Nintendo Music (Mobile) News Articles
Tuesday2nd Sep 2025
News Nintendo Music Adds Fire Emblem: Awakening Soundtrack In New Update
Switch Online icons also available
Apart from a Switch and Switch 2 firmware update today, Nintendo has also released its weekly Nintendo Music update. The latest update adds the soundtrack from the 2012 3DS tactical RPG, Fire Emblem: Awakening. You can get a quick sample of this album in the official Nintendo social post below: To access this...
Tuesday26th Aug 2025
News Nintendo Music Update Adds More Songs To Kirby And The Forgotten Land Playlist
The Switch 2 Edition arrives this week
In March of this year, the Nintendo Music app received an update adding songs from the Switch title Kirby and the Forgotten Land. At the time, Nintendo mentioned how the rest of this album was coming "later this year", and now, ahead of the launch of the Switch 2 Edition of this title, additional tracks have...
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
News Nintendo Music "Special Release" Adding Tracks From Kirby Air Riders Today
Update: Confirmed in today's Direct
Nintendo Music is mostly known for retro soundtrack updates, but this week it's completely different, with the Japanese firm today revealing we're actually getting some music from a game that's not even out yet. This information was shared via the Nintendo Today! mobile app's calendar. And it's songs from...
Tuesday5th Aug 2025
News Pilotwings SNES, N64 And 3DS Albums Soar Onto 'Nintendo Music' In New Update
Here's every song included
Following the Nintendo Music app being updated to Version 1.3.0, Nintendo has this week added the Pilotwings soundtracks. This update includes not only the Super Nintendo album, but also the soundtracks for Pilotwings 64 and Pilotwings Resort on the 3DS. The SNES release contains 21 tracks with a total run time of 19...
Monday4th Aug 2025
News Nintendo Music Update Adds "Some Features" For Those With An Expired NSO Membership
Keep the tunes coming
Nintendo has rolled out its latest update for the Nintendo Music mobile app, and the biggest change seems to be the arrival of "some features" for anyone who let their Nintendo Switch Online membership expire. That "some features" all sounds pretty mysterious, doesn't it? Well, that's exactly how the Big N phrases it in the...
Tuesday29th Jul 2025
News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's SNES Library With A Mouse Game
Mario Paint is finally back!!
If you've been waiting to see the Super Nintendo title Mario Paint make a return, we've kind of got some exciting news today. The game has officially been added to the SNES app for Switch Online users. The catch is, it requires a mouse. On Switch 2, you can use the Joy-Con 2 mouse controls to play the game, and for...
Tuesday15th Jul 2025
News Another Mario Kart Album Races Onto Nintendo Music, Here's Every Song Included
Ready, set, go!
The weekly updates for the mobile app Nintendo Music continue this week with the arrival of Mario Kart 64's soundtrack. Even if you haven't played this game before, you've likely heard some of its music elsewhere over the years. This latest album, which originally debuted alongside the N64 release in 1996/97, features tracks such as...
Tuesday8th Jul 2025
News 'Nintendo Music' Adds Another Legendary Zelda Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Ocarina of Time's 3DS album joins the service
Nintendo has been extending its Nintendo Music app library with weekly releases and today sees the addition of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. This is based on the Nintendo 3DS version of Ocarina of Time and was released in 2011. It joins the Nintendo 64 version of the soundtrack (and multiple...
Tuesday17th Jun 2025
News Nintendo's Music App Is Back On Track With A New Album Update
It's game night with Clubhouse
Nintendo's Music app took one week off after it dropped the absolutely massive Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom soundtrack. It's now back this time with another soundtrack, this time for Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics. You can expect plenty of smooth tunes in this latest update with 37 tracks in total and...
Tuesday3rd Jun 2025
News Nintendo Music Update Adds Over 340 Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Tracks
That's almost 12 hours of music!
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom returns this week as an upgrade for the Switch 2 and in line with this, the official game soundtrack is now available on the Nintendo Music mobile application. This includes 344 songs in total with an absolutely whopping runtime of 11 hours and 43 minutes. Nintendo has also mentioned how...
Thursday29th May 2025
News Nintendo Music Lands The Perfect Feature For Those Who Listen Before Bed
Counting Mareep
It has been a rather busy night for Nintendo app updates, hasn't it? After the Nintendo Switch app (formerly known as the Nintendo Switch Online app) got a major revamp and Nintendo Today! scored some new features, the Big N set about tweaking things on Nintendo Music too, and released an updat
Wednesday28th May 2025
News Nintendo Updates 'Switch Online' Trailer With New Switch 2 Footage
GameChat, GameCube and more...
Nintendo has been freshening up all sorts of things in recent months and its Switch Online trailer has now been updated with Switch 2 footage. This includes a look at Mario Kart World and existing Switch releases (including Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which just got updated). There's also a rundown on the new...
News Nintendo Music Celebrates 10 Years Of Splatoon, Here's Every Song Included
Switch Online Splatoon icons also available
Splatoon is now a well-established Nintendo IP and this month marks its 10th anniversary. Don't worry, we can't believe it either! To celebrate this very special milestone, Nintendo has added the original Wii U soundtrack to its Nintendo Music mobile application today. This latest album contains 47...
Tuesday20th May 2025
News Nintendo Music's Latest Update Celebrates Another NES Classic, Here's Every Song Included
Kid Icarus returns
The Nintendo Music app has been pumping out all sorts of soundtracks so far this year and following a Pokémon update last week, we're now jumping back to the glory days of the NES with the original Kid Icarus game. This album, as you might expect, is a lot smaller than the previous update - with just 12 tracks and a total...
Thursday1st May 2025
News Mario Kart's 3DS Album Races Onto Nintendo Music, Here's Every Song Included
Another 3DS banger
Nintendo Music has rolled out another update this week and it adds the Mario Kart 7 album dating back to the 3DS generation. All up, this soundtrack includes a total of 66 songs with a runtime of 2 hours and 9 minutes. You'll be able to relive races like Toad Circuit, Shy Guy Bazaar, Daisy Hills, and even the battle courses and...
Friday25th Apr 2025
News New Nintendo Music Update Beefs Up A Bunch Of Track Runtimes
Keep the extensions coming
Aside from the usual track additions, Nintendo occasionally performs Nintendo Music updates to tweak the content that's there, rather than adding anything new. One such patch has been applied today, focusing on letting us all play tunes for longer. As brought to our attention on BlueSky by OatmealDome, the music app has...
Tuesday22nd Apr 2025
News Fire Emblem Engage Added To Nintendo Music, Here's Every Song Included
Engage those ears
Well, after a minor confirmation from Nintendo itself recently, the Fire Emblem Engage OST has been added to Nintendo Music's growing library. It's a bit of a ruddy big one too. We've got a total of 182 tracks here with a runtime of 7 hours and 24 minutes. Crikey! Needless to say, if you're a fan of Fire Emblem Engage, then you've...
Friday18th Apr 2025
News Another Fire Emblem Soundtrack Looks To Be Joining Nintendo Music
Listen up
The Nintendo Music app is being updated on a weekly basis and it looks like we might have got a teaser of what's on the way. According to a new advert (as highlighted by Wario64 on social media), it looks like Fire Emblem Engage's soundtrack will soon be added to this Switch Online music library. Here's what the description says: "You...
Tuesday15th Apr 2025
News Zelda's Original Soundtrack Added To Nintendo Music, Here's Every Song Included
Another blast from the past
This week's update for the Nintendo Music mobile app adds the original Legend of Zelda soundtrack from the NES era. The update includes a total of 12 tracks with a runtime of nine minutes in total. You can listen to the iconic title theme, the overworld theme, and more. Here's the full list of tracks on offer in this...
Tuesday8th Apr 2025
News Nintendo Music Adds Luigi's Spooky GameCube Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Luigi's Mansion was also recently confirmed for NSO
Following last week's GameCube announcement for the Switch 2 online service, Nintendo has now added the original version of Luigi's Mansion to its Nintendo Music mobile app. This album includes a whopping 73 tracks and has a runtime of 56 minutes. This includes the title screen, Professor E.Gadd's...
Tuesday1st Apr 2025
News Nintendo Music Update Adds Classic SNES And N64 Soundtracks, Here's Every Song Included
Double the boost power with two more F-Zero albums
Nintendo's weekly album update has arrived for the Nintendo Music app and this time it's loaded with high-speed beats from the F-Zero series. Included this week is the SNES soundtrack for F-Zero and along with this is the album for the 64DD F-Zero X Expansion Kit. And if you're wondering, the...
Wednesday26th Mar 2025
News Nintendo's Music App Is Getting A Small Update Later This Year "Around October"
Start the countdown!
Nintendo Music is a fun little app, but you need to have an active Switch Online subscription if you want to use it. It seems Nintendo will be slightly adjusting this in the future, with an update planned for "around October 2025". This update will allow users of this mobile app to access "some" Nintendo Music functions going...
Tuesday25th Mar 2025
News Nintendo Music Adds 23 Kirby Switch Songs, With Rest Coming "Later This Year"
Listen to some of Kirby and the Forgotten Land today
Nintendo has been regularly updating its Nintendo Music app with different soundtracks but this week it's slightly different Following the addition of multiple albums last week, today we're getting just part of an album. It's 23 tracks from the recent Switch title Kirby and the Forgotten Land -...
Tuesday18th Mar 2025
News Nintendo Music Drops Three More Albums, Here's Every Song Included
A celebration of classic puzzle games
It's a new week and that means a new update for the Switch Online Nintendo Music mobile application. This time Nintendo has added not one but three - yes, three - soundtracks to the service. This includes the Game Boy hit Tetris, its NES counterpart, and the NES version of Dr. Mario. Dr. Mario for Game Boy is...
Tuesday11th Mar 2025
News Classic Super Mario Soundtrack Joins Nintendo's Music App For MAR10 Day
Bop to the beat
The MAR10 Day celebrations this year have been fairly lowkey, but we're not entirely done just yet. In case you missed it, Nintendo has added a new soundtrack to its Nintendo Music mobile application and sure enough it's a Mario one! Following on from Super Mario Bros. 2 last month and the Zelda: Link to the Past album last week,...
Wednesday5th Mar 2025
News Nintendo Music Updated To Version 1.1.0, Here's What's Included
A small but handy toggle
Nintendo Music yesterday added the classic Zelda soundtrack 'A Link to the Past' and it seems Nintendo has also updated the app for mobile devices. As highlighted by dataminer 'OatmealDome' on social media, this updates the app to Version 1.1.0 on iOS and Android devices. It includes an update for "automatic volume...
Tuesday4th Mar 2025
News Zelda's SNES Soundtrack 'A Link To The Past' Joins Nintendo Music, Here's Every Song Included
Listen to the past
It's a new week and that means Nintendo has released a new album for its Nintendo Music app. This time it's the Super Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. This game originally made its debut on the Super Famicom and SNES in 1991/92 and is filled with all sorts of legendary tunes. All up, this latest album...
Tuesday18th Feb 2025
News Nintendo Music's Latest Update Adds 3DS 'StreetPass Mii Plaza' Soundtrack
Here's every song included
The weekly 'Nintendo Music' app releases continue and the latest album to join the collection is the StreetPass Mii Plaza soundtrack, which originally debuted on the 3DS. This album includes 39 tracks and has a runtime of 1 hour and 23 minutes in total. You'll be able to listen to the boot up theme, the memorable main...
Monday10th Feb 2025
News Nintendo Music Adds Golden Sun Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Relive Camelot's GBA classic
Nintendo has today added the soundtrack of Camelot's Game Boy Advance title Golden Sun to the Nintendo Music app. This latest addition to the Switch Online music service includes a total of 54 tracks and has a runtime of 1 hour and 56 minutes. You'll be able to listen to songs like the main theme, battle theme, Mercury...
Saturday8th Feb 2025
News Nintendo Is Developing New Mobile Game Apps, Unsurprisingly
"Even as we transition to Nintendo Switch 2"
The Switch 2 is obviously the big focus for Nintendo moving forward, but one other area of business it plans to continue is mobile applications. During the company's Q&A for its latest financial earnings, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about the company's "current position" when it...
