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:
Botany Manor – Take on the role of Arabella Green, a retired botanist who owns a historical manor in the 19th century.
Arabella takes care of the manor’s magnificent gardens by solving plant-based puzzles and preserving a collection of forgotten flora. Inspecting the manor will show clues, newspaper clippings, letters and more to help Arabella’s gardening skills blossom while you’re learning more about her.
Botany Manor is available today!
Planet of Lana – A young girl and her loyal friend embark on a rescue mission through a colorful world full of cold machines and unfamiliar creatures.
Experience a cinematic puzzle-adventure framed by an epic sci-fi saga that stretches across centuries and galaxies.
Planet of Lana launches on April 16. Pre-order is available now.
Grounded – Survive, build, and explore in this immersive co-op survival-adventure game where you’re the size of an ant and where the insect life reacts to your actions!
Play solo or with up to three friends online* and discover the treacherous wonders of your own backyard. Build bases to protect your stuff and craft new tools, weapons and armor to improve your chances against hazards of all shapes and (very large) sizes.
Plus, create and share fresh adventures in Playgrounds Mode.
Grounded launches on the Nintendo Switch system April 16. Pre-order is available now.
Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
Demos:
SaGa Emerald Beyond – A multilayered RPG full of rich stories awaits in SaGa Emerald Beyond!
Experience the distinct and dramatic stories of six heroes with vastly different backgrounds, including a young man who fights with sentient puppets, a witch masking her identity, a crime-fighting duo, a recently awakened king of darkness and a songstress mech who lost her voice and body.
Select a hero, then follow their journey through 17 interconnected worlds as they forge their own unique branching stories that unfold based on your choices and actions.
Think strategically to master the turn-based combat to delay enemy actions and unleash devastating United Attacks. How the story unfolds is in your hands.
SaGa Emerald Beyond launches on April 25. Pre-orders and a demo are available now on Nintendo eShop.
Nintendo eShop sales on Nintendo Switch:
Warner Bros. Games April Sale – Embark on exciting adventures during the Warner Bros. Games April Sale!
Save up to 85% on your favorite titles like Mortal Kombat 1 Premium Edition, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Galactic Edition and Hogwarts Legacy: Digital Deluxe Edition.
This sale ends April 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT. For more information and to view the full list of games, visit https://www.nintendo.com/store/sales-and-deals/.
NIS America Spring 2024 Sale – Enjoy the season by saving up to 88% on select titles such as CRYMACHINA, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie and Disgaea 7 Digital Deluxe Edition!
This sale ends April 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT. For more information and to view the full list of games, visit https://www.nintendo.com/store/sales-and-deals/.