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| Developer | Nintendo |
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| Type | Music streaming service |
| Launch date | October 31, 2024 |
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| Status | Active |
| Availability | 46 regions |
Nintendo Music is a music streaming service by Nintendo that features their video game soundtracks. The service is available for Nintendo Switch Online users, a subscription service for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 video game consoles. Nintendo Music launched for Android and iOS on October 31, 2024.
Nintendo Music was announced and launched on October 31, 2024. [1] [2] The service was released for Android and iOS devices, initially covering 45 markets, [3] and it became available in Taiwan on September 9, 2025. [4] The service is available for all Nintendo Switch Online users, a subscription service for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 video game consoles. [5] [6]
Nintendo Music allows users to add tracks to both curated and custom playlists. Each game soundtrack is organized into two albums: "Top tracks", which lists significant tracks from their respective software, and "all tracks", containing every song in the album. The service also allows for extending the playback of some tracks to 15, 30, or 60 minutes. [7] The service provides three types of audio quality: data saving, balanced, and high quality. [8] It also includes a feature that allows users to hide tracks and albums to avoid spoilers. [9] Playlists for Nintendo characters, franchises, and game-specific playlists are included on the app, along with other curated playlists such as ones for different moods. [10]
On May 30, 2025, an update was issued adding support for a sleep timer and extending tracks for only 5 or 10 minutes. [11]
Twenty-three soundtracks from various games and consoles were made available at launch, with new soundtracks usually added weekly. [12] There are 99 soundtracks available as of October 21,2025 [update] .
Kyle Barr of Gizmodo called the application "surprisingly good" but criticized the small selection of music available at launch. [63] Jay Peters of The Verge similarly noted the lack of depth at launch while claiming some tracks being non-extendable was a letdown, along with too much of a focus on their "recent musical history" as opposed to their overall history. [64] Fans, journalists, and developers criticized the app for not crediting the soundtrack composers. [65] [66] Abner Li from 9to5Google noted many similarities to YouTube Music, specifically in the application's user interface (UI). [67] Two weeks after launch, Nintendo Music had been downloaded more than one million times. [68]
Game soundtracks launched as a "special release" garnered some criticism, as only a select few songs were made available instead of the full soundtrack, leading to some fans comparing the limited official offerings to offerings by third parties on websites such as YouTube. [69]
