| Zod95 said: Additionally, the OP doesn't say Nintendo games don't have vocal music nowadays but that they got it later than the competitors. |
Just a note here: Killer Instinct had vocal music in 1994 on Arcade, and the SNES port in 1995 kept it. And in the context of 3rd parties on the platform, Tales of Symphonia Phantasia had a song on its opening. While not common, vocals were possible on the SNES. Star Ocean is also an example of this (using a special compression chip).
EDIT: Mixed the Tales...







