Great app to use.
This is a great app to use. I love video game music and have for a number of years. Sometimes getting soundtracks officially from websites can be hard to do. So this is the next best thing. Yes I’ve had to label some buttons so that my speech could read them but that’s OK. I wish that you didn’t have to have a Nintendo membership to use this app but it is what it is. Hopefully Nintendo will change this. I can’t really complain much about this. There’s maybe one drawback and it’s very small. When you’re done shuffling a playlist, it would be nice if the playlist would repeat itself so that way you don’t have to go back and hit the play button again to shuffle. If there is a way to do this, maybe somebody can answer this review and tell me how to do it.
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Good, needs credit and more tracks
I can’t say I am disappointed in this app as a whole. The playback quality is great and there are lots of settings that are innovative since Nintendo is the first game company to have a streaming service for their games’ music. For example, the loop and no spoiler settings. These are great for study sessions and for games you haven’t finished yet. However, there are some issues. I’m slightly disappointed with the fact that you have to have NOS to use the service. But frankly, it isn’t a big problem for me considering that I use the NOS anyway. Also, the cost is low compared to other platforms. I know 20 bucks a year can be a lot but if you compare it to other companies’ charges it is practically nothing. Anyway, I am very angry that you didn’t include the composers and musicians who made the music. What’s the point of having a track information area if it just has the name of the game it’s from and copyright Nintendo? I am also shocked at the low number of games. There are so many good music and good games you made with 0 MUSIC on the platform you made just for your games’ music. Also, if your tactic here is to advertise new games, why don’t you include new games? The most recent game (Wonder) you have on the service released more than a year ago now. Why won’t you include Jamboree and Echoes of Wisdom? Good, but you need to add more games and surely give the musicians and composers credit for writing a good song.
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Could’ve been amazing
I was excited for a way to listen to Nintendo music that wasn’t going to get taken down, and in some respects, it’s a really good app! The song extension is easily the best thing this app can do for video game music, and the songs have thumbnails for the levels/menus they appear, which I also appreciate. Where this app loses me is how there’s BASICALLY NOTHING to listen to. I can’t explain how unfathomably stupid it was for them to launch a music streaming service with 22 games out of your VAST back catalogue of incredible soundtracks. Not to mention, they don’t credit the composers? It’s probably still worth using because of K.K. Slider’s discography, Splatoon, Mario Galaxy, and any others that interest you when they add them. Whatever, it’s a phenomenal idea for an app brought down by just not having most if not all of Nintendo’s back catalogue on there. Sure that sounds like a lot to ask, but Nintendo’s a multi billion dollar company with the resources to make a streaming service, I’m sure they would’ve found some way to make it work if they were given the time.
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I’m a really big Splatoon fan. And Pokémon.
But I was wondering where side order and Off the Hook music was. Maybe some Grand Festival music too? And looking forward to the past Splatoon games too. Pls add them! 🩷💚 🩷🩵 💙💛❤️ AND PAST POKÉMON GAMES. I have one more thing to say. SPLATOON. SIDE. ORDER.
An Honest Opinion
This has been something Nintendo fans, such as myself, have been wanting for ages and having it is wonderful. If you’re anything like me and grew up listening almost exclusively to video game music, this is nothing but a lovely blast from the past and slowly is being more used than my actual regular music app! It’s got great quality audio and even includes music from cutscenes which was a nice surprise. All around it’s a wonderful app.
However,
The lack of selection is what everyone in this comment section is saying, and I for one agree. Yes we have more major tracks added now, but we still need more. Even the lack of Switch Titles is shocking to me. It’s just a bit lacking in the titles department. On top of that it’s a bit hard making playlists and such and not being able to send them to my friends who don’t have Nintendo Online. That’s sad as well. It feels like a wonderful deal for those who have online but unfair to those who don’t.
I for one still need titles like Splatoon, Tomodachi Life, Animal Crossing New Leaf, Mario Kart Wii, DS built in console Music, Miitopia, and other Wii titles like Wii Party, Wii Play, and such to be fully happy. However since the addition of Splatoon 2 I have very content. 8/10 app Nintendo but you can do better.
However,
The lack of selection is what everyone in this comment section is saying, and I for one agree. Yes we have more major tracks added now, but we still need more. Even the lack of Switch Titles is shocking to me. It’s just a bit lacking in the titles department. On top of that it’s a bit hard making playlists and such and not being able to send them to my friends who don’t have Nintendo Online. That’s sad as well. It feels like a wonderful deal for those who have online but unfair to those who don’t.
I for one still need titles like Splatoon, Tomodachi Life, Animal Crossing New Leaf, Mario Kart Wii, DS built in console Music, Miitopia, and other Wii titles like Wii Party, Wii Play, and such to be fully happy. However since the addition of Splatoon 2 I have very content. 8/10 app Nintendo but you can do better.
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This Could Be So Much Better
Seeing Metroid Prime soundtracks at my fingertips wherever I wanted them, whenever I wanted them… what a dream. If only it weren’t too good to be true, because for some reason ALL the tracks that should be extendable (Crashed Ship, Phendrana Drifts, and many more), don’t support it, and the only ones that do are the jarring boss battle tracks, that I don’t want to have to listen to longer than it takes to actually beat the boss. Why would you offer such a feature to users when it can’t be fully utilized? I hope this gets rectified in the future
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Waiting for 3d world…
It’s pretty good but im waiting for 3d world and bowsers fury to be added.
Surprisingly phenomenal
I was not expecting this to be so good, but it is actually, genuinely worth the price of admission. The most important feature this app offers— one that as far as I can tell is completely exclusive to this platform— is “extended mode,” the ability to turn certain songs into one of those “eight hours of hyrule/kk slider/splatoon” videos at the press of a button. Video game music is at its best when it’s adaptive, and being able to extend a song to fit the length of a study session or exercise routine is just so cool.
The app itself is responsive, well designed, with cohesive and easily readable UI. The curated playlists go beyond just “this game’s soundtrack” or franchise playlists, also offering playlists based on moods or activities. I was pleasantly surprised to find console-specific music as well; we don’t just get the Wii Sports soundtrack, but the Wii menu music as well.
I hope they add more soundtracks soon.
The app itself is responsive, well designed, with cohesive and easily readable UI. The curated playlists go beyond just “this game’s soundtrack” or franchise playlists, also offering playlists based on moods or activities. I was pleasantly surprised to find console-specific music as well; we don’t just get the Wii Sports soundtrack, but the Wii menu music as well.
I hope they add more soundtracks soon.
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My only complaint is the limited library
This app is amazing I can listen to some of my favourite songs from some great games.
My ONLY complaint is that it’s missing some of my absolute favourite games in it’s slowly expanding library. Being able to listen to music from monolift softs/xenoblade(1, 2, 3, X) would be a wish come true. Weight of life and counterattack are excellent songs ALONE but I enjoy the entire selection of songs from those games.
It would also be great since Xenoblade chronicles X is getting a definitive edition next year.
Another suggestion would be TOTK because I really enjoyed the third trailer and Colgera as well as (spoiler) the final fall
Anyway that’s all I have to say. I hope someone reads this because I really enjoy your music.
My ONLY complaint is that it’s missing some of my absolute favourite games in it’s slowly expanding library. Being able to listen to music from monolift softs/xenoblade(1, 2, 3, X) would be a wish come true. Weight of life and counterattack are excellent songs ALONE but I enjoy the entire selection of songs from those games.
It would also be great since Xenoblade chronicles X is getting a definitive edition next year.
Another suggestion would be TOTK because I really enjoyed the third trailer and Colgera as well as (spoiler) the final fall
Anyway that’s all I have to say. I hope someone reads this because I really enjoy your music.
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Needs big improvements
The app's okay so far, but the fact that there's barely any music on it yet, they only add one soundtrack a week, and they don't even credit the composers are all pretty big cons
