Nintendo has finally responded to fan demands for the Mario Kart World soundtrack to be made available to stream.

Mario Kart World launched earlier this year alongside the Nintendo Switch 2. The blockbuster game features a new ‘Open Roam’ mode, 24-player races and a bumper soundtrack that serves as a love letter to the long-running franchise.

With remixed classics and new songs, the Mario Kart World soundtrack quickly became a hit with fans. Every week since the game launched, fans have been demanding it be added to Nintendo Music, the company’s dedicated streaming service.

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Now Bill Trinen, vice president of player and product experience at Nintendo America, has finally addressed the public demand for Mario Kart World’s soundtrack to be made available to stream. “I can’t go into too much detail, but I can say that it does actually take time and work to prepare soundtracks for Nintendo Music,” Trinen said in an interview with the Washington Post.

“And that soundtrack is particularly robust. It’s a matter of looking at the calendar and saying whether something might fit in or not. We’ve certainly heard that people are eager to see that on Nintendo Music.”

However some fans aren’t happy with the update. “The entire soundtrack was ripped on YouTube in an organized playlist with unique screenshots for each track within 72 hours of launch. I’m sure it takes ‘time and work’ but at this point something’s clearly wrong with your pipeline,” one fan wrote on X. “Mario Kart World should’ve had a music player in the game itself first of all,” added another.

It’d be easier to just you know add them to spotify and apple music but you guys are greedy https://t.co/3GVrXLFkfR

— curtis (@curtiscoolguy) October 30, 2025

Nintendo Music launched last year, letting Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers listen to soundtracks from a number of its iconic games, curate their own playlists and create 60-minute loops of their favourite tracks. The streaming platform had 23 soundtracks at launch and Nintendo has been adding new albums every week since, with more than 100 albums currently available.

However the first Switch 2 soundtrack only joined Nintendo Music in August, with a handful of tracks from the upcoming Kirby Air Riders released as a “special presentation” to go alongside a deep dive into the racing title.

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