REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content:
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Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim – Vanillaware, the storytellers behind Odin Sphere and Dragon’s Crown, craft a sci-fi mystery epic spanning 13 intertwining stories. Uncover the truth and delve into a 2D side-scrolling adventure featuring gorgeous art and environments. Then, battle the kaiju in fast-paced, top-down combat. Customize the Sentinels with an arsenal of mechsuit weaponry, and fight to defend humanity! 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will be available on April 12.
- CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION – A remaster of the acclaimed RPG CHRONO CROSS has dashed and slashed its way onto the Nintendo Switch system! A number of enhancements have been made to this RPG classic, like the ability to turn off enemy encounters and a newly refined soundtrack. With over 40 party members to meet, people and dimensions will intertwine in this epic drama about the planet itself. Plus, RADICAL DREAMERS is included! Experience the origins of CHRONO CROSS in this text-based adventure. CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION transcends time and space, with unforgettable RPG journeys that unfold across parallel worlds.
- THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake – The classic arcade rail-shooter is back with a new makeover and exciting gameplay changes! In this multiplayer game, you’ll suit up as a pair of government agents sent to investigate disappearances, only to find hordes of undead monstrosities.
- Don’t Starve Together – Fight, farm, build and explore together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don’t Starve. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of odd creatures, hidden dangers and ancient secrets. Choose from over a dozen playable survivors, each with unique powers to help you unravel the mysteries of “The Constant.” Cooperate with your friends in a private game or find new friends online.* Don’t Starve Together will be available on April 12.
Activities
- Become an Icon!– New Nintendo Switch Online missions and rewards have arrived for April, including icon elements inspired by the Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Splatoon 2 games! Nintendo Switch Online** members can redeem their My Nintendo Platinum Points*** for exclusive icon elements to customize their look online. New icon elements featuring Animal Crossing residents with April birthdays and characters from Splatoon 2 are available until May 1 at 6 p.m. PT. You’ll be able to use these icon elements to spruce up your user profile to show off your personal style and appreciation for your favorite Nintendo Switch games to your friends. Icon elements are refreshed each week, so be sure to check the Nintendo Switch Online app on your Nintendo Switch system so you don’t miss any! To learn more about missions and rewards, please visit https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/2022/missions-and-rewards-added-to-nintendo-switch-online/.
Nintendo eShop sales:
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Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
- Check out the full list of deals available this week at https://www.nintendo.com/store/sales-and-deals.
Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
- 3D Box Sokoban – Available April 8
- 3-in-1 fun bundle – Available April 9
- Arcade Archives EMPIRE CITY: 1931
- Arcade Archives WONDER MOMO
- Astrodogs – Available April 8
- Axolotl – Available April 9
- Bibi & Tina – New adventures with horses
- BIG BANG PRO WRESTLING
- Bridge Builder Racer
- Calm Colors – Available April 8
- Cars Puzzles Game – Funny Car & Trucks Preschool Jigsaw Education Learning Puzzle Games for Babies, Kids & Toddlers
- Chinatown Detective Agency
- Dissection
- Double Shot Gals – Available April 11
- Floating Farmer
- Floogen
- Happy’s Humble Burger Farm
- HYPER DRONE X
- Kombinera
- Logistics Simulator
- Micro Stunt Machina – Available April 9
- Mokoko X
- Pad of Time – Available April 13
- Pocket Rockets
- Princess Farmer
- Radioactive Dwarfs: Evil From the Sewers
- Red White Yellow Zinger
- Rocket Cows – Available April 8
- Seashell
- Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter
- Slipstream
- Spingram
- Super Car Driver
- tERRORbane
- THE CARD Perfect Collection
- The Last Friend
- Traditional Braves
- Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge
- Vampire: The Masquerade New York Bundle
- World of One – Available April 8
- Worm Run
- WRC 10 Deluxe Edition
- WRC 10 The Official Game
* Online multiplayer mode requires internet connection and an active Nintendo Switch Online membership.
** Any Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/
*** A Nintendo Account is required to receive and redeem points. Terms apply. https://accounts.nintendo.com/term_point
In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop, which offers a variety of options for the Nintendo Switch family of systems, the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
Nintendo Switch Online is a paid membership service that allows members to team up or face off online in compatible Nintendo Switch games, such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Members also enjoy a curated library of NES and Super NES classic games, including Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Metroid and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, among many others. To find out more about the benefits that come with Nintendo Switch Online, to view membership options and to learn about a free seven-day trial for new users, visit https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/.
With a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership, players get access to even more benefits, including a library of Nintendo 64 games with newly added online play for up to four players (additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode; sold separately), Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise DLC, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC and retro SEGA Genesis games.
Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo Switch family of systems, Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be used in any Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Account.
Customers in the U.S. and Canada ages 18 and older can also link a PayPal account to their Nintendo Account to purchase digital games and content for the Nintendo Switch family of systems both on-device and from the Nintendo website. Once the accounts are linked, users may also use PayPal as a payment option when buying digital content for the Wii U or Nintendo 3DS family systems from the Nintendo website.
My Nintendo members can earn Gold Points on eligible digital purchases. Already have Gold Points? Redeem them toward your next digital purchase of Nintendo Switch games and DLC on Nintendo eShop, or on discount rewards for select Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Visit https://my.nintendo.com/reward_categories for more details.
Remember that the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS family of systems feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. Nintendo Switch players who register a Nintendo Account gain access to free-to-start games and free game demos from Nintendo eShop, and also get the latest news and information direct from Nintendo. For more information about parental controls on Nintendo Switch and other features, visit https://play.nintendo.com/parents/crash-courses/parental-controls/ and https://www.nintendo.com/switch/. For all other systems please visit https://support.nintendo.com/.
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