Does each family member need a 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.

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.

Can multiple users use the same Nintendo Account?

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+.

Can a family share one Nintendo Account?

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.

How many accounts can you have on a family membership from Nintendo?

A Nintendo Account family group allows up to 8 Nintendo Account users to connect together into one group.

How to Set Up a Nintendo Switch Online Family Membership

Can Nintendo family members 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.

Can multiple accounts play the same game on Switch?

Anyone that uses your primary Nintendo Switch console will be able to play games you've purchased with your Nintendo Account*. Please note that you can set one console per Nintendo Account as your primary console.

Can you share Nintendo Switch games with family same console?

Yes, you can. Even if your family members are using their accounts on different Nintendo Switch consoles, if you have a Family Membership and create a Family Group, then each account can use the Nintendo Swich Online services. You don't need to use the same Nintendo Switch as the person who purchased the membership.

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.

Do I need to create a separate Nintendo Account for my child?

A Nintendo Account is required to receive and redeem My Nintendo points. Parents and guardians can create and manage individual Nintendo Accounts for children ages 12 and younger.

Do both people need Nintendo online?

Do all family members need to use the same console or live in the same household? No. A Nintendo Switch Online family membership is linked to the Nintendo Account - not a specific Nintendo Switch console. It can be used on any Nintendo Switch console that the member signs in from.

How do I share my Nintendo online with family?

What is Nintendo family membership?

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 family and individual Nintendo membership?

There are two types of Nintendo Switch Online membership. There are two ways to become a member of Nintendo Switch Online, as an individual or as part of a family group. An “Individual Membership” covers one person's Nintendo Account using the service, whereas a “Family Membership” covers up to 8 different accounts.

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.

Does every account on a Switch need online?

Nintendo Online is only needed for multiplayer over the internet, however. Those without a subscription can still use the Switch's Local Wireless Play feature between two Switch consoles, with up to three players on each console.

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.

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).

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).

What happens to a Nintendo child account when they turn 18?

A child account can be created for any child under the age of 18. Please note that once a child account is created, it will not turn into a general Nintendo Account even once the user turns 18.

What happens to a child Nintendo Account?

Nintendo Accounts for children are automatically added as a supervised account to the parent/guardian's family group. Parental controls for off-device and Nintendo Switch eShop purchases (for both child and supervised accounts) can be set through the parent/guardian's Nintendo Account.

How do I Create a Nintendo Account for my child?

Sign in to your Nintendo Account. Select "Family Group", then "Add member", followed by "Create a child account". Next, enter information for the child who will use the account. After confirming the content, select OK.