Serious Competition

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"Serious Competition"
"Serious Competition" in Mario Party 5
Toad wins in Piece Out from Mario Party 5
Composed by:
Aya Tanaka
First appearance Mario Party 5 (2003)
Latest appearance Mario Party DS (2007)

"Serious Competition"[1] is a musical theme composed by Aya Tanaka for Mario Party 5 , where it plays in the minigames Mazed & Confused and Mario Mechs, as well as all five duel minigames that take place in a laboratory-like room: Shock Absorbers, Countdown Pound, Whomp Maze, Pound Peril, and Piece Out.

History[edit ]

Mario Party 5[edit ]

Mario Party 5 marks the first appearance of "Serious Competition".

Mario Party DS[edit ]

In Mario Party DS , a medley arrangement of "Serious Competition" from Mario Party 5, "Slow and Steady" from Mario Party 6 , "Try Hard, Folks" from Mario Party 4 , "On Your Toes" from Mario Party 3 , and "A Rare Minigame" from Mario Party 7 plays in all six Puzzle minigames, including the returning Piece Out. It is titled "Think It Out" in the game's sound test.

Icon of an audio speaker. Think It Out - The arrangement heard in Mario Party DS
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List of Super Mario appearances[edit ]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Party 5 Nintendo GameCube 2003 Original "Serious Competition"[1] Aya Tanaka
Mario Party DS Nintendo DS 2007 Arrangement "Think It Out"[2]

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese しんけんしょうぶだ
Shinken Shōbu da		 This is a Serious Battle! [1]
French Partie sérieuse Serious game [1]
German Entscheidungskampf Decisive Battle [1]
Italian Una sfida seria A serious challenge [1]
Spanish Partida seria Serious game [1]

References[edit ]

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