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Lucky House"[1] Toru Minegishi
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Please Select Player"[3]
  1. ^ Added in the 3.0.0 update on April 22, 2020

Albums[edit ]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA 2004 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) 「プレイヤーセレクト」 (Pureiyā Serekuto) Koji Kondo
Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music 2004 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) 「プレイヤーセレクト」 (Pureiyā Serekuto) Koji Kondo
Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music 2005 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) 「セレクト面」 (Serekuto-men) Koji Kondo
Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack 2013 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Slot Machine" Toru Minegishi

Other media[edit ]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) "Please Select Player" Koji Kondo
2026[b] Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Lucky House" Toru Minegishi
  1. ^ Added on February 24, 2025
  2. ^ Added on March 9, 2026

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese プレイヤーセレクト
Pureiyā Serekuto		 Player Select [1]
セレクト面
Serekuto-men		 Select Screen [4]

Notes[edit ]

  • On the Nintendo Music app, "Please Select Player" is labeled as "Selects", classifying it as one "of the very best tracks from the Nintendo Music library", originating from Super Mario Bros. 2. "Please Select Player" shares this title with "Title BGM" and "Ground BGM".

References[edit ]

Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Theme" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Throne Room" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land "Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme"[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st – 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Wario franchise Wario Land 3 "Out of the Woods"[conjectural]
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"[conjectural] • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters Ōsama a • Shireikan a • Subcon • Yoshi b
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdo b • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēn a • Big Shy Guy b • Big Ninji b • Bob-Omb • Bouncing blade b • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coin b • Bomb • Bouncing blade b • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Cork • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platform b • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetable a,b • Grass • Hidden Item Container b • Icy platform • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Fire a • Magical Potion • Mask Gate • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zō a • POW • Pyramid • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaser b • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Waterfall • Yoshi Egg b
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations Subcon • Subspace
Forms Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Music "Bonus Chance" • "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Sub-Space BGM" • "Title BGM" • "Underground BGM"
Promotional content Life, Advanced Stories • Super Mario Advance Bath and Shower Foam • Super Mario Advance Board Game • Super Mario Advance Melody Darts • Super Mario Advance Shitsumonbako • Super Mario Collection • Super Mario Embroidery World • Super Mario History 1985-2010 • The Music Man
Further reading Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Mario Bros. b • Multimedia (Advance) • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World · Limited Edition ) • Super Mario All Stars Video • Yoshi Challenge b • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Adaptations Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater (books: 7 · 8 · 10) • Super Mario (Super Mario USA · Super Mario: Donkey Kong 2 ) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Super Mario-kun (Volumes: 6 · 8 · 26) • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance