Joseph Luster
October 31, 2024 
Not content with letting services like Spotify and YouTube grab all the video game music love, Nintendo saw fit to release its own app called Nintendo Music. True to the name, Nintendo Music is a dedicated app for playing music from Nintendo games from the past four decades, from Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda to Splatoon 3 and beyond.
There are playlists, with the order of the songs changing on a daily basis, and users can choose to loop specific songs for up to 60 minutes. You have to use your Nintendo Switch Online account to use the app, so it knows what you play and caters its recommendations accordingly.
Nintendo Music Trailer
Here’s a list of the featured games so far:
- Metroid (NES)
- Metroid (Famicom Disk System)
- Super Mario Bros. (NES)
- Kirby’s Dream Land (Game Boy)
- Dr. Mario (Game Boy)
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island (Super NES)
- Donkey Kong Country (Super NES)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
- Star Fox 64 (Nintendo 64)
- Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (Game Boy Advance)
- Metroid Prime (Nintendo GameCube)
- Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo DS)
- nintendogs (Nintendo DS)
- Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Wii)
- Wii Channels (Nintendo Wii)
- Pikmin 4 (Nintendo Switch)
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (Nintendo Switch)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo Switch)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo Switch)
- Kirby Star: Allies (Nintendo Switch)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo Switch)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)
Some of the upcoming additions planned include Wii Sports, Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Splatoon 2, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest and F-Zero X.
The only thing the app is missing, besides more music, is composer credits. Get on it, Nintendo!
Source: Press Release
