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Nintendo Download: Summer Rewards!

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

  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • Cars 3: Driven to Win – Start your engines and gear up for the ultimate racing experience in Cars 3: Driven to Win, inspired by Disney Pixar’s upcoming film Cars 3. Train and advance your abilities in six game modes and challenge your family and friends in the Battle Race to become the Ultimate Champion. Cars 3: Driven to Win will be available on June 13.
      (Additional accessories may be required for multiplayer mode and are sold separately.)
  • Virtual Console on Wii U
    • Alien CrushAlien Crush is a pinball game that features realistic pinball action and superb “biomechanical” graphics. Complete with a function to nudge the machine, this TurboGrafx-16 game feels like you’re playing on a real pinball machine! Extra balls and bonus points are your keys to getting high scores.
    • Neutopia II – Experience improved graphics and controls in this exciting TurboGrafx-16 sequel to the original action RPG. Once again you’ll need to rely on your magic compass and the information you’ve gathered to find entrances to labyrinths and defeat the bosses in them. Make your way through the field to search for and find hidden information and items, or move blocks and destroy walls to uncover secret rooms.

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 available this week

Activities:

*The content cannot be played without the Mario Kart 8 game for the Wii U console.

To learn more about these and other great My Nintendo rewards, head over to https://my.nintendo.com/.

  • Fire Emblem Heroes – Tempest Trials – Running until June 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT, this special event introduces a series of maps you must fight your way through from beginning to end. Gather your strongest allies and challenge your way to the final map! If all of the allies on your team are defeated, you can immediately make a new team and try the map again. However, defeated allies cannot be used again until the final map is cleared, or until all your teams are defeated and you attempt a new trial. During this time, there will also be quests related to Tempest Trials. Also, to celebrate this new event, a new Xenologue Map has been added. Available on App Store and Google Play, this mobile application is free-to-start and offers some optional in-app purchases. For more information, visit https://fire-emblem-heroes.com/en/topics/index.html?id=detail-20170607.

Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:

  • New themes this week include:
    • Disney Tsum Tsum Princesses Edition

Also new this week:

Related: Nintendo Switch Accessories Unveiled by Bionik at E3 2017

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