Nintendo Music Reviews

by Caden-2006

Honestly I was pretty exited for NintendoMusic. It looked cool and the no spoiler feature is an awesome idea. NintendoMusic is free, which is cool, but you have to have an online membership to use any function of NintendoMusic . Honestly I am not really surprised but still disappointed to realize this. I don’t believe that Nintendo will change this either, but having a pay wall to listen to music like this is just kind of unfair to the people who like their games and music but can’t afford to have an online membership; or people who don’t have internet and don’t want to spend extra money on something that they can’t get the most out of anyway. -- I also think that having to sign in at all is not needed. Not everybody who has a switch has a linked Nintendo account. So I think it would be cool if you could listen as a guest, but have the option to sign in. When signed in as a guest, you are not given many recommendations just songs that are popular. But when you are logged in, NintendoMusic will look at the games you have and the amount of time that you have spent on these applications. My most played game on my switch is “The Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild”, so NintendoMusic could pick up on this and give me more recommendations from this title then say “Tears of the Kingdom”, which I have less time put into. But that is just a recommendation.

by _cCooliOo_

I am really glad Nintendo finally decided to make this a thing. I really like the formatting of NintendoMusic and its ease of use. I think for people without a Nintendo Online subscription, it would be helpful to include that it is required to have that subscription to use this (even though most people who download will most likely have a membership already). My biggest critique is that no credit is given towards the composers or artists who made the tracks. That is a very big deal and they need to be credited. I’m kind of blown away by that not being just a given while designing it. Other than this very unfortunate issue, I do really like how NintendoMusic works. Great music choices on here, and the promise of new additions in the future is great. But please credit the artists.

by A Loyal Rhythm Heaven Fan

NintendoMusic itself works great and is easy to navigate, but there are two major issues. The first is the lack of songwriter credits, which is absolutely astounding. Every game in the catalog has its composers mentioned in the credits of their games or elsewhere. It is a disservice to the artists to not credit them next to their music like on any other platform. Nintendo has the credits; there's no reason they can't be shown here. The second issue is the game library; there's an incredibly small selection of games at launch. I'm very glad to see them pulling music from all areas of their history, like Wii system music and two versions of Metroid for different systems, but so many iconic songs and games are missing for no good reason. We don't know the update release schedule yet, but the drip-feed approach is completely unnecessary here. There is no reason there can't be more soundtracks at once, but for some reason we have to wait to get more. And of course, your favorite game isn't guaranteed to be added. all of this is to say that i want t rhythm heaven music please nintendo please please

by Momoara17

The Nintendo Music app works well, and it's nice to finally have an official way to listen to Nintendo music. I was pleasantly surprised to see all the Nintendo-created playlists for different moods, game themes, and even characters.
However, the two things that disappointed me the most are the small selection of soundtracks and the complete lack of composer information tied to the music! It's baffling to me to not highlight who worked on these tracks in an app dedicated to celebrating Nintendo music, as this is a feature on many music streaming apps. I'd love to know the creative force behind some of my favorite songs. There's even an option to view track info, but it only shows you the game title and Nintendo's copyright! I hope Nintendo will provide an update that adds game composers, because the lack of them is disheartening.

by Bugs Variety

TLDR: nice to listen to game music but needs more content and fine tuning. Also give credit to creators.

This is an amazing idea, giving an official way to listen to Nintendo music along with being able to loop it to make some song continue past its 1-2 minute base runtime. That being said, as of day two, NintendoMusic feels lacking in a lot of content, being limited mostly to games that had official album releases but it probably should have started with some more. Twilight princess, wind waker, Metroid dread, kid Icarus: uprising, three houses, any of the Mario and Luigi series. A ton of great music just isn’t on NintendoMusic yet and that going to be a turn off for some people. Granted this is early and more music will hopefully be added as time goes on.

On top that there are lighter issues I have with NintendoMusic . Recently played only links to albums as opposed to the songs, composers aren’t credited (this is a large issue), and music tends to freeze up or just not play after selecting a new song or even unpausing.

Again this is the first full day of release for NintendoMusic so I have complete faith the they will improve the service in time. This entire app allows me to listen to the sound tracks of some of my favorite games and I can’t wait to listen to more!

by KlNGofSarcasm

When I heard about NintendoMusic’s release I was shocked. I would have never expected this to ever exist in some form but by some miracle, it does! On the first day that I used it, it functioned perfectly. While it has a poor variety of game soundtracks available, this is just its launch and I expect more to come in the near future. However, on the second day it refused to load. It was stuck on a permanent loading screen for about 20 minutes. I decided to delete NintendoMusic and reinstall it and somehow it worked again. However, if I were to try to listen to one song on one soundtrack and change to another from a different console, I would get an error message. I decided to close NintendoMusic and reopen it and it worked again. NintendoMusic is very well made but a bug like this should take priority before any new soundtracks are added. Also, I recommend adding the composer’s name to every song in NintendoMusic . I hope this helps.

by AnonymousIdeas

So excited to see where this goes! As of now things are rough; that’s to be expected. I feel like my biggest complaints are the lack of selection to start with; They definitely could’ve thrown in a little bit more, say 30 games or so. And not having every song, while understandable, is a little disappointing. What’s more upsetting is none of the composers who wrote these beautiful songs are credited for their work here! That should be a bare minimum. Less important critiques are that NintendoMusic is a little bland feeling currently; could use a bit more Nintendo charm. And last, it takes a little while for some songs to load; hopefully they can fix that in a later update. But as far as NintendoMusic as a whole goes; it’s awesome to have a hub for Nintendo music and has nearly every feature you could ask for and then some! Hopefully it continues to improve as time goes on.

by Zooby5754

It seems like someone at Nintendo finally has a pulse on extended fan products, and I love to see it. Much thought has gone into NintendoMusic, and there’s a decent depth of options. There’s two things that would make it a phenomenal app (for me) though: more varied theme playlists like water, dancing, and study music, and a deeper collection of music. I would give anything to hear the Pokemon ranger and pokepark soundtracks again, outside of just replaying the games to experience all of it again. I understand that you want to push the newer games, but I think the people that are involved as far as to have a music app are ones that have been around longer and want some older tracks you can’t easily find elsewhere.

by Garlic Jaws

Finally, Nintendo made their music available to stream! I was so excited when this was announced. I love the feature that lets you extend a track up to an hour; that’s brilliant. I also appreciate the option to turn off songs that will give you game spoilers! I just have a couple issues with NintendoMusic : first, the song writers and voice actors should to be credited. I want to see names like Koji Kondo and Alice Peralta in the song descriptions, because they absolutely deserve it! Second, there are barely any songs currently available! There’s only music from two Zelda games, half of one Splatoon game, one Mariokart game, etc. I know they said they would be adding more music, but I hope it’s sooner than later, cause there’s a lot missing that I want to listen to!

by Noturbusiness238488

NintendoMusic is very well designed with a layout that seems to take a lot from Apple Music (not a bad thing) and has very good audio quality. However there is a slight stability issue where sometimes when using headphones NintendoMusic will pause the music and not respond to any input trying to unpause it. There are also no creator credits or profiles which is a huge shame not only for accreditation but also because it’d be very nice to be able to listen to other songs made by an artist who’s made a song you like. The lineup is also really small right now which is a shame. This isn’t an app that needs a slow drip feed to keep a user base, please just release more music and not have us waiting forever like other switch online apps!!!

by Bbq_chicken1234

Glad to see Nintendo finally stepping into the music game, instead of having to rely on additional publishers or booting up prior games to listen to their music.
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Big fan of having a spoiler free option, as well as a way of naturally looping a track!
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That being said, I’m only gonna give it 4 stars for literally one reason: The Game Catalog is a bit short (for now).
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I’m sure it will get updated with more, but at the time of writing this, it’s missing quite a noticeable number of tracks, especially non-Switch tracks.
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To demonstrate, I’ve only found (in terms of Wii titles) the Wii menu themes and Mario Galaxy. …and that’s it.
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Can’t say I’m surprised by this. If it updates frequently, I’ll probably bump it to 5 stars, but for now, 4 is what I’ll start with.
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One last concern for many of you might be Switch Online being required. Yes… that’s a little annoying. At the least though, there’s no ads. Something you would normally have to pay for on all other music apps.
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They’re at least making an existing product better. Plus I’m tired of having to constantly hear criticism of their online service. (Although I would not be surprised if they made another Switch Online presentation video again, lol)
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Welp… that’s my review XD

by Melodyyyyyy234

I love NintendoMusic so much! There are so many songs that I have been wanting to listen to, especially from the Splatoon series. I only have a couple gripes however, I am hoping that more music will be added, such as adding the rest of Off The Hook, Squid Sisters, and Deep Cut songs! The sorting system is easy to navigate by being cut up by game, so it’ll be easy for a kid to navigate as well. NintendoMusic lets you jump right in, and make your own playlists, as well as suggest popular songs. I’m hoping as Nintendo adds more that the series will be a group, then split into separate game, like say adding more Mario or legend of Zelda game soundtracks. So far this is an incredible development from Nintendo that I was unaware was even in development!

by Jiggles Jr

I’m so happy that Nintendo is finally making their music accessible after years of fan demand. There’s definitely great soundtracks to choose from as of now such as Mario Galaxy and Breath of the Wild, but there is certainly a want for more as there are only a little more than 20 available soundtracks at the moment. It’s understandable that putting these tracks on streaming services can take some time, but I pray that new additions won’t take quite as long as additions to the NSO games catalogue. Additionally, there are plenty of things I’m already loving such as the curated themed playlists, extending the duration of songs up to 60 minutes, and little things like separating Splatoon songs by the in-universe artists. I hope we can get more great soundtracks soon like the music of David Wise in the other Donkey Kong Country installments, the iconic sound of Pokémon, and the beautiful and exciting music of Xenoblade.

by TheatreBandCam

I downloaded the Nintendo Music app immediately after I saw that it was released, because I think it’s novel that there is an official way to listen to Nintendo tracks now. Would I prefer that these tracks would be available on other music streaming services? Yes, and it surely would make Nintendo more money, but for now I will stop digging into that rabbit-hole. While the selection is limited in NintendoMusic, I am fine waiting for more releases. What I am not fine with is the lack of compatibility with CarPlay, as well as the music being treated as a video overlay rather than a music track. I tried going onto a website with video content being a small factor, but the music stopped because the autoplay on the website had begun without audio, thus putting the website video as the priority over the music I was listening to. If this can be resolved at all, that would be very appreciated.

by Fidohero1498

We have long awaited for the day you make music available to come. Finally we can all freely listen to our favorite tracks. The best part is the ability to extend the tracks for up to an hour, which feels like a MUST-HAVE for just about all of us! And to add on, the fact that you even included tracks from the past is a huge achievement on your behalf! While trying NintendoMusic out, I did come across something I wanna point out: availability. Everyone who can’t afford Nintendo Switch Online wants to be able to use NintendoMusic. My suggestion? Allow all the non-members* to use all the features NintendoMusic offers EXCEPT for the ability to download any tracks for offline listening**. Other than that, I am proud NintendoMusic came to be!

*Trial membership users are still technically standard level members.
**Tracks that were downloaded prior to expiration of a membership should still be made available for offline listening rather than restricted to online listening.

by Pokemonsilph

The sound quality is practically perfect, and the categorization being done with the songs is really cool. Being able to extend tracks is awesome, and the spoiler prevention feature will probably come in handy as newer games get added. The starting selection is small, but I can look past that because of all the things I just mentioned, which probably increase the amount of work needed to add each song.

However, one big thing that bothers me is that none of the songs list who composed/arranged them. This is such basic standard information that every other music streaming app has, and it’s downright insulting to the people who worked on the music that it’s not here in NintendoMusic. Why bother having a “Track Information” button that just lists the song name and “(c) Nintendo”? Your games have credits, so why not the music?

by KoichiSugiyamafangirl

I’ve been waiting since Nintendo release Nintendo Music app. I grew up listening to Video Game music when I was a very little and I still do today. I just wish that you could’ve had more tracks like the characters. Select them from Mario kart games and some missing tracks that you didn’t include in enough time you should add some tracks that are missing from your video game. Either way I really want to thank you for making NintendoMusic and it’s so amazing and I can’t wait for you to add more video game soundtracks in the future such as maybe smash Bros or maybe more Mario and Zelda and Dragon Quest etc. keep on rocking Nintendo thank you for making the music of video games in my childhood

by FormFitter

I am pleasantly surprised by NintendoMusic. It might sound silly to have an entire app for music when plenty of others exist, but NintendoMusic ’s features are well made and actually work well with the kind of music on offer. Since video game music is meant to repeat, NintendoMusic offers the ability to extend tracks instead of simply looping to the beginning. That sounds minor, but is honestly feels great, and I use it a lot.

The sound quality is very good, every instrument is audible, and the chiptune music is crisp without sounding distorted. All of the features you would expect such as playlists, shuffle, recommendations, and downloading is present. Logging in is easy too, since once you link your Nintendo account, NintendoMusic doesn’t make you sign in every time. There aren’t any ads either.

While it’s true that their isn’t a lot of games at launch, it’s worth noting that the annual price is significantly lower than similar services. I am confident that time will be very kind to the library. The only downside is the lack of CarPlay compatibility, but if you don’t listen to music while driving, that won’t matter too much. Overall, I am very impressed with NintendoMusic , and I recommend it, as it does justice for the OSTs it hosts.

by Alex Melone

This is a great app! Love how I can listen to exclusive Nintendo music on a official app as well as being able to customize my music. I love how I can close NintendoMusic and it stays playing I definitely will keep NintendoMusic! However there is one thing I want… Dear Nintendo Co. My name is Alex and I would like to request The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom music to be included within your app as it has some of my favorite songs. I also would like to give an idea, I feel it would be beneficial for NintendoMusic to be able to connect to Nintendo Alarmo as a way to wirelessly change the alarms as well as be able to have a wider range of songs on the Alarmo Clock. I feel with this feature it would encourage people to create their own playlist schedules so that they have a different sound for each day as well as be able to have a nice way to wind down and listen to music at the end of the day. These are my recommendations and I hope that you please consider them. Thank you, -Sincerely Alex Melone.

by Gamer3ed

NintendoMusic has only been out for about six hours at the time of this review, so obviously I don’t expect perfection but technically speaking NintendoMusic works really well and has a really smooth UI.

Audio quality is also great. So far there’s only about 20 soundtracks available, but we’ll see how it shapes up when it comes to frequency of new soundtrack additions.

Only real complaints so far is a lack of credits to composers/performers. Being able to filter by certain composers would be a great addition that could help people listen to songs that they wouldn’t have considered otherwise. Plus, it would be nice to give credit to the great people who made these songs.