How to Create a Nintendo Account

Complete these steps · Is the person that will be using the account age 13 or older? Yes No · Go to the Nintendo Account website and click Sign in/Create account. Currentproducthierarchy Currentcategoryhierarchy HowtoCreateaNintendoAccount Appliesto:  NintendoSwitchFamily,NintendoSwitch,NintendoSwitchLite,NintendoSwitch-OLEDModel,NintendoAccount Inthisarticle,you'lllearnhowtocreateaNintendoAccount. Important:TheabilitytouseaNintendoNetworkIDtosignintoanexistingNintendoAccountortocreateanewNintendoAccounthasbeendiscontinued.Weapologizeforanyinconvenience.IfyouarehavingdifficultiessigningintoyourNintendoAccountandpreviouslyusedaNintendoNetworkID,informationisavailableonaccessingyourNintendoAccount. ANintendoAccountisrequiredtousecertainservicesfromNintendo,suchasoff-devicegamepurchasesandtheMyNintendoloyaltyprogram.ANintendoAccountcanbelinkedtoyourNintendoNetworkID,Facebook,Twitter,Google,orAppleaccounts.(Onlyusersage13andoldercanlinktosocialmediaaccounts.) Therearesomeadditionalage-relatedrequirementsforNintendoAccounts: Usersaged13oroldercancreateaNintendoAccount. NintendoAccountusersage18andoldercancreateandadduptofiveNintendoAccountsforchildren(age17andunder)totheirNintendoAccount. Usersage12andundercannotcreateaNintendoAccount.Theycanonlybecreatedwithinanexistingparent/guardian’sNintendoAccount. Completethesesteps Isthepersonthatwillbeusingtheaccountage13orolder? Yes No GototheNintendoAccountwebsiteandclickSignin/Createaccount. ClickCreateaNintendoAccount. EnteryourdateofbirthandclickSubmit. Selectthesign-inmethodyouwanttouse. IfcreatingaNintendoAccountthroughaNintendomobileapponaniOSdevice(suchasaniPhoneoriPad),youwillonlybeabletocreateyourNintendoAccountusinganAppleID,Facebook,Google,orTwitter.YoucanstilllinktheseaccountsafteryoucreateyourNintendoAccount,oryoucanvisittheNintendoAccountwebsitethroughyourinternetbrowsertocreateyourNintendoAccount. Whatsignininformationwouldyouliketouse? AppleID,Facebook,Google,orTwitter NintendoAccountonly GototheNintendoAccountwebsiteandclickSignin/Createaccount. ClickCreateaNintendoAccount. Fillintherequiredinformation,thenclickSubmit. Youwillberedirectedtoapagerequestingyourparent/guardian’semailaddress. Haveyourparent/guardianentertheiremailaddressintotheappropriatefieldandclickSubmit. Anemailwillbesenttotheparent/guardian’semailaddressthatexplainshowtosetuptheirownNintendoAccount.OncetheyhavecreatedtheirNintendoAccount,theycancreateanaccountforyou. Clicktheserviceyouwouldliketosignupwith(Facebook,Google,Twitter,orAppleID). Enteryourlogininformationifneeded.Reviewthesite’stermsandifyouagreetothem,proceedtocreateyouraccount. Ifyoudonotrememberyourlogininformationfortheserviceyouwanttouse,pleasevisitthatsite'sHelpareaforassistance. ReviewtheNintendoAccountUserAgreementandclickSubmitifyouagreetothetermsandconditions. Youmayreceiveamessagestatingthatyouarenoteligibletocreateanaccountifyouragedoesnotmeettherequirements. Averificationcodewillbesenttotheemailaddressyouprovided.Whenyoureceivetheemail,enterthecodeintotheVerificationcodefieldandclickVerify. Yourverificationcodeshouldarrivewithinafewminutes,andexpiresonehourfromwhenitwassent. Ifithasbeenoveronehoursinceyourequestedtheverificationcodebutyouhavenotreceivedanemail,makesurethatyouareenteringyouremailaddresscorrectlyintheaccountcreationscreen,andclickresendverificationcodetohaveanewverificationcodesent. You'redone!YoucannowuseyourNintendoAccounttoparticipateinvariousonlineservices,suchastheMyNintendoloyaltyprogram. IfyouwouldliketocreateaNintendoAccountwithoutusingasocialmediaaccount,scrolldowntotheaccountinformationfieldstowardsthebottomofthescreen. OnceyouhavecreatedaNintendoAccount,youwillalwayshavetheoptiontolinkanNNIDorsocialmediaservicelater. Enterthefollowinginformationintothefields: Nickname:10charactersorless Emailaddress:YouremailaddresscanbetiedtooneNintendoAccountonly. Password:Passwordsmustbeatleast8characterslongandincludeacombinationofcharactersfrom2ofthefollowingcategories:letters,numbers,andpunctuation. Dateofbirth Gender(Optional) Countryofresidence Timezone ReviewtheNintendoAccountUserAgreementandclickSubmitifyouagreetothetermsandconditions. Youmayreceiveamessagestatingthatyouarenoteligibletocreateanaccountifyouragedoesnotmeettherequirements. Averificationcodewillbesenttotheemailaddressyouprovided.Whenyoureceivetheemail,enterthecodeintothe"Verificationcode"fieldandclickVerify. Yourverificationcodeshouldarrivewithinafewminutes,andexpiresonehourfromwhenitwassent. Ifithasbeenoveronehoursinceyourequestedtheverificationcodebutyouhavenotreceivedanemail,makesurethatyouareenteringyouremailaddresscorrectlyintheaccountcreationscreen,andclickresendverificationcodetohaveanewverificationcodesent. You'redone!YoucannowuseyourNintendoAccounttoparticipateinvariousonlineservices,suchastheMyNintendoloyaltyprogram. Isthisanswerhelpful? Yes No CloseModal ImageTitle