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What is Nintendo child ID?

A child account is a Nintendo Account that can be created by parents (or guardians) for their children under the age of 18, without the need to use a dedicated email address or social media account. To create an account for a child, a parent or guardian must have a Nintendo Account of their own.
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How do I find my childs Nintendo ID?

Your child's Nintendo Account will appear in the “Family group” area of your account settings. You can adjust settings such as purchase restrictions for Nintendo eShop and Nintendo.com for each account.
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What is a child Nintendo Account?

An account for a child is a Nintendo Account that allows users under 13 (and up to 17) years of age to use the Nintendo Account services. An account for a child can be created and managed through a parent or guardian's account.
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What is your Nintendo Account ID?

Your sign-in ID can be found in the "Nintendo Account" section of the User Settings on a Nintendo Switch system. From the HOME Menu, select the System Settings icon, scroll down and select Users, then select your User—the first three characters of the sign-in ID display in parentheses after "Nintendo Account".
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What is the difference between a Nintendo Account and a child account?

Nintendo Accounts for children can be created for users age 0 through 17. General Nintendo Accounts can only be created by users age 13 and older who have an email account. Nintendo Accounts for children can be linked to a Nintendo Network ID only.
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How to Create Child Account on Nintendo Switch?

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.
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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.
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Is Nintendo ID the same as Nintendo Account?

What is the difference between a Nintendo Account and a Nintendo Network ID? A Nintendo Account enables the participation in My Nintendo rewards programme. A Nintendo Network ID is required to use the online services offered on the Nintendo 3DS system and Wii U console.
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What is Nintendo ID on switch?

Nintendo Network ID is a unique identifier made up of 6 to 16 characters that allows you to access certain Nintendo Network services.
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What is My Nintendo switch ID name?

If you've used an online Nintendo service before, you probably already have a Nintendo account. Log in via this page and check out your user profile. Near the bottom of the page, you'll see a "User ID" field.
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Why do I have to pay for a child's Nintendo 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.
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Do I have to pay for a Nintendo child account?

A one-time charge of $0.50 is required for the first Nintendo Account for a child that is added to a parent/guardian's Nintendo Account. This verifies that a parent or guardian has granted permission for the child to have a Nintendo Account.
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How do I use My Nintendo child account?

If you already have a Nintendo Account:
  1. Sign in to your Nintendo Account.
  2. Select "Family Group", then "Add member", followed by "Create a child account".
  3. Next, enter information for the child who will use the account.
  4. After confirming the content, select OK.
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Can a Nintendo child account play online?

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.
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How do I add my Nintendo membership to my child account?

Complete these steps
  1. Log in to the admin Nintendo Account for the family group. If you don't yet have a Nintendo Account, visit the Nintendo Account website to create one.
  2. Click Nintendo Account in the upper-left corner of the screen to access your account settings.
  3. Select Family group.
  4. Select Add member.
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How do I link Nintendo ID?

How to Link a Nintendo Network ID to a Nintendo Account
  1. Go to the Nintendo Account website and sign in to your Nintendo Account.
  2. Click User info, then scroll down to the Linked accounts section and click Edit. ...
  3. Click the box next to Nintendo Network ID.
  4. Follow the on-screen steps to add your NNID and password.
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Is your Nintendo ID your friend code?

A friend code is a unique number issued to users who are linked to a Nintendo Account. If someone tells you their friend code, you can enter it here to send them a friend request.
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What is my Nintendo Network ID password?

Select the Mii on the User Select screen. When prompted for your password, select I Forgot. Select Send. An e-mail with a temporary password will be sent to the e-mail address associated to your Nintendo Network ID.
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Do you need Nintendo Network ID?

A Nintendo Network ID is required for each player on the system. Any user accounts that are not linked to a Nintendo Network ID will not be able to access the system's online features.
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What are the limitations on a Nintendo child account?

Nintendo Accounts can only be created by users age 13 and older. However, Nintendo Account users age 18 and older can create and add up to five Nintendo Accounts for children (age 17 and under) to their Nintendo Account.
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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).
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Can you remove child account from Nintendo Account?

The parent/guardian should log in to their account and click Family group. Click the child's account that you want to delete. Click Other Settings. Click Delete child account.
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Can a child Nintendo Account play fortnite?

You'll be prompted to ask permission from your parent. Check the parent's email used for their Nintendo account for the permission request email. Open that email and click on the link and sign into the parent account to approve sharing of information with Epic Games.
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How do I share games with my child account switch?

Set-Up Family Group
  1. Open the Nintendo Parental Controls app.
  2. Tap settings and then your User.
  3. Select the Family Group.
  4. Add family members to the group via the Add A Member button.
  5. Once you have the child added to the family, tap their icon.
  6. Specify their settings in the menu.
  7. Tap Save.
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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.
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