Where does Mario's "BAH" sound come from? Nintendo Music Secrets 2024

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"Bah" actually being "Pah" is earthshattering knowledge

You've got to wonder if the lady who originally did the pah sound knows that her voice is famous.

The "bah" connection is likely due to Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros. both being games released in a close timespan and using a lot of the same music and sound effects.

I think the syllable in Ashley's Theme mistaken for "hell" is 'tal' in "pantalones giganticus". But the funny thing is the Japanese version has a similar easter egg put there intentionally-- the chant she sings, if reversed, spells what can be pronounced as "Made in Wario is Number One" (Made in Wario is the Japanese name of WarioWare). The English localization, while it did a good job, just made up something silly. Also there are more hidden sounds like that in MK8, including Nook's Cranny, K.K. Slider playing a different song depending on the season, and Yoshi (appropriately) humming Totaka's Song and a unique thing that's just super cute. I know like dozens more of these facts, I have to restrain myself from rambling about them.

I cannot believe I never noticed that Mario 64 and the NSMB series shared the "bah" sounds considering how many times I've played those games

The original Flipnote Mario drawing song is extremely nostalgic to me. Back then when I got to the special world in Super Mario 3D Land I couldn’t believe what I’m hearing. So glad Nintendo randomly brought it back and I think they should do it again. It’s a nice melody.

To the best of my knowledge, the reason the pah!s are reused in New is because it was meant to be a quick and easy project for all the devs, recycling assets from Super Mario 64 DS. This is why the eel enemies use Unagi's model, Dorrie shows up, etc. New recycling instruments as well feels par for the course, and connects those games in a really interesting way. On that note it's really funny that all the holdovers carried all the way into Wonder are borne out of something meant to essentially serve as filler.

Fun fact: Mario maker takes a lot of inspiration from Mario Paint. One example is that the Course Bot is a direct reference to the robot you see when saving and loading art, design AND theme! Heck, even the interactive title screen and (SMM 1's) flyswatter game come straight from Mario Paint!

Man I’ve been wondering if bah bah sound was made by a employee

The Bah Bah sound has always been my favourite sound in New Super Mario Bros, ever since I first played the 3DS version. That's among the reasons New Super Mario Bros. And Nintendo are my childhood.

Explaining the bah starts at 9:10, you're welcome

There is more to the Ashley's song; if you continue to play the record at the same speed she goes "All never return. I rise above them!"

I've been playing Mario Kart 8 for close to a decade, must've zoomed past those teacup ride things in Water Park thousands of times, and only today did I learn there's a special song that plays for them.

6:59 Makes sense. Especially when DK.Jr was supposed to be in the game originally as DK’s partner.

Many Kirby games feature a Roland keyboard sample that Roland themselves sampled from an earlier sample from Fairlight (the first computer intended for music production) – called ARR1 or SARARR. This sample was also featured prominently in many pop songs from the 1980s to the 2000s, most notably Tears for Fears' Shout. It's a very distinctive sound – a lo-fi recording of an Australian woman by the name of Sarah Cowan singing "uhh". In Kirby circles, it's known as "That Synth". I still regularly use the sampled voice of a former friend, grateful to live in a time when the technology is accessible to anyone with the interest and patience to take advantage of a device they already own. I sometimes think about how a half-second audio clip of a now-stranger saying "aah" into my laptop's microphone has been recontextualized, repeated, etc., so many times, and I don't even try to make it sound like a voice half the time... yet often do... it's amazing how quickly our species has gone from never hearing the same sound twice to being able to hear it thousands of times per minute with wavetable software. Now, I'm thinking about all the interns at electronic music equipment companies that had nice sultry voices, were asked if they could say "aah" into a microphone, and despite their lack of vocal training or practice, ended up on hit records and amateur recordings on the Internet – only to be fired in a week.

10:06 truthfully I never really thought about this, but now that I know this, not only can I not unhear it but my mind is utterly blown

I love how there's jokes like: Does anyone know morse code? Well, I definitely don't. I find that funny😂

7:35 it's like Jump Up Superstar using the theme of Doneky Kong.

3:14 ah yes, my favorite language, Japanaese.