Nintendo Digital Download: Play Minecraft Anywhere!
This week’s digital downloads is extremely light. Perhaps everyone was getting out of the way of Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition. This should be one of the best versions ever created as you’ll be able to play on the go or on the TV anytime you want. With four-player split screen support or eight players online, friends can game however they like. Fan-favorite add-on packs and the Super Mario Mash-Up pack are included in this digital version of the game. A Game Card retail release will come sometime at a later date.
Below are the rest of this week’s releases!
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in Creative Mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in Survival Mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off dangerous mobs. Share the experience with four-player split screen or up to eight players online*. Several fan-favorite add-on packs, including the Super Mario Mash-Up pack, are included in the Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition game, available at 6 p.m. PT on May 11 in Nintendo eShop.Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
Great deals this week! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, now available at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.Activities:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe My Nintendo Rewards – To help celebrate the launch of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game for the Nintendo Switch console, My Nintendo is offering three new rewards:
- To learn more about these and other My Nintendo rewards, head over to https://my.nintendo.com/.
Also new this week:
ACA NEOGEO GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Elliot Quest (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)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 adds new games weekly to Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo Switch console, the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

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