Nintendo Download: Return to the Kanto Region!

The Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go: Eevee! games will be available on Nov. 16. (Photo: Business Wire)

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

  • Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
    • Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! – Take your Pokémon journey to the Kanto region with your partner, Pikachu or Eevee! Become the best Pokémon Trainer as you battle other Trainers, Gym Leaders and the sinister Team Rocket. Catch Pokémon in the wild using a gentle throwing motion with either one Joy-Con controller or Poké Ball Plus accessory (sold separately), which will light up, vibrate and make sounds to bring your adventure to life. You can also use button controls in Handheld Mode. Share your adventure with family or friends using a second Joy-Con or Poké Ball Plus (sold separately). You can even connect to the Pokémon GO app* using a compatible smartphone to bring over Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region! The Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go: Eevee! games will be available on Nov. 16.
    • Sid Meier’s Civilization VISid Meier’s Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Explore a new land, research technology, conquer your enemies and go head-to-head with history’s most renowned leaders as you attempt to build the greatest civilization the world has ever known. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI for the Nintendo Switch system includes the latest game updates and improvements, as well as four pieces of additional content, which add four new civilizations, leaders and scenarios. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI will be available on Nov. 16.
    • WarframeWarframe is a cooperative, free-to-play, third-person online action game set in an evolving sci-fi world. Play as the Tenno, warriors of blade and gun and masters of the Warframe exo-armor. Those that survived the Old War were left drifting among the ruins. Now they are needed once more. Warframe will be available on Nov. 20.

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*Persistent Internet, compatible smart device and Pokémon GO app required. Data charges may apply. The ability to receive Pokémon from the Pokémon GO app becomes available as you progress through the game.

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.

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Contacts

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