Nintendo Switch: How to Create a Japanese Account and Buy ...

First you need to create an account for the region of the eShop you want. The easiest way to do this is to go to the My Nintendo website using a browser and ... SamaGame>CONSOLES>Nintendo>NintendoSwitch:HowtoCreateaJapaneseAccountandBuyGamesfromtheeShop NintendoSwitch:HowtoCreateaJapaneseAccountandBuyGamesfromtheeShop NintendoSwitch:HowtoCreateaJapaneseAccountandBuyGamesfromtheeShop OneofthebestnewsforSwitchusersatitslaunchwasthatthesystemwouldnothavearegionlock,afterseveralgenerationsofNintendoconsolesthatlimitedplayerstoaspecificterritory.Thismakesiteasytoimportandplaygamesfromothercountries. Betteryet:itworksnotonlywithphysicalcartridges,butalsowithdigitaldownloadsbycreatinganothereShopaccount.Withafewsimplestepsyoucandownloadfreedemosandbuygamesthatarenotyetavailableinyourregion. WiththereleaseofMonsterHunterXXinJapan(whichhasyettobeconfirmedinEurope),it’stheperfecttimetolearnhowitworks. HowtobuygamesfromtheJapaneseeShoponSwitch ForthepurposeofthisguidewearegoingtocreateaJapaneseaccount,butforotherregionsthesamestepsapplywithslightchanges. Stepone:Createanewaccount RemembertoselectJapanastheregionforthenewaccount. FirstyouneedtocreateanaccountfortheregionoftheeShopyouwant.TheeasiestwaytodothisistogototheMyNintendowebsiteusingabrowserandcreateanewaccountfromthere. Ignoretheloginoptionsandcreateanewaccountwiththefollowingdetails. MakesuretouseadifferentemailaddressthanyournormalNintendoAccount,andmoreimportantly,choosetheregionyouwanttobeabletobuygamesfrom,nottheregionyouarecurrentlyin.(IfyouwanttousetheJapaneseeShop,pleasechooseJapan.)UnlikePlayStation,itisnotnecessarytoenterastreetaddress.Theregionisenough. Whenyoudo,youmayneedtoverifytheaccountthroughtheemailyouhavegiven,butafterthatitwillbereadytouse. Steptwo:logintoyournewSwitchaccount TurnonyourSwitch,gotoSystemSettings,UserandAddnewuser.reportthisad Aswithanynewaccount,youmustchooseanewiconandusername.Werecommendsomethingdifferentthanwhatyoualreadyhavesothatyoucaneasilyidentifybothaccounts.(WehavechosenTomNook,beingageniusofthesaleitseemedquiteappropriate.). Whenyoucreatetheaccount,youwillhavetheoptiontolinkittoaNintendoAccount.Taketheopportunitytologintothenewaccountthatyoujustcreatedonline. Ifyoudoitright,thissomewhatintimidatingscreenwillappearthatwebelievedescribeswhattheonlinesubscriptionservicewillbelike.PresstheHomebuttonandyouwillreturntothemainmenu,withyouraccountready. Pressthehomebuttontoexitthisscreenandstartusingyournewaccount. Stepthree:howtobuyJapanesegamesfromtheeShop Withyournewaccountavailable,selecttheeShopiconfromthemenuandthentheJapaneseaccount. Acceptthetermsandconditions,verifyyourpassword,andyouarereadytoenteranewworldofJapanesegames. Tospend! AlthoughthestoreisinJapanese,thegameiconsshouldhelpyoufindwhatyouarelookingfor.Recentreleasesareintheinitialmenu,andoneoftheoptionsontheleftcantakeyoutothebestsellers,somethingthathelpsalottofollowthemostimportantreleases. Whenyou’rereadytobuysomething,selectitsiconandthentheoptionontherighttogettothepurchasescreen.(Ifit’sademo,youwillautomaticallydownloadthesoftwarefromthispointon.) Onthepurchasescreen,presstheiconontherightagainandthreepurchaseoptionswillappear:creditcard,eShopcodeorPayPal,asshownbytheicons. AlthoughPayPaldoeshaveregionblocking,itisthebestmethodtopayifyouhaveinternationalaccounts.Otherwisemakesureyouhaveacreditcardthatworksinotherregions(watchoutforfees)orbuyacouponfromtheeShopfortheregioninquestionthroughPlayAsiaorAmazon. Stepfour:howtoplayJapanesegames Whenthedownloadiscomplete,theJapanesegamewillbeaddedtothesystemmenualongwithyourothergames. DuetohowaccountsworkonNintendoSwitch,youcanplayanygamefromanyregionwithanyaccount. Youwillseetheoptiontoselecttheaccountyouwanttousebeforestartingtoplay,soifyouwanttoplaywithyourSpanishaccount,youcan. WhattoknowwhenbuyingJapanesegamesonSwitch Thestepsoutlinedaboveareessentiallywhatyouneedtodotogetgamesfromotherregions,butthereareafewdetailstokeepinmind: YourSwitchwilldetectthedefaultlanguagewhenyouplayJapanesegamesandswitchtoSpanishifitcan,sotherearesomegamesyoucanplayinyourlanguage.However,therearemanyothers,includingMonsterHunterXX,thatdonothavethisoption,sounlessyouknowJapanesebecarefulwiththepurchasesyoudo. YoubetterknowsomeJapaneseifyouwanttoplayMonsterHunterXX. Althoughyoucanplayallimportedgameswithyourmainaccount,youcanuseasecondaccounttoplaydifferentsavedgamesforanygame.That’sespeciallyusefulinZelda:BreathoftheWild,forexample. Inadditiontobeingabletoaccesssomegamesearlier,theyaresometimescheaperinotherregions,soifyouputittogetherwellandavoidpaymentsurcharges,youcanenjoysmalldiscountsondigitalgames. Ifyoubuyagameinaregionthatpurchasewillalsoappearinyouroriginalregion,aslongasitisavailablethereaswell. Oneofthedownsidestoallofthisisthatthenewsfeedwillbefilledwithupdatesfromthatregion.Again,ifyoudon’tknowJapaneseitmaynotbeofmuchusetoyou. Rememberthatifyoufinditfrustratingforwhateverreason,youcandeletetheaccountandloginlater.Ifyoudo,youwillnotbeabletobuyduringthattimeandthesavedgamesofthataccountcouldbedeleted,butthepurchaseswillbeavailableagainifyouloginwiththataccountintheeShop. YoucandeleteyourJapaneseaccountatanytime,butdownloadswillnotworkwithotheraccountsuntilyouhaveloggedinagain. Apparentlyyoucanalsochangeregionsinanaccounttoaccessdifferentstores.Wehaven’ttestedit,butwestillrecommenddoingthisonasecondaccounttomakesureyourmainaccountisalwaystiedtoyourregion,asyoulikelyuseitwithotherNintendoconsolesandservices. 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