The Nintendo Music App Thread - Luigi's Mansion Added

[SneakyLink]

It's been a long time since we had a DS game.

And the wait continues as it’s Super Mario World time.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

And with that, all promised games have been given.

We are now completely in the dark.

 

[Thegameandwatch]

The one thing I notice is that Yoshi is currently the only protagonist to have his own character playlist unless I am missing a character or section.

There are characters listed that have their own games such as Zelda and Peach but the games where they are the main character/protagonist haven’t been added yet.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Mario World is nice and all but I hope they cool it with the SNES tracks for a while. Of the five soundtracks we got this year, three of them were SNES tracks.

 

[chocolatejr9]

And with that, all promised games have been given.

We are now completely in the dark.

"Dark", you say? Perhaps even... Eternal Darkness?

Man, this thread isn't even about Smash and I'm speculating like a madman.

 

[NuclearTurtle5]

Mario World is nice and all but I hope they cool it with the SNES tracks for a while. Of the five soundtracks we got this year, three of them were SNES tracks.

I didn't even realize just how many snes tracks we've gotten this year so far. Here's hoping for a Wii, Wii U, or DS track next week.

 

[Thegameandwatch]

I didn't even realize just how many snes tracks we've gotten this year so far. Here's hoping for a Wii, Wii U, or DS track next week.

Also 3DS which has nothing

 

[Oracle Link]

Am i the only one confused that the Ganondorf/ Ganon Playlist features neither and instead calamity Ganon?
Like i get Zelda being from botw (especially cause she wears a dress in the picture they chose for her)
But Ganondorf shouldve been OOT If you can only choose between the two!
(same with a link Playlist he should be either toon, toy or OOT)

 

[SneakyLink]

Are Nintendo Music updates happening a day earlier now?

Because Golden Sun was just added.

Edit: Tomorrow is National Foundation Day in Japan so Nintendo likely added the track early to accommodate the holiday.
Now we can debate next week’s track!

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Finally! A new GBA game. And a great choice too.

 

[chocolatejr9]

Are Nintendo Music updates happening a day earlier now?

Because Golden Sun was just added.

Edit: Tomorrow is National Foundation Day in Japan so Nintendo likely added the track early to accommodate the holiday.
Now we can debate next week’s track!

Aha! I predicted it all the way back in December!

In that case, new game for the thread: give a new game for each system that hasn't gotten a new one yet:

• Um... okay, I'm gonna have to skip NES. I can't remember if Punch-Out was that or SNES.
• GB: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
• GBA: Golden Sun
• Gamecube: Luigi's Mansion
• Wii U: Star Fox Zero
• 3DS: Fire Emblem Awakening

I'll admit, a lot of these were kinda random...

Praise me for the prophet that I am!!!

 

[fogbadge]

Edit: Tomorrow is National Foundation Day in Japan so Nintendo likely added the track early to accommodate the holiday.
Now we can debate next week’s track!

well that answers the question I was about to ask

 

[Swamp Sensei]

By the way, can I just say I find it oddly funny and joyful that of all people... Saturos and Mernardi have a character playlist.

Like, you have all these iconic characters like Bowser, Zelda and the Pikmin and then there's just these two. It's nice that even if Golden Sun isn't in a great spot, Nintendo still puts some effort into remembering it.

 

[chocolatejr9]

By the way, can I just say I find it oddly funny and joyful that of all people... Saturos and Mernardi have a character playlist.

Like, you have all these iconic characters like Bowser, Zelda and the Pikmin and then there's just these two. It's nice that even if Golden Sun isn't in a great spot, Nintendo still puts some effort into remembering it.

The fact they always add it to stuff like this shows they DO still care for it, even if the series is dead. Don't give up hope for a new game.

 

[Oracle Link]

The fact they always add it to stuff like this shows they DO still care for it, even if the series is dead. Don't give up hope for a new game.

I havent played games one and two but i do remember game 3 endinding in a huuge cliffhanger!

 

[Swamp Sensei]

So why do you think we haven't gotten any 3DS tracks?

 

[fogbadge]

So why do you think we haven't gotten any 3DS tracks?

that is an excellent question but I’m afraid I can’t think of a reason that seems plausible. best I can think of is for some reason the 3DS sound files are incompatible with the app which just doesn’t seem likely

 

[chocolatejr9]

So why do you think we haven't gotten any 3DS tracks?

Good question, not sure I have an answer. The best I can think of is that it might have to do with which games they wanna add when, and as a result 3DS has been sidelined.

 

[Polley001]

So why do you think we haven't gotten any 3DS tracks?

3DS OSTs are just kind of tricky. Barely any of them have prior releases they can take from, and most of the ones that do are from franchises that involve other companies and have thus far barely been included (namely Fire Emblem, Kirby and Pokémon).

In terms of creating new masters like they've done for about 1/3 of the OSTs on the service thus far, it's also a lot more difficult than systems like the SNES because the sound files included in 3DS games aren't really of an acceptable quality. So to make a rip of say, Super Mario 3D Land, they'd need to get higher quality versions (or like the source masters or whatnot) of the tracks which can likely be a tricky and time consuming process even before getting to the mastering part (which in itself probably takes a lot of time).

Additionally, many 3DS OSTs are pretty large in size, but larger OSTs on Nintendo Music are both added less frequently and have heavily trended towards OSTs that have had prior releases as mentioned before simply because those save a major amount of work.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

3DS OSTs are just kind of tricky. Barely any of them have prior releases they can take from, and most of the ones that do are from franchises that involve other companies and have thus far barely been included (namely Fire Emblem, Kirby and Pokémon).

In terms of creating new masters like they've done for about 1/3 of the OSTs on the service thus far, it's also a lot more difficult than systems like the SNES because the sound files included in 3DS games aren't really of an acceptable quality. So to make a rip of say, Super Mario 3D Land, they'd need to get higher quality versions (or like the source masters or whatnot) of the tracks which can likely be a tricky and time consuming process even before getting to the mastering part (which in itself probably takes a lot of time).

Additionally, many 3DS OSTs are pretty large in size, but larger OSTs on Nintendo Music are both added less frequently and have heavily trended towards OSTs that have had prior releases as mentioned before simply because those save a major amount of work.

Do you know which soundtracks needed new masters?

 

[Deleted member]

And for some reason, there aren't extended tracks for the Pokémon games. What's Game Freak got against that?

 

[Polley001]

Do you know which soundtracks needed new masters?

From what I can tell, the following were not based on a previous OST release:
Metroid (NES version)
Dr. Mario
Kirby's Dream Land
nintendogs
Wii Channels
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Pikmin 4
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Wii Sports
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Golden Sun

 

[Polley001]

And for some reason, there aren't extended tracks for the Pokémon games. What's Game Freak got against that?

It's definitely some kind of mandate from The Pokémon Company International. Who can really say why, but TPCi is notoriously protective of their IP, even well above Nintendo (at least by themselves), so I can't really say it's surprising.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Now that Golden Sun has given the GBA something, the only consoles available at launch that still haven't gotten anything are the NES and the Game Boy. I expect one of those to be next.

The 3DS' absence was already discussed, but now that the Wii U was added I'm expecting it to receive something soon. What game do you think will be included? I'm expecting a dual release. If we get say... Super Mario 3D World or Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, we'd probably get both the Wii U and the Switch versions together. As far as I'm aware, there are no soundtrack differences between those two versions. One version just had more tracks.

 

[Polley001]

Now that Golden Sun has given the GBA something, the only consoles available at launch that still haven't gotten anything are the NES and the Game Boy. I expect one of those to be next.

The 3DS' absence was already discussed, but now that the Wii U was added I'm expecting it to receive something soon. What game do you think will be included? I'm expecting a dual release. If we get say... Super Mario 3D World or Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, we'd probably get both the Wii U and the Switch versions together. As far as I'm aware, there are no soundtrack differences between those two versions. One version just had more tracks.

I'll be shocked if the first Wii U game isn't Splatoon (has OST releases + majorly popular, especially in Japan). I guess they could do 3D World but realistically thanks to Bowser's Fury that'll be considered a Switch game I think.

For NES and Game Boy I think Nintendo's struggling to decide what to do with them. There's actually a lot of Japanese OST releases for NES games (which both Super Mario Bros. and the Famicom Disk System version of Metroid seem to use) so it's not like they're stuck on the mastering front. I definitely don't think one of them is the very next soundtrack, after getting SNES and GBA OSTs I think we're due for a more modern and larger OST (all things considered probably one from the Nintendo Switch). I personally think eventually we'll start seeing drops of about 5 NES and GB games at once similar to what we got at launch.

With Pokémon Day coming up though, there is a pretty reasonable opportunity for them to add the original Pokémon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow onto the service which could very well serve as our first post-launch GB addition. There's also Link's Awakening, which could be an awesome dual drop for both the classic DX version and the Nintendo Switch version (which also had a joined OST release a couple years ago). Though with every post-launch addition thus far being standalone I can't say I'm super confident in that particular prospect lol.

 

[SneakyLink]

The only thing I hope for this week is that we take a break from SNES. Half of the soundtracks we got this year alone have been SNES. Let’s give other systems a chance.

On another note, the only rules I’ve noticed regarding music uploads are that the same system is not repeated and the same franchise is not repeated (twice in a row for both that is). So no GBA or other Golden Sun games this week.

 

[Deleted member]

It's definitely some kind of mandate from The Pokémon Company International. Who can really say why, but TPCi is notoriously protective of their IP, even well above Nintendo (at least by themselves), so I can't really say it's surprising.

Wait, I thought Nintendo owned Game Freak? How are they higher than Nintendo?

 

[fogbadge]

Wait, I thought Nintendo owned Game Freak? How are they higher than Nintendo?

TPC is a separate company from Game Freak and they’re all independent of each other.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Wait, I thought Nintendo owned Game Freak? How are they higher than Nintendo?

Game Freak is their own independent company. They even make stuff that never appears on Nintendo consoles.

The Pokemon Company is owned by Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. All three together make Pokemon.

That's why Pokemon doesn't show up in stuff like Mario Kart even though it's a major Nintendo IP. They'd have to get the other companies to agree with it.

Kirby and Fire Emblem have similar cases going on, though not nearly as complicated.

 

[Deleted member]

I've been trying to make a playlist of songs with a Japanese flair, like Kakariko Village from "Breath of the Wild" and Ninja Hideaway from "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe". Unfortunately there aren't very many.

 

[SneakyLink]

We got our first 3DS Game!

Streetpass Mii Plaza

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Wow. Impressive.

We got none of the bonus games though. I wonder if they'll be their own group.

 

[Deleted member]

Time to jam out to "Save the World, Heroes!" (one of a few songs from the game that got remixed in Smash)

 

[fogbadge]

I can confirm that the tracks in the UK version have the localised names. however the thumbnail for certain songs still have the US name

 

[Polley001]

I can confirm that the tracks in the UK version have the localised names. however the thumbnail for certain songs still have the US name

As far as I know thus far only Japanese gets unique screenshots for certain tracks (and even then not many, StreetPass Mii Plaza has just 4 and that's on the higher end).

There's actually a very weird case where the Nintendo UK Tweet about F-Zero X and Brain Age shows Brain Age's Title Theme with a screenshot that is accurate to that region only for it to not actually show up in the app.

 

[Mushroomguy12]

Man, I miss Street Pass. Sometimes I do wish they could bring back Puzzle Swap and Find Mii and the other games for the Switch, although I guess the main problem is that the Switch isn't really as "portable" in the sense that the 3DS (and previous Nintendo handhelds) were.

Yes, it's much more portable than any of the home consoles, you don't have to lug around a heavy console and a bunch of wires and controllers everywhere, but it's not like the 3DS where you could just put it in your pocket like a smartphone, it's too big in the sense that lots of folks, including myself, are afraid that it would fall out of most pockets and it's easier to get stolen or damaged because of that size, it's not something you would take on the street or subway/bus or any crowded places like that, unlike the 3DS or a smartphone. It's mostly something you just take to friend's/family's houses or on long road trips and such, less crowded places, so Street Pass doesn't really work as well.

And since the Switch 2 looks to be even bigger in size, I guess that problem isn't going away soon. (I know they have the Switch lite, but buying a whole new console and one that doesn't have the docked feature isn't really that appealing either tbh).

Perhaps they could just make a daily check in system where you just get a couple of free coins a day to use on puzzle pieces or Mii heroes, like they do for FEH and Mario Kart Tour, but I guess that has the possibility of turning into a gacha....

 

[fogbadge]

Man, I miss Street Pass. Sometimes I do wish they could bring back Puzzle Swap and Find Mii and the other games for the Switch

you and me both

 

[Polley001]

Interesting little fun fact: By my count, the addition of StreetPass Mii Plaza made for 999 tracks added to the service since launch.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Interesting little fun fact: By my count, the addition of StreetPass Mii Plaza made for 999 tracks added to the service since launch.

How many altogether?

 

[SneakyLink]

How many altogether?

I counted them all. Overall, Nintendo Music has 3,210 songs on it.