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 Downloadd adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop, which offers a variety of options for the Nintendo Switch 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.
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.
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content:
Featured Games in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
Brotato – Play as a potato wielding up to six weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens in this top-down arena shooter roguelite!
A spaceship from Potato World crashes onto an alien planet. Waiting to be rescued by his mates, Brotato must survive in this hostile environment. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and hold out until help arrives.
Brotato is available to play today.
WrestleQuest – Take a hero’s journey ... in tights! Powerbomb and piledrive your way through a massive pixel art universe where professional wrestling and RPG fantasy collide.
Upgrade from aspiring rookie to world champ by training, learning, glamming and SLAMMING to the top of the pro-wrestling food chain. Draw inspiration from wrestling icons like “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Jake the Snake Roberts and even Andre the Giant while exploring worlds based on their lofty careers.
Wrestle your way to the top on Aug. 8.
Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
Activities:
New Wallpapers Are Here for the Launch of Disney Illusion Island! – Bring the fun of the Disney Illusion Island game to your desktop and smart devices with two new digital wallpapers from My Nintendo! You can redeem your My Nintendo Platinum Points* to receive both of these wallpaper digital rewards. For more information, visit https://my.nintendo.com/news/65a9a119517fc772.
Nintendo eShop sales on Nintendo Switch:
- Check out the full list of deals available this week at https://www.nintendo.com/store/sales-and-deals.
Nintendo Switch Online is a paid membership service that allows members to team up or face off online in compatible Nintendo Switch games, such as Splatoon 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Nintendo Switch Sports. Members also enjoy a curated library of classic NES, Super NES and Game Boy games, including Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Kirby’s Dream Land, among many others. To find out more about the benefits that come with Nintendo Switch Online, to view membership options and to learn about a free seven-day trial for new users, visit https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online/.
With a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership, players get access to even more benefits, including a library of Nintendo 64 games with added online play for up to four players (additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode; sold separately), a library of select Game Boy Advance games, Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise DLC, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC, Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion DLC (full version of game required to use DLC for that game; sold separately) and retro SEGA Genesis games.
My Nintendo members can earn Gold Points on eligible digital purchases. Already have Gold Points? Redeem them toward your next digital purchase of Nintendo Switch games and DLC on Nintendo eShop. Visit https://my.nintendo.com/reward_categories for more details.
Remember that the Nintendo Switch features parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. Nintendo Switch players who register a Nintendo Account gain access to free-to-start games and free game demos from Nintendo eShop, and also get the latest news and information direct from Nintendo. For more information about parental controls on Nintendo Switch and other features, visit https://play.nintendo.com/parents/crash-courses/parental-controls/ and https://www.nintendo.com/switch/.