Nintendo Reveals Important Information About Switch Ahead of Online Service Arrival

Written by Brandon Hofer on September 12, 2018

News: Make sure that everything on your Nintendo Switch is set up correctly before September 18 arrives.

Nintendo revealed earlier today that their online service is going to launch on September 18th. There will be a Nintendo Direct tomorrow (September 13th) that will give us some more details on that as well as some more games. We just received an interesting notice from Nintendo in our e-mail though that everyone should see. The notice, in its entirety, is below:

”Hello,

On 9/18, your Nintendo Switch will be receiving a system update, version 6.0.0. Afterwards, it will no longer be possible to unlink your Nintendo Account from your Nintendo Switch user profile. Prior to this change, you should verify that your Nintendo Account or your child’s Nintendo Account is linked to the correct user profile.

For example, please confirm that the parent’s or legal guardian’s Nintendo Switch user profile is linked to the parent’s or guardian’s Nintendo Account, and that the child’s Nintendo Switch user profile is linked to his or her child account.

By ensuring that your Nintendo Account is linked to the correct user profile, you will be able to appropriately manage your save data, Nintendo Switch Online membership, and Nintendo eShop content.”

The Nintendo Switch service and the update to the Switch firmware arrive in approximately six days. Be sure to have everything in order before that happens. Even if you aren’t going to purchase Nintendo’s online service, you still need to make sure everything is how you want it before September 18th arrives.

If you do want to purchase the Nintendo Online service prior to September 18th so you will be good to go, you can purchase it by clicking one of the links below:

Best Buy

Amazon

GameStop

Do you plan on purchasing Nintendo’s online service? It will cost $3.99 for one month, $7.99 for three months or $19.99 for a full year. Tell us what you think below.