This is it folks. Months of speculation have led up to this point – this very week, this very day. All for it to culminate in Nintendo coming out of the woodwork to announce the… Nintendo Music app? That’s not a joke, either. Nintendo, supposedly on the cusp of revealing a successor to the wildly popular Switch has unveiled a mobile streaming app, unlocking The Legend of Zelda, Mario, and Wii Shop tunes for iOS and Android.
Nintendo Music to get you in a Switch 2 mood
This is Nintendo, so of course, there’s a fee involved. Only those subscribed to the R52/m Nintendo Switch Online service can access the Nintendo Music catalogue—and if they fall into this list of countries that support the app. Fortunately, South Africa is on the list, so you can get to streaming.
Nintendo Music is only one of the more absurd announcements from Nintendo in recent weeks. Only the other day we mocked the company’s $100 (R1,700) – get this – Alarmo alarm clock. It doesn’t help that Nintendo has announced these products while fans are clinging onto any hope that a Switch 2 announcement is in the offing.
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We’ll have to make do with what we’ve got until then, which is a streaming app brimming with music from the past few decades of Nintendo’s history. There are all sorts of curated playlists based on your play history, centred around specific characters, games, moments, and moods, all of which can be looped to fit your white noise needs. You’ll also be able to create your own – which can be streamed or even downloaded for offline play.
Perhaps the most peculiar addition is the “spoiler prevention” feature, allowing the app to hide certain tracks that “might give away the big ending or surprise boss.” The only downside? The app’s disappointing lack of Nintendo’s more iconic soundtracks – including only one title from the GameCube era (no Wind Waker?) and only two Zelda entries in total. Expect the rest to be drip-fed like the most unexciting Smash Bros character reveal ever.