{"id":125364,"date":"2022-06-02T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132200"},"modified":"2022-06-02T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:00:00","slug":"talking-point-video-game-music-is-more-popular-than-ever-so-why-is-nintendo-so-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/02\/talking-point-video-game-music-is-more-popular-than-ever-so-why-is-nintendo-so-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: Video Game Music Is More Popular Than Ever, So Why Is Nintendo So Behind?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s been a lot of Nintendo-related music news over the past year that has had me more than a little disappointed. I like to boot up a video game soundtrack while I\u2019m working; I\u2019m a big fan of video game music concerts and I have a small collection of albums and vinyl that I want to keep growing. And with access to video game music the best it\u2019s ever been, I\u2019m generally a happy bunny.<\/p>\n

But Nintendo has always been very<\/em> protective of its properties, and that goes for the music in its games. You might remember, at last year\u2019s Tokyo 2020 Olympics, that there was a ton of video game music played during the opening ceremony<\/a> \u2013 yet none<\/em> of it was from a Nintendo-owned franchise. There were plans for Nintendo to make an appearance right up until 16th June, but the Big N and The Pok\u00e9mon Company apparently pulled out at the last minute.<\/p>\n

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We understand. Nintendo owns the rights to its music, and it can do what it wants with it. But the real problem is that it’s not doing anything<\/em> with it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More recently, Nintendo has been clamping down on video game music YouTube channels. In the last six months alone, GilvaSunner has been forced to close their channel<\/a> after Nintendo sent them thousands of copyright claims. And DeoxysPrime also received over 500 claims<\/a>, which led to them removing all of their Nintendo music, with uploads from the Pok\u00e9mon series soundtracks to almost every single Mario game\u2019s OST being shimmied away.<\/p>\n

We understand. Nintendo owns the rights to its music, and it can choose to do what it wants with it. But the real problem is that it’s not doing anything<\/em> with its music in general.<\/p>\n

There was one brief breakthrough from The Pok\u00e9mon Company, who back in February launched the Diamond & Pearl Sound Library, a cool website that would let you build playlists, access other playlists, download music, and sound files, and also see which artists had sampled some of the tunes in their music. Unfortunately, The Pok\u00e9mon Company decided to close this down earlier this week<\/a> \u2013 disappointing, for sure. At least it left the YouTube version of the soundtrack up and running. Small victories, eh?<\/p>\n