With a fresh batch of songs from Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics arriving at the Nintendo Music app, reactions have been rather… well, let’s say vivid and varied. Some gamers are ready to boogie to the beats of the board, while others side-eyed Nintendo’s different priorities harder than any chess grandmaster ever saw a blunder.
The official NaO tweet about the update change in policy didn’t generatemuch hype, just this smooth “hey the music’s here” type vibe. But the replies! So much mood in one solid tweet. Many were asking for Mario Kart soundtracks; others bemoaned the slow drip of content; and at least one guy who really should calm down on the satanic ritual jokes (Amity, this one’s for you).
The thing about Clubhouse Games CA-ing those tunes, digital dominoes are killing it. But that’s not really the argument. It’s about what isn’t in the app yet. There are some who just want the Super Metroid OSTs, Xenoblade jams, or Mario Kart World soundtrack. The demand is so real that multiple comments outright said, “Where’s Mario Kart Wii?” as if Nintendo is holding their childhood hostage.
Others see this as an ideal opportunity to unload every little grievance at Nintendo. One commenter even went scorched earth about the Pokémon vs Palworld drama, which… okay buddy, we’re actually trying to listen to some checkers music here. Followed up with the classic hot take of “who even plays this game?” by Bella Chan, immediately answered by sk8bit64 claiming the game taught them enough mahjong to at least not get completely destroyed in Yakuza.
The juiciest debate lurking in the comments is whether Nintendo should even be paying attention to anything surrounding this app at all. Matt Linton and LetsPlayNintendoITA have argued whether this is distracting from Switch 2 development or NSO expansions. NintendoITA’s take? “They are separate things. Wake up.” In the meantime, some in the community are downright giddy at the extra chill vibes to game to—UdderlyFab (yes, that is a cow from Mario Kart World) just said, “More mooosic? Exciting! 🐮,” which is honestly very much the mood.
It’s insane that a simple soundtrack update is stirring up all this emotion. Some of them consider it a gesture from Nintendo: “well if they didn’t include the tunes to my favorite game first, screw them”. Others just mellow out with their new study/work/dominoes playlist. Then there’s DavidG185 unveiling some hilarious stories of forgetting to hit “last card” in the actual game, which—same, dude. Same.
More Nintendo music and that’s it. For those who use it, cool; for those who do not, irrelevant. But if Nintendo is reaching this far (and let’s be real, maybe they aren’t), the following message is loud and clear; When is Mario Kart soundtrack coming? For now, here’s a dump of digital chess music while we all pretend we know how to play mahjong.
