'Nintendo Music' Will Add More Tracks Over Time, Here's What's Been Revealed So Far

Wow, what did I miss today? This seems very cool! Nintendo making their own music streaming app was definitely not on my bingo card. I don’t know if I will be using it, but it’s nice that they are actually now trying to make their music more accessible now, cuz for a while they kind of did a poor job of giving people official ways to listen to their songs.

or I could just listen to them all on YouTube right now without waiting.
this is a cute service and all, but not uploading the entire library of music (or at least all of the "greatest hits") all at once is a mistake.

Aside from more songs I really hope they add credits for the composers. It’s kinda weird that there isn’t any.

I would hope adding music to the app would be a much quicker process than adding games to the Switch Online service. If they get their whole catalog on there someday that is some pretty solid value.

If they add a new game every week this could actually be very cool and give something to look forward to each week.

If they add a bunch of games randomly with months between them like they do for the NSO consoles though... yeah who am I kidding that's totally what they're going to do.

Splatoon 2! I need my Off the Hook fix. 😊

Hoping there's 3rd party games at some point, I haven't looked at the thing yet, need to find some ear buds for my phone first, all I have are wired headphones. (and one of them is big and bulky, and the other is just...old...lol)

I'm hoping they add Xenoblade music even though we already have those on Spotify and Apple Music (at least most of them). Smash Bros Ultimate would be super cool as well.

For Pokemon I hope they add DP, XY, and SwSh soon since those are my favorite gens. I need my Cynthia theme fix so bad 😂

My wish though in the long run is they partner with 3rd parties as well. I desperately need SMT and Tokyo Mirage Sessions on this service! TMS is half Nintendo property!

I got excited seeing GBA games since rips usually have annoying defects like low volume, quality/pops or no loops or fade out.

But if they're gonna dripfeed, shikata ga nai.

If I want to hear Confront the Past from Fire Emblem 8, I just gotta pop out the old Game Boy Player, hook it to the Dazzle dvc100 and record away!

Now I don’t have to spend 500 coins in Splatoon 3 to listen to tracks!

They should give NSO Expansion Pack people early access to upcoming albums, so I can stop regretting spending $30

How have they not confirmed a single 3DS game for the service? I understand omitting the Wii U more because most of its major exclusives are on Switch anyways, but the 3DS?

I can’t f***ing believe it! For me this is as exciting as an announcement for the Switch 2 tbh

@IOI same!

Alarmo, XBX, now this?????

I listen to Nintendo compilations on YouTube everyday, but I have to keep my phone powered on. Being able to turn it off, put it my pocket and go is invaluable. Thank you, Nintendo.

Is the app on Alarmo? Someone please tell me Nintendo didn’t announce a $100 alarm clock and a paid music streaming within weeks of each other without having them connected?

I mean, those are really good game selections.

They've already got a Pokemon OST, Rare OST, DLC songs, and more of the things I figured they'd skimp on. I'm pretty thrilled about this app!
I think they've got to get the OSTs that are available on other services (Spotify, etc.) as quickly as possible. No way Nintendo can't be the best, most comprehensive place to listen to their own music.

Xenoblade will NOT be included because Nintendo nor Monolithsoft actually own those sound tracks. The composers and Sony "We killed Michael Jackson" Music do.

@rjejr lol of course they're unrelated and unconnected 😄😄

No drip feeding.
NO
FLIPPING
DRIP FEEDING!!!

Please Nintendo, just add Pikmin 3, Wii Sports Resort, Nintendo Land, Mario Kart Wii, and Yoshi’s Woolly World and I’ll be happy!

@rjejr it isn’t really paid. I’m sure almost anybody who wants this app already has a NSO subscription

Thank you Nintendo this is amazing I get to listen to Splatoon 3 music on the go

It's a cute app but it does feel like Nintendo being very Nintendo and keeping all their stuff inside their walled garden. Fair enough and they can do what they want with their music but it would be better if they were added to Spotify and Apple Music etc...

I'm sorry but thinking nintendo isn't going to be drip feeding their content at this point is delusion considering they've literally been doing it every time shown with their virtual console.

I have no reason to use this app over to the alternative of listening to all the OSTs for free on youtube or other sites than the alternative of praying the series I want gets added... someday.
And with such a lackluster launch library this was not worth taking down all the thousands of tracks other channels ripped for free in high quality and actually giving credit to the artists.
Yeah thanks but no thanks Nintendo I'll just stick to YT music for when I want to listen to your OSTs. It may not be free but its actually worth my money seeing as how it gives me access to all your tracks and more.

For those who don't sub you might want to check out 'Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra'

I spend a lot of time curating video game music into playlists and thinking about the overall flow. Here are two themed playlists I created:

Haunted Halloween: https://m.nintendo.com/shared/en-US/US/users/8a83dc4864216e3d/userPlaylists/0EC7765F-1583-44DA-BBD9-11394F415BD3

Water Way: https://m.nintendo.com/shared/en-US/US/users/8a83dc4864216e3d/userPlaylists/99B0CCE4-F3CA-4F63-B83C-ACA89D917008

Oh yeah Stickerbrush Symphony from DKC2 will be on repeat when it drops.

@LadyCharlie Unless you own YouTube Premium, then you can’t have it playing music while your phone is in sleep mode or while using other apps. That doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but it actually is.

Unfortunately drip, drip, drip once again.

Personally, one soundtrack I would love to have come to the service is Star Fox: Assault. I love the Space Battleground theme from the first level, plus the music that played when Peppy crashed the Great Fox into the energy shield on the Aparoid's homeworld.

An official version of the Star Fox Adventures soundtrack would be nice, too. I downloaded an unofficial version that was distributed via a Star Fox fan site through the Krystal Archive back in early 2019 (since that was the game where we first got Krystal), but despite having 119 tracks, it's not a perfect rip; there are still sound effects in the main theme, which was taken from the intro cutscene, and possibly in other tracks, too. So an official soundtrack would likely have a clean rip, without the sound effects. And hopefully there would be more tracks, including unreleased ones.

And of course, official soundtracks for the Super Smash Bros. games would be most welcome. I don't know if it's still on there, but someone did upload an unofficial version of the soundtrack for Melee onto Apple Music. But again, it's not a clean rip, as the sound effects from the intro cutscene are there as well. I do, however, have the official soundtrack for SSB4, which I got via Club Nintendo, back when it was still a thing.

I should probably stop there with my wishlist, though, as this comment will become too long.

There’s too many soundtracks to want right now, but I’ll name several. DKC Tropical Freeze, DKC3, Kirby Forgotten Land, Splatoon 1, Kid Icarus: Uprising (odd that there isn’t 3DS music yet) and any Mario RPG music like the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. Too bad we couldn’t have Luigi’s Mansion in time for Halloween.

Like anyone, I hope they don’t dripfeed music like they do classic games. They still have a long way to go even with big selling first-party classics!

Looking forward to more Zelda games: ALTTP, WW, TP and SS of course.
Bayonetta if possible.
And for the rest, surprise me, there's great music aplenty as well MIDI as fully orchestrated 🧡🎮🎸

The japanese version of the trailer also has DKC 3 as one of the upcoming games, if you want to add it

4-6 OSTs per year is my estimation. I’ll wait 2-3 years and have a better service.

I get the feeling this and the Xenoblade Chronicles X reveals were meant for a (now cancelled) Direct. Maybe we will still get one but it seems unlikely.

Hoping for Majoras Mask music at some point, forgot how good the OOT soundtrack is.

Also can’t we just enjoy things? There’s always a lot of whining whenever we get something

"I want everything at once and I want it immediately, and FREE!!!!!??!!!?!?!?!!"

Nice lil launch out of the blue, wouldn't be surprised if it was built in on their new console.

@Mattock1987 They're a right barrel of laughs, aren't they...

@PikaPhantom I mean, Kirby Star Allies has several direct rips from Triple Deluxe, Planet Robobot, and their expanded sub games, and DK Jungle in MK8 is technically a rip from MK7, so there's that.

@coolioam Oh that's a good point. i commute to work, so I do pay for premium.

Welp considering the lack of music at launch... I will listen to DKC in its entirety, repeatedly, until we get more insta classics. Give us all the Rare music please!!

No Xenoblade is absolutely insane. And even the games that are here are missing music (Splatoon 3 and ACNH are missing their DLC tracks). I have to hope they’re gonna add stuff frequently because if not that’s really unfortunate

Here's hoping they put the other Pokemon Games OST on there! Also Thousand Year Door! Honestly surprised it or it's remake wasn't put on there at the start.

@Zeebor15 isn't that the same for Earthbound too, unfortunately?

@SplatRay001 Seriously?? oof... hopefully they add those down the road too. Overall, this is a very lackluster launch.

Drip drip drip when the alternative is even easier than the alternative to the NSO game system apps.

@Arson_Raboot No, that was always just a fan conspiracy

@VGScrapbook
Cool! I didn’t even know you could create and share your own playlists in the N Music app.

Halloween mix is very timely and appreciated - thank you!

The funny thing is, some of the "games" in the app don't even have their complete libraries, so there's a METRIC TON of music that would need to be added. Where I'm going with this is Nintendo can't afford to drip feed as slow as they do their retro games, so I'm looking for either daily releases, or huge weekly dumps at the least. We're all pretty high in this app right now, so it's on Nintendo to piss us off at this point.

I'm surprised there's no mention of any 8/16-bit Zeldas. Skyward Sword and Wind Waker are both 10/10 soundtracks, but you've got to show some respect to the games that inspired them as well. The lack of Xenoblade music is also criminal, though I think the composers might actually hold the rights in that case. They're still actively selling it, too, so that could get in the way.

Already loving the app.
What I miss the most is TOTK. But that will be added in the future, I’m sure…

Yes Diddy’s Kong Quest is perhaps the greatest OST of all time!

It's disappointing that it's such a limited selection from the beginning, hopefully they add more at a more rapid rate than they have for games on NSO and Virtual Console over the years. Dumping a series at a time would be a good idea. No Luigi's Mansion ST for Halloween is a big under-sight too!

They should add everything from Smash Bros they possibly can, so many good tracks across all of Nintendo's history plus remixes and re-recordings.

I'm wondering if they may ever throw a curveball and introduce a new section to the app for third-party OST's, perhaps even added with limited licenses that can expire. Would love to have Hogwarts Legacy and Monster Hunter games added for a limited time!

Also would be fun to see the OST's promoted on Nintendo Music for new games rolling out, like DQIIIHD's or Octopath Traveler 3's, Metaphor, etc!

@Pastellioli If you already have NSO, do yourself a favor and just try out the app on your phone! It's crisp and smooth like Spotify and it's so much fun discovering great songs from games you've never played before! The character playlists are also really fun, especially from Zelda and Pokemon! Kass, Revali and Mipha all have stellar mini-playlists, as well as the Deku Tree.

@Zyph I find it funny how Pokemon music got added to NSO before the games. But yes, more Pokemon OST's are a must! I'm especially fond of SwSh at the moment, I used to actually leave my Switch on in my favorite towns to fall asleep to in the past.

@EthansGreats Expansion Pack members could get a Nintendo Art app where they upload all their concept and promo art for different games onto the app, for browsing and download! Could also integrate light Nintendo Paint mini games as well, letting you trace over your favorite artworks, or take artifacts and artworks and create your own custom collage boards, and save them as custom wallpapers for your phone!

And of course, if it launched on Switch 2 then you could use the app to create your own custom Switch 2 wallpapers 😜

@NFrealinkling " I’m sure almost anybody who wants this app already has a NSO subscription "

And I'm sure there are some people who want to listen to it who currently don't. And they can't, unless they pay.

Keep in mind, this is an app on a phone, not on the Switch itself. So what if some poor kid out there has a phone but not a Switch who wants to listen to Mario music?

If it was ONLY on the Switch I'd agree more, though we have 2 Switch and no one pays for NO, but since it's on mobile phones and not the Switch, or Alarmo, it seems a weird requirement.

I do love me some vg music… I’m listening to some as I write this. Hope there’s lots to come. Some paper Mario, perhaps?

No thanks, I'll listen to this stuff for free via my MP3s or on YouTube

Very nice, but could we get some soundtracks from Xenoblade and a couple of Zelda's like TP, ST, and EOW. I like they're getting WW and ST but room for improvement. Along with the Fire Emblem Switch games.

@rjejr There’s always the songs remade by other artists on Spotify or Apple Music or for people who don’t have NSO. If people cared enough to listen to that much of the music I feel like they’d have a Switch, especially since most of the games on the music app are from there

What, nothing from Xenoblade?

What I really want is credit to the artists who made the actual music, they deserve credit!.....OH and PEAKnoblade Chronicles, obviously

Really enjoying it. Don’t mind the slow releases. Gives me time to go through what’s there and curate my collection without feeling overwhelmed.

And for those who hate it, you’re right, you can use YouTube or other apps. So do that and let others enjoy what we are enjoying. ❤️

@OFFICIALMichi Didn't see this because you didn't @ me, but okay I'll bite! I 'hate' this because essentially what people like yourself do is happily give Nintendo validation for what is ostensibly a 'good' deal in NSO:

• Backing up savegames (we should be able to back up our own saves)
• Access to old games (their emulation is sub-par, and they've been drip-feeding for years)
• Music collections (access to their music was almost universal but they're reigning it in because of copyright - is this really an improvement?)

Nintendo is not a charity, we need not 'support' them and we should encourage them to do better if they want our money - reselling old stuff under a guise like this and people happily gobbling it up is just a real shame.

@coolioam This is false btw, there's addons for this

@SabreLevant It’s not “false”. For one, not everyone has an Android with work arounds, and two, if you want to use it standalone without any “add-ons” or wonky work arounds that work on a case by case specific basis, then you have to buy Premium.

@coolioam Imagine calling uBlock Origin, the most ubiquitous adblocker for the last decade+ a wonky workaround. Whether you like it or not, you have a choice in paying for these services, nobody is forcing you.

@NFrealinkling "If people cared enough to listen to that much of the music I feel like they’d have a Switch"

Probably. Then they could listen to it on their Switch. Oh wait... 😂

The DS era Pokémon soundtracks are my #1 request for new additions and it is not close

I hope they add the music box versions of k.k.'s songs.