Nintendo already has its own Spotify. The Japanese company has just announced and surprise published Nintendo Music, an application for mobile devices that allows users of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service to enjoy a varied selection of video game soundtracks from this company.
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The app is now available on both iOS and Android and is released with a total of 23 soundtracks that cover everything from 80s classics, such as those from the first installments of Super Mario Bros. either Metroidto more current games, such as Splatoon 3 either Pikmin 4. Presumably, in the same way as it does with the game catalog of the Nintendo Switch Online service, the Kyoto company will expand the available albums over time.
A surprise announcement
Nintendo Music launches with 23 soundtracks from classic and current games
Nintendo Music has an interface that is very reminiscent of other music applications, but includes some unique features. One of the most striking is the possibility of filtering the soundtracks to avoid spoilers for the games themselves. Likewise, the ability to loop tracks or extend them to 15, 30 or 60 minutes so that they sound like background music is also striking.
Another attractive feature of the application is the screenshots that accompany each piece of music, images that help you easily find the topic you are looking for. However, there is an important detail that has not been taken into account, and that is that Nintendo Music does not include the information of the composers in charge of the music.
Nintendo Music launches with a total of 23 video game soundtracks
An aspect to improve
That Nintendo Music does not credit the composers behind the soundtracks is the main shortcoming of the application
That Nintendo Music does not credit the artists behind the soundtracks is, without a doubt, the main deficiency of an application that, on the other hand, once again demonstrates the capital importance that music has in this company’s games. Soundtracks like those of Donkey Kong Country by David Wise, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by Koji Kondo or Metroid Prime by Kenji Yamamoto have had a great impact both on those people who enjoyed the games and on general culture. For that reason, and to honor a sometimes forgotten genre such as video game music, Nintendo should consider giving credit to all of these artists.
Beyond the application itself, the announcement and subsequent launch of Nintendo Music has taken everyone by surprise, and for weeks all eyes in the video game industry have been on Super Mario due to rumors of a supposed and imminent presentation of the successor to Nintendo Switch. The latest estimates point to an announcement prior to November 5, the day Nintendo is expected to present its quarterly results.
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