Super Mario Odyssey was a hit at E3 this year, but a surprising part of the show was the popularity of the game's song, 'Jump Up, Super Star!'. Its chirpy lyrics and Big Band stylings took off, and before long the track had been ripped and lovingly shared online.
Now, following the release of an awesome musical video, Nintendo has made the shortened version of the song available as a free download. All you need to do is head to supermario.nintendo.com, click on the 'download for free' area and your computer will automatically grab the mp4 file.
It's a nice touch, for sure, though beware YouTubers; we bet Nintendo will still copyright strike the heck out of you if you use it in a monetised video...
Nintendo's certainly touched on a smart piece of marketing; the song has almost taken on a life of its own and does absolutely no harm to the game's hype.
[source supermario.nintendo.com]
Comments (48)
OMSqueee!! I love this song. I'll do this when I'm on my computer later... or tomorrow.
Ooo bayonetta music
@MisterKorman No, it's really mp4. I checked and downloaded it.
Awesome really like this song
Wahooo.... !
I got the song !
this is great. My Nintendo rocks
Not the full version,so who cares?
@MisterKorman
Why do you find it strange that it's an .mp4?
What’s even the point if it’s shortened? Might as well find it online and use youtube-to-MP3.
(The) .MP4 format is an audio/video format. Actually, if I remember right, mp3/mp4 are just broad/general "container" file types. The internals can vary.
This is kind of cool. (The video above is) Definitely some stuff to make new avatar/icons out of.
There are a handful of covers of the full song on Youtube. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPK9GRNPc9s
Best Nintendo commercial ever.
I wish I knew how to use this iPhone
Amazing blockbuster song, hopefully the game will be likewise! Definitely downloading this! My favorite gaming song next to Tomorrow's hill.
Why is this song so catchy?! I can't stop humming it...my coworkers are starting to give me looks.
The song's apparently going to be sold on iTunes in Japan on 20th October. If it comes onto UK iTunes I'll buy it for 99p or whatever. Happy to show my support for such a catchy tune!
@Whopper744: https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&q=download+mp4+to+iphone&oq=download+mp4+&gs_l=psy-ab.3.2.0l10.1792.5831.0.10521.13.13.0.0.0.0.184.1297.4j8.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.12.1292...0i131k1.0.nyq9Rr03oxw
This will be great to listen to while playing Super Mario Run!
It's a nice song, but if I'm going to listen to it outside of the occasional trailer, I'll get sick of it before the game comes out, so I'll pass for now
Didn't watch this until now, was scared it'd be cringey, but they pulled it off! I will so disappointed if this song, or it as a motif, doesn't pop up a bunch in the game.
Japanese developers culturally appropriating the New York swing era.
What I love about Nintendo... they may be the least trendy major media company ever. There are no hip or current references to be found in this song. It's a 1940's Broadway musical number. I love that they basically just say "we'll be doing our own thing folks, deal with it."
Wow!!!
Crazy that this is #8 trending on youtube - how many copies do you think this will sell in its first week? I imagine this will sell at 2 million copies in its first week in the USA alone. Between people holding out on buying a Switch for this game, Mario Kart selling .5 million on its launch DAY in April (a previously released game, smaller install base), people buying it as X-mas presents, etc.
@Muddy_4_Ever Musicals are pretty big now though! Love your icon, btw, one of the best games ever made.
For people who want the entire 4 minute song - can't get enough of this one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fbR_pCRPDTg
Why'd they cheap out and upload the awkward short version? It's not like Nintendo ever puts soundtracks up on iTunes anyway.
Regardless, I'm going to find and enjoy the full version on the go as soon as iTunes stops trying to self-immolate in front of me.
@rjejr Thank you! I'm about to ruin my co-workers' day.
@Muddy_4_Ever yeah I'd argue musicals are bigger than ever. Wicked, Hamilton, the Book of Mormon, Hairspray, Something Rotten, Kinky Boots... the list goes on, not to mention blows up when you include film musicals. Not to mention, this is New Donk City's theme, a kingdom based on New York City, and Broadway is one of the first things people think of in NYC, taking that into account a big musical number seems like the most obvious choice.
Now that's how you do Live Action Mario!
Big M is back!
Live action and CGI... Mario movie confirmed?
Saw this today on my Switch's news channel, brilliant little video.
This song is amazing.
@Dang69 @Muddy_4_Ever I'm a big fan of Mole Mania too, wish they'd make a sequel
I love the "Odyseey, Yes see" part. Catchy tune.
If I were 20 years younger, I would be tripping out over this like I was for Super Mario 64. Somehow, a new 3D Mario adventure doesn't bring sparkles to my eyes anymore... But I'm glad a new generation will finally get to experience one for themselves again! Ten whole years since the last original one (Galaxy) is far too long. Somewhere deep in my heart, it's jumping for joy... Can't help but feel like the name and big city theme is in the vein of Sonic Adventure, as well!
@wazlon
i thought that was the worst most uninspired part. lol. glad i'm the 1% who seems to hate this song, cuz i'm glad everyone is having fun and glad this bodes VERY well for nintendo.
Sweet, cool that it's free, kinda weird that it's mp4 over mp3 (and it's just audio). Hopefully that won't be a problem when trying to put it with my music collection (per the random track selection, and generally playability and all)
Although I've personally been avoiding any new footage of this game and turned off the treehouse at e3 so as not to see anything new, I worry Nintendo have already shown off way too much of this game where the surprises and joy of discovering things yourself have been dampened because of it. I'm sure it'll still be fantastic though (EDGE magazine reviewed 10 out of 10 apparently)
Wow! Way more than I expect from Nintendo! I hope this means they'll put up the full version for sale somewhere!
thanks Nintendo, but no thanks...
The marketing for SMO, and this video in particular, has been fantastic. Nintendo is really knocking it out of the park.
@macaron75 haha.
@macaron75
No thanks for what ?!
@Ryu_Niiyama "Thank you! I'm about to ruin my co-workers' day."
You're most welcome.
@wazlon It's also one of those games where the director, in this case Masayuki Kameyama, did a couple of things and vanished, and you can't find almost any info on him online. Produced and overseen by Miyamoto and directed by Kameyama, this was nearly the same team as Donkey Kong '94. Those 2 games along with Link's Awakening, Wario Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 were my 5 favorite GB games growing up.
@JubilifeRival Or better yet,wait for someone to rip the entire soundtrack and put it on ffshrine forums.
This is an amazing dance number.
I love this song its so cool..
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