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.
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.
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
Mario Tennis Aces – Unleash an arsenal of shots and strategies in all-out tennis battles with friends, family and fan-favorite Mushroom Kingdom characters. Whether you play locally*, online** or using simple motion controls, intense rallies await. In Adventure mode, experience a new flavor of tennis gameplay, with a variety of missions and boss battles.
- Rally against other players in singles or doubles as one of 15+ Mushroom Kingdom characters
- Serve up everything from basic shots to trick shots to split-second blocks
- Use energy to leap after the ball, slow down time, aim in first-person, break rackets, and KO opponents!
- Play locally,* online,** or swing your Joy-Con™ controller like a real racket in Swing Mode
- Take on CPU opponents in the Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, or Star Cup in Tournament Mode
- Adventure mode offers a new flavor of tennis gameplay, with a variety of missions, boss battles and more.
The Mario Tennis Aces game will be available on June 22.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Minecraft – The Minecraft game is bigger, better and more beautiful than ever! Build anything you can imagine in Creative mode, or go on grand expeditions in Survival across mysterious lands and into the depths of your own infinite worlds.
This new version will let you discover tons of community creations in the Minecraft Store and let you share the adventure with friends on phone, Windows 10 or console. Plus, current owners of the Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition game will be able to upgrade to the new version of Minecraft by downloading it from Nintendo eShop for free!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
LUMINES REMASTERED – The critically acclaimed puzzle game produced by legendary creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi arrives on Nintendo Switch. An HD remaster of the original game, LUMINES REMASTEREDbeautifully marries the elements of sound, light and puzzle-action into one addictive, yet easy-to-play game. You’re at the center of the high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance and techno beats.
- Feel the sound: Play over 40 skins with electronic atmospheres from chill to upbeat. Shuffle skins (like a music playlist) as more are unlocked in a new Shuffle mode.
- Feel the challenge: Faster tempos means less time to make combos, but slower songs can mean uncleared stacks. You’ll get hooked.
- Feel the fun: Take the challenge to unlock all skins and avatars, play against friends in local VS 2-player mode, or climb the ranks to the top of the online leaderboards.
- Feel the vibration: Turn on Trance Vibration and sync multiple Joy-Con™ controllers to feel the bass across your body.
LUMINES REMASTERED will be available on June 26.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA – Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and explore mysterious ruins on the isolated island. Amid this, Adol begins to dream of a mysterious blue-haired maiden living in an unknown world. Join Adol as he unravels the riddle of the cursed isle and the blue-haired maiden Dana in the Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA game, available on June 26.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
1917 – The Alien Invasion DX – 1917 – A memorization shooter combined with the fast and frantic action of bullet hell shoot ’em ups.
1917 – The Alien Invasions is a bullet hell memorization shooter. Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller upgrades an WW1 Triplane with superior alien technology to attack the invaders. She will avenge mankind and take the battle into the darkness of space until she reach an ancient alien world.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
ACA NEOGEO THE LAST BLADE 2 – What has been cut with that sword? The curtain opens on the second act of the most intense of battles!
“THE LAST BLADE 2” is a fighting game released by SNK in 1998. The Four Gods aiming to seal Hell’s Gate and the eternal dead who aim to stop them are in the middle of an intense battle. A variety of systems have been introduced. Characters have their own individual Sword Quality, the ability to Repel and turn back enemy attacks, Desperation Moves and Super Desperation Moves, as well as the ability to cancel enemy moves and sequence them into Desperation Moves known as Super Cancel.
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)
Air Mail – Take to the skies as an air mail delivery pilot in a fantasy land rife with conflict.
N-Fusion Interactive’s award winning flight-adventure game, Air Mail, has arrived on Nintendo Switch™! Get ready for an incredible ride through a fantasy world filled with exotic lands to explore.
Your adventure begins in the picturesque kingdom of Domeeka, where air mail pilots fly from island to island carrying out tasks for the peaceful villagers. You play the role of Scoop, the youngest pilot to ever join the Domeekan Island Fliers.
But when conflict erupts it will be up to you to restore peace to the kingdom. Your journey will take you to exciting worlds far from home. And you’ll make new friends along the way.
- Campaign mode with 25 missions to complete
- Test your piloting skills in a time attack mode called “Express Delivery”
- Relaxing exploration mode with landmarks and hidden items to discover
- Rich graphical presentation completely remastered for Nintendo Switch
- Unlock custom paint jobs for your plane
- Illustrated cinematic storytelling
- Sweeping classical score
- Play as a boy or a girl
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 26
Anima: Gate of Memories – Arcane Edition – Anima Gate of Memories Arcane Edition is the complete edition of Gate of Memories,
Anima: Gate of Memories is a third person action RPG that tells the story of both sides of a unique conflict, a war in the shadows between a girl who has lost her past and an immortal cursed to walk the world until the end of time.
But… Which one of them will be our saviour… and which our doom?
- Play two different full campaigns, each one with its unique story, characters, scenarios and bosses.
- Gate of Memories features a unique Dual System that allows you to control two different characters and interchange them.
- Customize your character playstyle each time you level up with a vast set of unique skills.
- A great story full of memorable characters.
- A huge world. You can move with freedom, allowing you to retrace your steps and unlock previously inaccessible places.
Note: Anima Gate of Memories Arcane Edition includes both Anima Gate of Memories and Anima The Nameless chronicles.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles – Anima The Nameless Chronicles is a third person action RPG that tells the story of a man without name, an immortal being cursed to walk the world until the end of time.
When a shadow of his past rises again, he will be forced to take part in a conflict in which the very existence is in question.
But… Will he be our last hope, or our doom?
The Nameless Chronicles is the second videogame set in the world of Gaia, from the Anima: Beyond Fantasy RPG table-top books. You will enjoy a deep and multifaceted story where your choices directly impact the journey and decide your fate.
- Use the Hand of Tanathos, a unique action system that allows The Nameless to improve any attack becoming temporarily one with the Death.
- Customize your character playstyle each time you level up with a vast set of unique skills developing them as in a traditional RPG.
- A great story full of memorable characters.
- Epic battles with formidable opponents. Challenge legendary enemies, each with their own special features.
- Equip yourself with dozens of unique weapons and artifacts.
- A huge world. You can move with freedom, allowing you to retrace your steps and unlock access to previously inaccessible places.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Caveman Warriors – Demo Version – Jump back in time and free your inner caveman. Smash heads in this cooperative platformer game.
Jump back in time and free your inner caveman. Smash heads in this cooperative platformer game. Play solo or team up with up to 4 players.
- Different playable characters: Choose one of the playable characters, but don’t worry! You can change your character at anytime in the game and play with them all!
- 1-4 players: Play solo, with one, two or three friends. Work together to become unstoppable!
- Varied Enemies: Each level has different enemies, watch out as they can catch you unguarded.
- Secret Levels: Unlock secret levels inside the game for more excitement!
- Challenging: Challenge yourself to unlock all the achievements!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Cubikolor – Immerse yourself in the world of Cubikolor!
Move your Kube by matching the kolors of the sides and the platform to complete each level.
Armed only with your logic and your Kube, move through the 150 levels outwitting the traps in the System, an evil, scheming entity, to confront the machine and pass the test!
Discover lots of special Kubes with some surprising effects, and advance through the different game backdrops in Classik or Hardkore mode.
In Cubikolor your logic will be severely tested against a formidable enemy. Roll, go up, go down and rewind time to explore all the options and reach the locks in each level. Keep an eye on the time and move limits!
Outsmart the System and use its traps to your advantage:
Booby-trapped Kubes, multikolored Kubes and many more await you in this next-gen puzzle game.
Win all the medals and challenge yourself in Hardkore mode. Only the best will survive.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 26
de Blob – de Blob is a 3D platformer where players maneuver their hero, de Blob.
Equal parts amorphous blob of paint, struggling artist, revolutionary and juvenile delinquent, de Blob’s goal is to replace the drab, lifeless gray coloring that the I.N.K.T. Corporation has imposed on Chroma City and its inhabitants, the Raydians, with a range of vibrant life-giving colors, all the while avoiding and battling the gray-clad forces of the Inkies.
Key Features
- Flip, bounce and smash your way past the all-powerful I.N.K.T. Corporation
- Join the Color Revolutionaries in the resistance against Comrade Black and his diabolical array of hot plates, electric shocks, and ink turrets
- Free your friends from a black and white world by painting the city back to life
- Multiplayer: Compete to control Chroma City in 4-player split screen in eight different multiplayer modes
- Paint Chroma City in your own style using custom colors, patterns and soundtracks
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 26
Destiny’s Princess: A War Story, A Love Story – A historical Japanese romance game for women, with beautiful visuals and sound.
Enjoy romance with famous Warring States military leaders in a tense environment born of despair and amidst the beauty of Japan.
Available in Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese.
-The Story
You are a princess during Japan’s Warring States period. Loved by your people, you live a peaceful life and want for nothing. However, one day your castle is attacked by hideous demons, and just as the castle is about to fall…
Your wish calls five heroes from different worlds to your time. As the princess, it is your duty to protect your country and your people. Will you risk your life for love?
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Drawful 2 – The team behind the hit party games Fibbage, Quiplash, and YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents Drawful 2, the game of terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers!
You use your phone or tablet to draw weird and funny things like “pitcher of nachos” or “death by trombone.”
The other players type in what they think the (probably terrible) drawing is and those become the multiple-choice wrong answers. Then everyone – even an audience of potentially thousands – tries to guess the REAL answer.
Drawful 2 includes new features like the ability to add your own user generated prompts to make even crazier custom games with your friends, as well as expanded tools for streaming including censoring players.
Drawful 2 is a go-to party game that everyone can play and enjoy!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
GUNBIRD2 for Nintendo Switch – Psikyo is coming back!!
Five characters with distresses went out for an adventure to get the medicine that was handed down from the ancient times.
However, they need to gather three materials called “Sun element”, “Star element” and “Moon element” and meet the god who lives in an illusionary underground temple to be able to get the medicine.
In the middle of their journey, they will meet the Queen Pirates and will be blocked by them from getting three materials.
Will they be able to get the medicine before the Queen Pirates!?
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Johnny Turbo’s Arcade: Wizard Fire – Wizard Fire a is classic multiplayer action RPG for one to two players. Originally released in 1992, and a noted classic arcade title from the 90s.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Lost in Harmony – Dive into a fantastic musical odyssey, brought by an immersive soundtrack imagined by famous composers.
Experience music in a new way with the combination of rhythmic tapping and choreographic runner
- Discover the musical story from the co-creator of Valiant Hearts
- Guide Kaito and Aya through their adventures, in total harmony with music
- Travel trough 30+ painted environments
- Customize your character’s clothes, headphones, hat and skateboard
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Mahjong Deluxe 3 – Mahjong as it’s best with 640 challenging levels!
Mahjong Deluxe 3 is the newest entry in the popular Mahjong series of casual games produced by award-winning game developer EnsenaSoft. With more than 15 million downloads across versions, the blockbuster series of Mahjong Deluxe continues to impress with its ease of use, intuitive controls and family-friendly features and content.
Mahjong Deluxe 3 includes 8 different worlds containing a total of 640 exciting puzzle layouts to enjoy in classic 2D and glorious 3D. Puzzles are laid out using random tile orders, allowing you to replay each layout many times with a new experience each session. An exciting scoring system, great sound effects and relaxing music adds to the fun. Suitable to players of all ages and experience levels, Mahjong Deluxe 3 offers a modern rendition of the popular Chinese classic, and is a must-have download in your casual game collection.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
MUSYNX – Experience MUSYNX, the new music game sensation! Featuring classic hardcore rhythm game play mechanics!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Pode – Pode is a co-op puzzle exploration game about a rock and a fallen star working together to solve ancient puzzles in a stunning environment inspired by Norwegian art and culture.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
The Journey Down: Chapter One – In a shady corner of Kingsport Bay, at the outskirts of St Armando, Bwana and his trusted sidekick Kito struggle to make ends meet at their run-down gas station. Little do they know that they are about to be thrown into a spine-tingling adventure that will take them far from home and right into a twisting plot of corruption and danger.
In the first chapter of The Journey Down, the search for a lost journal leads to forgotten secrets of the mysterious Underland. Follow Bwana and Kito as they puzzle their way forward and begin to uncover the true fate of their long lost father, Captain Kaonandodo.
The Journey Down is a classic point-and-click saga in with an Afro-Caribbean twist. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of laughs and brain-teasing adventure!
Features:
- A twisting tale of intriguing adventure
- Tons of hand-painted environments
- An all original jazzy reggae soundtrack
- A fully voiced cast (English)
- HD art and animations
- English and German subtitles
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Vegas Party – Welcome to the gambling-friendly universe of this over-the-top version of Las Vegas city.
The game takes the player into the gambling-friendly universe of this over-the-top version of Las Vegas city.
Played as a race, the goal is to reach the end of the Strip before anyone else. Manage your token account in 10 gambling minigames, avoid the dangers like twisters and earthquakes, take advantage of your gaming skills and your good luck, trust no one and forget the meaning of the word “mercy” because it does not apply here!
Features
- 1-4 TV mode Play, 1-4 tabletop Mode Play, 1 Player only in handheld mode.
- 10 Unique mini games including Roulette, Black Jack, Texas Holdem, Baccarat, and Bingo.
- 17 incredible casinos.
- 18 original environments.
- Extreme humoristic cliches of Sin City.
- Nonstop action.
- Fun for the whole family!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
WHIP! WHIP! – Tira the dessert hunter explores ruins to uncover the recipe required to revive a dessert from ages past.
Ancient machines known as golems are also buried within these ruins.
One day, Tira discovers a golem shaped like a mitten and finds out the legendary dessert she’s been searching for is real. Head out in search of the legendary recipe!
- An 8-bit style action game!
- Toss the mitten to grab the enemy and attack.Defeat all enemies on the screen.
- Two player co-op available. A partner can jump in anytime during solo play.
- Work together to beat all 100 stages.
- Plenty of delicious desserts to share!
- Sound by COSIO from ZUNTATA.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Nintendo eShop sales:
- 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.
*Additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode; sold separately.
**Nintendo Account required. Online features will be free until the Nintendo Switch Online Service launches in September.
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