Nintendo Game Music Live! performances to be held at the Nintendo Switch Experience (Japan)
Update: we added the list of performerss for the Nintendo Game Music Live! performances (a big thanks to Ash for his help)!
Nintendo Game Music Live!
On January 12th / 13th, Nintendo will hold the Nintendo Switch Presentation, where plenty of details about the Nintendo Switch and its games will be revealed. After that, the company will hold Nintendo Switch Experience event in several countries: in Japan, it will be on January 14th and 15th, at the Tokyo Big Sight.
And today, Nintendo announced that there would be several Nintendo Game Music Live! performances, allowing fans to enjoy rock and jazz arrangement of famous music from Nintendo games. The music will be performed live, by special bands formed especially for this event.
The Nintendo Special Big Band already performed at the NicoNico Choukaigi event in 2014. In fact, Nintendo specifies that they’re going to play the same tracks, though there will also be some new ones.
If you missed that performance, here’s two recordings:
Here’s the schedule for the Nintendo Game Music Live! performances (NB: all times are JST. Schedule will be completed if there’s livestreams):
Nintendo Special Rock Band
- Performance #1 – Opening (January 14th): 10.30AM to 11AM
- Performance #2 – Ending (January 14th): 4.20PM to 5PM
- Performance #3 – Opening (January 15th): 10.30AM to 11AM
Nintendo Special Big Band
- Performance #1 – Ending (January 15th): 4PM to 5PM
Nintendo Special Big Band
- Bass & Keyboard: SASAJI Masanori
- Bass: KAWASAKI Teppei
- Drums: OOTSUKI “Kalta” Hidenori
- Guitar: HIJIKATA Takayuki
- Percussion: Carlos KANNO
- Trumpet: Eric MIYASHIRO
- Trumpet: NISHIMURA Kouji
- Trumpet: OKUMURA Akira
- Trumpet: NIIDA Hitomi
- Trombone: NAKAGAWA Eijirou
- Trombone: MURATA Youichi
- Trombone: HANDA Nobuhide
- Bass Trombone: NONOSHITA Kouichi
- Alto Sax: KONDOU Kazuhiko
- Alto Sax: TERACHI Miho
- Tenor Sax: IHARA Ryouji
- Tenor Sax: TAKENO Masakuni
- Baritone Sax: YAMAMOTO Takuo
Nintendo Special Rock Band
- Arrange: OOYAMA Tetsuya
- Drums:KADO Shuntarou
- Bass: TABOKUN
- Guitar: Koei”CO-K”Takafumi
- Guitar: AYUMU
- Keyboard: ODA Tomomi
Nintendo Switch Experience + Lottery
Nintendo also announced that besides the Nintendo Game Music Live! performances, there would also be some stage presentations at the Nintendo Switch Experience event. The schedule for those will be revealed on January 13th, right after the Nintendo Switch Presentation.
Also, there will be a lottery, where visitors will able to try and win a Nintendo Switch, with 10 winners each day (20 winners for both days). To participate, visitors need to have a personal QR Code scanned at the event, and if they’re selected, they will be notified by email by the end of February.
Here’s how to display your QR Code:
- on the My Nintendo website, click on the Menu button at the top left corner of the screen;
- click on Check-in
- the QR Code is then displayed
If you’re planning on attending the event and participate in this lottery, there’s a few things you should know:
- the staff at the event will not be able to help you with the QR Code, so you need to check that it displays correctly beforehand;
- you can only participate once;
- the lottery is also open to visitors not living in Japan, but the prize will only be sent to an address located in Japan.
The Nintendo Switch will be released in March 2017 worldwide.
Source: Nintendo
