For years, gamers and music lovers have been craving for Nintendo to release its music on any of the various streaming platforms available, like Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music. Nintendo has only officially released a selection of its official soundtracks, typically for its bigger releases.
Most of these albums were only released on physical media like CDs and vinyl. Anyone looking to listen to the music would have to import the songs locally in order to add them to playlists or have them available within their favorite digital streaming platform.
Today, Nintendo announced a new app, Nintendo Music. It features music from the past four decades available to stream for those who are currently subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online.
The app functions similarly to most streaming platforms in that it lets you create playlists, organize music by your own personal listening style, or select different moods, environments, and characters to base your listening session upon. The app also contains a spoiler-free setting, which hides music that may come at pivotal moments in any of its titles.
Moreover, the Nintendo Music app also has a feature to listen to music on a loop for 15, 30, or 60 minutes. With an abundance of Lofi and smooth jazz playlists being seen on other streaming platforms, Nintendo is now offering the same mood-setting background music option to its users.
The Nintendo Music announcement comes after an already packed month of announcements from Nintendo. Just yesterday, it announced a Switch remaster of the final Xenoblade Chronicles game from the Wii U, Xenoblade Chronicles X. Earlier this month, it stealth released a new alarm clock, the Alarmo. On the 11th, Nintendo announced a secret “Playtest” that users had expected to be related to streaming more recent Nintendo titles but ultimately ended up being for what appears to be an MMO.
The Nintendo Music is available for anyone to download on the iOS App Store or Google Play Store, but its usage is limited to those who have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership.
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How is this shilling retro handheld/portable gaming news?
And shilling for the one company that has made it crystal clear it wants emulators (handheld or otherwise) gone, to boot.