'Nintendo Music' Update Adds Wii Sports Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included

We're puttin' the Training Results on full blast y'all.

Also it seems like the pattern for new releases is every Monday night, if we're to go by last week.

I did not realize they weren't there initially... I was listening to them as I opened NLife lol!

I love the Wii Sports OST, I'll definitely take a listen soon!

Does definitely feel like they should be doing a lot more substantive of updates than they are. At least with games you can argue that it takes some time to play them, 30 minutes of music is basically nothing.

A weekly update is taking shape, but it may still be too early to tell. If it's just once a week, they better add more than one OST at a time. There's far too many games for a drip like that and they've already teased five more.

As for Wii Sports, it's been too long for me to remember anything besides the calm, cheery title screen theme.

I hope it includes the Fanfare at the start of a Round in Boxing. That always gets me whenever I hear it, especially in Smash Bros. Brawl.

The Wii Sports Theme might as well be the gaming National Anthem imo.

My Top Switch OST Requests (First-Party):

• Fire Emblem Engage OST
• Xenoblade Chronicles DE OST
• Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom OST
• F-Zero 99 OST

Honourable Mention: It’s not on Switch obv, but all the DS System Music… similar to how they uploaded some of the Wii themes & channels tunes. Wii/DS era was a groovy Nintendo generation that had a lot of charm for sure.

That’s cool and all, but only one soundtrack a week is too long of a drip feed.

Seriously, Nintendo can put out so much more across all of the games they’ve made! I’m still gonna rely on YouTube for Nintendo music

Not what I expected to be added next, what with the dozens of incredible soundtracks, hopefully this isn't a trend. I don't want to wait months on end for the next Zelda or Metroid soundtrack to drop.

@OwenGamer22 still better than their virtual consoles.

I noticed they also added in some of the songs that were missing from the Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kony Country, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Super Mario Galaxy soundtracks.

Very few tunes trigger as much nostalgia as the Wii Shop music. I was 30 when the Wii released so it's not as if I was a kid..But something about browsing for VC games with that music playing was special.

The app can be really slow to open at times. If I force close it and open it again, it opens fairly quickly... Anyone else having this issue?

@John_Deacon I'm seeing Cave Dweller Concert in the DKC track listing.

It’s a really nice app, I’m digging the DKC music.

When are actually going to add a real OST that isn’t 30 or less songs? I am honestly just getting frustrated with these additions, especially this one.

I really just want Tears of the Kingdom, is that too much to ask for?

Someone there has some good taste in these weekly updates. That main menu theme is the best. Always gave me Earthbound vibes.

I get why they dripfeed content (providing long term value, whereas dropping everything at once may get a nice bit of attention at first, but it leaves the zeitgeist of public mindshare just as quickly resulting in no or lesser value over time), but 1 game a week is just pitiful.

Even 2 games a week would be better.

@YunoboCo I’m looking at the app now. Are you referring to the Super NES, NES and Game Boy soundtracks? Cause with the exception of Wii Sports, none of the OSTs from N64 and on are 30 songs or less.

YES LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!! If they just add resort next I’ll be happy. Also glad that they seem to be doing weekly updates

Also gotta mention the boxing results screen might have the best beat of any Nintendo song. Gonna have to extend this one to an hour while I’m working 🎶

Boxing: Results is an absolute heater. My favourites playlist is gonna end up so weird but awesome can’t wait to build it up

Edit : Didn’t notice the post above me lolol

Would be nice if we could get these on CD via the My Nintendo Store (at least among those not already issued in Japan, which can easily be imported).

@YunoboCo There’s a lot of soundtracks longer than 30 songs: Breath of The Wild ( 211 tracks), Super Mario Bros. Wonder (86 tracks), Pikmin 4 (153 tracks), Pokémon Scar/Vio (199 tracks), Splatoon 3 (188 tracks), Animal Crossing: New Horizons (407 tracks), Kirby Star Allies (213 tracks), Super Mario Odyssey (136 tracks), Super Mario Galaxy (81 tracks), Wii Channels (62 tracks), Tomodachi Collection (62 tracks), Nintendogs (50 tracks), Metroid Prime (36 tracks), Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (100 tracks), Ocarina of Time (82 tracks), Star Fox 64 (39 tracks), and DKC2 (36 tracks).

All of these soundtracks are great additions too! Don’t get me wrong I am hoping to get TOTK soon as well, but just be patient and wait for it haha. It’s not like you’re paying the subscription specifically for this app. If you’re really jonesing for the TOTK soundtrack right now go download it online or something.

@UmbreonsPapa @Pearlidiah Okay so a few things:

One, I am happy for the people that wanted this soundtrack, I am just a hater, which I do apologize for

Two, I said “add” which meant I was referring to DC2, Wonder, and Wii Sports. Of these three, two were either around 30 songs or less. I am well aware a lot of the base roster had huge soundtracks

Three, I hope you enjoy listening to Wii Sports music!

@YunoboCo While DKC2 soundtrack only has 36 songs on Nintendo Music, it's weird to imply it's not a "real" soundtrack when it has some amazing tracks.

I'm personally happy that they've so far added a new soundtrack every week.

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Pretty iconic music tbh, a whole generation probably grew up with these tunes.

Nostalgia was flowing through me hearing the music again, can't wait for more.

@TheDragonDAFan which tracks were missing?

Look I understand maybe N64 and later but what's getting in the way of dropping the music from every first party NES, SNES, GB, GBC and maybe GBA game right away? Them drip feeding these soundtracks is pretty ridiculous.

When are we getting ANY 3DS titles on this? Desperate for Kid Icarus Uprising and Fire Emblem Awakening soundtracks in particular

I’m sure I’m going to irritate some by saying this but I don’t understand the expectation for Nintendo to pour soundtracks in at a blinding speed. This isn’t a premium service like Spotify. It’s part of a £17/$20 per year subscription. It’s a fun bonus. And even this “slow” pace of nearly one soundtrack per week would nearly treble the launch library size within in a year. I’m all for wanting maximum value. But I also try and remember what the cost was too.

@Jprhino84

It could be considered a "fun bonus" if they actually provided a functioning online multiplayer experience, which is after all what the NSO is ostensibly for. But they don't.

@Uncle_Franklin That’s completely irrelevant to Nintendo Music though, isn’t it? You’re just ignoring anything that I actually wrote to pick a fight about something I never defended.

The drip-feeding strategy will not work with this one. People will just go back to Youtube when a game (among hundreds of unavailable games) isn't there.

I'm finding it fascinating looking at the runtimes of the OSTs of these older games I've spent dozens of hours in.

@PipeGuy64Bit
I actually think this would be disastrous.
Given that so much of the app is about vibes/themed playlists this would completely offset all the modern music.
Don't get me wrong there are some banging chiptunes out there but this would definitely reduce my enjoyment overall.

@John_Deacon Under the "Top tracks (13 tracks)" there is a second button with "All tracks (26 tracks)"

@Jprhino84

No, I'm not.

You yourself referred to it as a "fun bonus" (and spoke about the subscription as a whole).
Which begs the question, what is the main function, not the bonus?
The main thing is the (supposed) online functionality.
The retro games are actually supposed to be a bonus, they weren't there at the start of the service.

@wuntyme8 I'm really rooting for system music, but what would make me scream even louder is t ga e awesome eShop music we've had in the Wwiu days!

nice, this app worksgivrs me much nicer vibes than i anticipated..

@Jprhino84 actually for me this tempo is perfect... once a week, a new thing to highlight and for me to listed to

@rushiosan a segment of the market probably will, but i never really listened thatr much to game soundtracks, but this app gives something new every week..

and this app gives nintendo a 'reason' to go after the big youtube channels which distribute the music as well..

I never noticed some of these are absolute BANGERS! Loved the golfing especially!!

@KoopaTheGamer That wasn’t quite what I meant. DKC2 is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, and is very much a real soundtrack. Sorry for the confusion, I was pretty tired when I wrote this

To clarify, what I was trying to say was that only adding one soundtrack with only 30 songs every week is ridiculously slow considering that there are likely over a million songs that Nintendo is missing. I don’t have a problem with any of the soundtracks they added, I just think they should have grouped them together

At this rate, we're getting about 1-2 new game soundtracks a week. It's a drip-feed like NSO but it's a much better rate.

A welcome addition and I hope they continue this rate of weekly updates.

I'm happy with the maybe 1-2 games a week if possible. Just something to look forward to, I guess. Mind you I don't go on huge music soundtrack binges. So, I'm not really affected by the slow drip.

As fast as they're pumping out these updates (relative to NSO), and as unexpected as this announcement was, I wonder why they didn't wait a little bit. Maybe they plan to keep these updates going for a while such that it would be a long time before the content plateaus. Or perhaps they want to highlight games separately to give them their time to shine (my hypothesis on why they drip feed NSO games).

Ok safe to say this “drip feed” is actually quite frequent.

Also hilarious someone here already dooming that this won’t work because “lol YouTube” when vast majority already at least had the basic Nintendo membership so this is a bonus for a lot of us.

No I rather boot up this app then play/download a video on YouTube at non optimal quality on my phone to listen to Nintendo music.

@romanista Which means preservation is at a halt since they don't have any other way to distribute official soundtracks outside a Switch Online plan. I fail to see who's their audience with this app, really. I like the idea but the subscription model is just wrong for people who don't own the hardware, it costs more than Spotify but offers way less, with no Desktop version as well.

I have yet to restart my NSO subscription but probably will (waiting to see any Black Friday deal) - this music service isn’t enough in its own to warrant the sub but certainly sweetens the deal and I’m looking forward to trying it.

I agree that Nintendo aren’t going to dump it all at once. Given that the NSO subscription is going to continue with the next console and perhaps forevermore, Nintendo are going to want to keep releasing music here on a semi-regular basis for years to come to keep people coming back to it and keep it fresh and relevant. Hopefully weekly rather than the stuttering schedule of the games.

Would be nice if they could also do some deals for music from other games on their systems that aren’t published by Nintendo but I guess that won’t happen for money and brand reasons.