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Nintendo Download: Shredding Across the Unknown

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/20250410198502/en/

Star Overdrive is available today.

Star Overdrive is available today.

  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
    • Star Overdrive – Solve puzzles, fight formidable enemies and wield the powers of the Keytar in this intergalactic third-person action-adventure experience. Control a hypersonic Hoverboard on a distant planet and explore alien biomes in a 3D open world. You’ll need every ounce of creativity you can muster to overcome challenges and grow your Keytar-based powers. Star Overdrive is available today!

Nintendo Music:

  • A Haunting Melody – Re-live the scary good times with the Luigi’s Mansion soundtrack – available now on Nintendo Music, the smart-device app for Nintendo soundtracks*! Psych yourself up to take on even the most troublesome ghosts and ghouls with these chilling tracks. Nintendo Music is exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online members. For more info, visit: https://www.nintendo.com/us/switch/online/nintendo-switch-online/nintendo-music/.

Activities:

  • Creator’s Voice – Hades II – A new video series titled “Creator’s Voice” features interviews with game makers from around the world. Watch as they discuss the process of bringing their games to the Nintendo Switch 2 system, with weekly episodes, debuting Tuesdays at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET from now until May 20 on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. Check out the newest installment of the “Creator’s Voice” video series featuring Hades II, with Supergiant Games’ Amir Rao, Greg Kasavin and Darren Korb: https://youtu.be/1G3wbCIUVqs. For more information on the series, visit https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured-games/creators-voice/.
  • Enter the My Nintendo Gear Up With Nintendo Switch Online Sweepstakes – Enter for a chance to win a collection of gaming goods inspired by classic games, the Nintendo Music app and more with the My Nintendo Gear Up With Nintendo Switch Online Sweepstakes**! This sweepstakes ends 11 p.m. PT on July 31. For more information, visit https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/925e7a1e6561f975.
  • Unlock Fun on the Go with My Nintendo Rewards – Show off your love for gaming on the go with this Nintendo Switch 2 Wristlet Keychain reward! My Nintendo Members can redeem 600 My Nintendo Platinum Points*** to snag this exclusive item. For more information, visit https://my.nintendo.com/news/8c0fa4efa9770a44.

Nintendo eShop sales on Nintendo Switch:

Also new this week on Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:

* Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required. Not available in all countries. Internet and compatible smart-device required to use app. Data charges may apply. Terms apply. https://www.nintendo.com/purchase-terms.

** NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 years old or older. Sweepstakes begins 12:00 p.m. PT on 3/31/25 and ends at 11:00 p.m. PT on 7/31/25. To enter, you must (1) have a Nintendo Account (if you do not have a Nintendo Account you can register for one at https://my.nintendo.com/; (2) have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership; (3) visit https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/925e7a1e6561f975, (4) sign in to your Nintendo Account, and (5) redeem 0 Platinum Points per entry at the My Nintendo Gear Up With Nintendo Switch Online Sweepstakes page (https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/925e7a1e6561f975) as stated in Official Rules. Limit 1 entry per person. To enter via the alternate method of entry, you must (1) have a Nintendo Account (if you do not have a Nintendo Account, you can register for one at https://my.nintendo.com/); (2) include the required information on a 3” x 5” card or postcard and (3) mail in postcard as stated in Official Rules. There will be ten (10) winners. Each winner will receive one (1) metal panel featuring Nintendo Switch Online artwork (ARV $149.99 USD), one (1) personalized Nintendo Switch Online jacket with hood (sizes adult XS – 5XL) (ARV $79.99 USD), one (1) Nintendo Switch Online stainless-steel water bottle ($56.95 USD) and one (1) Nintendo Music branded gaming headset (ARV $33.81 USD). Total ARV of all prizes: $3,207.40 USD. A Nintendo Account is required to receive and redeem points. Terms apply (https://accounts.nintendo.com/term_point). Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Details and restrictions apply. For Official Rules, visit nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/events/rules/mynintendo-gear-up-with-nintendo-switch-online-sweepstakes/. Sponsor: Nintendo of America Inc., 4600 150th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98052.

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

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.

Remember that 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/tools-for-parents/parental-controls/ and https://www.nintendo.com/switch/.

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