I never played Super Mario Bros. Wii and I'm now just kind of realizing that this game and New Super Mario Bros. U on the Wii U and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on the Switch are all two different games with two different, albeit at times similar soundtracks. But what I really like about this track are four specific things.
First, at 0:04, after the intro, is that the first three notes immediately invoke both the underwater variant of the "Overworld BGM" from Super Mario World. There is an automatic feeling of nostalgia for that game that was released 19 years earlier. Second, the song is in the form of a waltz, something that the original Super Mario Bros. established as an ideal meter for an underwater stage. Maybe that was why the underwater theme from New Super Mario Bros. U, "Sparkling Waters" didn't grab me like this song does. Thirdly, the use of marimbas, played in this way (or at least through the mixing process) purposefully sounds like bubbles, again to draw on the underwater environment, maybe to maintain that the music is also a part of the environment. Lastly, there is the jingly/"bling" sound that plays to which several of the enemies on screen react/dance/spin to. This all just creates a cohesiveness between past Super Mario Bros. games, the music, and the environment that I really enjoy.
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