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 Download 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 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.
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content:
Featured Games in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
Life is Strange 2 – A traumatic incident unleashed your younger brother Daniel’s telekinetic power, forcing you to run from home, the police hot on your trail!
As 16-year-old Sean, you’re now solely responsible for Daniel’s safety, shelter and upbringing. But when someone so young has so much power, life lessons about right and wrong will create dramatic and life-changing consequences.
If you can reach Mexico, you will be safe, but the journey will be winding, filled with joy, awe and danger.
This trip of a lifetime will bond Sean and Daniel forever ... or tear their brotherhood apart.
Life is Strange 2 is available today.
The Pathless – From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest.
Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world. Establish a connection with your eagle companion and soar through the air.
Forge your own path in a beautiful open world as you traverse misty forests, lush meadows and snowy tundra.
Discover the dark history of the island as you solve puzzles in ancient ruins and unearth long-forgotten secrets.
Explore The Pathless today.
Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
Nintendo Bundles:
Your Island Getaway Awaits – Escape to your very own paradise with the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bundle (Game + DLC)! This digital bundle includes both the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game and the Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise DLC.* In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can hunt down insects at the crack of dawn, decorate your paradise throughout the day or enjoy a sunset on the beach while fishing in the ocean. In the Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise DLC, you’re in charge of inviting characters as clients and helping them live out their own dream vacations.
Get up to Speed – Race anytime, anywhere with the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bundle (Game + Booster Course Pass)! In this digital bundle, which includes the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game, burn rubber across Mushroom Kingdom raceways – underwater, in the sky, upside-down in zero-g and past the finish – for the win! Plus, get double the tracks with the included Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC!* Race across 48 more courses like Wii Maple Treeway, DS Waluigi Pinball and Tour Paris Promenade. Content will be released in six waves of eight courses until the end of 2023.
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
- Check out the full list of deals available this week at https://www.nintendo.com/store/sales-and-deals.