Can you link more than one Nintendo Account to a switch?

Please note that you can link up to 8 Nintendo Accounts to a single Nintendo Switch console. Games that you've purchased are playable by everyone on the active Nintendo Switch console for your Nintendo Account. You may find information about moving your Nintendo Account (and purchases) between consoles, helpful.

Can two Nintendo Accounts share games?

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.

Do you need a 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.

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.

What does linking a Nintendo Account do?

Linking a Nintendo Account with a user account on Nintendo Switch makes more features accessible, for example: Friend-related features. Posting screenshots/videos on social media networks.

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How much is the family plan for Nintendo Switch Online?

The Family Plan costs $34.99 per year and allows the entire family access to Nintendo Switch Online. To add the expansion pack to this subscription, you pay a total of $79.99 per year.

Do you have to buy switch online for each account?

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.

Does the Nintendo family plan make all the accounts on my switch have online?

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.

What is the difference between switch online and family membership?

Individual memberships are available in 1-month, 3-month, or 1-year increments. A family membership provides the Nintendo Switch Online service to everyone in the purchaser's family group (up to 8 people). Family memberships are available in 12-month increments only.

Can I have 2 separate Nintendo Accounts?

Up to 8 user accounts can be created on the Nintendo Switch. A user account can also be linked to a Nintendo Account at any time after it is created. Once a Nintendo Account is linked to the account, the system's online features will be available.

How much does it cost to link a Nintendo Account?

A Nintendo Account can be created for free (no cost involved).

Does linking a Nintendo Account delete data?

Any Nintendo Accounts linked to the console will not be deleted, but they will be unlinked from the system. After initializing the console, you can create a new user and link to it your Nintendo Account.

What is the $50 plan for Nintendo Switch?

That plan adds a (somewhat limited) library of emulated Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games, plus built-in access to DLC for games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but it costs $50 a year for an individual plan or $80 a year for a family plan.

Do you have to be in the same house for Nintendo family plan?

Can You Share a Nintendo Switch Family Membership With Other Households? You can absolutely share a membership with people from another household. As long as you have their email address and add them to your Family Group, you can share the family membership with anyone.

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.

How many times can you change primary 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.

Do you need two Nintendo Accounts to play online?

No, there's no restriction. A parent account must purchase the Family Membership, but then any Nintendo Account of any age in the Family Group (including Child Accounts) can use the Nintendo Switch Online services. My family members use their own Nintendo Switch consoles.

Can I unlink a Nintendo Account from Switch?

To unlink a single Nintendo Account from a Nintendo Switch console, delete the associated user account. To unlink all Nintendo Accounts from a Nintendo Switch console, initialize the Nintendo Switch console.

What is the point of a family account Nintendo Switch?

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.

How many family members can use Nintendo Switch Online?

Purchasing a Nintendo Switch Online family membership 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).

What is a family membership for Nintendo Switch?

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.

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.