Bonus Phase (theme)

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Not to be confused withBonus Game BGM,Bonus Room Blitz, orBonus Area (theme).
"Bonus Phase"
"Bonus Phase" inWrecking Crew
Thumbnail for "Bonus Phase" from Wrecking Crew for Nintendo Music
Image fromNintendo Music
Composed by:
Hirokazu Tanaka
First appearanceWrecking Crew (1985)
Latest appearanceSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

"Bonus Phase"[1] is a musical theme composed byHirokazu Tanaka for thebonus stages inWrecking Crew.

History[edit]

Wrecking Crew series[edit]

Wrecking Crew[edit]

Wrecking Crew marks the first appearance of "Bonus Phase". It is also included in the official albumsGame Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew andFamicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol.1.

Wrecking Crew '98[edit]

Wrecking Crew '98 features two arrangements of "Bonus Phase".

An arrangement of "Bonus Phase" plays in the title screen.

Achiptune arrangement of "Bonus Phase" is featured in the game's port ofWrecking Crew, where it plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

Icon of an audio speaker.Title Theme - The arrangement heard in the title screen ofWrecking Crew '98
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Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix[edit]

Main article:Destruction Dance

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix features an arrangement of "Bonus Phase" as a playable song. It is titled "Destruction Dance".

Icon of an audio speaker.Destruction Dance - The arrangement heard inDance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
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Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, the original version of "Bonus Phase" is included in the "Famicom Medley", which can play in theMario Bros. stage.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, the original version of "Bonus Phase" is included in the "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley", which can play in theDuck Hunt stage.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U, a medley arrangement of "Phase BGM", "Bonus Phase", and "Golden Hammer" fromWrecking Crew can play in theWrecking Crew stage. It is titled the "Wrecking Crew Medley" in the game'ssound test, and it was arranged byManabu Namiki.

The "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley" fromSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS also returns and plays in the same stage.

Icon of an audio speaker.Wrecking Crew Medley - The arrangement heard inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, the "Wrecking Crew Medley" fromSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U and the "Wrecking Crew Retro Medley" fromSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in anySuper Smash Bros.-series and "Other"-series stage. The former medley is titled "Wrecking Crew Medley(for 3DS / Wii U)" in the game'ssound test.

WarioWare Gold[edit]

InWarioWare Gold, an excerpt of "Bonus Phase" plays in theWrecking Crewmicrogame.

Gallery[edit]

List ofSuper Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

WorkSystemYearTypeTitleCredits
Wrecking CrewNintendo Entertainment System1985Original"Bonus Phase"[1]Hirokazu Tanaka
Wrecking Crew '98Super Nintendo Entertainment System1998Arrangement
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario MixNintendo GameCube2005Arrangement"Destruction Dance"
Super Smash Bros. BrawlWii2008Original"Famicom Medley"[2]Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS2014Original"Wrecking Crew Retro Medley"[3]Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Smash Bros. for Wii UWii U2014Original"Wrecking Crew Retro Medley"[4]Hirokazu Tanaka
Arrangement"Wrecking Crew Medley"[4]Manabu Namiki
WarioWare GoldNintendo 3DS2018OriginalHirokazu Tanaka
Super Smash Bros. UltimateNintendo Switch2018Original"Wrecking Crew Retro Medley"[5]Hirokazu Tanaka
Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)"Wrecking Crew Medley(for 3DS / Wii U)"[5]Manabu Namiki

Albums[edit]

WorkYearTypeTitleCredits
Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol.12004Original「ボーナスステージ」 (Bōnasu Sutēji)Hirokazu Tanaka
Game Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew2004Original「ボーナスステージ」 (Bōnasu Sutēji)Hirokazu Tanaka

Other media[edit]

WorkYearTypeTitleCredits
Nintendo Music2025[a]Original"Bonus Phase"Hirokazu Tanaka
  1. ^Added on July 21, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japaneseボーナスステージ[1]
Bōnasu Sutēji		Bonus Stage

References[edit]

Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchiseDonkey Kong"Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr."Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES)"Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country"Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest"Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64"DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns"Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. seriesMario Bros. (NES)"Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew seriesWrecking Crew"Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario seriesSuper Mario Bros."Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros."Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2"Boss BGM" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "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 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land"Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64"Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine"Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros."Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy"Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Ice Mario" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii"Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2"Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
Super Mario 3D Land"Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U"Ground Theme" ("Athletic 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 seriesDr. Mario"Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart seriesSuper Mario Kart"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64"Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit"Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!"Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS"Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii"Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8"Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"
Wario franchiseWario Land: Super Mario Land 3"Main Theme"
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!"Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted!"Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched!"Ashley's Theme"
Yoshi franchiseSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story"Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion seriesLuigi's Mansion"Title Theme (Humming)"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong seriesMario vs. Donkey Kong"Mini Mario Stage"
Super Smash Bros. seriesSuper Smash Bros. Melee"Rainbow Cruise"
OtherThe Legend of Zelda"Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint"Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars"Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous"Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
VS. Wrecking Crew /Wrecking Crew
CharactersMario •Luigi
Items and objectsCoin •Door •Druma •Dynamite •Floor •Golden Hammera •Ladder (Ladder wall) •Lettera •Pillara •Wall
EnemiesEggplant Mana •Fireball •Foreman Spikea •Gotchawrench
PhasesBonus Stage •VS. Wrecking Crew •Wrecking Crewa
Music"Bonus Phase"a • "Golden Hammer"a • "Phase BGM"a
MiscellaneousGallery •Game Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew •Multimedia •Nintendo Music (soundtrack) •Wrecking Crew (playing cards)
a Only inWrecking Crew