Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included - How To Download, All Systems

I can listen those Nintendo music songs from YouTube.
No money spent.

What, nothing from the Color TV-Game 6?

@TheMenaceToSociety not only that, but the audacity for them to not include any of the bangers from the Game & Watch…

only on GC OST? are you nuts Nintendo

@Liam_Doolan The first word in the header should read ‘Available’. 🙂

@Anti-Matter @RobotReptile not to mention that paying for YouTube Premium will cost approximately $168 a year as opposed to the much more wallet-friendly $20 a year Nintendo charges

@RobotReptile
Don't worry.
I can always replay the same YouTube video again when the ads suddenly interrupted.

@N00BiSH YouTube Premium still made Spotify irrelevant many years ago as it includes whole Spotify music catalogue in the price on top of 100% ad free YouTube, exclusive app features and YouTube Originals.
You can also upload 100.000 of your own songs and stream them anywhere you are in the world.

Bonus: You don't need to support the billionaire who owns Spotify which is known to not pay most artists money. He takes all the money instead. When you pay for Spotify, the right people isn't getting the money.

Meanwhile YouTuber's gets so much money they buy sports cars, new houses and whatever.

Huh? Is "Launch Screen" the name Nintendo's using for channel banners now? That's strange, even on 3DS I believe they still referred to them as banners.

I don't think this is gonna replace the ol' YouTube to MP3 converter for me but it'll be interesting to see what gets added.
All the rips of The Girl Who Stands Behind out there are super low quality, so fingers crossed for that soundtrack in particular.

@Toastmaster I don't know a single person who watches "YouTube Originals" and probably won't for a long time.

Downloaded it thinking I would be amazed. Then realized there are only a few albums. And they're going to drip feed us two every few months. Oh well. Back to youtube.

You could also just buy a used Wii for $30 and leave it on all day 🤷

When you look at this list it looks pretty long, but it really isn't. This is like, barely scratching the bottom of the DK barrel, and absolutely points to a dripfeed situation. I do hope I'm wrong about that, but you already know it's 99% certainly going to happen that way. Nintendo does like to come up with rather half baked solutions to issues that never really existed.

There are always people that will complain, but it’s a rather nice extra feature for those having a subscription!

As others have mentioned, much more convenient than using YouTube!

@RobotReptile even on mobile that is easy to solve, Firefox + 2 extensions do the trick.

Fact is, the selection of Nintendo music on YT is nearly endless.

But I rather have all of this on a service like Spotify or Apple Music, but not having to import these OSTs on a CD would also be a nice thing for people like me that still use that for more iconic collections.

Time will tell how this app will grow, I hope much quicker than Switch online on the system itself, this is just MUSIC so they could pump out more collections in no time.

Then again, this is Nintendo we are talking about...

The app is fine, and I pay 20 euro a year for my Switch Online anyhow so if they keep this app being worth it in the future, that would be a nice bonus.

P.S. but most of the time, I use VGMRadio instead.

Why isn't it also on the actual Switch?

Is it nice that they gave us this app as a free addon to the membership? Yes.

Is it complete lazy-ass horseshit that this is all there ***** is on the launch game soundtrack list? Also yes.

“You can’t complain about Nintendo giving you something for free-“

Watch me.

It launched with one Zelda game soundtrack available.

They couldn’t even manage to have either Super Mario World or Super Mario 64, or, hell, even maybe one of the recent Mario games, at launch.

Zero Pokémon music, whatsoever.

“But Nintendo doesn’t own Pokem-“

Stop. Stop giving them a pass for an effort that would have been mediocre in 2014, much less 2024.

98%+ of the famous music that made Nintendo famous is missing from this app. If this is all they were going to have ready on launch, they shouldn’t have bothered launching it yet.

Metroid Prime, Mario Galaxy, Kirby's Dreamland, and (the complete list of every single permutation of songs from every single one of the) Wii channels? Nintendo knows how to hook me from the get-go. ^^

@AlienX They were indeed referred to as launch screens on the original Wii, where channels were framed as actual tv-screens you could zap between with the wiimote.

@Uncle_Franklin Because the actual Switch is all about playing Video games. This sounds like I'm brushing off the question, but Nintendo really has made some stern choices to make sure their users think only of playing games when picking up the device.

@Pod

Well YouTube is on the machine,
and this app is from Nintendo themselves
and presumably easier to implement than video streaming.

@Uncle_Franklin YouTube on the Switch is an app built entirely by YouTube themselves. And it kinda sucks. It's supposedly only on there because Nintendo agreed to share users, as part of the deal with integrating video sharing to the platform.

Outside of YouTube, there's almost nothing. No browser, no anything, not even Nintendo's own parental controls app.

@Pod

They've also got a music section on the Mario 3D AllStars game,
so they're quite used to the concept.

@Nanoline52 I don’t think it’s all they were able to prepare for launch. I think it’s all they wanted to prepare at launch, so they can drip feed new content and keep the service ‘relevant’ for months to come.

It’s likely less a matter of ‘low effort’ and more a matter of ‘deliberate marketing strategy’. Not sure if that’s better or worse, but I imagine it’s more accurate.

Nintendo could have easily dropped the entire NSO library in its current form at the beginning of the Switch’s life, but they chose not to, and as a result we get regular updates and corresponding swells of hype. Arguably cynical, but also effective.

@Toastmaster I like YouTube Premium too!

How many of these 'songs' actually have words?!

What happened to calling them tracks, tunes or instrumentals?

Also no F-Zero, Super Mario World or Super Metroid at launch is a poor effort from Nintendo.

I really want to get in on this but the app isn't compatible on my devices 😭
That's right, everyone. You think Nintendo is behind the times with tech? I'm worse.

But seriously, I do want in on this but I'm not going out of my way to get a new device just for this app. Anyone know what the minimum os is for this app?

Update: Android 9. I'm 0.9 off.

I love Nintendo music, but I'm more of a greatest hits kind of guy than listening to deep cuts of NES Fire Emblem game over screen music.

If I get a chance of hearing the Nintendo land song I'm there.

What a great week for surprise announcements. While I am currently not an NSO subscriber, this definitely interests me. I'll be even more interested in this if they can get Xenoblade tracks on there!

Glad Animal Crossing New Horizons is on it... Definitely NOT going to be listening to the hourly background music at the relevant times of the day 😉

@Nanoline52 Pokemon appears for me...

I never played Scarlet & Violet but was amazed by the OST

@Uncle_Franklin
Sure. Many of their games have a music player inside of them. Just like they occasionally have some sort of achievement system.

@Nanoline52 It has Ocarina of Time and BOTW.

Will you guys be doing a review of the app, out of curiosity?

Is this on the UK App Store yet?

The games soundtracks I wish to see coming to the app eventually are the Xenoblade and Fire Emblem series. other Animal Crossing and Kirby games that are not here are also my wishes.

@RobotReptile

or, learn how to side load apps on your phone.

I'll probably give the Mario soundtracks another listen, but it won't get heavy use until Xenoblade shows up.

I just wanna say that Kirby Star Allies absolutely deserved to be on the starting roster. Second best soundtrack I ever heard after Mario Galaxy, regardless of what you think of the game. I highly recommend a listen to all 6 hours. You will thank me later.

@popey1980 It's out here in Denmark, so I would assume so.

@MrGawain I would love to have some Nintendoland! Anything Wii U really.

With every single track from Wii's Photo Channel and Mii Contest channel on there, I'm hoping to also see the outstanding Wii U eShop songs show up at some point. :x

I love this app so much. I played Green Greens from Kirby’s Dream Land and was instantly taken back to childhood.

Looking forward to more games being added. The clearly added the most popular. I’m happy to see F-Zero X is on the way.

@Pod

Fair point.

Pointless. Not putting up with more drip, drip, drip.

I can't get it to work. I select my account to link, and ot says I need to have an active account. My acvount is active though.

Wish they would just have an All Zelda games playlist
Really cant be bothered to create a playlist myself

If Mother 3 gets on the app, endless pants will be shat.

The lack of Xenoblade music should be a crime

@RobotReptile I use firefox mobile which has extensions for both of those things

The app is pretty good, the lack of SNES StarFox is a bit of a shame though. Hitting the extend button on the end credits music would be nice! 😉

Not having Link's Awakening with Ballad of the Windfish is a massive miss. Glad to see the stellar Mario Galaxy soundtrack getting some love though

@Type_Trubbish I hope they add both OSTs. The original is classic, but Tal Tal Heights in the remake is chefs kiss

The problem is my play store account is a different email address than my Nintendo account. Hope this wont cause a issue cause definitely want to download.

Man. Listening to the original Metroid soundtrack through headphones is just another reminder of the genius of Hip Tanaka.

@Grandiajet
Perhaps you've ended up with two separate accounts?
You're logging on to your Nintendo website account, which isn't necessarily linked with the active account created on your Switch.

@Nanoline52 When you go on a rant like this you at least make sure that what you say is actually factually correct.
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet music is on there and two Zelda games so far.
Also Nintendo does own Pokémon, nobody even says that.

Of course the selection is to small even if it just launched, but at least don't spout nonsense.

@N00BiSH It have the praised Wayne (DirtyHarry) series and some other popular series.

Either way, it gives a lot more for the money than Spotify ever did.
And ads are disabled on your account and you will never see any ad on YT ever anywhere even on a toaster or a lawnmower.
Disabling ads on account, makes YouTube more responsive than using a hack.

@AmbivalentJ Ever listen to his non-game work? It's what the kids call a banger.

@Toastmaster spare me the greasy sales pitch, I'm not paying for YouTube Premium.

I won't use this much because I long ago set up my own Nintendo music streaming library but people are seriously pretending youtube is a better option. Ads if you don't pay more than NSO, no regulation of quality, and no guarantee the music will be there tomorrow. I can't imagine purporting to enjoy music while ever using Youtube as anything more than a sampling service.

Any word on a YT channel? I'd like to be able to listen to these alongside my other music.

@N00BiSH Spare me for your childish comments that makes no sense at all. Grow up.

@Toastmaster whatever you say. you do you.

@Pod That could be the case. I can't see an option to switch accounts though. I presume I have to do something else.

As I said before, I hope they add as many tracks from Smash Bros as possible, even if that confuses what game things are from a little. Also would love to get Luigi's Mansion 2 and Zelda Link Between Worlds music too.

Fear immediately sets in with the botw guardian soundtrack

Once Xenoblade music hits this app then… hoo boy I’ll be feeling it!

People worried about ads and keeping their screens turned on have clearly been living under a rock for over a decade and not spent 5 minutes setting up Firefox with uBlock and a plugin that allows video playback in the background... this is such a no-value-add service.

It is a sin that Xenoblade isn’t on the list. Still cool though I guess, but they definitely need more music on here.

Well they just added Super Mario Bros. Wonder with zero fanfare. Hopefully they’ll add a game per day for a while!

So I can extend Shooting Gallery from OOT but I can't extend lon lon ranch? Besides the very inconsistent extensions, no composer credits, and the small library (right now) I absolutely love this app.

@Grandiajet
If you've already been through the proces described here:
nintendo.com/my/support/switch/user/nintendo_account.html
then something else is wrong, and you might want to contact support.

@Tasuki @robotreptile i love those wii channels too.. i actually have a chrome extension which plays the wii shop music when i go to amazon and some other shops

@Pod Thanks 🙂

"If you can't find the app, go to another Nintendo app and click on the publisher [Nintendo] name"

THANK YOU. I was going crazy that this app didn't show up in search so thought it wasn't available in my country until I looked at the start of this video 🙏

@-wc- Nah, that'll probably not work. Android is pretty strict with apps built for different versions of the OS

Why not do like Capcom, Square Enix, Konami and others and just shove them on Spotify/streaming services. I've got many Nintendo tracks downloaded on my phone added to setlists from all consoles which gives me more alternatives. Nintendo please, you're restricting yourselves

@8bit-Man Not as convient as if Nintendo didnt need to be so controlling and did the sensible thing and put the music on spotify like all the other game publishers.

@Wyndorfff Because Nintendo are control freaks and can't be sensible like all other publishers.

They make the one track that everyone loves, Stickerbush symphony, NOT extendable. The track that is famous for being the checkpoint of the internet and is known for having 1hour long+ length versions on Youtube. Complete fail.

@Leahi84 I don’t have Spotify.

You’re suggesting paying for yet another subscription would be more convenient for me? I fail to see how that would be better.

@Leahi84 Then why do you call me out on a months old topic and start whining about it to me?

It's also not my problem that the app isn't personally catered to your desires.