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Oh, boy. I hope that means it will work like the other consoles and I can actually juggle accounts on a single system.
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Kotaku: Up to 8 account per Switch system; Region set by Account setting at creation.
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Region being identified by account sounds like PS3/PS4 account type of system. Which is great!
Well, it's great if you're looking forward to endless 'Nintendo banned my account and took all my digital purchases away from me!' threads.
I fully expect one in February.
their console has the potential to be an indie haven so they better
SenkiDala
Member
moltonasty
Member
If true this is amazing
Yep, early february, explaining all the shit we don't know about yet. Wii U got a similar direct back in the days.
Jaded Alyx
Member
You can already do this on Wii U though.
It's just that currently your console is limited by region.
Crazy Diamond
Member
A Direct is needed at this point. Lay it all out and show it in action, that will pretty much lay all questions to rest.
The user accounts live in the top left corner in the UI.
At worst, you're talking about a minor inconvenience.
Dark Cloud
Member
Hey. I'm glad we're still figuring shit out through the media and not Nintendo themselves...
The Joycons are kind of oval shaped...when combined with the wrist strap and played sideways anyway.
i think i might do physical english game + japanese eshop account combo. games release a bit earlier over there and there's a chance of games only releasing in japanese and there's like zero games that release in US shop that don't in jp.
ideally, they'll use the NNIDs that exist from Wii U and it'll be just a matter of logging in with them once the Switch is out. i already have a japanese NNID ready.
ideally, they'll use the NNIDs that exist from Wii U and it'll be just a matter of logging in with them once the Switch is out. i already have a japanese NNID ready.
I think this isn't true because you can create a MyNintendo account without a system. And if you sign in on a Switch that already have an account from another country, it wouldn't let you do that. That doesn't seem to be the case.
SomedayTheFire
Member
So with this and the cards being read only, does this mean 8 saves for pokemon? Megaton.
Magnet_Man
Member
Perfect. I feel better about buying it when Splatoon 2 drops.
Kotaku's blocked at work so I'll read it later but now I'm wondering if each account needs their own online subscription or if it is shared on the system. Though this won't be an issue if my American profile can play my downloaded JPN games. Of course I can't imagine any other multiplayer games I'd be willing to pay for outside of Splatoon, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros. If we get a TvC port somehow I would die.
Kotaku's blocked at work so I'll read it later but now I'm wondering if each account needs their own online subscription or if it is shared on the system. Though this won't be an issue if my American profile can play my downloaded JPN games. Of course I can't imagine any other multiplayer games I'd be willing to pay for outside of Splatoon, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros. If we get a TvC port somehow I would die.
VegaShinra
Junior Member
There will still be questions. No reason for Nintendo to detail all the online stuff that's not coming until a summer beta.
flatearthpandas
Member
Good news. Been wondering about this since I am already running two different region accounts. Will be nice to be able to buy off of either shop.
When I remember correctly he heard people at Nintendo were pissed at the "leak" and due to that he assumed its real.
Or he said people were pissed and due to that everyone assumed its real. Not sure.
DecoReturns
Member
Sounds about right.
I personally think it's better they didn't mention all this in the presentation. A Direct right before release could do wonders. Even if it caused all this confusion.
Of course they gotta nail the Direct
panama chief
Member
I bet money they do something to fuck this up. Account setup must be done on your phone. Nintendo will confirm with your carrier what region youre in within 24 hours.
carts have always been read only. all past handheld carts such as 3DS carts came with internal save space separate from the rom chip that holds the game itself.
expect Pokemon to be 1 save per cart again.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
That excuse gets a big ¯|_(ツ
_|¯ from me. I like playing all my games on one centralized account so all my playtimes and achievos are in one place. Guess it doesn't matter though if one or both of those features are missing.dangerskew
Member
I'm glad to hear that they are considering adding support for old-gen controllers in a firmware update. Opens up the possibility for my Wii U Pro Controller and the GameCube controller adapter for Smash.
How so? Is there a law against this method of getting games cheaper?
Version 3.0
Member
I wouldn't get excited yet. This is Nintendo. It's going to turn out that all the user accounts have to belong to the same region, or something. Until I see it actually work, I remain skeptical.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Now how many Switch can one account be logged into? That's a more important question.
That excuse gets a big ¯|_(ツ
on wii U, they let you play games purchased from a different NNID. like: i have a canadian and a US NNID and all games purchased with the US one are playable with the canadian one.
granted, the accounts are all tied to the same machine and we don't know if they'll tie them again this time but at least it shows they have let people use games on different accounts than the account that purchased the game.
entremet
Member
Huge L if true lol.
Still can't believe ppl fell for that. Lost faith in many GAFfers.
I fell for it. To be fair, it looked dumb enough to be something made by Nintendo. And we never got 3D printed leaks before.
kuroneko0509
Member
for amazon us yes. heck, us eshop no longer block non-us credit/debit card to topup the wallet now
Really? That would be even better actually.
UncleSporky
Member
This is really an unwarranted attitude. Nintendo surprises the public with good news constantly. After every E3 there are always a ton of posts like "what the hell Nintendo, where was this game during your Direct?!"
Nintendo didn't announce that the Wii U didn't have friend codes until November 7, 11 days before the Wii U launched.
Say they have shitty messaging and don't give enough details, sure, but handwringing and assuming the worst is foolish.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Article also says Mii Maker is in system settings and no streaming services at launch.
Jaded Alyx
Member
WHAT?!
This sounds good, hopefully there aren't bad surprises about it.
Hey Nintendo, you can still take my idea about using stamps for achievements organized in an album with pages for each game. You don't even have to pay me, just do it.
They sure said that a lot lol
WHAT
Dark Cloud
Member
The streaming services will probably start when the app comes?