Nintendo eShop closed down, seems to be due to demo demand for Monster Hunter Rise [Updated]

Nintendo has confirmed that the power outage has ended, and IGN can access the Nintendo eShop (and download the Monster Hunter demo). NintendoeShop is currently closed due to unplanned “emergency maintenance”. Released Monster Hunter Rise demo.

At the time of writing, the eShop has been closed for at least 4 hours. Nintendo’s Japanese customer support Twitter account has repeatedly apologized for this issue, but did not provide a timeline for the fix.

Although Nintendo or Capcom did not comment specifically on this connection, the outage coincided with the release of the “Monster Hunter Rise” demo version, which includes two missions and two upcoming Switch exclusive tutorials.

Yesterday’s Monster Hunter live broadcast revealed many new monsters and detailed information about the game, including new features that allow you to ride monsters (features that can be tested in the demo).

The demo is 1

.6GB in size, and the task can be played up to 30 times before its closing date on February 1. If you are unable to download, we will provide videos about the Great Izuchi mission and Mizutsune mission for you to view.

If you are interested in purchasing the game before it arrives on March 26th, here are the contents included in each version of Monster Hunter Rise.

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