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Nintendo Made a Music Streaming App For Video Game Soundtracks 19

Nintendo has announced a mobile app called Nintendo Music, which lets users listen to classic video game soundtracks from Nintendo games spanning the last few decades, including Splatoon, Animal Crossing, and The Legend of Zelda. According to The Verge, the app is available on iOS and Android but only Switch Online subscribers will be able to stream the tunes. From the report: The app features curated playlists themed around games, moments, moods, or characters, though you can also build your own. It also supports streaming as well as downloading tracks for offline listening. Curiously, it includes a spoiler feature that lets you filter out tracks that, somehow, might spoil a game you haven't played or finished yet. And if you just want some Hyrule white noise, the app also lets you "loop songs or extend select tracks to 15, 30, or 60 minutes for uninterrupted listening." Here's a list of all the regions the app will be available in.
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Nintendo Made a Music Streaming App For Video Game Soundtracks

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  • And there I thought I had no use for a Switch Online subscription. It's gonna kill me when I find out it's a significant fraction of the cost of my actual music streaming service subscriptions.
  • Superior alternative (Score:4, Informative)

    by Ormy ( 1430821 ) on Thursday October 31, 2024 @03:36AM (#64908275)

    https://ocremix.org

    Fan-made remixes of videogame soundtracks covering all genres of music. Jenova remixed as a disco tune or for classical piano? Sonic tunes remixed into hiphop with lyrics? Dr. Wily's theme with a full orchestra? All there, all completely free. Some tracks are a bit amateurish, but the majority are mixed to a very professional quality. Downloadable on a per-track or per-album basis from the website, or you can save them some bandwidth costs and download everything in bulk via torrents. Donate via patreon if you can. (I am not affiliated with this site, just a long-time fan).

    From the 'about us' page on the website:

    Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is a community dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans. In 2016, OC ReMix officially moved under the umbrella and sponsorship of Game Music Initiative, Inc, a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization (EIN #81-4140676).

    • by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      The danger is that Nintendo starts trying to enforce game music copyrights on platforms like Twitch and YouTube where people make a living playing their video games.

      • Pretty sure Nintendo would take down the stream regardless if it's using the music or not.....After all the visuals are theirs too, and they've been hostile to streamers before.
        • by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

          Currently people can stream and upload Nintendo games without issue. The problem will arise if they start to set up automatic copyright claims on the music.

          • by tlhIngan ( 30335 )

            Currently people can stream and upload Nintendo games without issue. The problem will arise if they start to set up automatic copyright claims on the music.

            Nintendo's been known to copyright strike streaming videos that were done on an emulator. They insist if you're going to stream a game, it must be done using original hardware.

      • Nintendo already has a reputation for taking down video game music youtube videos.

      • Didn't the window for DMCA exemptions just close without any new protections for gaming/emulation? The timing of a new way to monetize game music is supicious, given that Nintendo has to still make money off of these things to enforce some of their IPs. I hope sites like vgmusic.com [vgmusic.com] and ocremix.org [ocremix.org] are ready for a fight, since Nintendo seems poised to torch their own legacy again.
        • by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

          Nintendo is weird when it comes to copyright. Japanese companies have a long history of tolerating and even encouraging fan works, particularly fan art and cover versions of songs. Cosplay and karaoke are a part of their culture.

          But lately Nintendo seems to have decided that it won't tolerate anything that could affect its revenue, which includes emulators and ROM hacks. They are going about it in a very stupid way, such as shutting down a Smash Bros tournament that used a modified version of a Wii game. I

    • Why would remixes be superior?
      • They're not necessarily superior; as Ormy said, some are quite amateurish. But there's some very well-produced music on OCRemix. I haven't been on there in quite some time, but here's one of my old favorites from Mega Man 2:

        https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR0... [ocremix.org]

  • Im fairly sure its not embedded browser since I can listen to it in the background while filling out this post. I suspect this product is a by-product of their Alarm Clock. After assembling the sounds and songs for their alarm clock someone probably decided to make it available for those with the online subscription since the work was already done. There is a download option for offline access. I cant see me actually listening to any of this for duration, but I am probably not the target market. Each track

    • Heh, so they send the data for the looping points too? Rippers will have a field day. Wonder if Nintendo tried using any watermarking given that you have to have a valid login to get to the data. Oh, well. I'll just stick to getting the music the old fashioned way.....
    • Do they have a nature sounds from Zelda? They should have a bunch of white-noise like infinite loops from windwaker, zelda, or anything else that generates background sounds that are not repetitive.

      • by e3m4n ( 947977 )

        Right now its just breath of the wild and Ocarina of Time. They break those down into categories like Hyrule Life, Overworld, Battles. Each have their own randomized playlists. If your really feeling nostalgic you can listen to NES Super Mario Bros, but my patience is limited for those artificial sounds.

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