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Nintendo Download: Everything’s Falling into Place

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:


  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • Tetris
      99
      – The iconic puzzle game Tetris arrives, but
      with an online experience like no other. In this next entry in the
      storied puzzle franchise, 99 players compete together until only
      one is left standing. Nintendo Switch Online members* can battle
      for dominance in this free-to-download software. The Nintendo
      Switch exclusive is now available to download, and players can
      look forward to battling it out in upcoming online events.
    • FINAL
      FANTASY IX
      – Zidane and the Tantalus Theater Troupe
      have kidnapped Princess Garnet, the heir of Alexandria. To their
      surprise, however, the princess herself yearned to escape the
      castle. Through a series of unusual circumstances, she and her
      personal guard, Steiner, fall in with Zidane and set out on an
      incredible journey. The FINAL FANTASY IX game is now
      available on Nintendo eShop.
    • STEINS;GATE
      ELITE
      – Follow a group of young, tech-savvy “lab
      members” who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail
      using a modified microwave. Their experiments in pushing the
      boundaries of time begin to spiral out of control as they become
      entangled in a conspiracy surrounding SERN, the organization
      behind the Large Hadron Collider, and John Titor, who claims to be
      from a dystopian future. The STEINS;GATE ELITE game is
      available on Feb. 19.
    • OlliOlli:
      Switch Stance
      OlliOlli: Switch Stance
      includes both the OlliOlli and OlliOlli2: Welcome to
      Olliwood
      games. OlliOlli mixes one-life skating
      gameplay with more than 120 tricks and grinds to pull across 50
      deviously crafted Levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily
      Grind. The skateboarding game goes all green screen with a
      stunning new look in OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood,
      plucking you from the street and dropping you squarely in the
      middle of the big screen’s most bodacious cinematic locations.
    • Captain
      Toad: Treasure Tracker
      – Special EpisodeObtain
      new Shiny Crowns across 18 new challenges in the paid DLC**, Captain
      Toad: Treasure Tracker – Special Episode
      , available March 14
      for the Nintendo Switch system! Purchase now to get early access
      to a new course right away, then receive the remaining DLC when it
      launches. You can also download a free patch now to play the
      all-new co-op multiplayer mode, Partner Adventure, where Toad and
      Toadette must work together to solve puzzle-filled courses and
      uncover hidden treasures.
  • Nintendo
    Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online
    *
    • Kirby’s Adventure – Using 20 unique tricks and
      Kirby’s ability to steal enemies’ powers by swallowing them,
      you’ll have to make your way through a horrific land filled with
      all kinds of nightmares. Recover the broken pieces of the Star
      Rod, and everyone in Dream Land will sleep peacefully once again.
      If you fail, the citizens of Dream Land will be subjected to a
      lifetime of terrible nightmares.
    • Super Mario Bros. 2 – Mario, Luigi, Princess
      Toadstool and Toad embark on a quest together to save the day
      against the villainous Wart. Pick up items and throw them at your
      adversaries to clear levels in seven fantastical worlds. Even
      enemies can be picked up and tossed across the screen. This unique
      installment in the Super Mario Bros. series will keep you
      coming back for more.

Nintendo eShop sales:

Also new this week:

*Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo
Account required for online play. Not available in all countries.
Internet access required for online features. Terms apply.
nintendo.com/switch-online

**Full version of game required to use DLC. Sold separately.

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, which offers
a variety of options for the Nintendo Switch console, the Wii U console
and the Nintendo 3DS 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 Nintendo Switch, Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can
be used in any Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single
Nintendo Account.

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 system both on-device and from the
Nintendo website. Once the accounts are linked, users may also use
PayPal as a payment option when buying digital content for the Wii U or
Nintendo 3DS family systems 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, or on discount
rewards for select Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Visit https://my.nintendo.com/reward_categories
for more details.

Remember that Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Wii, New Nintendo 3DS, New
Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 2DS XL and Nintendo 2DS
feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content
their children can access. Nintendo 3DS players who register a Nintendo
Network ID 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 this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/switch,
http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu
or http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.

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

Contacts

Golin
Eddie Garcia
213-335-5536
egarcia@golin.com
or
Rich
George
213-335-5554
rgeorge@golin.com

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