What’s happening on the Nintendo Switch eShop? This week’s highlight is Star Wars: Hunters, a free-to-play title that brings players together in a multiplayer shooter experience. The game officially comes out on June 4 – in time for The Acolyte, perhaps? – but you can pre-download it right now to be extra prepared for the upcoming arena battles.

The Minecraft 15th anniversary sale continues with some huge discounts on Minecraft titles. It ends on June 4, though, so if you’ve been putting it off, get online now and grab yourself something blocky to play on your Switch.

Meanwhile, with the recent release of Paper Mariol The Thousand-Year Door, Mario Run has a special limited-time event during which you can collect special Paper Mario statues. It’s fun to collect these special items as they appear, so let us know which ones you’ve managed to snag!

There’s a long list of other games to tempt your digital wallets, so let’s get to it! Check out the laest games to hit the Switch below and let us know what you’re playing this weekend.

Nintendo Switch

  • STAR WARS: Hunters – Choose your Hunter and fight for glory in this new 4 vs. 4 arena shooter! Dive into this free-to-play experience where strategy and skill pave the way to victory. Battle as heroes of the Rebellion, Imperial stormtroopers and everything in between. Join forces with friends and conquer the battlefield on your journey to fame in the Arena. Customize each Hunter by collecting and equipping them with fun and unique costumes, animations and weapon appearances, making for an impressive competitor that stands out on the battlefield! Pre-load this free-to-play game today, and battle for galactic supremacy when STAR WARS: Hunters launches on June 4!

Digital spotlight

  • An Interesting New Perspective – Today is National Creativity Day! Get inspired with these games available on the Nintendo Switch system that will have you thinking outside of the ? Block. Play, create and share the side-scrolling Super Mario courses of your dreams using a wide range of parts, tools and more in the Super Mario Maker 2 game. Use Link’s powerful Ultrahand and Fuse abilities to make audacious weapons and craft inventive ways to travel across the landscape in the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom game. Or, put your strategizing skills to the test by caring for your loyal and curious squad of Pikmin while leading them into dangerous situations in the Pikmin 4 game.

 Nintendo Mobile

  • Running Through the Pages – To celebrate the release of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door game for Nintendo Switch, themed missions will appear for a limited time in the Super Mario Run game for mobile devices! Complete missions to get in-game statues of paper-thin versions of Mario and his companions. These missions are available until June 27 at 12 a.m. PT. You must update Super Mario Run to the latest version to participate. For more information, visit the official site: https://supermariorun.com/en/index.html.

Nintendo eShop sales

Also new this week in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch: