Can you have a family Nintendo Account?

A Nintendo Account family group allows up to 8 Nintendo Account users to connect together into one group. Family groups can include: One admin account to manage the group. General Nintendo Accounts.

Can I share my Nintendo account with family?

Up to 7 additional members can be added to a Nintendo Account family group. When any member of a family group purchases a Nintendo Switch Online family membership, the Nintendo Switch Online service is available to everyone in the family group. Each family group has one admin.

Does each family member need their own Nintendo Account?

As with a Nintendo Switch Online membership, each Nintendo Account needs an Individual Membership or needs to be part of a Family Membership to access Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack benefits.

Can 2 people use the same Nintendo Account?

No, you cannot link multiple Nintendo Network IDs to a Nintendo Account. Only one Nintendo Network ID can be linked to a Nintendo Account.

What does Nintendo family membership do?

Players using a family membership can access the Nintendo Switch Online service via the same Nintendo Switch system or multiple systems – everyone does not have to use the same system. Multiple users on the same console are not automatically covered by a family membership.

How to add people to your Nintendo Family online account

How much is Nintendo family membership?

Don't forget—you can team up with seven other people with a Family Membership! Each of you can enjoy all the benefits of a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack for only about $10 per person a year—share the fun and share the savings!

How many users can be linked to a Nintendo Account?

Up to 8 Nintendo Accounts can be linked to a Nintendo Switch console at a time.

How many people can share a Nintendo Account?

A Nintendo Account family group allows up to 8 Nintendo Account users to connect together into one group. Family groups can include: One admin account to manage the group.

Can you share games on Switch family plan?

While the Switch does allow you to add multiple accounts to a single family unit, this won't actually allow you to share most games. Instead, you'll simply have to designate a primary game-buying account, and hope against hope that people don't want to play the same titles at the same time.

Why does Nintendo charge for child account?

A one-time fee of $0.50 is charged to verify that a parent or guardian has provided consent. This one-time payment is a commonly used and accepted parental control method required so that parents have the chance to see the payment on their credit card statement, and to alert Nintendo if consent was improperly provided.

What is the Switch family plan?

The Nintendo Switch Online family plan is a group plan for online services, granting multiple users access to online multiplayer features in games, a library of NES and SNES games, cloud storage for game data, voice chat via a smartphone app, and special offers on games and hardware.

Does each Switch user need an online account?

Nintendo Switch Online Limitations & Fine Print

You will be able to log into multiple Nintendo Switches with your Nintendo Switch account even without an Online Subscription. On Nintendo Switches that are not your primary console, you can play your digital games as long you retain an internet connection.

Does each account need Nintendo online?

If one player purchases a family membership, the others will still need to be added to the family group to use the service. The Nintendo Switch Online membership will automatically apply to everyone in the family group, including people that are added to the group later.

What is the difference between single and family Nintendo membership?

An “Individual Membership” covers one person's Nintendo Account using the service, whereas a “Family Membership” covers up to 8 different accounts.

How do I set up a family Switch plan?

How many consoles can you have on Switch family membership?

The Family Group setting allows you to group up to eight Nintendo Accounts (including Child Accounts) together as one Family Group.

Can you make 2 Nintendo Accounts with the same email?

'' Only a single email address can be linked to one Nintendo Account. If the email address you have entered is already registered, it cannot be used again.

Why can't other users play my games on Switch?

Please note that you can set one console per Nintendo Account as your primary console. If you change the primary console for your Nintendo Account, your games will not be playable by others on the system unless you make it the primary one again for your Nintendo Account.

How do I unsupervised my child's Nintendo Account?

Select "Family group." Select the Nintendo Account that you want to stop supervising. Select "Lift parental controls restrictions." This restriction cannot be lifted for users who are under the age of 16 OR who have not yet registered an email address to their Nintendo Account (age 16 and over only).

Can a Nintendo child account play my games?

Can other people play my games on Nintendo Switch? All user accounts on your primary Nintendo Switch console can play games you've purchased with your Nintendo Account.

Do I need to buy a Nintendo Switch for each child?

If they plan to play nothing but multiplayer games then one Switch is all you need as the cost of extra controllers nullifies the savings you get when buying the Switch Lite. If they want to play different games at the same time then it's best for them to have their own Switch Lite.

Can two switches play Mario Kart with one game?

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe supports wireless play, allowing up to 8 players to connect multiple Nintendo Switch consoles together via a local wireless connection.

Can I download the same game on two different switches?

To do it, one system needs to be signed into the account used to purchase the digital game. Then log into the eShop and deregister that Switch as the primary system. On a second system, log into the account with the game in question. This will make the second console the account's primary system.

Can two switches use the same game card?

In addition any digitally purchased game can be "shared" to other switches. To do that you must log into the second switch with the same account you used to purchase the game and set it as your new Primary switch in the settings. This allows you to download it.