K.K. Marathon

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Album cover in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Mood It's hard to say
Owned by
Genre Gamelan
Instruments Vibraphone
Drum
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 けけガムラン
 K.K.甘美朗
 Kéké marathon
 Tota-maratón
 K.K. Maratona
 Марафон К. К.
 K.K.가믈란
 K.K.甘美朗
 Kéké marathon
 Tota-maratón
 K.K. Marathon
 K.K.-gamelan

"K.K. Marathon" is a K.K. Slider song that first appears in Doubutsu no Mori e+. Its main instruments are an electric music box, a vibraphone, and a drum, in emulation of Indonesian gamelan music. Specifically, it is inspired by Balinese gamelan techniques, such as the fast-paced kotekan texture in the second half of the aircheck.

Album cover

Album cover in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The album cover for "K.K. Marathon'" features Midge and Maple (Madam Rosa and Carrot in the Doubutsu no Mori e+ e-Reader card) dancing in the foreground as K.K. Slider and Moe play a pair of Balinese gangsa in the background. In the e-Reader card, the text at the bottom left reads the Japanese title "けけガムラン" (Keke gamuran). There is no text on the New Leaf cover, but in New Horizons, there is text at the top which reads "K.K. Marathon." The cover image is now framed in a blue hexagon on a yellow background. Midge and Maple's appearances are also updated to reflect their current designs in this game.

Appearances

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

In Doubutsu no Mori e+, "K.K. Marathon" can only be requested and obtained from K.K. Slider if its e-Reader card is scanned at the Town Tune board. "K.K. Marathon" is not played in any villagers' houses. The aircheck version of the live performance can be obtained by speaking to Tom Nook after scanning the card.

In Wild World and City Folk

In Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, "K.K. Marathon" is not played in any villagers' houses.

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, "K.K. Marathon" is played in the houses of Deli and Tia.

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, "K.K. Marathon" is played in the houses of Margie and Sprinkle. The aircheck of this song can be obtained from one of these villagers after visiting their house by their favor. This song's aircheck can also be purchased in Nook Shopping daily selection for  3,200 Bells.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, "K.K. Marathon" is played in the houses of Avery, Opal, and Vladimir.

In Happy Home Designer

In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, "K.K. Marathon" is played in Opal's house.

Gallery

Music

K.K. Marathon audio tracks

Title Game Track Notes
Aircheck Animal Crossing: Wild World File:WW K.K. Marathon (Aircheck).flac
Live Animal Crossing: Wild World File:WW K.K. Marathon (Live).flac
Aircheck Animal Crossing: New Leaf File:NL K.K. Marathon (Aircheck).flac
Live Animal Crossing: New Leaf File:NL K.K. Marathon (Live).flac
Music Box Animal Crossing: New Leaf File:NL K.K. Marathon (Music Box).flac
DJ KK House Remix Animal Crossing: New Leaf File:NL K.K. Marathon (DJ K.K. House Remix).flac
DJ KK NES Remix Animal Crossing: New Leaf File:NL K.K. Marathon (DJ K.K. NES Remix).flac
Aircheck (Cheap) Animal Crossing: New Horizons File:NH BGM Audio 061 Gamelan Cheap.flac
Aircheck (Retro) Animal Crossing: New Horizons File:NH BGM Audio 061 Gamelan Retro.flac
Aircheck (Phono) Animal Crossing: New Horizons File:NH BGM Audio 061 Gamelan Phono.flac
Music Box Animal Crossing: New Horizons File:NH BGM MusicBox 061 Gamelan.flac
DJ KK Remix Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise File:NH BGM DJ 061 Gamelan.flac

Trivia

This section contains unconfirmed information or speculation.
  • The title "K.K. Marathon" is seemingly irrelevant to the actual song. It has been speculated by the community[1][2] that the name came from a localization error where the Japanese song title "gamuran" was interpreted not as "gamelan" but "game run," which was then localized as "Marathon."

Names in other languages

Japanese けけガムラン
Keke gamuran 		K.K. Gamelan
Korean K.K.가믈란
K.K. Gameullan 		K.K. Gamelan
Simplified Chinese K.K.甘美朗
K.K. Gānměi lǎng 		K.K. Gamelan
Russian Марафон К. К.
Marafon K. K. 		—
Dutch K.K.-gamelan K.K. Gamelan
German K.K. Marathon —
European Spanish Tota-maratón —
European French Kéké marathon —
Italian K.K. Maratona —

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 In New Leaf only
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 In New Horizons only
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 In Happy Home Paradise only
  4. ↑ In Happy Home Paradise and Happy Home Designer

References

  1. ↑ u/wills4545 (May 10, 2020). [1]. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  2. ↑ @seiryuuden (April 8, 2020). [2]. Retrieved May 20, 2021.


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