Nintendo Download: Escape the Deadly Depths of Metroid Dread

Another stellar week for Nintendo fans brings the long-awaited Metroid Dread, Disco Elysium, Tetris Effect, Darksiders III, and lots more.

Return to tradition

How weird is it that Metroid is back, and in its classic form no less? Eschewing the 3D or first-person of more recent titles in the set, Dread takes things back to Metroid’s classic form for its latest big console launch.

Dread is a long time coming too. The game was all but canned years ago, only to make a shock return at this past E3. And here we are, now on the edge of it’s launch as what’s apparently Nintendo’s Holiday anchor.

Outside of that though, this week is a big week all around. The critical darling RPG Disco Elysium is also out, as is the latest hit puzzler in the Tetris series, the port of Darksiders III, RiMS Racing, and a very interesting looking demake of the already retro shooter Dusk.

Lots to like, and lots to get too, as Nintendo heads into Holiday 2021. Scroll down for the full listing.

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• Metroid Dread – Suit up as intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran and battle your way out from the depths of a mysterious alien world plagued by a mechanical menace. While you investigate a mysterious transmission that shows the lethal X Parasite, you’ll need to avoid the nightmarish E.M.M.I. – Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifiers. These agile robots won’t hesitate to destroy you … and they’re just one of the many dangers you’ll face. Hunt or be hunted as you make your way to the surface through a labyrinth of enemies in Samus’ most intense side-scrolling adventure yet. The Metroid Dread game will be available on Oct. 8.

• Disco Elysium – The Final Cut – Become a hero or an absolute disaster. Disco Elysium – The Final Cut is the definitive edition of the groundbreaking role-playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city block to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Disco Elysium – The Final Cut will be available on Oct. 12.

• Tetris Effect: Connected – Tetris Effect: Connected is Tetris like you’ve never seen it, heard it or felt it before – an incredibly playable, unique and breathtakingly gorgeous reinvention of one of the most popular puzzle games of all time, from the people who brought you the award-winning Rez Infinite and legendary puzzle game Lumines. Music, backgrounds, sounds, special effects – everything, down to the Tetris pieces themselves, pulses, dances, shimmers and explodes in perfect sync with how you’re playing, making any of the game’s 30+ stages and 10+ modes something you’ll want to experience over and over again. Tetris Effect: Connected will be available on Oct. 8.

• Gang Beasts – Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City. Customize your character and fight local and online enemies in the melee game mode, or fight with friends against the gangs of Beef City in the gang game mode.

Activities:

• Let the Good Times Roll – Enter for a chance to win an out-of-this-world Metroid prize pack in the My Nintendo Metroid Dread Sweepstakes!* Prizes include stunning wall art featuring Samus and an E.M.M.I. robot, a Metroid Dread Enhanced Wired Controller for Nintendo Switch, a Slim Case for Nintendo Switch from PowerA and a Metroid Dread Men’s Hoodie Sweatshirt that shows off Samus with the E.M.M.I. lurking in the background in a bold print across the front. You may be trapped on the remote Planet ZDR, but at least you’ll have this soft pullover sweatshirt to keep you looking stylish all day long! For more information, please visit https://my.nintendo.com/news/dac793306b7c90fe.
• Your Key to Scoring Gold Points – Here’s a golden opportunity you won’t want to miss! For a limited time, you can earn DOUBLE My Nintendo Gold Points when you purchase the digital version of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game or select Super Smash Bros. DLC** in Nintendo eShop or Nintendo.com (where available). Offer ends Oct. 24 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Get started at https://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals/#ssbu-double-gp.

Nintendo eShop sales:

• Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
  • Great deals this week! Check out the full list of deals available this week at https://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.

Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:

• AAA Clock – Available on Oct. 8
• Arcade Archives TYPHOON GAL
• Balloon Pop – Learning Letters, Numbers, Colors, Game for Kids
• Bouncy Bullets 2 – Available on Oct. 8
• Business Tour Deluxe
• Catty & Batty: The Spirit Guide – Available on Oct. 13
• Creepy Tale 2
• Critadel – Available on Oct. 13
• Darksiders III
• Drum Box
• DUSK ’82
• Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of the Karkhala – Available on Oct. 8
• Immortus Temporus – Available on Oct. 13
• InfiniteCorp: Cyberpunk Card Game
• Jack Axe
• Lord of the Click II – Available on Oct. 8
• Lotus Bloom
• Lumione – Available on Oct. 13
• Medieval Tower Defense – Available on Oct. 9
• Miners Races
• MMC KENKEN – The World’s Most Exciting Math and Logic Puzzle –
• Monster Crown – Available on Oct. 12
• No Longer Home
• PandaBall
• Panmorphia
• Prehistoric Life Puzzles
• Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
• RiMS Racing
• Simple Dominoes
• Sophia’s World
• Starlight Alliance – Available on Oct. 13
• Stickman: Far East Battle
• Supersonic Tank Cats
• Teacup
• The Adventures of Spunk Dodgers and Splat – Available on Oct. 9
• The Lightbringer
• The Marauder Chronicles: Curse Over Valdria
• Toroom – Available on Oct. 9
• Touhou Genso Wanderer -Lotus Labyrinth R-
• TRIOS – lofi beats / numbers to chill to
• Underland
• What The Zombies?!

* NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents of the United States, District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 13 years old or older. Sweepstakes begins 10 a.m. PT on 10/1/2021 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on 11/8/2021.To enter, you must (1) have a Nintendo Account; (2) visit https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/a066dd359423fb69; (3) sign in to your Nintendo Account, and (4) redeem 10 Platinum Points per entry at the Metroid Dread My Nintendo Sweepstakes page as stated in Official Rules. There will be ten (10) winners. Each winner will receive one (1)20” x 24” HD metal sublimation print featuring art from the Metroid Dread game (ARV: $300.00 USD), one (1) Fifth Sun Metroid Dread hoodie (ARV $47.99 USD), one (1) PowerA Metroid Dread Enhanced Wired Controller (ARV: $27.99 USD), and one (1) PowerA Metroid Dread Nintendo Switch Slim Case ($12.99 USD).Total ARV of each prize: $388.97 USD. Total ARV of all prizes: $3,889.70 USD. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Details and restrictions apply. For Official Rules, visit https://nintendo.com/rules/my-nintendo-metroid-dread-sweepstakes. Sponsor: Nintendo of America Inc., 4600 150th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98052.

** Full version of game required to use DLC. Sold separately. Gold Points are awarded based on the amount you pay (excluding tax and any points or discounts used) and have no cash value. Bonus points are earned based on the original list price of the game in Nintendo eShop, and will vary by country and currency. A Nintendo Account is required to receive and redeem My Nintendo points. Terms apply. https://accounts.nintendo.com/term_point. Offer valid through Oct. 24 11:59 p.m. PT when you purchase or redeem a download code for the digital version of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate or select Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC in Nintendo eShop or Nintendo.com.