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nintendocore

Last updated: Wed Oct 29 2025 02:12:38 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Nintendocore fuses aggressive metalcore and post-hardcore with 8-bit video game sounds and chiptune aesthetics, creating a chaotic yet nostalgic sonic experience. The style emerged in the mid-2000s as musicians incorporated Game Boy synthesizers and retro gaming samples into heavy breakdowns and screamed vocals. It celebrates both the intensity of extreme music and the playful energy of classic Nintendo-era gaming culture.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
28		1977	Various Artists	EQUIP	8-bit chiptune electronica metal nintendocore progressive metal
30		1982-02	Buckner & Garcia	Pac-Man Fever	pop rock pop rock
29		1992	Mark Heard	Satellite Sky	8-bit adult contemporary alternative american americana argentina australian bagpipes blue-eyed soul breakcore british canada chamber pop chiptune christian christian rock classic rock dance dance-pop deep house dream pop dubstep electro electropop emo eurodance folk french german glam rock gospel greek grime grindcore hardcore house humour lo-fi mashup metal new age new jack swing new wave new weird america new zealand nintendocore noise pagan pop post-punk rap rock rockabilly russian scottish ska space rock spoken word swedish techno trance	new zealand # 7 new weird america # 17 new jack swing # 21 pagan # 22 bagpipes # 76
45		2002	The $hit	Get With The Program... Before The Program Gets You!	electropunk new rave new wave nintendocore	electropunk # 25 new rave # 31
11		2002	HORSE the band	Beautiful Songs By Men (Summer Tour 2002)	hardcore nintendocore
63		2002	Game Over	Nintendo Metal	nintendocore
100		2003-03-03	HORSE the band	R. Borlax	nintendocore hardcore
4		2004	Megadriver	Heavy Man X	instrumental instrumental metal instrumental rock metal nintendocore	instrumental metal # 51
70		2004-01	777minus111	children of DOS	8-bit electronica nintendocore russian	8-bit # 18
82		2005-08-29	DJ Scotch Egg	KFC Core	breakcore nintendocore
99		2005-09-20	HORSE the band	The Mechanical Hand	nintendocore
55		2006	Stemage	Varia Suite	instrumental instrumental metal instrumental rock metal nintendocore	instrumental rock # 7 instrumental metal # 90
58		2006	Stemage	Expansion Pack	instrumental instrumental metal instrumental rock metal nintendocore	instrumental rock # 11 instrumental metal # 92
76		2006	Cutting Pink With Knives	Oh Wow!	nintendocore sasscore screamo skramz	sasscore # 38 skramz # 62
52		2006	Gtuk	Wir Sind Glücklich?	nintendocore
98		2006-01-01	Sky Eats Airplane	Everything Perfect On the Wrong Day	metalcore nintendocore hardcore post-hardcore	trancecore # 58 electronicore # 77
84		2006-02-25	Gtuk	Herzschlag	nintendocore
50		2006-08-17	Chaos Con Queso	Putting The Formula Through A Blender EP	bitpop nintendocore	bitpop # 24
47		2006-08-26	Anamanaguchi	Power Supply	chiptune	bitpop # 55 8-bit # 74 chiptune # 89
97		2007	HORSE the band	Natural Death	nintendocore	electronicore # 2
68		2007	We Butter the Bread With Butter	Demo	deathcore electronic nintendocore
35		2007-01-07	I Shot The Duck Hunt Dog	For Derek	grindcore	cybergrind # 22
37		2007-02-15	A Beautiful Lotus	Tales Of Lust And Revenge	cybergrind grindcore nintendocore	cybergrind # 31
87		2007-03-14	Enter Shikari	Take To The Skies	post-hardcore	electronicore # 45 post-hardcore # 61 trancecore # 98
5		2007-04	Madhatter	8Bit Bullshit	nerdcore	nerdcore # 78
78		2007-08-09	iamerror	Demo '06	8-bit bitcore chiptune cybergrind grindcore metal nintendocore	8-bit # 36 cybergrind # 73 bitcore # 86
95		2007-08-28	HORSE the band	A Natural Death	nintendocore
71		2007-09-12	Entertainment System	Entertainment System 64	baltimore heavy metal instrumental instrumental rock metal nintendocore rock	instrumental rock # 23 baltimore # 92
89		2007-09-24	Cutting Pink With Knives	Populuxxe	cybergrind nintendocore	cybergrind # 85
74		2007-09-25	Chaos Con Queso	Ghost Town	nintendocore
73		2007-11-30	Batphone	The Legend of Zelda	nintendocore
83		2008	I Shot The Duck Hunt Dog	Epic Fail	cybergrind nintendocore	cybergrind # 78
96		2008	Hanni Kohl	Hanni und Kroko	cybergrind deathcore nintendocore	deathcore # 5 cybergrind # 93
93		2008-05-03	iamerror	Trout Yogurt	nintendocore cybergrind	cybergrind # 84
54		2008-07-22	Motionless Battle	The Fortress of Discord	8-bit chiptune electronica metalcore nintendocore
13		2008-10-07	I Set My Friends on Fire	You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter	post-hardcore	crunkcore # 59 electronicore # 73
62		2009	Fail Emotions	Side A (Home demo)	electronic nintendocore trancecore	trancecore # 29
66		2009	iamerror	Demo '09	8-bit instrumental	8-bit # 76
15		2009	Les Trucs	Schönen Gruß vom Getriebe	hardcore nintendocore
42		2009	Love Through Cannibalism	Metapodestroyer	nintendocore
56		2009	take back the roman empire	entschuldigen sie mein deathinteresse	deathcore electronic nintendocore
72		2009	Shemales From outta Space of Death	Totgeburt In Röhrenjeans	nintendocore
80		2009	Shemales From outta Space of Death	You never get a Cannibal-blowjob twice	nintendocore
38		2009-01-01	Enter Shikari	Common Dreads	post-hardcore trancecore	post-hardcore # 44 trancecore # 99
34		2009-03-23	ThePlasmas	NES Cult Armageddon	instrumental nintendocore progressive metal progressive rock
39		2009-05-19	Karate High School	Invaders	pop punk post-hardcore
92		2009-06-15	Enter Shikari	Common Dreads (Standard DMD)	electronic emo hardcore nintendocore post-hardcore screamo trancecore	trancecore # 74
16		2009-07-14	Arsonists Get All The Girls	Portals	deathcore mathcore	mathcore # 18
48		2009-09-08	The Protomen	Act II: The Father of Death		rock opera # 91
79		2009-10-02	HORSE the band	Desperate Living	metalcore post-hardcore
46		2010	Random Encounter	Random Encounter	accordion instrumental rock nintendocore rock	accordion # 80
14		2010	yatagarasu	Protoplasm	nintendocore
23		2010	I Shot The Duck Hunt Dog	The Sounds Of End Game	nintendocore
88		2010	Monomate	Grand Battle	nintendocore
86		2010-04-28	N#	demo	nintendocore
21		2010-05-14	We Butter the Bread With Butter	Der Tag an dem die Welt unterging	deathcore	deathcore # 36
61		2010-07-02	Antitainment	Ich kannte die, da waren die noch real!
65		2011	I Set My Friends on Fire	Astral Rejection (Deluxe Edition)	ambient electronic emo hardcore metalcore nintendocore post-hardcore screamo
44		2011-02-27	Random Encounter	Unavenged	accordion nintendocore progressive rock	accordion # 76
69		2011-07-11	FUCKING WEREWOLF ASSO	NITTIOTREMO	alternative rock indie rock punk rock	bitcore # 23
17		2011-10-24	I Fight Dragons	KABOOM!	chiptune pop punk	chiptune # 56
10		2012	Rare Candy	Finally	baltimore instrumental instrumental rock nintendocore soundtrack	baltimore # 58
2		2012	N#	Dancehate	nintendocore post-hardcore russian trancecore
3		2012	The Bird And The Bear	The Bearded Bird Broke a Bottle of Bear's Beer	metalcore nintendocore
43		2013	Random Encounter	Let Me Tell You a Story	accordion nintendocore progressive rock rock	accordion # 75
22		2013-02-05	Radlib	2 Le Chip 2 Quit	alternative alternative dance bitpop chiptune electronic electronic pop electronica hip-hop nintendocore	bitpop # 2 electronic pop # 46
81		2013-03-28	I See Stars	Punk Goes Pop, Volume 4		trancecore # 46 electronicore # 66
57		2013-05-14	Anamanaguchi	Endless Fantasy	chiptune bitpop electronic	indie electronic # 20 chiptune # 86 bitpop # 89
85		2013-07-26	Kirby's Dream Band	The Pink Album	electronic rock instrumental instrumental rock nintendocore soundtrack	electronic rock # 28 instrumental rock # 47
90		2015-01-19	Enter Shikari	The Mindsweep: Hospitalised	drum and bass electronic emo hardcore liquid funk neurofunk nintendocore post-hardcore screamo trancecore	trancecore # 62 liquid funk # 65 neurofunk # 79
91		2015-08-28	I See Stars	Phases	acoustic electronic electronicore emo hardcore nintendocore post-hardcore screamo trancecore	trancecore # 64 electronicore # 80
19		2015-12-15	I Drink My Coffee Alone	Karate	nintendocore
6		2017-07-24	Bit Brigade	The Legend of Zelda V2	instrumental instrumental rock nintendocore soundtrack
27		2017-12-19	We Butter the Bread With Butter	Misc. Songs	deathcore electronic nintendocore
32		2018	Shark Infested Daughters	Phoenix Down	electronic electronicore female fronted metal female vocalists hardcore metalcore nintendocore trancecore	electronicore # 8
36		2018	I Set My Friends on Fire	Don't Take Me for Pomegranate	electronic emo hardcore nintendocore post-hardcore screamo
53		2018	I Set My Friends on Fire	My Uzi Holds a Hundred Round Conscience	electronic emo hardcore nintendocore post-hardcore screamo
41		2018-01-28	I Drink My Coffee Alone	Skateelsya	nintendocore
94		2019	Heccra	The Devil-Faces of My Old Friends, Beneath Me		noise pop # 3 experimental rock # 16 mathcore # 45 trancecore # 84 easycore # 87
20		2020	Ultra DeLuxe	A Call to Arms	bedroom pop chiptune hyperpop new york nintendocore post-hardcore skramz
49		2020	iamerror	Super IAE Alpha 2 (Electronics)	8-bit nintendocore
24		2020-04-30	Codex Orzhova	Baja Blasted	8-bit baltimore bitcore chiptune cybergrind electronic hardcore mathcore metal metalcore nintendocore	cybergrind # 7 bitcore # 25 baltimore # 71
1		2020-07-25	Starcutter	K.K. Slider Covers	djent instrumental instrumental metal instrumental rock metal nintendocore progressive metal soundtrack	instrumental metal # 49
64		2021-05-24	Jonathan Young	POKÉJON	metal nintendocore
33		2022-03-15	Skatune Network	Greetings from Ska Shores	instrumental rock nintendocore ska ska punk soundtrack
40		2023-02-05	GaMetal	VIII	metal nintendocore
60		2024-09-06	Arsonists Get All The Girls	Demo	grindcore
7			Eftos!rx	Eftos!rx I	synthpop electronic futurepop	demoscene # 22
67			100DEADRABBITS!!!	Teeth EP	8-bit bitcore chiptune deathcore nintendocore	8-bit # 12 bitcore # 79
75			GO! With Fourteen O	The End Is Close. Almost No Need For Money.	8-bit bitcore chiptune electropunk nintendocore punk rock screamo	8-bit # 30 electropunk # 66 bitcore # 83
77			100DEADRABBITS!!!	Teeth	8-bit bitcore chiptune deathcore nintendocore	8-bit # 34 bitcore # 85
8			The NESkimos	Battle - Perfect Selection	metal instrumental nintendocore rock
9			Jenova Project	Magfest M3	instrumental rock nintendocore
12			Bleepie	Mario Paint EP	nintendocore
18			bashed by beauty	The Bastard Child of God	8-bit cybergrind electro grindcore metal metalcore nintendocore
25			Crossover's Inside My Fingers	You Are The Writer	electronic nintendocore
26			Frosted Brogues	Frosted Brogues	8-bit chiptune dance electro electronic electronica nintendocore scottish
31			A Parade Of Bleeding Bullets	A Parade of Bleeding Bullets	8-bit electronic nintendocore
51			My Final HeadShot	Мир в очертаньях	8-bit metalcore nintendocore
59			GO! With Fourteen O	YEHONALA SPLIT TAPE	nintendocore

Related genres

• electronic
• 8-bit
• chiptune
• post-hardcore
• metalcore
• hardcore
• alternative
• instrumental
• nerdcore
• deathcore