Stream Classic Nintendo Tunes with the Official Nintendo Music App, Available Now
Posted on October 30 2024 by Jared Eubanks
Nintendo has always taken great pride in its music for first-party titles, as their unforgettable soundtracks continue to stir the soul and warm the heart. Today, Nintendo announced a new mobile application that will bring those amazing albums and timeless tracks to your phone. The application is named Nintendo Music, and it is available right now on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.
The Nintendo Music app allows for you to stream (or download for offline playback) soundtracks from popular Nintendo games spanning from the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) through to the Nintendo Switch. The app’s launch library, which includes music from over 20 classic games, features two Zelda soundtracks: Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild. The Hyrule Circuit theme from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also makes an appearance. According to the announcement video, more games will be added to the app in the future, including The Wind Waker and Skyward Sword.
Ocarina of Time‘s soundtrack has 37 tracks, totaling 56 minutes of playback within its Top Tracks. (If you want to listen to all of the tracks – even the brief ones lasting only a few seconds – there are a total of 82 of them totaling 1 hour and 15 minutes.) Playlists with subsets of the soundtrack, such as Ocarina Songs (i.e., songs Link learns to play throughout the game) or Dungeons, are also available.
Breath of the Wild‘s soundtrack has a much larger catalog under its Top Tracks at 62 tracks totaling 2 hours and 51 minutes. (If you want to listen to all of the tracks, there are 211 of them lasting 6 hours and 10 minutes.) It also has playlists, such as songs from the Champions’ Ballad DLC expansion.
Also included in the app are featured playlists that center around a particular game character, moments within a game (such as a boss battle), or a mood that you may be in or seeking to create. The character playlists inspired by the Zelda series include Daruk, Deku Tree, Ganon/Ganondorf, Kass, Mipha, Revali, Sheik, Urbosa, and Zelda. You can also create your own custom playlists by pulling from the various soundtracks.
Other unique features provided include “Spoiler Prevention,” which allows you exclude certain games from playback in case you haven’t completed them yet and don’t want to be tipped off by a song title or thumbnail art. Another neat feature is “Extend,” which allows for you to set tracks to loop and play for a longer set period of time, which is helpful for songs that may be relatively short.
In an interview with Nippon Television News (translated by Nintendo Everything), Nintendo said the following of its new music app:
“We believe that game music is an important and valuable piece of content in order to expand the number of people who have access to Nintendo IPs and Nintendo Music is a service that allows us to deliver this game music in a way that is unique to Nintendo. You can enjoy the unique features of Nintendo Music, such as being able to enjoy music along with screenshots, and being provided with playlists based not only on game titles, but also on various game-related themes and perspectives, such as ‘characters’ and ‘music during battles.’ We believe that if Nintendo Music reminds you of your favorite gaming experiences, it will also inspire you to want to play the games again.”
The Nintendo Music app is available right now on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online members.
What do you think about the announcement of Nintendo Music? Which of the two Zelda soundtracks are you most excited about? Which Zelda soundtrack should they add to the app next? Let us know in the comments below.
Source: Nintendo
Jared Eubanks is a staff writer at Zelda Dungeon, and he is also a husband, father, and engineer. He is originally from the Atlanta, GA area and still lives there. He graduated from Georgia Tech and is a proud Yellow Jacket. He loves to play boardgames, build Lego, and read books with his family. He’s been gaming since childhood with the original NES and GameBoy, and he enjoys retro gaming, collecting, and modding consoles and handhelds. His favorite Zelda game is Breath of the Wild but is also fond of the older classic titles.