Nintendo Download, June 14, 2018: It’s Battle Royale Time!

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 Nintendo Switch, 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.

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 on the Nintendo Switch console, the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

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 system 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.

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch

Fortnite – Jump in to be the last one standing in the free-to-start 100-player Battle Royale. Build huge forts. Outwit your opponents. Earn your Victory.

BUILD & DESTROY – Shape the battlefield by building your own cover. Opponent hiding behind a wall? Take out their cover to get the edge.

GEAR UP – Board the Battle Bus and drop in on your favourite zone. Gather resources, collect gear, and battle your opponents!

SQUAD UP WITH FRIENDS – Team up online** with your friends around the world or in the same room!***

WEEKLY UPDATES & EVENTS – Updates constantly fuel the fun with new gameplay modes, outfits, weapons and items.

Powered by Unreal Engine 4.

Squad up together online* with friends in the same room or around the world.
***Additional games and systems required for multiplayer mode.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Hollow Knight – Forge your own path in Hollow Knight, an epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Paladins – Founder’s Pack – Wield guns and magic as a legendary Champion of the Realm, customizing your core set of abilities to play exactly how you want to play. The Founder’s Pack is now available for $29.99. Paladinswill be available as a free-to-start game later this year. Owners of the Founder’s Pack get early access, immediately unlock all Champions and their voice packs now and forever, and receive exclusive cosmetics.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

LEGO The Incredibles – Experience the thrilling LEGO adventures of the Parr family as they conquer crime and family life through both Disney-Pixar films The Incredibles and Incredibles 2. LEGO The Incrediblesallows players to explore action-packed story levels and an epic hub world, including Municiberg, as they use their unique “Super” abilities to bring the city’s Super Villains to justice. The LEGO The Incredibles game for the Nintendo Switch system will be available on June 15.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Fallout Shelter – Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland. From time to time, idyllic Vault life may be disrupted by the dangers of post-nuclear life. Prepare your Dwellers to protect against threats from the outside…and within.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

ACA NEOGEO SUPER SIDEKICKS 3 : THE NEXT GLORY – Prepare for world-class excitement! Sixty-four teams from around the world give you an authentic soccer experience!

“SUPER SIDEKICKS 3: THE NEXT GLORY” is a soccer game released in 1995 by SNK. Compete with 64 teams from around the world and six different kinds of tournaments where players can aim for the championship. Digitally traced animation makes for beautiful action along with a variety of impactful renderings and 3D shots which allow for intense gameplay.

The “ACA NEOGEO” series has faithfully reproduced many classic NEOGEO masterpieces.

Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.

Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Alchemic Jousts – Alchemic Jousts is a 2D action strategy game mixing card game’s deck creation and real time gameplay.

Command your elementals and support them with a wide variety of Skills. Control the arena and crush your opponent in one-to-one encounters!

As you progress through the single player campaign you’ll be able to discover new Skills and abilities by combining your already known ones and expanding your repertory of weapons to draw from.

Main Features

• Single and Multiplayer gameplay. Play vs AI and advance through the game’s campaign, discovering new Skills and new game modes or challenge a friend.
• Strategic combat, where your actions and skill of execution matter as much as your choices before the match starts!
• Over 180 skills and upgrades to discover. Combine your known skills to discover new ones and expand your arsenal.
• Multiple game modes with different objectives that will make you change the way you play as much as the skills you choose. Those include Combat, Endless, King of the Hill, Attack, Capture…
• Random Global Effects, which change the general rules of each match in subtle or radical ways. The varying rules will keep the game play fresh and require you to consider the Skills you use to approach them!

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Beekyr Reloaded – Beekyr Reloaded is an exciting Shoot’em Up that brings back the joy of classics in the genre.

Play as Beekyr, a brave bee that must avenge his hive from the nasty wasp queens that destroyed it, along five different worlds filled with dangerous insects and many hazards that will put your skills to the limit.

Features:

• Multiple difficulty settings for both experienced players and beginners in the genre.
• Horizontal and vertical stages with his own playstyles.
• Five worlds with many secret stages to be discovered along each playthrought.
• New unlockable characters with his own characteristics.

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Bloons TD 5 – Top-Rated Tower Defense Game.

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire cool new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the best ever version of the most popular family friendly tower defense series in history.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Chameleon Run Deluxe Edition – Fast and Challenging

Chameleon Run is a unique, fast and challenging autorunner with a colorful twist. Jump, switch and run through expertly crafted levels that will have you running back for more.

Your goal is to switch your color to match the ground as you run and jump from platform to platform. Sounds easy right? Well think again!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Grab the Bottle – Innovative, twisted way of solving puzzles by stretching and retracting your arm.

Grab the Bottle is a quirky puzzle game in which you solve puzzles by stretching your arm through the level.

You need to maneuver an ever-extending arm to grab the goal bottle, avoiding anything hazardous on the way. To make things more tricky, Grab the Bottle brings physics and puzzles to the mix. You must grab, pull and drop objects to get to the goal bottle. On the way you will find different kinds of obstacles that need to be dealt with.

The story of the game begins in the 50s, somewhere in rural America, where one particularly strong minded baby is taking his first steps and discovers that anything is possible. Especially as he seems to have an infinitely stretchy arm.

Grab the Bottle follows the life of this boy, from cradle to grave, solving many levels of puzzles inspired by “real life problems” on the way. Central element to the story is the specific craving for bottles the main character has.

Features:

• Innovative, twisted way of solving puzzles by stretching and retracting your arm
• Story mode with dozens of levels set in locations ranging from attics to amusement parks, around 7 to 10 hours total
• Awesome soundtrack featuring various styles of music, reflecting different life-phases of the main character

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 20

INK – The colorful platformer that makes a real splash!

The world’s first splatformer is here! INK is a fast-paced platformer with a twist – levels are invisible and must be splattered with brightly colored paint before they can be seen!

Players can reveal levels in a variety of ways: double-jumping, wall sliding or squishing an enemy all create splashes and splodges. Even failing is useful – when your blocky character perishes it explodes in a shower of color, painting the surrounding area to reveal more of the level for your next try!

Key Features

• Test your platforming skills across 75 INKgeniously designed levels!
• Jump, squish, slide and die to splatter brightly colored paint and uncover your surroundings!
• Splat enemies, dodge missiles, and take down super-challenging bosses!
• Local 2-player mode: Take on INK with a friend, exclusive to Nintendo Switch (supports split Joy-Con play)
• 20 deviously hidden coins to find and collect!
• Ambient and atmospheric original soundtrack by Vincent Rubinetti
• Precision platforming makes INK a perfect challenge for speedrunners

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 19

Jolt Family Robot Racer – JOLT is a fast paced, racing party game.

The game at its core is a competitive platformer that’s all about maintaining momentum with skillful navigation. The players compete to be the last robot standing. Using a charged burst of speed called the JOLT, and an array of different objects in the environment; your goal is to outperform or outright sabotage the other racers. Eliminated players are down but not out through the use of the VOID, a random Sabotage Power-Up that allows players to initiate revenge and change the outcome of the race!

Key Features:

• JOLT – A charged burst of speed that can effect certain objects
• VOID – Sabotage Power-Ups from post-elimination
• Local Multiplayer racing, up to FOUR players
• Chaotic, fast paced rounds
• Skill and Timing based gameplay
• Multiple Tracks
• Multiple Game Modes
• Create your own Robot

The JOLT is a player’s primary utility to winning the race. It has 3 stages of charge, each one taking longer to store but each allowing you to shoot considerably further. If the player can time its use correctly; they can use it just before a curve to shoot up a wall or JOLT through an obstacle. Many short cuts in the levels are JOLT dependent.

Once eliminated, a player has the opportunity to execute the VOID. After punching in the correct sequence, the VOID player is gifted a random Power-Up to inflict mass-disruption to the existing racers.

The game features multiple Game Modes; Racer is the standard and most game modes are based off this, such as Light Mode (where the level is dark and the leading player has a light attached to them).
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Lanota – A rhythmic music game unlike any other, the unique gameplay of Lanota is perfect for Nintendo Switch!

Lanota offers a unique blend of dynamic music rhythm gameplay and storytelling, delivering a colorful narrative and enticing soundtrack in one package!

You perform over 70 tracks on a 360 degree circular field – your goal is to hit notes all around the ‘plate,’ enabling you to both feel the beat and follow the musical flow. Tap, hold and slide to perform and achieve perfect combos and harmony!

There are multiple ways to tackle each track – along with four difficulty settings you can choose to ‘Tune’ or ‘Purify’ songs. Purify ends your attempt if you miss too many notes, whereas Tune allows you to continue without that added pressure!

In addition to dynamic circular play areas and varied beats to hit, Lanota offers a distinctive narrative. The world has lost sound and color, and the task falls to our two heroes – Fisica and Ritmo – to revive ‘Notalium’ and bring music back to the world. Complete songs to unlock new story segments and undertake this vital task!

Features:

• 70+ tracks, including two new songs that are exclusive to Nintendo Switch
• Utilise the touch screen for precise and dynamic controls
• Varied songs and stage designs, including ‘boss’ tracks
• Four difficulty settings and the choice of ‘Tune’ and ‘Purify’ modes
• Complete the plot for a unique storybook experience
• Plug in some headphones and enjoy a special musical experience

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Moorhuhn Remake – Aim, shoot chickens from the sky and reload. Single-player, multiplayer and 1 vs. 1 duel mode.

The Original Moorhuhn, probably the craziest and best-known chicken in the world, is now on the Nintendo Switch™, and hunting season is open! It’s time for you to keep things quiet and tidy. Take on the role of the chicken hunter as you move the screen left and right to search for more chickens and power-ups. Then use your bullets to shoot incoming birds. The harder they are to get, the more points they are worth.

Moorhuhn Remake is a great way to kill a few minutes or pass the time for a couple hours and challenge other players worldwide.

Specially designed for Nintendo Switch, Moorhuhn Remake gives you the choice to play alone or in real time against a friend or in turns with up to four players.

Select the game mode you like most:

• Single-player — You have 90 seconds to hunt as many chickens and collect as many points as possible. Beat your personal record and compete with players around the world.
• 1 vs. 1 duel — The goal is to hunt more chickens than a friend in only 90 seconds! Every player uses a single Joy-Con™ to target and shoot the chickens.
• Multiplayer — Two to four players alternate on the hunt for chickens and points. Who aims better and shoots faster? There’s only one way to find out. Load your rifle, and let’s go!

Other features include:

• Leaderboards — See how your single-player high score compares with those of your friends and other members of the community.
• Tutorial and FAQs — Read up on game tips and tricks to quickly become a successful chicken hunter.
• Online/Offline — Play whenever and wherever you like. No internet connection is needed to hunt. However, you will need an internet connection to upload your top score to the global leaderboard and see other players’ scores.
• Community — With more than 15 million games sold, Moorhuhn is the best-known and most successful German game character. With Moorhuhn Remake — developed specially for Nintendo Switch — the chicken opens a new chapter and hits the charts once again. Join the large Moorhuhn community now!

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Otto – Say hello to Otto, the laziest hamster to inhabit a virtual world!

Swing your Joy-Con™ or use the touch screen controls to maneuver the side pulleys, moving Otto’s platform around. Travel between worlds, avoid obstacles, don’t fall, eat some seeds on the way to fully complete the level… just an ordinary day in the life of an hamster (a very hungry one!).

Descending directly from a real life game created during the dark ages, you will have to guide Otto’s movements in a very dangerous world, with speed and precision, until you manage to escape from each level. Reach the red round door as fast as possible, collecting all available and hidden seeds, to get the highest score!

FEATURES

• Unique, precise and engaging controls: move your Joy-Con™ as if you were pulling a rope in the real world!
• Over 90 increasingly challenging levels in three different worlds, for hours and hours of gameplay
• Avoid dangerous traps, obstacles, cannon balls and hairdryer windy blows!
• Boss fights (even cute hamsters have enemies)!
• It’s cute, isn’t it?

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Parallel – Parallel is a stylish neon puzzle platformer where you control two characters at the same time.

You will need dexterity, planning, and timing, to guide the two luminous squares efficiently. Split your brain in half to make it to the end of the level!

Enter Parallel’s abstract, colorful cybernetic world. Cunning traps, coordinated jumps and moving platforms will put your skills to test. Levels will never feel the same, the challenge will be open for hours!

CO-OP MODE
Parallel is also about friendship and synergy. Have a friend join in, and cooperate to get through the hardest levels.

• An original side scroller where two characters, living in separate universes, help and depend on each other without ever being in contact.
• Single player and co-op mode: each player needs only one Joy-Con™ to play. Use both Joy-Con to play alone.
• 30+ levels. Hours of guaranteed fun!
• Tons of time challenges and bonus levels to discover!

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Pub Encounter – The last time I fall in love…will be with you.

It’s a romance game where you can fall in love with one of several middle-aged men. All of them are experienced in life and have their own stories to tell. They may not be young, but they can love as deeply and passionately as anyone.

Available in Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese.

The Story

After a rough day at work, you decide to walk a different way home to try and improve your mood. Walking down an unfamiliar street, you stumble across a bar named Audire that seems like it has a nice atmosphere.

Unsure of what to expect, you open the door and find a group of high-class older men. What awaits you at Audire?
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

R.B.I. Baseball 18 – This MLB season get the baseball game that will have you wanting to PLAY IT AGAIN!

It’s a whole new ballgame with R.B.I. Baseball 18! R.B.I. 18 takes a significant leap delivering all-new Franchise Mode, Home Run Derby Mode, brand new detailed player models, hundreds of new animations, high fidelity MLB ballparks, revamped crowd system, more dynamic camera angles and a stunning UI presentation. This MLB season get the baseball game that will have you wanting to PLAY IT AGAIN!

FEATURES:

• All-New Franchise Mode: Take control of your favorite MLB team! Make trades, pick up free agents or call up rookies through multiple seasons. Our player progression system allows players to develop, improve, and ultimately retire.
• Brand New Home Run Derby Mode: Challenge a friend in local head to head play or the CPU in the ultimate slugfest! See how your skills stack up against your friends and the rest of the world on the leaderboard.
• Authentic MLB Players: Completely redesigned player models, hundreds of new animations including unique player-specific animations bring a whole new look and feel.
• Better Ballparks: Experience enhanced lighting, textures, revamped 3-D crowd system and get closer to the details with new dynamic camera angles that include Pregame and Home Run cinematic sequences in all 30 MLB ballparks.
• MLB Legends: Play as the greats with over 100 historic players!
• Local Multiplayer: Jump into exhibition games with your friends in tabletop or docked mode!
• R.B.I. Soundtrack: Get into the groove with licensed music from over a dozen artists
• Roster Updates: Get the latest rosters throughout the 2018 season and use the new Import Rosters feature to keep your in-progress Franchise current without starting over!

(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

Soccer Slammers – Fast-paced 2-on-2 Arcade Soccer for 1 to 4 Players!

Soccer Slammers is 2-on-2 arcade soccer with no rules. Just fast-paced fun for 1 to 4 players on a single Nintendo Switch. Crush your opponent by mastering power shots, slam tackles, bank shots, super sprints, and team combo-shots! Warm up with a two minute Quick Game or go for glory in the World Cup against the top 32 teams in the world.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)

The Lost Child – Heavenly and demonic forces wage a covert war beyond human perception, and you’re the newest combatant!

The Lost Child is an RPG set in modern Japan. Hayato Ibuki, an occult journalist, is thrust into the middle of a conflict between angels, demons, and fallen angels. Now, he must capture defeated foes and turn them into valuable allies.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 19

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Save up to 50 percent on select digital games – Super Smash Bros. is back! Celebrate E3 2018 with savings on select digital games that helped make some of your favorite fighters famous, as well as other great games. Offer starts today at 9 a.m. PT and ends June 21 at 8:59 a.m. PT.
•  Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
  • Great deals this week! Check out the full list of deals available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.

* Nintendo Account required. Online services and features, including online play, are free until the paid Nintendo Switch Online Service launches in September 2018.

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