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How many people can be on a 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!
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Can I share my Nintendo family membership?

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.
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What is the max members in Nintendo family plan?

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. To learn more about the benefits of a family membership, please read Information About Nintendo Switch Online Family Memberships.
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How many users can share a Nintendo Account?

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.
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Can you be in two family groups in Nintendo?

Within a family group: All general accounts can leave and join a different group. All supervised accounts can be transferred directly to a different family group. For information about the different roles in a family group, click here.
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How to Set Up a Nintendo Switch Online Family Membership

Can all family members play Switch 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.
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Can I have 2 switches on one 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. On the primary console, any other users can play the games you downloaded with your Nintendo Account.
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Do I need separate Nintendo Account for each user?

Please note that you can register one primary console per Nintendo Account. Once you've registered a primary console, your digital purchases can be played by anyone that uses the primary console. Other players will not be able to access your digital games on a non-primary console.
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How much is Nintendo family plan?

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.
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How many slots does Nintendo Switch family plan have?

The Family Membership is the only plan available that allows you to share, and permits the creation of a big account named 'Family Group', in which a maximum of 8 Nintendo accounts may be linked.
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What does adding someone to your Nintendo family 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.
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What is the point of Nintendo family group?

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.
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How do I merge two Nintendo family accounts?

No. We are not able to combine two different Nintendo Accounts together into one. 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.
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What is the difference between Nintendo Online family Plan and expansion pack?

Overall, both the Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo Switch Expansion Pack memberships offer up a lot of similar features, with the main difference being that the Expansion Pack gives players the chance to play Sega Genesis, N64, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games, as well as DLC for two iconic Nintendo titles.
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What comes with Switch 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Can you play Mario Kart on two switches 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.
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Can you share Nintendo switch online family with friends?

📍 A family group can contain up to 8 people. 📍 All members of a family group have access to the Nintendo Switch Online service as long as one of the members has a subscription.
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Why won't Nintendo let me leave family group?

Admin Nintendo Accounts cannot leave the family group. You will need to transfer the admin role to another family group member first. Supervised Nintendo Accounts cannot leave the family group. A parent/guardian in your family group will need to remove the Supervised status from your account first.
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How many kids can play Nintendo Switch at once?

You'll be able to play select games for up to two players with the included Joy-Con (one controller per person).
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Can 5 people play Nintendo Switch at once?

[Switch] How many controllers can I pair with my console at the same time? Regardless of controller type (Joy-Con, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, etc.), you can pair up to eight controllers with your Nintendo Switch console simultaneously.
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Can you play 8 player Mario Kart with 2 switches?

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