A famous melody which has appeared in multiple Nintendo games over the years is Totaka's Song. It was originally created by Nintendo composer and sound director Kazumi Totaka and first appeared in X - a 1992 shooter on the original Game Boy - as a secret. Since then, it's become somewhat of an iconic track added into nearly every game Totaka has worked on.
While it's already common knowledge this song is in Pikmin 2, nearly 15 years after the original GameCube title was released, a second version of the Totaka's famous song has now been discovered by a YouTuber known as Quote Balrog. It can now not only be heard on the treasure salvage screen if you wait for a number of minutes, but can also be listened to if you enter any cave in Pikmin 2 and unplug the memory card at the same time. Doing this will bring up the memory card warning screen and if you wait for around four minutes, you'll eventually hear the song play. Have a listen below:
Are you surprised it took this long to locate this song (again) in Pikmin 2? What other games do you remember this classic tune from? Tell us below.
[source youtube.com]
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@SonicMos Oh, I thought you were doing the Mario 1-1 theme.
Saw this a few days ago but always good to see little easter eggs like this.
this isn't Pikmin 4. the song discovered for Pikmin 2 is cool though
Sooo, speaking of pikmin, whatever happened to #4 being “almost ready”? Development shift I take it?
@JesWood13
I have always been wondering whether that new Pikmin game they announced actually ended up being Hey Pikmin for 3DS.
I mean, "Pikmin 4" was announced in 2015 and Hey Pikmin was released 2017 the timing would fit.
Maybe I am missing something, since no one ever seems to talk about that possibility... I don't know.
Please refrain from using Pikmin images until 4 is announced, this wasnt good for my heart!
I wonder how many other hidden Totaka songs exist undiscovered?
Will he ever divulge exactly how many are left and where to find them?
Saw the photo and got excited for a pikmin 4 announcement, but...
@hatch Sad but true. Only way to discover things on your own is to stay away from the internet it seems.
How do they find this stuff. Lol.
@Kirgo Nope! Miyamoto mentioned in an interview when he was asked that Hey Pikmin and Pikmin 4 were separate projects in 2017, and that Pikmin 4 was still in development but he'd been told he wasn't allowed to say anything else.
...That is the creepiest version of this little tune that I've heard so far.
I love it!
looks like it starts at 3:44
Wow during normal gameplay like pulling out the memory card and then idling for cuatro minutos.
Best/worst egg imo
Pretty cool! Reminds me, they are still games that have been datamined and the totaka song has been found in then, but a way to reproduce it in game has not been found yet! Wonder which one will be next.
Any Pikmin news is good news! (Other than Pikmin 4 is cancelled or something.) Nice going Quote Balrog!
@hatch While a datamine may reveal the song in the game's files, it doesn't always make clear how you access the song within the game.
Totaka's song has always been one of my favorite video game easter eggs ever since I originally discovered it back in Mario Paint. It was just so fascinating how it kept showing up in other games.
@link3710 So I really did miss something...
Good to know, thanks!
The tune is quite sad tho
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