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Hey you know what's really funny? The BIG possibility that it is indeed 12/8, for similar reasons as "Main Menu". The percussion is definitely not 4/4 swing, so I have a great feeling that it's 12/8.
Can't wait to be wrong lol

EDIT: The Maraccas are swing, the Bass Drum is swing, but the Bongos(?) are 12/8 (or triplets in this current instance).

Hi, drummer and percussionist here.  The Main Menu song is not 12/8.  In any time signature the bottom time defines the fundamental beat of the time signature, and this song very clearly has the fundamental beat occurring 4 times per measure.  The bottom number is also usually considered the note type that you "count" and this is just way too fast to be 12/8.  The correct way to notate this song would be 4/4 with triplets for all subdivided beats.  Someone could argue for 2/4 with triplets, but I think the note groups clearly lead toward 4 beats.

Also, this is NOT the same thing as swing.  Swing and triplets are not really the same.  Swing CAN have a triplet feel, however swing is actually not rigidly defined.  Actual swing can be anywhere from almost straight feeling to more of a 16th note feel.  In addition, as the tempo of a song increases the swing of a song often decreases, though you can definitely still have a light swing in a slow song (heavy swing in a fast song is almost impossible).  This is one reason why, if you look at a jazz lead sheet, you will see the song written with straight eighths, dotted eighth/sixteenths, or broken triplets. And ironcally, none of those actually indicates how you should feel the swing.  Triplet swing tends to be a reasonable approximation for many cases, and that's probably what most of the actual swing songs in this game are since you have to "pick" one for a digital game, but the main point is that having a triplet feel isn't the same thing as swing.