Can you have two primary consoles?

You can have one primary console at a time for your Nintendo Account

Nintendo Account

A Nintendo Account is an account that is required for using certain services from Nintendo, such as Nintendo Switch online services (including access to the Nintendo Switch eShop), off-device software purchases and the My Nintendo loyalty service.

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Nintendo Account Overview

. The first Nintendo Switch console you use to connect to Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch will become your primary console. While using the primary console, any user account on the console can play the downloadable content you have purchased.

Can I have 2 Nintendo switches with the same account?

You can link your Nintendo Account to multiple Nintendo Switch consoles and play your games on any of them using your Nintendo Account. Only one of the consoles can act as the primary console.

How do I have two primary switches?

A Nintendo account holder can change which Switch console is their primary at any time. This is done by logging into the eShop on the primary console, going to account settings, and choosing the deactivate console option. After that, the next Switch that logs into the eShop will automatically become primary.

Can I play a Switch game on two consoles?

Redownload the games or content you want to access on each Nintendo Switch console. On any of your consoles, select your downloaded game from the HOME Menu to begin playing the game on that console. You will not be able to use the same Nintendo Account to access games on multiple consoles simultaneously.

How many times can you change primary console Switch?

Set your new Switch as the primary console

A single Switch can be the primary console for as many accounts as you want, but each account can only set one Switch as its primary.

Game Sharing With Multiple Nintendo Switches

What happens when you deregister primary console Switch?

Deregistering one console will allow you to select a different console as the primary console for your Nintendo Account. Each Nintendo Account can have one primary Nintendo Switch console at a time.

Does it matter which Switch is the primary console?

When using a console that is not your primary console, you are the only player that can access downloadable software that you've purchased. Other players will not be able to access your downloadable software on a console that is not the primary console for your Nintendo Account.

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 share my digital Switch games with family?

Digital games are tied to the Nintendo Account that purchased them. All users on a system will be able to play games purchased by any Nintendo Account that has registered the system as their primary console.

Can two switches share physical games?

Yes, Switch games are not tied down to a console, so you can share (lend) a physical game to your friend.

Will I lose my game progress if I get a new switch?

Your save data will be deleted on the source console. *Save data is stored on the console you're currently using. In order to play games with your latest save data on multiple systems, you'll need to transfer the save data each time you use a different console.

How many primary accounts can you have on one switch?

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

Can switches be primary and secondary?

Here's how this works: Primary Switch: Set the other person's Switch as the primary console for your game-owning account. That person then needs to sign in with their own, separate Nintendo account. Secondary Switch: This is your Switch, and you sign into this system with your game-owning account.

Can you transfer games between switches?

If you do not have access to the original console, you can still transfer your Nintendo Account and digital games to a different Nintendo Switch console and make that console your account's primary console.

Do I need separate Nintendo Account for each user?

You'll need a user account in order to play on Nintendo Switch. And if you'd like to use online features, a Nintendo Account must be linked to a user account on your console.

Can you share games on Switch?

As there's no official way to gameshare on Nintendo Switch, you'll have to trust someone to have your username and password so that they can access your account to play certain games.

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.

What is Nintendo family membership?

Purchasing a Nintendo Switch Online Family or Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Family membership provides the Nintendo Switch Online service to everyone in the purchaser's Nintendo Account family group (up to 8 Nintendo Account users). Family memberships can be purchased by anyone aged 18+.

Does Nintendo family plan work on multiple devices?

A Family Membership is $34.99 for 12 months and allows 8 Nintendo Account holders to access Nintendo Switch Online from the same or even separate consoles!

How many switches do you need for 8 player Mario Kart?

Two to Eight Nintendo Switches

Two- to eight-player wireless multiplayer, each on one Switch screen.

Do both switches need the game to play multiplayer?

Each Switch will need its own copy of the game, whether digital or physical. in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, two people can play in local wireless from one Switch totallying up to eight players.

Do you need 2 switches for Mario Kart home circuit?

One Nintendo Switch system is required. Each player needs their own controller and their own kart (Mario or Luigi). Local Wireless: Up to four players with their own Nintendo Switch system and Mario or Luigi kart can race together over Local Wireless Communication.

How do I remotely deactivate a primary switch?

Using a web browser, visit accounts.nintendo.com. Sign in to the Nintendo Account you wish to deregister the primary console for. Select "Shop Menu". Select "Deregister Primary Console".

Why can't I unlink my Nintendo Account?

Once a Nintendo Account is linked to a user account, this link cannot be undone. The associated user account must also be deleted to unlink a Nintendo Account from a Nintendo Switch console.

What is the maximum Switch accounts?

You can have up to 8 user accounts on a single Nintendo Switch console.