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.
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:
STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection – Fight across the STAR WARS galaxy in this collection of large-scale combat classics! Featuring the 2004 STAR WARS Battlefront and its 2005 sequel STAR WARS Battlefront II, each game features solo campaigns, local multiplayer matches and massive online* battles of up to 64 players.
Pilot legendary starships and defy the odds as familiar characters like Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader.
This collection also includes additional playable characters such as Kit Fisto and Asajj Ventress, as well as bonus maps like Jabba’s Palace, Bespin: Cloud City and Yavin 4: Arena.
STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection lands on the Nintendo Switch system today!
MLB The Show 24 – It’s your Show. Ready to own it? Earn your call up from the minors to the big leagues and prove you’ve got what it takes at the top.
Learn from the legends of the sport, take inspiration from their heroics and use it to improve your game. Chalk up the wins, pick yourself up after the losses. Hold your nerve when it matters and earn the right to be called World Series champion.
Whatever happens, know you left nothing in the dugout.
MLB The Show 24** is available on March 19.
Pre-orders are available now in Nintendo eShop.
Kingdom Come Deliverance: Royal Edition – The acclaimed historical action RPG and all its DLC arrive on the Nintendo Switch system!
Play as Henry and experience an open world filled with challenging combat, majestic castles and lush forests. Improve your skills, earn perks, forge your equipment and solve challenges using stealth, melee combat, persuasion, coercion and more.
Face the consequences of your choices as your decisions shape the world around you.
Kingdom Come Deliverance: Royal Edition charges onto Nintendo Switch March 15.
Pre-orders are available now in Nintendo eShop.
Death Trick: Double Blind – In this non-linear visual detective novel set in Morgan’s Traveling Circus, star magician Hattie has gone missing.
An unlikely duo – one a fellow magician, the other a private eye with a bout of amnesia – investigate Hattie’s disappearance alternatively, each using their own perspective and information.
With only a limited number of actions, they must carefully decide which leads to pursue, looking out for contradictions in the evidence.
Sorting through clues and getting to know each whimsical character, they must crack the case by challenging anyone who seems deceitful.
Death Trick: Double Blind launches today.
A free demo is also available now in Nintendo eShop.
Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
Digital Spotlight:
Games that Sham-rock – Worried about getting caught without green by a mischievous leprechaun this Saint Patrick’s Day?
Play as your favorite Nintendo characters dressed in green to send the little jokers on their way while remaining pinch-free! Join the green-clad Link on a mysterious island in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening game or dive into a world before Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD game!
Or if you’d rather face your fears of any potential mischief head-on, join Luigi (and Gooigi!) as he saves his friends from a ghoulish hotel of his nightmares in the Luigi’s Mansion 3 game.
Going for gold, or even platinum? Try the Dandori Battles and Challenges in the Pikmin 4 game, and collect as many treasures as you can find within the time limit.
No matter what you wear this St. Patty’s Day, you’ll have luck on your side with Nintendo Switch!
Nintendo eShop sales on Nintendo Switch:
- Share the Fun on MAR10 Day – Continue the MAR10 Day celebration!
- Play together and share the fun with savings on select digital games featuring Mario and friends like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Party Superstars, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope and more!
- Shop on Nintendo.com or your Nintendo Switch system to purchase and download games so you can start playing them right away.
- My Nintendo members also earn Gold Points*** on qualifying digital purchases. Hurry – this sale ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on March 17!
- For more information and to view the full list of games, visit https://www.nintendo.com/us/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, Nintendo Switch Sports and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. 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/.
* Any Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Membership auto-renews after initial term at the then-current price unless canceled. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. nintendo.com/switch-online
** Game requires download of at least 25 GB. microSD card required (sold separately). Storage requirements may change, visit www.theshow.com for details.
*** Gold Points are awarded based on the amount you pay (excluding tax and any points or discounts used) and have no cash value. A Nintendo Account is required to receive and redeem My Nintendo points. Terms apply. https://accounts.nintendo.com/term_point.