Nintendo hasn’t launched the Switch 2 just yet, but it has unveiled a new music app that lets you listen to tracks from Animal Crossing to Zelda to Mario.
The Nintendo music app was launched last night, October 30. Featuring a layout that will be familiar to any Spotify user, it features songs from a wide variety of Nintendo games rather than the latest up and coming artists.
The app allows you to download songs directly to your device so that you can listen to them anywhere. It features playlists for characters, moods, games, and allows you to create your own custom playlists.
One feature allows you to enable a spoiler mode that will filter out music from games you haven’t played yet. Many songs titles in game soundtracks are named directly after characters or spefiic moments, so this should help you avoid any nasty surprises if you haven’t had a chance to pick up the latest game yet. Just choose the spoiler option in the settings and select all the games you want to keep songs from hidden.
There’s also a feature that allows you to extend a song’s length by looping it over and over. You can choose from 15, 30, or 60 minute versions. People have been creating edits of songs like this and putting them on YouTube for years, but now you can do it directly in this app.
Nintendo Music is available exclusively to people who are subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online, which costs £3.49 per month or £19.99 if you buy a whole year in advance, making this cheaper than Spotify or Apple Music.
Nintendo also recently revealed the Alarmo, an alarm clock that wakes you up to sounds from various video games.
In other news, Ashnikko has shared the music video for her Arcane anthem, ‘Paint The Town Blue’.