Nintendo is exploring ways to keep its worlds alive not just through new video games, but by expanding its intellectual property into every medium that can hum, glow and now spin at 33⅓ RPM.

The 136-year-old entertainment firm is issuing its first release of a video game soundtrack outside of its native Japan with vinyl sets of the music in “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” the groundbreaking adventure game that’s sold more than 34 million copies since its 2017 release. The announcement arrives one year after the launch of Nintendo Music, a smartphone streaming app for music from Nintendo games with some bespoke features.

The expansion is another signal that Nintendo, along with its competitors Sony and Microsoft, is looking to expand its multimedia business beyond the games the

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