Castle Lololo (theme)

Castle Lololo
Sample of "Castle Lololo" from Kirby's Dream Land.
Details
Debut appearance	Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
Last appearance	Kirby Air Riders (2025)
Other appearance(s)	Kirby Air Ride Kirby: Canvas Curse Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Kirby: Triple Deluxe Kirby Fighters Deluxe Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Kirby's Blowout Blast Kirby Star Allies Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Kirby Fighters 2
Composer(s)	Jun Ishikawa

"Castle Lololo" is a theme first heard in Kirby's Dream Land's second stage, Castle Lololo. It was composed by Jun Ishikawa.

Composition

Venturing through Castle Lololo.

"Castle Lololo" is set on the key of A minor and at 4/4. It begins with a four bar intro consisting of a non-stop pulsation of two alternating sixteenth notes, grouped into bars of F major and E major (as A minor's dominant) harmonies, and an eighth note octave bassline, which both end in five quick chords leading into the melody. Throughout the piece, this backing continues mostly unchanged, only varying in function. The main melody features rising groups of notes ending in a slightly lower tone hinting at major keys, which gives the theme a certain tonal instability. The first section capitalizes on this by shifting between A minor and B-flat/A-sharp minor. Furthermore, the second section, which develops the same melody, carries over the key shift to D major and C-sharp/D-flat major, before ultimately returning to C minor for the latter half of the period. Here, the melody is made longer, balanced by lower ending notes. After reaching a G in the relative E-flat minor, the melody gives way to the chords from the intro, and the track loops.

Interestingly, the original rendition of "Castle Lololo" is notably reminisicent of the stage music in HAL Laboratory's Eggerland series (whose protagonists Lololo and Lalala resemble), with its marching approach and frequent changes between two nearby keys.

Game appearances

Kirby's Dream Land

"Castle Lololo" first appears in Kirby's Dream Land, playing in the stage of the same name. The song is listed as Music 12 (Music 16 is an intro-less version) in the game's Sound Test.

Kirby Air Ride

"City Trial: Dyna Blade Intro" from Kirby Air Ride.

Main article: City Trial: Dyna Blade Intro

In Kirby Air Ride, a more dramatic orchestral arrangement of the theme known as "City Trial: Dyna Blade Intro" plays during the Dyna Blade event and the VS. King Dedede Stadium mode in City Trial. It's listed as track 44 in the game's Sound Test.

Kirby: Canvas Curse

"Mag Mount" from Kirby: Canvas Curse.

Kirby: Canvas Curse features heavily remixed version of this theme called "Mag Mount", which plays in the stage of the same name. It is found in the Sound Test as Music 08.

A small section of the theme is also remixed partially in "Rift Ruin", a remix of "Cocoa Cave" that plays in the aforementioned stage. This theme can be found in the Sound Test as Music 09.

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

"Castle Lololo" in "Kirby's History" from Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition by Hirokazu Ando.

Main article: Kirby's History (theme)

In the Kirby's History section of the game, an orchestral medley of "Castle Lololo" and "Cloudy Park" from Kirby's Dream Land 2 plays, with the former looping three times before changing to the latter. It was arranged by Hirokazu Ando.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

In the Kirby Fighters sub-game, the original version of this theme from Kirby's Dream Land plays in the Castle Lololo Battle Stage. This theme is listed as Track 045 in the game's Jukebox.

Kirby Fighters Deluxe

Like on its origin sub-game, the original version of the theme plays in the Castle Lololo battle stage in Kirby Fighters Deluxe.

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, the original version from Kirby's Dream Land plays in the Castle Lololo section of the Dream Land GB stage.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the track is incorporated in the "Kirby Retro Medley", where it can be played on Battlefield, Big Battlefield, Small Battlefield, Final Destination and every Kirby-series stage. "Castle Lololo" is also played separately during some Spirit battles.

Kirby's Blowout Blast

The "Castle Lololo" arrangement from Kirby's Blowout Blast.

A simple arrangement of the theme plays in Level 3 of Kirby's Blowout Blast.

Kirby Star Allies

"Picture Results" from Kirby Star Allies by Hirokazu Ando.

Kirby Star Allies features a slow and calm arrangement of the theme, which plays when showing the player their collected Picture Pieces after the Goal Game. This theme is named "Picture Results" and is listed as track 029 in the game's Jukebox. The track reappears in Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack as track 29 on Disc 2.

Kirby Fighters 2

"Castle Lololo (Secret Song)" from Kirby Fighters 2.

The Castle Lololo battle stage returns in Kirby Fighters 2, using the same track from its original appearances in Kirby Fighters and Kirby Fighters Deluxe. In addition, a remix for the stage can be unlocked as a secret song after reaching Fighters Rank 96.

Other appearances

"Castle Lololo Station" from the Kirby Pupupu Train Eki-melo Collection.

A short remix of this theme was featured in Kirby Pupupu Train, and it is included on the Kirby Pupupu Train Eki-melo Collection under the title キャッスルロロロ駅 (Castle Lololo Station), listed as track 6.

Names in other languages

Castle Lololo

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	CASTLE LOLOLO	-
English	Castle Lololo	-

Mag Mount

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マグマウント Magu maunto	Mag Mount
English	Mag Mount	-
European French	Mont Magma	Mount Magma
German	Glut-Grotte	Ember-Grotto
Italian	Monte Magma	Mount Magma
European Spanish	Monte Magma	Mount Magma

Picture Results

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	イラストリザルト Irasuto rizaruto	Illustration Result
English	Picture Results	-