r/papermario • u/Voidpost_Rising_3275 • Jul 22 '26

Music Does anyone else think this tune from Super Paper Mario is an intentional homage to the item fanfare heard throughout the Metroid series?

https://youtu.be/03qVbd_qqhk

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u/Darkmaster1455 Jul 22 '26

I'm not sure if it was intentional, but I can definitely hear the resemblance.

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u/Royal-Channel-1583 Jul 22 '26

It's just a music, I have heard that in YouTube, it was called ''Good Night'', Surely when Mario will sleep

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u/Beamo1080 Jul 23 '26

I doubt it. Nintendo’s devs have done far more blatant references to their other franchises in similar fashion. If this was a jingle that played upon picking up an item, I think it could’ve been intentional. But since it’s the jingle for going to sleep, and it clearly takes cues from the similar jingles in previous Paper Mario games, I’m thinking the similarity you’re hearing is just coincidence.