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Nintendo Music is a soundtrack-streaming service for music from Nintendo games, not a general-purpose music platform. It launched on 31 October 2024, and access requires a Nintendo Account plus an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. You do not need to own a Switch console, but the membership is sold separately.
What Nintendo Music offers
The app lets members stream Nintendo game soundtracks and download tracks in the app for offline listening. Nintendo says listeners can search by game, track or playlist, browse by game screenshots, create and share playlists, and use playlists curated by Nintendo. Recommendations can draw on Switch Play Activity, and a spoiler filter can hide music from games a listener would rather not have revealed.
Nintendo’s launch announcement described a catalogue spanning nearly 40 years of Nintendo history and said more music would be added over time. The US App Store listing gives examples ranging from Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4 and Mario Kart World; these are examples, not a complete track list. Nintendo Canada’s service page, accessed 8 October 2026, says the catalogue contains over 250 hours of music across more than 130 titles. That is Nintendo’s current published figure, and the catalogue can change. Nintendo Canada’s Nintendo Music page
What the membership catch means
Nintendo describes the app as included at no additional cost for Nintendo Switch Online members. That means there is no separate Nintendo Music fee for eligible members; it does not mean the service is free without a membership. Nintendo’s UK service page says an active membership, sold separately, is required. A free trial may provide temporary access, subject to trial eligibility and renewal terms, but Nintendo does not describe it as a permanent free tier. Nintendo UK’s service page
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- Enjoy a curated library of 70+ classic Super NES and NES games. You can compete (or cooperate) online with friends, share your screen, or virtually pass the controller, depending on the game.
- Access a collection of Game Boy games to play anytime, anywhere!
- In addition to the game data regularly saved to your system, you’ll have online backup. This makes it easy to retrieve your game data if you lose your system or start using a new one.
- Enhance your online experience with the Nintendo Switch Online app. For example, you can use voice chat with players in compatible games.
You do not need a Switch system. Nintendo says a Nintendo Account and any Nintendo Switch Online membership are enough to use the service on a supported smart device or in a computer browser. The membership requirement—not ownership of the console—is the key distinction.
Where you can listen
Nintendo lists compatible smartphones and tablets, a browser on a PC or laptop, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support. The browser player is for computers, not smart devices, and it does not include every app feature. For example, Nintendo Canada says My Mix recommendations based on play history are unavailable in the browser. Nintendo UK also lists a sleep timer, notification options for new soundtracks, and voice control through CarPlay and Android Auto; some smart-device functions are unavailable in the browser. Nintendo Canada · Nintendo UK
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- Library of classic Nintendo 64 games
- Collection of classic and colorful Game Boy Advance games
- All Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass* content as released
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise DLC *
- Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion*
The US App Store listing requires iOS 16.0 or later for its iOS app. That requirement applies to the listing’s iOS version and should not be read as an Android requirement. US App Store listing
Offline listening and extended playback
Tracks can be downloaded in the app for offline listening, so an internet connection is not needed for playback after downloading. Nintendo does not describe the computer browser as supporting the app’s full feature set; offline downloads are an app feature.
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- Library of classic Nintendo 64 games
- Collection of classic and colorful Game Boy Advance games
- All Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass* content as released
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise DLC *
- Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion*
Some selected tracks can be extended for longer listening, but not every track supports it. Nintendo Canada lists extension choices of 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes, while Nintendo’s launch announcement listed 15, 30 or 60 minutes. The available choices can depend on the track and interface; Nintendo UK describes the limit as up to 60 minutes. Do not assume an arbitrary track can be looped or extended. Nintendo Australia’s launch announcement
Availability depends on your country
Nintendo states that Nintendo Music is not available in every country, and its support information warns that Nintendo Switch Online features vary by country and can change. The support table is not a definitive country-by-country list for every Nintendo Music feature. Check Nintendo’s local service page and your device’s app store for availability where you live. Nintendo UK · Nintendo support: feature availability by country
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- Online Play – Battle it out or cooperate with players online in compatible games like Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Invite friends to your in-game island or visit theirs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!
- NES and Super NES - Nintendo Switch Online – Enjoy a curated library of 70+ classic Super NES and NES games. You can compete (or cooperate) online with friends, share your screen, or virtually pass the controller, depending on the game. With the Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app, you can also voice chat during your play sessions in compatible games.
- Access a collection of Game Boy games to play anytime, anywhere! Face off against Wario in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins and thwart an intergalactic menace in Metroid II - Return of Samus as you revisit (or discover) these classics games.
- Save Data Cloud* – In addition to the game data regularly saved to your system, you’ll have online backup. This makes it easy to retrieve your game data if you lose your system or start using a new one.
- Smartphone app – Enhance your online experience with the Nintendo Switch Online app. For example, you can use voice chat with players in compatible games. In addition, the app gives players of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Splatoon 2 access to special game-enhancing features.
Launch and catalogue context
Nintendo’s UK service page gives 31 October 2024 as the release date. Nintendo Australia announced the app on 13 November 2024 and described launch availability in Australia and New Zealand. Its launch announcement said listeners could stream tracks in the app or download them for offline listening. Availability and catalogue details have since been presented on Nintendo’s regional service pages, so the current conditions for a reader’s country matter more than the original launch announcement. Nintendo Australia’s announcement
Quick Recap
Best Value
- Enjoy a curated library of 70+ classic Super NES and NES games. You can compete (or cooperate) online with friends, share your screen, or virtually pass the controller, depending on the game.
- Access a collection of Game Boy games to play anytime, anywhere!
- In addition to the game data regularly saved to your system, you’ll have online backup. This makes it easy to retrieve your game data if you lose your system or start using a new one.
- Enhance your online experience with the Nintendo Switch Online app. For example, you can use voice chat with players in compatible games.
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