Coconut Mall first appeared as a race course in Mario Kart Wii, released by Nintendo in 2008, with its music composed for the in game shopping centre setting. The track stayed a fan favourite through later Mario Kart re releases, and its tune took on a second life online as a bait and switch prank known as getting Coconut Mall'd, similar in spirit to a rickroll. Clips would promise something else, then cut to the unmistakable theme, and that joke helped the music spread far beyond gaming circles on social media.