Unused Background Music for the Nintendo Switch's eShop

[Truno]

It's true! This track has been in the OS since the launch of the platform and it has remained unused by Nintendo.

There are criticisms constantly levied against Nintendo for pursing the minimalist and corporate strategy with the Switch after the failure of the Wii U, a platform whose UI was filled with personality. It seems like Nintendo initially planned on using a similar strategy with their current console, but they seemingly decided to drop the idea at the last second before launch. People often speculate that the motive behind its absence is to conserve as much memory as possible towards the Switch's fast and minimalist OS.

What do you think of the track?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9jx504Wtk4

 

[Jencks]

god dammit that's good. Nintendo menu composers be on some shit bro

 

[Freezasaurus]

Nice tune. But let's be real the eShop needs every bit of memory it can get. It runs like dog shit as is.

 

[Blue_Toad507]

It's pretty neat. However, it's no:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyjUmv1gJEg

 

[Deleted member 34949]

That does sound pretty great.

Totally get why they decided not to use it though, considering browsing the eshop as is can be a slog

 

[belairjeff]

Switch 2 eshop theme let's go

 

[ILikeFeet]

ADD IT NINTENDO

 

[St. Eam the 3rd]

That's a +5% to sales bonus at least

 

[Capra]

This is the Switch 2's defining new feature.

 

[Truno]

It seems like they also wanted to include way more themes for the launch of the platform


View: https://twitter.com/raregamingdump/status/1616658641838374914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1616658641838374914%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Never forget that purple was taken from us

 

[Dest]

Real daytime event music in DS mystery game vibe before things go horribly wrong and that's a great thing

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

It seems like they also wanted to include way more themes for the launch of the platform


View: https://twitter.com/raregamingdump/status/1616658641838374914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1616658641838374914%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Never forget that purple was taken from us

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What the heck Nintendo, just let us have these already.

 

[Truno]

Nice tune. But let's be real the eShop needs every bit of memory it can get. It runs like dog shit as is.

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Wouldn't you prefer to browse dog shit with catchy tunes?

 

[TheBaldEmperor]

Nice tune. But let's be real the eShop needs every bit of memory it can get. It runs like dog shit as is.

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This is the reality. I can't believe it's as bad as it is. Truly awful.

 

[Alfredo]

The power of the Switch Pro will have the dream realized.

 

[TraderPoe]

PUT IT IN

 

[Kouriozan]

Sounds like it came straight from a Mother game.
Like an upbeat version of this


View: https://youtu.be/8rEDyQCqJTA

 

[dodo]

It's not bad, but I keep expecting/wanting some breaks to kick in...

 

[.exe]

It's no Wii Shop Channel, but I like it. As it stands, the shop lacks some personality compared to Nintendo's other systems'.

 

[Tambini]

Does playing an mp3 file really have that big effect on memory

 

[Freezasaurus]

This is the reality. I can't believe it's as bad as it is. Truly awful.

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It's gotta have some kind of memory leak or something going on, because the longer it's open the worse it runs. Then if you close it and re-open it, it's halfway bearable again.

 

[famicorpse]

Ethereal track. Beautiful beautiful magic.

 

[Shift Breaker]

How can I describe it...It sounds like a video game shop track. As in, music for a shop in a video game, not music for a shop selling video games. Like, the item shop in an RPG set in a quiet part of a japanese city, or the upgrade/mech parts shop in between missions.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Orjk85e6QM

Wouldn't go amiss in VA-11 Hall-A either.

Anyway, I love it, I'll take a 3 hour extended version of that, yes please.

 

[Dice]

It's pretty neat. However, it's no:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyjUmv1gJEg

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God I miss the 3DS/Wii/U era of Nintendo music.



View: https://youtu.be/VQAgf4P-t6U

 

[coolasj19]

This would've made the shop immensely more tolerable it's true

 

[Foffy]

This is some Mario Kart lobby music stuff.

 

[ze_]

It's not speculation that Nintendo dropped the music and other bells and whistles to make a significantly faster OS, they've explicitly stated it.

Around the time of the Switch's launch, Image & Form's president sat down with IGN to talk about the Switch, and he said an important bit of feedback they provided to Nintendo was to focus on making a faster, more seamless console than the Wii U. I doubt they were alone.

 

[Blue_Toad507]

God I miss the 3DS/Wii/U era of Nintendo music.



View: https://youtu.be/VQAgf4P-t6U

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Memories of spinning the globe on the Weather Channel around as a kid while this played;


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDhvJ0fmAw

 

[Hero of Legend]

I always loved this tune:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3EsPfM0T8c

 

[Jakenbakin]

How can I describe it...It sounds like a video game shop track. As in, music for a shop in a video game, not music for a shop selling video games. Like, the item shop in an RPG set in a quiet part of a japanese city, or the upgrade/mech parts shop in between missions.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Orjk85e6QM

Wouldn't go amiss in VA-11 Hall-A either.

Anyway, I love it, I'll take a 3 hour extended version of that, yes please.

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Scary accurate description.


View: https://youtu.be/Yg8JrreGQrA

 

[dlauv]

It reminds me of playonline's music.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

The music and other presentational aspects of past Nintendo shops were neat, but every shop to date has been awful to use to due to incredibly bad load times and download times. The Switch is still bad, but the least awful. I'd rather silence and loading twice as long as it should, and a music track looping infinitely while it takes 10+ times as long as it should. Going back to the 3DS and Wii U shops pre-shutdown is unbearable.

 

[Suede]

It's pretty neat. However, it's no:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyjUmv1gJEg

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So good. I miss browsing the Wii eshop.

 

[Het_Nkik]

Sounds like it came straight from a Mother game.
Like an upbeat version of this


View: https://youtu.be/8rEDyQCqJTA

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Glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought Mother.

 

[Zomba13]

Gives me PlayOnline vibes. It's nice.

 

[NotLiquid]

God I miss the 3DS/Wii/U era of Nintendo music.



View: https://youtu.be/VQAgf4P-t6U

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Theme song of "just stopped by a friend's/family's/hotel place and I need to delete/add a new connection"

 

[julia crawford]

How can I describe it...It sounds like a video game shop track. As in, music for a shop in a video game, not music for a shop selling video games. Like, the item shop in an RPG set in a quiet part of a japanese city, or the upgrade/mech parts shop in between missions.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Orjk85e6QM

Wouldn't go amiss in VA-11 Hall-A either.

Anyway, I love it, I'll take a 3 hour extended version of that, yes please.

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my god this is so 2000 video game electronic... this is what my dreams are made of!!!

 

[bingy]

Major 3DS eShop theme vibes. Not surprising, but very high praise.

 

[Syinn]

I miss the touch older consoles and even the 3DS had. The switch menu is so lifeless and dull.

 

[Deleted member 34949]

If we're posting GOAT storefront themes


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoE_e8EYKew

1:14 onwards is perfection

 

[Zombegoast]

Wii U had the best store front of any system. And we lost it best everybody shitted on the system

 

[KeyChainDude]

So charming! Makes me miss OS'es with personality, everything feels the same these days.

 

[JoJo'sDentCo]

This thread is great. Keep posting the amazing music!

 

[Jerm]

Memories of spinning the globe on the Weather Channel around as a kid while this played;


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDhvJ0fmAw

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Oof, this is the one that makes me wanna throw up from nostalgia / longing. What a time.

 

[Melpomene]

Nintendo, if the Switch 2 does not have menu music and themes, I swear to god I will

be sad.

 

[AgeEighty]

Great track, but eShop on Switch is slow enough already. I much prefer responsiveness to personality when the difference is as stark as it has been on Switch from Wii U.

Memories of spinning the globe on the Weather Channel around as a kid while this played;


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDhvJ0fmAw

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That app was such a vibe.

I always was amused by how the entire world had standard skeuomorphic weather icons, but Japan alone had little cartoon emoji ones.

 

[timshundo]

Theme song of "just stopped by a friend's/family's/hotel place and I need to delete/add a new connection"

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Only allowing you to store 3 Wi-Fi passwords is crazyyyyyyy

 

[CasuallyDressed]

Memories of spinning the globe on the Weather Channel around as a kid while this played;


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDhvJ0fmAw

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Damn, why is this making me so emotional? Something about these old, custom, console applications that connected to the internet for such limited-use purposes are so...comforting. I can't explain it but it makes me feel safe, somehow.

Anyone know what I mean?

 

[Zebesian-X]

What the fuck Nintendo

Switch 2 better have enough bandwidth to handle this track 😤😤😤

 

[get2sammyb]

I do agree with some of the comments in here pertaining to how the Nintendo Switch lacks a lot of the personality of the older consoles, like the 3DS. I've been using the 3DS recently before the store shuts down, and while it is quite slow and creaky, I think all of the Streetpass and pedometer nonsense is so much fun.

It'd be nice if Switch 2 could find a way to integrate some of that stuff again, without compromising the snappiness of the OS.