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Nintendo Download: Frozen Floes and Fearsome Foes

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content:

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220224005397/en/

FAR: Changing Tides will be available on March 1. (Graphic: Business Wire)

FAR: Changing Tides will be available on March 1. (Graphic: Business Wire)

  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • FAR: Changing Tides – Set sail for a new journey in this atmospheric vehicle adventure in the post-apocalyptic universe first introduced in FAR: Lone Sails. Captain your own seafaring vessel and explore a vast flooded landscape, tackle mighty storms and overcome conundrums while embarking on a voyage to find a new home. It’s an emotional, meditative journey that doesn’t require prior knowledge of the FAR series. FAR: Changing Tides will be available on March 1.
    • Never Alone: Arctic Collection Never Alone is an atmospheric puzzle platformer developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, and is drawn from a traditional story that has been shared across generations. Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known. Guide both characters in single-player mode or play cooperatively with a friend as you trek through frozen tundra, leap across treacherous ice floes, swim through underwater caverns and face enemies both strange and familiar. Never Alone: Arctic Collection will be available on Feb. 24.
    • Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream – Explore the next chapter in the heartwarming Atelier RPG series with Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream. Follow the burgeoning alchemist, Sophie Neuenmuller, shortly after her adventures in Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book in her quest to find her friend Plachta after they are separated in the dream world of Erde Wiege. Along the way you’ll use the puzzle-like synthesis system to create items and fight many monsters with a battle system that provides a wide range of combat strategies to implement. Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream will be available on Feb. 25.
  • Activities:
    • Crunchyroll – The power of anime is on your side with the Crunchyroll app on Nintendo Switch! Watch over 1,000 titles – including recent hits, classics and Crunchyroll Originals – while your system is docked, or on the go in handheld and tabletop modes. Whether you’re new to anime or a lifelong fan, looking for a cozy slice-of-life series or a raging mech battle, Crunchyroll has something for you. The Crunchyroll app is available now in Nintendo eShop.

Nintendo eShop sales:

  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • Earn 10% in Gold Points! – Until Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. PT, you can earn DOUBLE My Nintendo Gold Points* on select digital games.** That means you can earn up to 10% in Gold Points – which you can then use toward your next eligible digital game or DLC.*** Shop now at https://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals/#double-gold-points.

Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:

* Gold Points are awarded based on the amount you pay (excluding tax and any points or discounts used) and have no cash value. https://my.nintendo.com/about_gold_point.

** Offer valid through 2/28 11:59 p.m. PT when you purchase or redeem a download code for the digital version of Metroid Dread, Game Builder Garage, New Pokémon Snap, Mario Golf: Super Rush, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, or The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD on Nintendo eShop or Nintendo.com.

*** A Nintendo Account is required to receive and redeem My Nintendo points. Terms apply. https://accounts.nintendo.com/term_point.

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 and Pokémon Legends: Arceus. 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/.

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