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
Go Vacation – Welcome to Kawawii Island, a paradise resort where friends and family can enjoy 50+ co-op and competitive activities. There are all sorts of exciting ways to explore the island, from horseback to buggies, snowmobiles to in-line skates. And to add to the fun, up to four players can enjoy visiting and discovering every corner of the island together.
- Enhanced HD graphics and HD Rumble effect offer a more immersive experience.
- Marine Resort & Mountain Resort fishing lets you try to catch more than 30 species of fish.
- Friends and family can appear in the resort as Mii or in-game characters, allowing you to play against their data in activities any time.
- Create a one-of-a-kind photo collection with more than 40 types of animals in each resort to photograph.
- Score rewards when a propeller plane air drops special boxes to the island below.
Go Vacation will be available on July 27. (Additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode. Sold separately.)
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Banner Saga 3 – Banner Saga 3 is the dramatic final chapter in the mature, story-driven Viking RPG series, which has won more than 20 awards and has been nominated for four BAFTAs. As the world continues to crumble around you, who can you trust, how will you protect your allies and what choices will you make as the Darkness draws near?
Choose new playable characters to join your party, including dredge heroes! Take advantage of new upgrade options as they progress in battle.
Deeper strategic combat with the new battle waves system against a myriad of new enemies. The valka spear and heroic titles let players customize their playstyle even further.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’97 – A total of 29 characters are available along with 2 gameplay modes!
“THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’97” is a fighting game released by SNK in 1997. Featuring popular characters from FATAL FURY and ART OF FIGHTING, these fighters will battle to determine who is the strongest. The ADVANCED and EXTRA modes of gameplay offer an even deeper level of tactics.
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)
Arcade Archives OMEGA FIGHTER – Fight for a high-score as you dangerously approach the enemies!
“OMEGA FIGHTER” is a shooting game released by UPL in 1989. Use two kinds of Shots and a variety of items to defeat the enemies invading Earth and destroy their giant mothership. As enemies are approached and destroyed, your score increases in an intense shooting system that garnered many fans.
*This version includes OMEGA FIGHTER SPECIAL MODE and OMEGA FIGHTER SPECIAL.
The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade 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)
Arcade Archives Sky Skipper – Fly through the sweeping skies in your biplane to save the king and animals!
“Sky Skipper” is a shooting action game released in 1981 by Nintendo. Dodge enemy attacks and counterattack with your bombs! Get even more points by saving the right combination of 4 animals! Don’t forget to go and replenish your fuel when you run low.
The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade 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)
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill – Slaps And Beans – The first OFFICIAL Bud Spencer and Terence Hill videogame!
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in their first virtual adventure. A brand new story! Whether in the Western Saloon, Miami Downtown, at the fairground etc… you’ll get the full load of funny conversation, slaps and of course lots of mass brawls.
Slaps And Beans is a co-operative or single player scrolling beat’em up game with the addition of platform elements and mini-games in which you’ll interpret the characters of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
The key ingredients of Slaps and Beans are:
- Retro pixel art graphics
- Bud Spencer & Terence Hill style fighting system
- Co-op multiplayer
- Mini-games
- A red Dune Buggy with a yellow tarp
- A lot of slaps and a lot of beans (obviously)
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Candle: The Power of the Flame – Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles.
Play as Teku, a young novice on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe’s shaman from the evil tribe of the Wakcha. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Code of Princess EX – Code of Princess EX brings a unique combination of hack-and-slash beat-‘em-up action and role-playing depth to Nintendo Switch™!
The story follows Princess Solange of DeLuxia as she fights to restore order in a world where monsters are trying to overtake the human race. Armed with the legendary sword DeLuxcalibur, Solange assembles a team of talented fighters to join her quest. Together, they embark on an epic journey where they will confront the monster uprising and try to discover it’s secret origins.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available July 31
Crossing Souls – It’s 1986 in California. A group of friends discover a mysterious pink stone that allows to travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control five kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles in order to save their families and the world.
Crossing Souls is an action-adventure set in a California suburb in the midst of a supernatural event that rocks the small community as grand forces siege the town. Control five characters: Chris, Matt, Charlie, Big Joe and Kevin, each one with their own skills and combat styles. Change characters on the fly and use each character’s specialties to overcome any obstacle and target your foe’s weaknesses. Fight in real-time, solve clever puzzles, face off against powerful bosses and play special levels inspired by 80’s arcade video games.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Element – The Future Lies Beyond…
Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don’t have time to play realtime strategy space games.
Home no longer provides a means to survive.
A fight for resources to escape our system has begun.
The future lies beyond…
Element is a visually stunning realtime strategy space game with a focus on sharp, accessible gameplay.
Element is for lovers of beautifully crafted, original looking games. It is for people who are into space and strategy games but don’t have hours of time to invest. It’s also for gamers who enjoy launching missiles and blowing things up 🙂
You are escaping a decaying solar system. You must visit each planet, mine enough element, and defeat the enemy to progress to the outer planets and beyond. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defense units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available July 27
Final Light, The Prison – Free the souls inside a secret prison. All with a Metroidvania gameplay and a roguelike philosophy.
Governments and institutions manipulated by very powerful men, who created perverse constructions for their service under the pseudonym black butterfly.
One of these terrifying secret buildings was the S-313 prison, created in 1968 in an inhospitable area unknown to humanity.
Politicians, spies, inventors and anyone else who could possibly harm those who live in the shadows and control the world, were imprisoned while others were led to believe that they had simply disappeared.
They were flooded with darkness and confusion, being subjected to all kinds of barbaric acts.
Many prisoners and non-prisoners died and their souls became trapped within the prison’s walls.
Now it’s a ghost prison, where everything that happened stays in the past.
Freeing these hate-filled souls will be our irresponsible and difficult mission.
- Play by conspiring against governments and secret institutions.
- Either participate or don’t! In certain areas of the game, you’ll find small tests that you can take. If you pass them, you win a reward. The decision to accept the challenge or not depends solely on you!
- In the virtual store, you can get or buy all of the many weapons with specific uses for each adverse situation. There are two types: consumables and others that come loaded and never run out.
- Replayability with various challenges to overcome.
- Big, difficult-to-defeat bosses.
- Dark, desolate and extremely hostile environments.
- A style of Metroidvania gameplay and a roguelike philosophy.
- Get the infinite jet pack and experience new sensations.
- As a roguelike game, you have two options when starting a new game, you choose:
- With a new seed you will have a different generation of the game.
- With the same seed, you will have an identical game situation.
- Don’t miss out on this adventure as it will continue on with future chapters in new conspiracies.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available July 27
FLASHBACK – THE ACTION-ADVENTURE CLASSIC IS BACK TO CELEBRATE ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY!
FLASHBACK™, the hit action-adventure game with over 2.2 million units sold, is back on Nintendo Switch™!
2142. After fleeing from a space ship but stripped of all memory, the eminent scientist Conrad B. Hart awakens on Titan, a colonised moon of the planet Saturn. His enemies and kidnappers are snapping at his heels. He must find a way back to Earth, defending himself against the dangers he encounters and unravelling an insidious extra-terrestrial plot that threatens the planet…
On its 25th anniversary, rediscover this classic, consistently ranked among the best 100 games of all time! It was one of the first games to use motion capture technology for more realistic animations, with backgrounds that were entirely hand-drawn and a gripping science-fiction storyline.
In addition to the original 1993 game, this version includes a Modern mode, with:
- Post-FX graphic filters,
- Completely remastered sound and music,
- A brand new “Rewind” function, variable according to the level of difficulty
- Tutorials for those who need a boost!
See if you’re up to the challenge with all the demanding gameplay of the period!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available July 31
Flat Heroes – Demo Version – Dodge, jump, and dash your way through hundreds of terrifying geometric levels. Too tough? Bring your friends.
You are a square — a two-dimensional loner in a one-dimensional world. You’re just a square, trying to survive dozens and dozens of increasingly intense challenges. You are simply a square with a mission; become a true hero — a Flat Hero. Run, jump, dash, attack — stylishly navigate and survive over 300 handcrafted levels, destroy the most epic bosses and be the two-dimensional hero (or heroes!) you’ve always dreamed you could be.
Easy to learn and hard to master; it is easy to pick up and even easier to learn, but don’t let that fool you! During your adventure you will face increasingly difficult challenges that will require you to master the game’s controls on the journey to becoming a true Hero. And while Flat Heroes comes along with a very minimalistic art style, it’s spiced up with stunning effects making it one truly unique eye candy experience.
Got stuck in the campaign or want to survive longer in the challenge modes? Too intense for you to take on alone? Let your friends join the party; Flat Heroes is the perfect couch co-op experience! Invite a few friends, get some pizza and overcome the challenges together!
Key Features:
- Play alone or share the experience with up to 4 friends on all modes
- Drop in & Drop Out Co-Op
- More than 300 Levels
- Face 10 unique final Bosses
- Unlimited survival Levels, with daily challenges and Leaderboards
- Versus Modes offer you and your friends an option to compete against each other
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Hello Neighbor – Hello Neighbor is a stealth horror game about sneaking into your neighbor’s house to figure out what horrible secrets he’s hiding in the basement. You play against an advanced AI that learns from your every move.
Really enjoying climbing through that backyard window? Expect a bear trap there.
Sneaking through the front door? There’ll be cameras there soon.
Trying to escape? The Neighbor will find a shortcut and catch you.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available July 27
Piczle Lines DX 500 More Puzzles! – Oh my goodness! Another 500 incredible puzzles plus an Art of Piczle bonus feature!
Couldn’t get enough of Piczle Lines DX? This is for you!
Another Piczle Lines game with 500 new and sometimes feisty puzzles to wrap your mind around.
25 new puzzle packs with 20 puzzles each, containing famous places and people, works of genius and very challenging 1 color puzzles!
Draw lines to connect pairs of numbers to complete a hidden picture in this feverishly addictive PICture puzZLE game!
Connect numbers of the same color, using the same number of blocks as the number! Easy controls let you draw line after line as you gradually reveal the picture! Once you start you’ll be hooked!
Some of the 500 puzzles included:
France: Arc De Triomphe
Works of Genius: Mona Lisa
Sea Life: Dolphin
Mythical Beasts: Pegasus
Boffins: Beethoven
Legendary Heroes: Heracles
Italy: Michelangelo’s David
Works of Literature: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
AND… the most difficult puzzles yet: 1 color puzzles!
The entire puzzle is one solid color and is made up of long lines! Only for geniuses!!
Select them in any order or have multiple puzzles on the go, resuming any one at any time.
AND… The Art of Piczle
A special behind-the-scenes look at some of the Piczle art created by Score Studios. 36 pages of character designs, sketches, icons, doodles and promotional artwork to admire, some of which has never been seen before.
NOTE: Piczle Lines DX 500 More Puzzles is a standalone product.
Piczle Lines DX is not required to play this game.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Pure / Electric Love “Everyone else!” – Ema Sakura – Electric Love
A love-likeness pseudo-talk game “Electric Love” that is a topic in the smartphone.
A little embarrassing, in a conversation that pounding, romance skill UP! !
Ema Sakura
· Cosplayers
· Birthday November 9
· Blood type B type
· Hobby illustrations, Karaoke
· Costume you like favorite cute
What is “Pure / Electric Love”?
• Reply to questions from her!
Please please her, sometimes a little annoying. Kakehike is important for love affair!
• Mail arrives according to the contents of the conversation!
You also have movies attached ….
• The end of the conversation will change depending on the choice.
Over 150 stories still images + 8 movies! Let’s aim at perfection!
How to play
1. Launch the application and select “TELL” or touch.
2. Select or touch the content you want to talk to.
3. Choose a call or touch to start love.
4. Select the option displayed on the screen or touch to advance the conversation.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Pure / Electric Love “Look at my eyes!” – Moe Yamauchi – Electric Love
A love-likeness pseudo-talk game “Electric Love” that is a topic in the smartphone.
A little embarrassing, in a conversation that pounding, romance skill UP! !
Moe Yamauchi
· Free model
· Birthday May 3
· Hobbies Games, Cooking, Nap
· Three size B 88 cm W 57 cm H 86 cm
· Favorite animal chinchilla
What is “Pure / Electric Love”?
• Reply to questions from her!
Please please her, sometimes a little annoying. Kakehike is important for love affair!
• Mail arrives according to the contents of the conversation!
You also have movies attached ….
• The end of the conversation will change depending on the choice.
Over 150 stories still images + 8 movies! Let’s aim at perfection!
How to play
1. Launch the application and select “TELL” or touch.
2. Select or touch the content you want to talk to.
3. Choose a call or touch to start love.
4. Select the option displayed on the screen or touch to advance the conversation.
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Sleep Tight – Build that pillow fort, grab that dart gun, and try to survive one more night!
This unique twin-stick shooter, base-builder hybrid comes wrapped in blankets of nostalgia! Construct your strongest pillow fort during the day and defend your bedroom from endless hordes of monsters each night.
This fast paced arcade style game packs some deep strategy, and you’ll need to use your wits if you’re going to survive to the top of the leaderboards. With 12 unlockable characters, mix and match playstyles, an abundance of silly monsters, a charming score, and an endless amount of nights that increase in difficulty as you progress, good luck putting Sleep Tight down to rest!
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem – Prepare for bullet hell action and crazy driving! Your town is on fire, anarchy reigns the streets, aliens rampage in the sky! Grab your gun and join the fun!
State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem is a hilarious shooter that will put a smile on your face. You were an ordinary citizen in a small town… Now it’s on fire! Rioters are storming the houses, aliens rampage in the sky! Run as fast as you can! Shoot anything that moves! Do not release the gas pedal!
Anarchy has never been so much fun!
Features:
- intense action
- hilarious doodle graphics and mouth made sound effects
- 60+ weapons. New gun on every level!
- 100+ enemies and bosses
- 3 cars and 6 spaceships
- talents and weapon upgrades
- 48 stages
- awesome rock music
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available August 1
Titan Quest – From Age of Empires co-creator Brian Sullivan and Braveheart writer Randall Wallace comes an innovative action role playing game set in ancient Greece, Egypt and Asia. The Titans have escaped their eternal prison, wreaking havoc upon the earth. The gods seek a hero who can turn the tide in an epic struggle that will determine the fate of both men and gods. Are you ready for the quest?
- Explore the Ancient World – Unlock arcane mysteries as you journey to legendary locations
- Conquer Monsters of Legend – Battle mythical beasts in a story-driven campaign that will determine the fate of all existence
- Highly Customizable Characters – Build and customize your characters with 28 classes and over 1000 pieces of unique and legendary items to create the ultimate champion
- Online Multiplayer Gameplay – Challenge others to experience the story in fast-action, 2-6 player online cooperative gameplay
- Console controls & UI – Tailor made UI and controls for a perfect ARPG experience using a gamepad
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available July 31
Zaccaria Pinball – Zaccaria was founded by three brothers (Marino, Franco, & Natale) and was the 3rd largest manufacturer of pinball machines in the world (behind Bally & Williams). They had created and produced more than 35 different pinball machines between 1974 and 1987.
FEATURES
- Time Machine and Time Machine Retro table is playable totally free.
- All other pinball tables are in trial mode that means there is a score limit.
- High detailed Zaccaria pinball tables.
- Original table rules, sound effects and vocals.
- Breathtaking light and shadow effects.
- Very accurate and customizable physics and ball movements.
- Arcade and Simulation game modes.
- Custom game mode allows you to tweak pinball machine the way you like!
- Camera Editor to make camera views you prefer to.
- Various fixed and customizable camera views.
CUSTOMIZATION FEATURES
Zaccaria Pinball has tones of awesome customization features which affect to graphics and physics aspects of the game. As well as there is a camera editor.
Graphics Tweaks: Room Light, Metal FX, Particle FX, Dynamic Light, Reflection FX, Glow FX, Motion Blur, Lightmap, Colors
Physics Tweaks: Flipper Size, Playfield Tilt, Flipper Force, Ball Elasticity, Ball Friction, Slingshot Force, Bumper Force, Ball Velocity, Plunger Force, FLipper Tap Pass
SOLID-STATE (SS) PINBALL TABLES
Time Machine (free table!), Devil Riders, Locomotion, Pinball Champ ’82, Pinball Champ, Farfalla, Blackbelt, Robot, Hot Wheels, Soccer Kings, Shooting the Rapids, Star God, Magic Castle, Earth Wind Fire, Clown, Future World, Fire Mountain, Space Shuttle, Winter Sports, Zankor, Pool Champion, Mexico ’86, House of Diamonds, Mystic Star, Spooky, Star’s Phoenix, Strike
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL (EM) PINBALL TABLES
Aerobatics, Circus, Combat, Moon Flight, Lucky Fruit, Universe, Supersonic, Cine Star, Wood’s Queen, Nautilus, Red Show
REMAKE PINBALL TABLES
Shooting the Rapids 2016, Space Shuttle 2016, Combat 2016, Cicrus 2017, Earth Wind Fire 2017, House of Diamonds 2017, Spooky 2017, Farfalla 2017, Magic Castle 2017, Hot Wheels 2017, Zankor 2017
RETRO PINBALL TABLES
Retro tables can be unlocked by purchased of Solid-State or Electro-Mechanical pinball table with the same name.[/b]
Locomotion Retro, Devil Riders Retro, Pinball Champ Retro, Shooting the Rapids Retro, Farfalla Retro, Hot Wheels Retro, Space Shuttle Retro, Circus Retro, Combat Retro, House of Diamonds Retro, Earth Wind Fire Retro, Robot Retro, Blackbelt Retro, Soccer Kings Retro, Star God Retro
AWARD PINBALL TABLES
Award tables can be unlocked by completion of achievements or puchase ‘Achievement Table Pack’ DLC.
The Mummy, Aliens, Hippie, Fire Fighter, Speed King, Beast Master, Voyager, Wizard
OTHER PINBALL TABLES
Wizard – Completion of Campaign Mode
(Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
Nintendo eShop on New Nintendo 3DS
RTO 3 – The lunar base, where you are stationed as part of the security forces, is under siege. Having just escaped from enemy captivity you are now on your own and must fight against overwhelming odds to survive.
Featuring large and complex levels with nonstop action RTO 3 is a first person shooter which will keep you entertained for hours.
(Nintendo eShop on New Nintendo 3DS)
New DLC:
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 –
New DLC is releasing for owners of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Expansion Pass. Buy the Expansion Pass to gain access to titanic new content, including the Challenge Battle Mode as well as Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country, available this September.
- Rare Blade 2 – Crossette
- New Difficulty Options – Bringer of Chaos, Customize
- New Quests Pack 4
- Sunken Boosters
- The Trendy Patissier
- Artisanal Accessories
- Hot Spring Bonanza
- Mystery Launch Codes
- For full patch notes, please visit the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Support site. Full version of the game is required to use DLC.
- Kirby Star Allies
– A free update comes to the Kirby Star Allies game on July 27, which includes three Dream Friends from Kirby’s past adventures. Daroach, leader of the notorious Squeak Squad, makes his debut as a playable character and brings some friends along. Dark Meta Knight makes a grand return as a playable character for the first time. Utilize his Mirror abilities to call upon devastating sword attacks, reflect back enemy projectiles, and create copies. Adeleine and Ribbon are back! Make Adeleline’s paintings come to life or fly around with the help of Ribbon.
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.
Activities:
- My Nintendo Presents Nindie Game Gold Point Rewards: Summer 2018 Edition – Beat the heat this summer with some cool Nindie games! As July heats up, My Nintendo users can exchange their Gold Points for some of the hottest indie games on Nintendo platforms. Click here for more information.