Nintendo Download: You Know the Drill

Dig into this colorfully animated world with the free demo now available on Nintendo eShop!

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  • Dig into this colorfully animated world with the free demo now available on Nintendo eShop!
  • If you want to test the mayhem before purchase, try the demo available on Nintendo eShop – just don’t tell Wario it’s free.
  • game for the Nintendo Switch system, limited-time Princess Peach missions**** will appear in the Super Mario Run game for mobile devices!
  • Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:


This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content:

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SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! is available now. (Graphic: Business Wire)

SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! is available now. (Graphic: Business Wire)

  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! – Team up with Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny to save the town in this co-op* action game. Customize your own New Kid and battle your way through the snow-piled streets of South Park solo or with up to three friends in an all-new story. Equip a variety of weapons and deploy devastating special abilities on an adventure to save the world and enjoy a day without school. SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! is available now.
    • Pepper Grinder – This action-packed, dig-venture platformer stars Pepper – a seafaring soul with a passion for prospecting. Armed with her trusty sidearm Grinder, Pepper burrows through terrain and water, controls machines and pulverizes enemies as she attempts to recover her missing fortune! Engage in puzzle platforming, battle bosses, power up with treasure and discover hidden levels. Pepper Grinder spins up on the Nintendo Switch system later today. Dig into this colorfully animated world with the free demo now available on Nintendo eShop!
    • Open Roads – One fine fall day, Tess Devine and her mother Opal discover a cache of old notes and letters carefully stashed away in the attic of their house. Hints of deep-rooted family secrets, decades-old burglaries, a lost treasure somewhere near the Canadian border – what they uncover suggests a much darker mystery, best left well enough alone … but that’s not going to happen. Embark on a road trip adventure to explore a series of long-abandoned family properties, unearthing the past. They’ll search the ruins of these places that hold buried memories and discover not just the truth they’ve been seeking, but each other. Open Roads is available on Nintendo Switch later today.
  • Digital Spotlight
    • It’s Party Time! – Did you get your invitation to World Party Day on April 3? Party it up with your friends, family and Horace – the horse host with the most – in the Everybody 1-2-Switch! game. Laugh it up and stirrup the fun with team-based* games that are easy to set up, or with free-for-all competitive modes. If you’re looking to dance the night away, put on your dancing shoes and boogie down to the latest hits and beloved classics in Just Dance 2024 Edition. Or, invite your folks* for some frantic fun with the WarioWare: Get It Together game.** Take on over 200 quick and quirky microgames with Wario and his pals while experiencing maximum fun – oh yeah! If you want to test the mayhem before purchase, try the demo available on Nintendo eShop – just don’t tell Wario it’s free.

Pre-orders:

  • Grounded – Survive, build and explore in this immersive co-op survival-adventure game where you’re the size of an ant and 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 Nintendo Switch April 16. Pre-orders are available now on Nintendo eShop.

Nintendo Mobile:

  • It’s Showtime in Super Mario Run – To celebrate the release of the Princess Peach: Showtime! game for the Nintendo Switch system, limited-time Princess Peach missions**** will appear in the Super Mario Run game for mobile devices!***** Depending on how many missions you clear, you can get up to three in-game statues of Peach transformed into different ensembles, and use them to decorate your kingdom! These missions are available until May 7 at 12 a.m. PT. For more information, visit the official site: https://supermariorun.com/en/index.html.

Nintendo eShop sales on Nintendo Switch:

Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:

* Additional games, systems and/or accessories may be required for multiplayer mode. Games, systems, and some accessories sold separately.

** Hold the controller firmly. Do not let go of it, unless otherwise instructed. Allow adequate room around you during gameplay.

*** 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

**** Some missions require access to courses that cannot be played without a purchase. You must update Super Mario Run to the latest version to participate.

***** Free to start; optional in-game purchases available. Persistent internet and compatible smart device required. Data charges may apply. Terms apply. See game for details.

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.

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.

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/.

Note to editors: Nintendo press materials are available at https://press.nintendo.com, a password-protected site. To obtain a login, please register on the site.

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