They wanted you to listen while you drive. Or while you suffer through an office job.
Nintendo Music got an update on Tuesday. Big changes. You can now hit Apple CarPlay. Android Auto works too. There’s a web player if you just want the browser window. Even the app looks decent on tablets now.
The point? Accessibility. You want Star Fox 64 looping while you stare at Excel. Go for it. You need Mario Kart rhythms while merging onto the highway? Easy.
“Greatly expanding access” is their phrase.
Here’s the thing. Nintendo Music isn’t standalone. You don’t pay for it separately. It comes with Nintendo Switch Online.
That subscription gives you online multiplayer. It hands you the retro library—NES games. SNES. N64. GameCube stuff. Old school classics. The music stream is just the cherry on top. Or maybe the sound track? Pun intended.
Nintendo keeps spreading its properties everywhere. TV. Movies. Now your dashboard. It’s a content machine.
And the timing feels specific.
The Switch 2 costs fifty dollars more than the current model. That hike happens later this year. But right now? If you’re still clutching the original Switch? You get all these perks. The music. The retro games. No hardware upgrade needed.
So maybe keep that old box handy. At least for the soundtrack. 🎮🚗
Does the new console price make sense to you?
Probably not. But the music does.
