Nintendo's new music app is a clone of YouTube Music

Nintendo Music was announced today as an Android and iOS app that will let you “enjoy some Nintendo music,” but the interface looks a lot like YouTube Music over the years.

YouTube Music redesigned its mobile albums page in 2023. The original design, which was in effect for several years, is on the left and the Nintendo Music version is on the right:

YouTube Music vs Nintendo Music

The album/collection cover art and name are in the same place, while the placement of the save to library/star, download, and even three-dot menu buttons are identical. Then directly below there are the pill-shaped “Play” and “Shuffle” buttons.

Nintendo Music uses a very similar miniplayer that YouTube Music removed last year. Meanwhile, the bottom bar is organized the same way: Home first and My Music/Library last. The way Nintendo Music basically uses Search as an explore page is pretty similar to the Google app.

Home in Nintendo Music is a series of carousels, similar to YouTube Music:

The Library tab is also structured like the current YTM interface, with a grid layout and chips at the top like “Downloaded”.

The Now Playing screen shows the same play/pause and next/last arrangements, flanked by shuffle and repeat in identical positions, while above is the red progress bar. The queue button is different but is also in the bottom left corner, similar to Up Next. Since Nintendo Music has a rectangular cover, it closely resembles the video player in YouTube Music.