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:
Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star – Fitness Boxing returns with Fist of the North Star characters appearing as your instructors!
Punch your way through the many enemies that stand in your way and aim for victory in boss battles.
The Fitness Boxing series is a boxing exercise game that uses the Joy-Con controllers to let you throw different punches to a beat like a rhythm game, all while receiving directions from in-game instructors voiced by popular voice actors.
Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star is available today!
Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
DLC:
Splatoon 3 Expansion Pass: Inkopolis – Take a deeper dive into the expansive world and colorful characters of the Splatoon series.
Make Inkopolis from the first Splatoon game your stomping ground with the first wave of the Splatoon 3 Expansion Pass paid DLC!* Another major metropolis of the Splatoon universe, Inkopolis has changed a bit in the past several years with some new shopkeepers.
Ready to jam?
Then come to Inkopolis to see some fresh Squid Sisters performances during Splatfests!
This paid DLC for the Splatoon 3 game features two waves of content. Wave 1 is available now, and Wave 2, Side Order, will launch in the future. Players can also download a content pack that contains bonus in-game items after purchasing the Expansion Pass!
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania – Dracula’s Castle beckons in this new paid DLC* for the roguelite action-platformer Dead Cells.
Venture through the castle’s hellish halls and outskirts alongside Richter Belmont and Alucard, leading up to a showdown with Death and Dracula himself.
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania sinks its teeth into Nintendo Switch on March 6.
Activities:
Keepin’ It Fresh – Starting today, all Splatoon 3 players with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership** will have access to the new Fresh Season 2023 content. With new weapons, new and returning stages, more fashion, as well as fun co-op Salmon Run activities including the next Big Run event, what are you waiting for? That’s right, Big Run is back!**
The whale-sized version of the co-op Salmon Run game mode is taking over a new stage, Inkblot Art Academy, and introducing a new King Salmonid, the Horrorboros! Sign up for duty from Friday, March 3, at 4 p.m. PT to Sunday, March 5, at 4 p.m. PT and you may win a special decoration for your locker.
Fresh Season 2023 also adds the ability to duel in Tableturf Battle online with friends! Head to the upper level of the lobby or the Shoal to play. There’s even more content to wrap your tentacles around, so make sure to stay up to date on the latest research findings from the Squid Research Lab by following the official Splatoon North American Twitter account @SplatoonNA.
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.