Wait....so what happens if I ever lose my Switch? I won't be able to redownload the game?
Why are people just saying to change the eShop region to use the JP eShop?
Starting to think this may have been a mistake.
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Wait....so what happens if I ever lose my Switch? I won't be able to redownload the game?
Why are people just saying to change the eShop region to use the JP eShop?
Starting to think this may have been a mistake.
Inspectah_Deck
Member
For amazon.jp yes, but not for the Switch?
-change existing Nintendo Account region to jp
-redeem code in eShop
-download game
-change region back
-have the game marked as purchased/redownloadable in your region eShop
Yeah earlier in the thread someone confirms it
You have to change your account region to Japan and then change it back after
Alternatively: just quickly set up a free new email address and then a free new Nintendo account (like your normal username/address but with JPN on the end).
Once you have the code, log into your new free Japanese account on the Switch, navigate the JPN eshop with Google's help, and put in the code there.
Once it's downloaded on your Switch via your Japanese account, any account on the Switch can play it, including your Canadian one.
Of course you can. Once it's linked to your account you can download it forever. Just log back into your account.
DarkConfidant
Member
You go to Nintendo's accoubt website, change your region from Canda to Japan.
Then you redeem the code.
Afterwards you can switch *snap* back to Canada on the website.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Is South Africa considered PAL?
That seems way easier than opening up a second Nintendo account. Why do people think that's the easier method?
Inspectah_Deck
Member
Because they use eShop cards and not CC.
You can only change the region if your balance is 0.
Yes
Sanpei
Member
- https://accounts.nintendo.com/
- Profile > Edit
- Change Region (to which country you want)
- Redeem code from switch
- Change back to your original region
- download and play...
Inspectah_Deck
Member
+you have all the gold coins one one account.
Every time in the future you want to do this you'll have to go through the Region-change rigamarole and then back again.
Make a new region-specific email address and account for each region you want to use, and keep a ledger of them, and you can easily and quickly buy from as many regions as you want at once. You just open the Profile on your Switch for whatever region, make the purchase, and bang you're done.
I've bought from US, Russia and Japan so far. Imagine now, instead of just opening up each of those profiles (which are just sitting there on my Switch dashboard), I'd have to go to the website two times for each one and swap back and forth. Especially imagine it in a year or two once there are even more frequent releases on the console.
Edit: and you can also play the game with ANY account once it's downloaded, including your main/default one. No loss of progress or benefits or whathaveyou.
Lol you just compared going to a website and changing location preference to something that requires keeping a ledger. You do you, but I'm fine this way haha.
...would that not be true of the other method to? Why would it be locked to one account?]
Blam
Member
You would just relogin to the account you made. But this is also assuming you're using eShop.
Also knowing Microsoft's partnership with Nintendo I'd rather get this setup well in advance if they ever put a limit on switching back and forth between regions. I already have 3 accounts setup for different regions since it's so damn easy to make em.
Edit: You also can have all of them under one email using gmail's system with the + sign. Example being mynintendogames@gmail.com being your email just do mynintendogames+jp@gmail.com and it goes to the same place.
Also can do my.nintendogames@gmail.com (Just add a dot anywhere and it'll go to the same place).
Woah, what? I've never heard of this.
Blam
Member
You can I'm pretty sure add multiple + signs into your email, and I know this is the same with the "." if you add it into your email. And if you use gmail filtering you can label all your Japanese emails, Nintendo all that into their own place by just filtering the +nintendo/jp and it works just like magic.
I bought the Norwegian season pass to my German Breath of the Wild physical copy and it was added without any issues. I also bought Fast RMX on my Austrian account and when I switch zu my Japanese account and look into the eshop then I can see Fast RMX as already bought.
You buy games once and then they are yours, it doesn't matter which region you bought them from as they are essentially(probably) all the same games. I'd change my account country to Japan if I were you and then use the code in the eshop, change it back to Canada afterwards. You can only do this if your account has no balance though. -In the end it won't matter though, just make sure to have your Japanese Account linked to the system so your switch will recognize the game as bought. -if you remove the account, then the game will be gone too, it's Nintendos way of handling accounts, every account can only be linked on one Switch at the same time.
You're missing the point, and it doesn't really need a ledger. You can just use the same password across all of them but suffix the password, like add -jpn, -usa, etc on the end. Easy to remember.
My way: you never need to leave the Switch. You can access any store you want while lying on your sofa, in bed, etc. You can buy from any of them immediately and use it on your default account/any of your accounts.
Your way: Fine once or twice, pop to the website, possibly jump through a hoop, lots of fiddling and clicking in my experience - but if you do this a few times a year or more it's a faff and you can't just browse and buy from any store at your leisure.
And yes, this is a classic trick too.
If your email address is myname@gmail.com you can make another nintendo account but put in m.yname@gmail.com. Gmail doesn't care, it all goes to the same place, but you can be cheeky and have multiple Nintendo accounts linked to one email.
The reason I didn't recommend this is that certain tech-savvy systems and websites cleverly dodge this and tell their account systems to ignore punctuation before @s.
For anyone who has done this with a game before (bought a Japanese version to play in North America), how does switching the languages work? You just go through in-game menus? Or does it change automatically? Does it mean that the name of the game on the home menu will be in Japanese characters?
Sorry for the dumb questions, I've just never done this before.
Sorry for the dumb questions, I've just never done this before.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
If you have eShop credit on your US account, can you use that to purchase it from the Japan store?
jts
...hate me...
If any of you guys are from Europe just buy off Amazon.fr or Amazon.co.uk. Price is about the same and you can redeem the code if you have an european account, without even changing regions.
edit: sorry didn't realise it had already been discussed and some people are having trouble getting it. Got mine a few days ago with no issue.
edit: sorry didn't realise it had already been discussed and some people are having trouble getting it. Got mine a few days ago with no issue.
I believe it follows your Switch's language so it changes automatically.
Z..
Member
Let's be honest, it's even more accurate to say the scores so far are 4 different perfect scores (famitsu is 4 reviews, after all) and one 9/10.
But yes, is he high?
pretty done
Member
Got the deal on Amazon.fr. Sweet.
Half an hour or so later, my phone rings. I was in the middle of my primary school class. Eight kids aged 5 to 10. Total chaos. I pick up the phone. A French lady begins talking to me. She wanted to confirmed that I had actually made that purchase on Amazon.fr. The kids continue screaming. She halts. I ask her if we could speak in English. My French is serviceable, but I wouldn't be able to answer properly to her if she wanted to ask me some elaborate questions, with the kids rioting in the background. She switches to English, only asks me if I had made the purchase and that's it. OK, thanks, bye!
Weird. I had never had someone from Amazon call me to confirm my transaction. Poor French lady. She must have thought I was torturing some kids.
Half an hour or so later, my phone rings. I was in the middle of my primary school class. Eight kids aged 5 to 10. Total chaos. I pick up the phone. A French lady begins talking to me. She wanted to confirmed that I had actually made that purchase on Amazon.fr. The kids continue screaming. She halts. I ask her if we could speak in English. My French is serviceable, but I wouldn't be able to answer properly to her if she wanted to ask me some elaborate questions, with the kids rioting in the background. She switches to English, only asks me if I had made the purchase and that's it. OK, thanks, bye!
Weird. I had never had someone from Amazon call me to confirm my transaction. Poor French lady. She must have thought I was torturing some kids.
Thanks. So it goes, place the preroder, some time before launch it charges + get the code, download the game, then it unlocks 26 Oct 00:01 Japan Time. Correct?
The above post about getting a call has me spooked. I've just entered a bogus number.
Megatron
Member
callhitman
Member
Want it a day early so I got it from Japanese Amazon. I had an account from when I got arms with it. Hope all goes well be nice getting the game at 5am in kauai on the 26th. Plan on getting a cabana on the beach all day Thursday and playing this game chilling.
PhazonBlazer
Member
So is it possible to cancel this if something goes wrong?
You're still paying for Amazon Prime though
Changing your region kills any balance you have so it is not good for those who buy eShop cards with discounts
Reptars Revenge
Member
Lol do you mean M.O.? but yeah I def agree.
I assume you just mean you can't use your balance in the other region. Not that it actually DELETES your old balance when you switch.
SirNinja
Member
Since you apparently come from an alternate reality in which Mario games don't sell eleventeen zillion copies, let me assure you: Odyssey's going to sell very, very well. If you're at all concerned that it won't, you're probably also worried about whether or not the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
Naked Snake
Member
Are you sure? I don't think it worked that way on 3DS eShop. I remember switching to Brazil to buy cheaper games and when i went back to US my balance was there.