Does each family member need a Nintendo Account?

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.
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Do you need a separate Nintendo Account for each user?

In order to use all the features offered on Nintendo Switch, a Nintendo Account must be linked with a user account on your console. *Only one Nintendo Account can be linked to each user. *Once linked, you cannot change your user account to link to a different Nintendo Account.
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Do each of my kids need their own Nintendo Account?

Parents and guardians can create and manage individual Nintendo Accounts for children ages 12 and younger. This lets everyone in the family have fun earning and redeeming My Nintendo points on their own accounts, while letting you stay in control of the family group.
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Can I share my Nintendo account with family?

Nintendo Switch Online family membership benefits are shared to all family group members., or adding new child accounts. Child accounts under 13 cannot have registered email addresses, must be created as part of a family group, and are automatically set as Supervised in the family group..
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Do I need a family or individual Nintendo membership?

Can my individual membership be used by other user profiles on my Nintendo Switch? 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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What is the point of a Nintendo family membership?

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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What is the difference between individual and family Nintendo Accounts?

You can choose from individual memberships (for 1 Nintendo Account) or family memberships - which provide the service to everyone in a Nintendo Account family group (up to 8 members total). (7 days). The free trial is only available in US, Canada, and Mexico.
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Can 2 people use the same Nintendo Account?

As a rule, games store save data by user account. If you share your console with your family, create a user for each person. (Up to 8 users can be created.)
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Can 2 kids use the same Nintendo Account?

Children under age 13 can only have a Nintendo Account if they are added to an existing Nintendo Account by a parent or guardian. Once you complete the registration process, you can add Nintendo Accounts for up to 5 children to your account, and manage the settings for each child that you add.
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Can multiple people use the same Nintendo Account?

A Nintendo Account family group allows up to 8 Nintendo Account users to connect together into one group.
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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. They cannot be linked to Google accounts or Apple IDs.
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Can each user on a switch have their own Nintendo Account?

Steps for creating a new user account. It can be linked to a Nintendo Account to enable the system's online features. Up to 8 user accounts can be created on each Nintendo Switch system. on your Nintendo Switch and linking a Nintendo Account.
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Can my child and I share a switch account on different switch?

Digital games and downloadable content are tied to the Nintendo Account that purchased them. Other people can only play your digital content if they are playing on your primary consoleNintendo Accounts can be linked to multiple Nintendo Switch consoles, but can only have one primary console.
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Do I need 2 Nintendo switches if I have 2 kids?

1 switch is the primary. It can play games under any profile. The other switch is the secondary. It can only play games under the profile that purchased as long as that profile isn't playing the game under the profile that purchased on the primary Switch.
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What is the difference between a Nintendo Account and a switch account?

A Nintendo Account is used for Nintendo Switch online services (including the Nintendo Switch eShop), smart device applications (like Super Mario Run), off-device software purchases, and the My Nintendo loyalty service. A Nintendo Account is created off-device (through the Nintendo Account website).
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Can you share switch games with family?

Do you have games you want to share with friends and family? Luckily, Nintendo allows you to game share on the Switch console. You'll just need to log into a friend's Switch and set their console as the primary console. Afterwards, you'll be able to redownload games from the eShop.
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How do I link my child's Nintendo Account to switch?

Complete these steps
  1. Select System Settings on the HOME Menu.
  2. Scroll down to highlight Users, then select the user you want to link to to access the Profile Settings.
  3. Select Link Nintendo Account.
  4. Sign in to your Nintendo Account. ...
  5. Select Link to link your Nintendo Account to the user account on the console.
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Can my son use My Nintendo account?

If you already have a Nintendo Account: 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.
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How many users can one Nintendo Account have?

Up to eight user accounts can be created on a Nintendo Switch console. 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 console's online features will be available.
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Can my child use my Nintendo online account?

With a Family Membership, up to eight Nintendo Accounts in a family group can use Nintendo Switch Online services—even if everyone lives under a different roof. You can set restrictions for each supervised account via parental controls.
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Do I have to buy Switch games twice?

Yes and no. DLC only applies for the account that purchased it. The exception to this is Primary Console which allows all users on the same console to access digital purchases, including DLC. So for you to enjoy the DLC on the same console, no you do not need to buy the same digital content twice.
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What does linking a Nintendo Account do?

Each individual player on Nintendo Switch can create their own user account (up to 8 per system), to manage personal settings and save data. Linking a Nintendo Account to a user account also provides access to the following online features: Access online game modes (online multiplayer, global rankings, DLC, etc)
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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.
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Is a Nintendo switch online account worth it?

For everything that it brings (online functionality, older console catalogs, some games DLCs), Nintendo Switch Online is already worth it. It's cheaper than other subscriptions of its type, and the number of goodies is good enough.
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Can siblings share Nintendo Switch games?

Yes. 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.
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