Please Select Player

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"Please Select Player"
0:30"Please Select Player" in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
The image for "Please Select Player" from Super Mario Bros. 2 on Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Please Select Player"[1] is the theme used for the character selection screen in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, which was later redeveloped as Super Mario Bros. 2. It was composed by Koji Kondo and has been reused and rearranged in several games throughout the Super Mario franchise.

Reuses

The following list does not include ports and remakes of Super Mario Bros. 2.

Game Description
Super Mario Maker 2 "Please Select Player" plays when the "Bonus Music" sound effect is triggered while the player is in their SMB2 Mushroom form.

Arrangements

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 2

In Super Mario Bros. 2, "Please Select Player" is given slightly more enhanced instrumentation compared to the Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic original, and has been extended by several measures. This arrangement is the version heard every time the original theme is reused throughout the Super Mario franchise.

Icon of an audio speaker. Please Select Player - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Bros. 2
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Super Mario All-Stars

In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 2, a 16-bit arrangement of "Please Select Player" plays during the character selection screen, just like in the original game. This arrangement is reused in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition for the same purpose.

Icon of an audio speaker. Please Select Player - The arrangement heard in Super Mario All-Stars
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Super Mario Advance

In the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Advance, an arrangement of "Please Select Player" plays during the character selection screen, just like in the original game. This arrangement is similar the version heard in Super Mario All-Stars, but it is more compressed and uses different, lower-quality synthetic instruments.

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Super Mario 3D World

In Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, an arrangement of "Please Select Player", titled "Slot Machine" in the official soundtrack, plays in the Lucky House slot machine minigames. This arrangement is reused in Super Mario Maker 2 for the "Bonus Game" sound effect in the Super Mario 3D World game style.

Icon of an audio speaker. Slot Machine - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D World
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Mario Kart World

In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Please Select Player" can play in Free Roam and during routes in Grand Prix or Knockout Tour.

List of Super Mario appearances

Games

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
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Super Mario Advance Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Wii 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Super Mario 3D World Wii U 2013 Arrangement "Slot Machine"[2]
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World)
20201 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) Koji Kondo
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo Switch 2021 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Slot Machine"[2]
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

1 - Added in the 3.0.0 update on April 22, 2020

Albums

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"

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese プレイヤーセレクト[1]
Pureiyā Serekuto 		Player Select
セレクト面[3]
Serekuto-men 		Select Screen

Notes

  • 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

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
  3. ^ Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong series Donkey Kong Game Kaishi • Radar BGM • 25m Theme • Hammer • Opening
Donkey Kong Jr. Game Start
Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country Aquatic Ambiance • Bonus Room Blitz • Cranky's Theme • DK Island Swing (Mine Cart Madness) • Fear Factory • Forest Frenzy • Gang-Plank Galleon • Life in the Mines • Northern Hemispheres • Simian Segue • Treetop Rock
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker) • Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic) • Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)
Donkey Kong Country Returns Mine Menace
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. Game Start A • Title BGM
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. 1-Up • Castle BGM • Course Clear (Power Up) • Ending • Ground BGM (Game Over · Player Down) • Invincibility BGM • Timer Warning • Underground BGM • Underwater BGM • World Clear
VS. Super Mario Bros. Business-Use Mario Name Entry
Super Mario Bros. 2 Boss BGM • Ground BGM • Please Select Player • Underground BGM
Super Mario Bros. 3 Airship BGM • Athletic BGM • Bros. Battle • Ending • Fortress BGM • Fortress Boss • Game Over • Ground BGM • King of the Koopas • P Switch BGM / Toad's House • Player Down • Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM • 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 6 Map (Ice Land) • World 7 Map (Pipe Land) • World 8 Map (Dark Land)
Super Mario Land Main Theme • Underground Theme
Super Mario World Bowser BGM • Donut Plains (Map Screen) • Ending • Ground BGM (Athletic BGM · Bonus Game BGM · Castle BGM · Course Clear · Ghost House BGM · Underground BGM · Underwater BGM) • Koopalings BGM • P Switch BGM • Star World (Map Screen) • Title BGM • Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)
Super Mario 64 Bowser's Road • Bowser's Theme • Dire, Dire Docks • Main Theme (Slider) • Merry-Go-Round • Peach's Castle • Piranha Plant's Lullaby • Staff Roll
Super Mario Sunshine Isle Delfino (Ricco Harbor) • Secret Course
New Super Mario Bros. BGM Tride • Course Clear • Main Theme (Athletic Theme) • Mega Mario • P Switch BGM
Super Mario Galaxy Egg Planet • Gusty Garden Galaxy • Luma • Overture • Rosalina in the Observatory • The Toad Brigade • Waltz of the Boos
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Beach Theme • Castle Theme • Desert Theme • Ghost House BGM • Jungle Theme • Toad House • Underwater Theme • Volcano Theme
Super Mario 3D Land Castle Theme • Ground Theme • Underwater Theme • Yukiyama no Theme
New Super Mario Bros. U Ground Theme
Super Mario 3D World A Boss Approaches • Chainlink Charge • Piranha Creeper Creek • Super Bell Hill
Super Mario Maker Title Theme
Super Mario Odyssey Fossil Falls • Jump Up, Super Star!
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario Chill • Fever • Title Screen
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart Award Ceremony • Donut Plains • Mario Circuit • SNES Rainbow Road • Super Mario Kart Title Screen
Mario Kart 64 Choco Mountain/Battle Arenas • Finish Trial • Kalimari Desert • Luigi Raceway • Moo Moo Farm/Yoshi Valley • N64 Rainbow Road
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GCN Yoshi Circuit
Mario Kart DS DS Waluigi Pinball
Mario Kart Wii Wii Coconut Mall • Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit • Wii Moo Moo Meadows • Wii Mushroom Gorge
Mario Kart 8 Cloudtop Cruise
Role-playing games Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Hello, Happy Kingdom
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Athletic BGM • Flower Field BGM • Opening Melody • Powerful Mario • Yoshi's Island (title theme)
Yoshi's Story Yoshi's Song • Yoshi's Story • Yoshi's Tale
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion Title Theme
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Drifting Away • Pyoro • WarioWare, Inc. (Dr. Crygor)
WarioWare: Twisted! Mona Pizza
WarioWare: Touched! Ashley's Theme
Other The Legend of Zelda Important Item Acquired • Overworld Theme
Miscellaneous Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers • The Mario Drawing Song • Totaka's Song
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Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
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Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdob • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
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Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coinb • Bomb • Bouncing bladeb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Cork • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platformb • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetablea,b • Grass • Hidden Item Containerb • Icy platform • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Firea • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zōa • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaserb • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Waterfall • Yoshi Eggb
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" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player"
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a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance
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