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Nintendo Download: GUH-HUH!

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content:

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Banjo-Kazooie is available starting today for players with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Banjo-Kazooie is available starting today for players with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. (Graphic: Business Wire)

  • Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
    • Banjo-Kazooie – Launching today, experience a magical adventure with an unlikely duo when the Nintendo 64 game Banjo-Kazooie Beak Bombs its way onto Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Switch Online library. Join a honey bear named Banjo and a breegull named Kazooie as they fly, swim and fire eggs across a multitude of wild locales on their mission to rescue Banjo’s sister Tooty from the wicked witch Gruntilda in this action game. Originally released in 1998, this marks the first time this title has appeared on a Nintendo system in over 20 years – guh-huh! Banjo-Kazooie is available starting today for players with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.
  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • RPGolf Legends – Join forces with the spirit of a golf club and embark on a grand quest to become a legend and save the sport of golf from an evil force in this golf-action-adventure. Travel around in a unique open world where monsters and golf coexist, help people with their quests, acquire new skills, special items and more! Whether you spend your time golfing, fishing, crafting or exploring, your fantastic journey is about to start!
    • Baby Storm – Your mission is to take care of adorable (and sometimes troublemaking) kids in a kindergarten! You are equipped with toys for playtime, food for mealtime, wipes, diapers and even a nifty radio-controlled vacuum robot to help you with cleaning. Maintain order, run, clean and feed your way to the highest score, in solo or local multiplayer mode with up to four players. Make your way through clever and original levels, earn loads of points, unlock new stages and features, and encounter special babies with mysterious powers. Should you succeed in your mission, you’ll become the best babysitter in the universe!
  • Digital Spotlight
    • Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain– Celebrate Brain Teaser Month and take on a series of brain-buzzing activities – like finding the hidden phrase in this game description – with this multiplayer* party game that anyone can play! Flex your big brain power across a variety of challenges in five different categories. You’ll solve picture and number puzzles, test your memory and have a blast as you power up your Big Brain Brawn Score. Go brain-to-brain with friends and family in four-player matches or see how you stack up to brainiacs around the world in Ghost Clash mode. Everyone can play together at varying difficulties, so a kid can hold their own against an adult in this clash of mental marvels! Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain is now available for purchase. Want a sneak peek at the game? Download the free demo now in Nintendo eShop to try three activities in Solo and Party mode.



      Did you uncover the hidden phrase in the paragraph above? If not, here’s a hint: Find all the bold letters!

Nintendo eShop sales:

Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:

* Additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode. 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 family of systems, the Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

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 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Members also enjoy a curated library of NES and Super NES classic games, including Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Metroid and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, 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-service/.

With a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership, players get access to even more benefits, including a library of Nintendo 64 games with newly added online play for up to four players (additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode; sold separately), Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise DLC 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, 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 family of systems 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 the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS family of systems feature 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/. For all other systems please visit https://support.nintendo.com/.

Brain teaser solution: “brawniest brain”

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