Nintendo Switch August Highlights | Trailers and News

In some places in the world, it’s summer. Nintendo has dropped some hot news in its Nintendo Switch August Highlights about what you can look forward to as a valuable Nintendo Switch owner in August. AIR Entertainment is a huge fan of Switch games, as you can see in some of our game reviews here:

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With the Nintendo Switch August Highlights, we see some games we’re eager to get our hands on for reviews, and we’ll do our best to do just that. With no further ado, here are the highlights as well as some neat game trailers.

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Nintendo Switch August Highlights

Animal Crossing: New Summer Update

• Link to game: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Nintendo Switch August Highlights: Sunday night fireworks and new distant lands
• Expected update launch date: 1 August 2020
• Full game price: £49.99

Paper Mario: The Origami King

• Link to game: Paper Mario: The Origami King
• Nintendo Switch August Highlights: Mario’s crafty quest
• Full game price: £49.99

Pokkén Tournament DX

• Link to game: Pokkén Tournament DX
• Nintendo Switch August Highlights: Free for Nintendo Switch Online members, with 30% sale for everyone else
• Expected update launch date: Free until 3 August, discount until 11 August
• Full game price: £49.99 (£34.99 during sale period)

TETRIS 99 Online Crossover Event

• Link to event: TETRIS® 99 Grand Prix 15
• Nintendo Switch August Highlights: TETRIS® 99 x Paper Mario: The Origami King crossover online event
• Event details: Each round lets you earn points, with more awarded the higher you place. If you reach 100 points, you’ll receive the exclusive Paper Mario: The Origami King theme to use in TETRIS 99 permanently.
• Expected update launch date: 31 July – 4 August 2020
• Full game price: £0

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions

• Link to game: Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
• Nintendo Switch August Highlights: New game launch
• Expected update launch date: 28 August 2020
• Full game price: TBA

Double Gold Points Fest

Nintendo Switch August Highlights: Earn 10% of your money back as Gold Points until 12 August 2020 when you buy any of these selected titles:

• DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition: £49.99
• LAYTON’S MYSTERY JOURNEY™: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy – Deluxe Edition: £34.99
• Snipperclips – Cut it out, together!: £17.99
• Fire Emblem – Three Houses: £49.99
• Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: £24.29
• The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim: £49.99
• Astral Chain: £49.99
• Kirby Star Allies: £49.99
• Dragon Quest Builders 2: £49.99
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2: £49.99
• Captain Toad – Treasure Tracker: £34.99
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 – The Black Order: £49.99

Nintendo eShop August Sale

This month, there is a stellar sale on some of the top Switch games in the eShop. Some games have a whopping 95% sale for a limited time period! There are 27 pages worth of discounts, which is way too much for us to cover in this article. We suggest that you visit the eShop promotions page to see if there are any games in which you may be interested.

August Switch Games We’re Looking Forward To Reviewing

We’ve recently posted a list of the games that will be released in August. As always, we’ll be trying to get our hands on any of these games for review from the publishers and developers. There are quite a few of those games releasing on the Switch, so we’ll make sure to review them where possible.

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