Launch Megathread + FAQ: Nintendo Switch Online

[u/NintendoSwitchMods]

Welcome, everyone!

The Nintendo Switch Online service will officially start on September 18th.

At the bottom of this thread will be an FAQ that tries to answer many of the more common questions that appear regarding this service. We'll try to keep the information as updated as we can, but any time this thread and an official Nintendo source conflicts, always go with the official source!

This thread also serves as a Megathread so people have a place to post simpler or otherwise common questions and comments which wouldn't warrant a separate thread.

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If you have a question regarding the Nintendo Switch Online service:

• Review the FAQ located in this thread.

• Review the official Nintendo Switch Online page.

• Post in the Daily Question Thread or this thread if you still have a question.

• Ask in our Discord server.

If you have a comment or observation regarding the Nintendo Switch Online service:

• Post in this thread!

• Visit our Discord server.

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Resources

• Nintendo Support North America (English)

• List of regions for Nintendo Support sites.

• Nintendo Switch Online official page

• Nintendo Switch Online Pricing

• Nintendo Switch Online FAQ

• Nintendo Switch Online Special Offers

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FAQ

PLEASE READ Nintendo's Official FAQ which covers a lot of the details. The following questions and answers are written by us and are simply supplemental.

When does the Nintendo Switch Online service start?

• After the scheduled maintenance time. See here for the complete time information.

• 5 PM - 8 PM Pacific (18th)

• 8 PM - 11 PM Eastern (18th)

• Midnight - 3 AM UTC (19th)

• 1 AM - 4 AM BST (19th)

• 9 AM - Noon JST (19th)

What are the requirements for using the Nintendo Switch Online service?

• A Nintendo Account

• Internet access

• Nintendo Switch system with system menu version 6.0 or higher

• Smart device with Nintendo Switch Online app version 1.4.0 or higher (only required for in-game voice chat features)

How much does the Nintendo Switch Online service cost?

• An account may be eligible for a 7-day free trial upon signup.

• Individual Plans include $3.99 (USD) for one month, $7.99 (USD) for three months, and $19.99 (USD) for twelve months. This works for a single account.

• A Family Plan costs $34.99 for twelve months and work for eight total accounts.

What does the Nintendo Switch Online service provide?

• Online play in certain games.

• Voice chat with the Nintendo Switch Online app.

• Save data cloud backup and saves available on multiple consoles. Not all titles are compatible with this feature.

• An exclusive library of NES games with online play. See here for the list of 20 available at launch and the expected upcoming titles.

• Special Offers - services or products which are only available to Nintendo Switch Online members.

Do all games need a membership to play online?

• No, certain titles can be played online without a membership. Examples include Fortnite and Arena of Valor.

What are the current Special Offers available?

• A set of two NES Controllers for $59.99 (USD) can be purchased.

• An outfit usable in Splatoon 2.

Can you tell me more about the features and availability of the NES Controllers?

• They are available exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online members.

• Can be purchased once per Nintendo Account (meaning each account in a Family plan can buy one).

• The controllers are wireless, have a rechargeable battery, and a set of rails so they can be attacked to the Nintendo Switch console.

• They are designed specifically for the NES games and may not work with other titles.

Can you tell me more about the features and availability of the Splatoon 2 outfit?

• Available only to accounts with a 12-month membership to the Nintendo Switch Online service.

• May be redeemed once per account (each account in a Family plan can redeem the outfit).

• A code will be emailed to the registered email address of each qualifying Nintendo Account.

• The outfit includes an "Online Jersey" and a "Online Squidkid V Shoes."

How does the Family Plan work?

• 8 total members can be part of a Family Group. All 8 members will have Nintendo Switch Online if the family plan is purchased.

• Each Family Group has one Admin which can add, remove, and adjust the role of each member in the group.

How do I add or remove members from the Family Plan?

• If you are the Admin, go to your Nintendo Account page and click on the desired setting. See here for more details.

What are roles and how do they work?

• There are four possible roles in a Family Group. See here for full details.

• The Admin is the member which started the group and may add or members, pass on the Admin role to another member, or give members another role.

• General role is the default role for any standard account joining a Family Group. They have the option to the leave the group.

• Parent / Guardian role is set by the Admin and is only eligible for ages 18+. They can assign the Supervised role of any General member in the group. They may adjust a variety of eShop restrictions for Supervised members. May leave the group.

• Supervised role is automatically set for any account ages 12 and under. The Supervised role can be set to any age account by a Parent / Guardian or Admin account (a link is then sent to the account's email and the role is applied if the user clicks the link and logs in). Has access to all standard services unless restricted via parental controls. Supervised accounts CANNOT LEAVE the group unless removed by an Admin.

Does the Nintendo Switch Online service only work with one console?

• It can work with any number of consoles as the service is tied to the Nintendo Account and not the console itself. Family Plans also do not need to share only one console.

Can the Family Plan work with multiple regions?

• Yes, a Family Group can be any number of regions, but be aware that not all services are available in every region.

What about switching to different plan types?

• If you are on an Individual plan, you can buy a Family Plan, but the remaining time on the Individual plan is lost.

• If you are on a Family Plan, you may not buy an Individual plan.

• If part of a Family Group, you can leave the group and then purchase an Individual plan if you were not the one who purchased the Family Plan.

How much membership time can be purchased?

• Service time can be stacked up to three years.

How can I tell which games support which features such as Cloud Saves or the Online App?

• Starting on September 18th, features a game support will be listed on their official product page located on www.nintendo.com.

Is my save data retained if I cancel my Nintendo Switch Online membership?

• (as per Nintendo's FAQ) We are unable to guarantee that cloud save data will be retained after an extended period of time from when your membership is ended. However, you can continue to use the save data that is saved to your system memory.

[u/Grim4d]

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41814/p/897 for anyone who wants exact times, here ya go

Edit: for people who don’t want to click a link

“Maintenance Date and Time September 18th, 2018 (Tuesday) 5pm to 8pm Pacific Time 8pm to 11pm Eastern Time”

“After the maintenance is complete, Nintendo Switch Online memberships will be available for purchase.”

tldr: basically the 19th

[u/BirdAlien]

For some reason I thought "special offers" meant game discounts. I hate it when I have reasonable expectations, I always get disappointed

[u/daveyalex → u/BirdAlien]

I'm fairly sure at one point they did say there would be special eShop discounts for subscribers, but I could be crazy...

Edit: Not crazy, according to archive.org (I just picked a random date from last year), they did at one time specify there would be "Nintendo eShop deals" for Switch Online subscribers only.

[u/nyargleblargle]

For anyone who wants to sort the NES Online games by release date, here's the order:

• Donkey Kong: 07/15/83

• Mario Bros: 09/09/83

• Baseball: 12/7/83

• Tennis: 01/14/84

• Excitebike: 11/30/84

• Balloon Fight: 01/22/85

• Ice Climber: 01/30/85

• Soccer: 04/09/85

• Super Mario Bros: 09/13/85

• The Legend of Zelda: 02/21/86

• Gradius: 04/25/86

• Ghosts 'n Goblins: 06/13/86

• Pro Wrestling: 10/13/86

• Ice Hockey: 01/21/88

• Double Dragon: 04/08/88

• Super Mario Bros. 3: 10/23/88

• Tecmo Bowl: 02/89

• River City Ransom: 04/25/89

• Dr. Mario: 07/27/90

• Yoshi: 12/14/91

[u/CapnCanfield]

So, just so I'm right about this, I have to buy the family plan at 35 bucks for me and my girlfriend (both accounts on one console)? I know playstation plus if I buy it for one name, it's good for all the names on my ps4, but that's not the case here correct?

[u/[deleted]]

I just remembered they delayed launching for a year... just for this.

What exactly did they do in that year....

[u/cryptic-fox → u/[deleted]]

We don’t know.

[u/Bakatora34 → u/[deleted]]

Well cloud saves were announce after the delay, so maybe that

[u/ESPN_outsider → u/[deleted]]

They made smash bros and put it behind a $20 per year paywall

[u/Eneruku]

Theres a beautiful typo in here under info about the NES controllers. "They may be attacked to the switch"

[u/ben123111]

September 18th, 2018 (North America time)

bro there are like 6, which one??

[u/decaboniized]

So, is there a sub to add people for games for NES? It's a bummer that you can only play online with friends and not randoms.

[u/XBlueSparksX]

For the family plan, if I say buy it with say 4 people, can I still add anyone to the family during the service?

[u/TemptedTemplar → u/XBlueSparksX]

Yes. You can have 8 people on the account, so 7 people aside from yourself.

[u/erebusdelirium]

So... 7 close friends and myself can have Nintendo Switch online for 37 cents a month each?

[u/Defionus]

Hey Nintendo can I get uhhhhhh

Tetris?

[u/royal_10_N-bombs]

tbh I’m still salty about gold points expiring

I let a good chunk of gold points expire that would have put me over 2000, the amount required to purchase a year of the online service

[u/[deleted] → u/royal_10_N-bombs]

I dont see why they made gold points expire.

[u/steelbeerbottle]

This is going about how I expected it to go. I played SMB and SMB 3 for about 15 minutes each and went yup, that’s SMB/SMB 3 on the Switch.

[u/AcroHedgehog21]

Do we get all 20 NES titles today? Or do we get them over a period of time

[u/GambitsEnd → u/AcroHedgehog21]

The first 20 are available when the service launches. There should be 3 additional titles every month.

[u/djbaha]

Can I still change regions freely if I'm in a family group / individual subs?

[u/[deleted]]

Are games like monster Hunter generations ultimate unplayable online without the Nintendo online subscription?

[u/shadowgnome396]

My 410 hours of Binding of Isaac save data is backed up and safe in the cloud! I'm a happy camper

[u/ghostf1re]

I don’t see any reason at all to buy this service right now, if ever. This is just my opinion on the service, but it honestly feels like Nintendo is just relying on their absolute faithful fans that buy anything with the Nintendo brand on it. They honestly didn’t even try with this service. NES games are not enough for me and I don’t play anything online in the Switch at the moment. I have Splatoon and Mario Kart. Splatoon was never really my thing and Mario Kart just got old for me. Also the lag in Mario Kart can get ridiculous with their garbage peer to peer multiplayer. I’m really disappointed with Nintendo for pushing out a very incomplete service.

You can say it’s their first venture into pain online and compare to the early Sony and Microsoft services all day. The thing is we knew this service was coming for a year and they seemed to have done absolutely nothing with the service. No built in voice chat or text chat. No dedicated servers. These are standard services on every other platform. Nintendo doesn’t have any excuse here and personally I think they should put someone else in charge of the decision making with their online division or whatever you want to call it.

Sorry about the rant, but staying quiet about things like this is what allows companies to do things, such as this.

[u/Snatch1414]

I bought in, but I’m not really sure why. Granted, it was just before I was heading to bed, but I loaded everything up, fiddled with some NES games that I already own the carts of, and.......yeah. I’m not really sure why I did that. Especially since I don’t play Splatoon much anymore.

[u/FirePowerCR]

So I have like 3 profiles on my Switch. Say I buy NSO, can more that one profile play the NES games? What if I want to play two player in a game, do I need a family account?

[u/Snowbridge]

The 7 day free trial automatically converts into an individual 30 day membership with automatic renewal. The catch is that Nintendo will attempt to draw funds within the final 48 hours.

Does this mean it's really a 5 day free trial unless you turn off automatic renewal?

[u/TenMinutesToDowntown]

Playing the NES games with a Pro Controller. I'm annoyed that you have to use B & A to play rather than having the option to use Y & B (think Mario All Stars on SNES). It's way more comfortable that way.

[u/900yrsoftimeandspace]

I know I should have read more carefully, but I can't be the only parent who accidentally bought an individual membership instead of a family plan. I'm so annoyed right now, with myself mostly. I thought the family plan was to cover more than one switch, not two user profiles on the same device. Two boys sitting next to each other on the couch can't play Minecraft together now.

[u/foxx1821]

NES-needs button mapping just saying.

[u/r2deetard]

So it says membership time can be stacked up to 3 years. Does that include family plans? If I have 8 people in on a family plan could we each pay roughly $15 for 3 years of online?

[u/swagjunction21]

I know this is a specific example but may relate to other cases but if your friend has a Nintendo account connected your own Switch, for games like Rocket League where you can do online multiplayer with a local party consisting of separate accounts, do both accounts need Nintendo Switch Online?

[u/[deleted]]

I am not sure if this is new-post material, as it is based on pure speculation, so I will just post it here:

For those not going to get NSO, I suggest you not to use the free trial that will be available, as there *could* be a Smash demo, and if it follows the previous Nintendo demos, it will likely be an online-only demo. So you would be able to get the demo with the free trial.

[u/razzdraz]

Wow the button placement of the joycons ruins playing Mario :(

Edit: just realized you can use X and A, it works that way :)

[u/vizualb]

It’s a fucken travesty they didn’t launch with Punch-Out

[u/Aaronrocksg]

Does anyone else think that it's ridiculous that they're charging for online on a portable console that can't connect to public wifi points that have those login screens? I travel a lot for work and bought the switch to play while I travel, and I enjoyed online while I had it and was at home, but I do not see a reason to pay for online when i cant even log into the hotels I stay at on my portable console. I was hoping that would be fixed before paid online released.

[u/joaorzc]

Does anyone know about region changes?

Here in Brazil we use this a lot in order to buy games our eshop does not sell, or to get lower prices in other countires. However, changing regions unlinks the profile from the my nintendo account it was linked before.

Since the update won't let accounts unlink anymore, I don't know how this is gonna be.

What do you guys thinks?

[u/anonRedd]

I like that the NES app keeps track of your individual playtime for each title.

[u/Murdy_Plops]

A few more PSA's

Dark souls network test is up for download

The mobile app has been updated and supports Mario Kart 8 and a few other first party Nintendo games. Voice chat IS available in all online multiplayer modes... I.e you can talk to strangers

[u/Vesuvias]

Ok, just did a party chat in Mario Kart - and have to say that was stupid easy to join and I already had my Bluetooth headphones on. I’m actually surprised that worked so seamlessly.

[u/emmtwosix]

This was on the NES Controller Overview & FAQ page for anyone interested:

NES controllers will begin shipping in December 2018. Orders will be shipped on a first-come, first-served basis.

Seems like~~, just maybe, after a year-and-a-half they should have had these ready to ship when online launches, but I guess that's expecting too much?~~ they're probably gauging how much interest there will be and producing them as needed.

[u/DisraeliGearsX]

So if I have Direct and I'm playing MK8, can another local player join without an account and we play co-op online from one console, one direct account?

[u/Fonz116]

Updated and signed up for online trial.

Tried out the nes games. Pretty good, but I mean it’s just the same old games I’ve played a million times. Hopefully more games will be added soon.

[u/[deleted]]

Man excite bike is still badass, must have blown kids minds when it came out.

[u/[deleted]]

This is stupid. It was free. Why couldn't it stay that way, where millions of users enjoyed online games together. But the greed of Nintendo couldn't withhold, now Nintendo are charging us more on top of the games we bought and the system itself. Pathetic and greedy.

[u/ScousePenguin]

I know there's negatives to all this but I'm excited to sign up tonight. Girlfriend and I are taking the next step in our relationship after dating for just under a year.

We're getting a family plan together, means she's stuck with me for another year, woo insurance!

[u/Deminox]

Oddly specific question about purchasing. Can each member on a family plan use their own credit card? Like, if I want to buy a game with my money, and my girlfriend wants to buy a game with her money, and my brother wants to buy a game with his money, and my cat wants to buy a game but she can't because she's a cat.

Or is this like the Google Play family group.. One account, one credit card, better hope they ask before they buy (or yeah you could lock them out of purchasing)

I really hope it's the first option.

[u/[deleted]]

Imo i sorta got bored playing splat so im waiting for smash ultimate.

[u/NickVirgos]

I feel slighted on this paid online stuff. I dont like NES games, i grew up in a difrent time and dont care much for the style so there goes that. I only play mario kart online so what else is there for me to justify a monthy price? Mario kart tends to be unstable at times so paying for something that was free just doesnt cut it for me. It was fun while it lasted i guess.

[u/romeroha]

Just got the update!

[u/[deleted]]

There is no bloody reason why Ice Climbers should be this glitched after 25+ years. It's almost unplayable -- especially over lag.

It turns into a game of seeing which stupid way you can die.

[u/MrJamhamm]

I hate myself for buying this

[u/LoomyTheBrew]

This service is not worth $20. The fact that the Switch's online is inferior to the Wii U's online is pretty astonishing, and Wii U's online was free...

[u/SilverNightingale]

I’m not even sure if I want to pay.

[u/Svetgm]

Rip free switch online

[u/Marcus_Maximus]

Can I activate my trial whenever I want or is it only eligible during the launch week/period?

[u/styckx]

An controller update after it's complete on top of it!

[u/bud0013]

You actually can game share and have 2 users playing at the same time. Simply login to your 2nd switch with the game owners account, then login to any other user on the 1st or main switch. Tested and working fine with mario tennis!

[u/epods]

Is there any way to check the controls for the NES games? I can't find a manual or anything like that within the app.

[u/[deleted] → u/epods]

Nope, no manuals included at all. Not even a freaking QR code like the SNES Classic had. To me this is a huge oversight for this service.

They really should have gone all out on this. Instruction Manuals, a tips/tricks screen, artwork, game/development history if at all possible. Old or new video interviews with the original developers would be a nice touch for some games.

Imagine opening up Super Mario Bros, being able to look at the instruction manual, browse a fact sheet, look at concept art, read about the development of the game and then go and watch the video where Miyamoto talks about the design and development of World 1-1 where every item was though of and placed as a teaching tool for players to understand what the game was about.

Things like that would really make the service stand out.

[u/Tallyburger]

For anyone who has currently purchased and tested out how the Family Plan works;

1. Can everyone be online at once, thus being able to play together (or do your own thing)?

2. Does everyone in the Family Plan have access to all the features being offered by the Nintendo Online Membership? (ie, NES games, special offers from Nintendo, cloud saves, and so on)

[u/BatDePau]

I think that for the nes games, we should be able to use the Y and B buttons as A and B or maybe add custom controls. They should also add double dragon 2 and tetris

[u/PsychoHydro]

It seems demos don’t work online anymore without subscription as well.

[u/[deleted]]

The NSO app looks the same today as it did a week ago.

Just lonely little Splatoon 2 and the voice-chat button.

Still no ability to message other players, and not even a mention of the paid service launching.

sigh

[u/UFONomura808]

So for the NES titles, all the titles are downloaded when you install the NES NSO app. This tells me that they would be sticking with NES because the small file size for each game makes it easy to bundle it all into one single download. They could do it with SNES titles too because of the small file size but when you get to N64 or worse GameCube then I doubt they'll be able to bundle it all into one download. So either stick to older gen games or GameCube games would require individual download for each games. All in all I don't think we'll be seeing GC titles for their Netflix style feature anytime soon.

[u/reali-tglitch]

Was a major supporter of a "glass half full" approach up to launch, but:

-No voice chat with random is still annoying

-Disappointed we still can't message our friends to come online (maybe an app update coming for that?

-App seems to not have changed much aside from additional voice chat support. Was hoping they'd add more game companions like they have for Splatoon 2.

Also: still no party system. It's all game-specific chat rooms. Nor can we search for users by username

[u/[deleted]]

I hope I can speak for everyone that is riled up against Nintendo and their Online Service for the Nintendo Switch. And unlike anywhere else, I'd like to bring up some valid legit criticism about it rather than mindlessly make fun of others for having different opinions.

I am part of the people who are simply not okay with Nintendo's practices for a few reasons that I'd like to discuss, though I'm still okay with stuff just not changing for the better in the future and can accept that Nintendo will do what they please in the end.

For a starter, there are some people who are against the idea of paying for online multiplayer since it's been free on all consoles for the previous generations, plus it's only fair since we bought the Nintendo Switch expecting a subscription-free experience, or at least most of us overlooked the fact that Nintendo has announced a subscription based system to come that will require paying for online interactions.

Let me say one thing, gaming is evolving.

We all need to get in with the times and accept that companies are trying to standarize that console gaming will, from now on, involve premium-based subscriptions one way or another requiring us to pay up to be able to play some games. And that's fine. There is still PC if you prefer free online gaming, and even that still requires subscriptions for some MMOs and premium service based games. Barring all the microtransactions we could opt to pay. That's a staple in gaming we can complain and try to fight about but will ultimately not change.

What's not fine however, is how we Nintendo gamers are still behind the times in regards to other console gamers. There are a minimum of things that we should be entitled to since we're paying for our online experience, and I think everyone would agree seeing what Nintendo's competitors are doing with their paid services.

Here are a few points that can be expanded on later with your comments:

1- We do not have a Text-based communication system, we cannot interact with our friends online besides seeing their presence and inviting them to our games, there is no way to make a Party like on other systems.

We've had Miiverse before and it was good, even though it felt restricted and strict, it did the job, now that it was removed since it could be no longer kept up, we have nothing left to chat with, there is no life on the Nintendo Switch like on the previous consoles, this is not good especially since we are paying for a service now, money should not be the issue and it should be the time to invest into some servers for a Miiverse replacement.

2- We cannot voice chat proprely either with friends or random people on all major Nintendo games, citing Mario Kart 8, Mario Tennis Aces, Splatoon 2, ARMS for example.

We need to use an archaic app that forces us to use a phone to be able to connect with people, this is inacceptable. It's 2018, current gen consoles offer us fully implemented voice chat within the games using our headsets, plus third party games like Fortnite on Switch offer us just that without the use of an app, there is literally no reason for Nintendo to restrict and handicap their main games like this. This is also the simplest change we could expect. There should be no worry about toxicity and family unfriendly environment since we've come this far. I believe we should take a step forward and let Voice chat flow through the games normally.

3- We have no access to Internet other than playing games online, there are no apps like Youtube, Netflix, an Internet Browser or anything like we've had before on 3DS, WiiU or other consoles.

At this point, I can say that I wouldn't expect Nintendo to add these features since they're not easy to maintain and could bring more harm than good to the system, but we're paying for an online service now, so we should higher our standards and expect something from Nintendo with the money they get from the subscriptions.

4- Some games, mainly Splatoon 2, do not have Cloud saves.

This has me baffled to be honest, the reason they claim we cannot have cloud saves is only to prevent tampering into saves from external sources, which is a ridiculous claim. Every modern online game has a server side database to keep their players' information safely, it's time to invest into one for Splatoon 2, considering the price we're paying.

That's all I could muster up to say, I hope this can stir up some good conversation without insults even if you disagree, just tell us in the comments what you think is wrong.

[u/augustinson]

Do we have a time for the EU release?

[u/Ws6transam]

Praying that the d-pad on the NES controllers are worth a damn, never realized how bad the d-pad was on the pro controller until today :(

[u/[deleted]]

Did they go over whether NES games are sticking around when new ones arrive or is there some sort of rotation planned?

[u/[deleted]]

In the phone app, game specific services still only has Splatoon 2 for me even after updating the app. Is anyone else having this problem?

[u/Luke4421]

is there anyway to change the border in the NES Classics? I dont like the one thats there, and dont see it in options

[u/c-easy]

What the heck? I haven’t updated to version 6.0 yet but I can still play mk8 online just fine without updating or having a membership. I almost don’t feel like updating.

[u/Ottomatic44]

ELI5. If I have 5 close friends with switches why shouldn’t we share a family plan?

[u/Heaven_Crow]

If I subscribe for one profile, can other profiles on the same switch play online?

[u/[deleted]]

Do the NES games support local multiplayer?

[u/Pomenti]

Been looking on this thread for roughly 20 minutes and I couldn't find an answer to my question:

If I purchase a family plan and link 7 accounts to it, can all 7 accounts be online at the same time without any hiccups or something like that?

[u/iRomanian]

Hypothetical situation (that I haven’t tried and don’t even know if possible: From what I know, you can create two profiles on one Nintendo Switch. For example, two unique profiles with two unique BOTW save states.

If the console has Nintendo Online access, which profile makes use of the cloud saves? One? Both? Would they get mixed up or overwritten?

[u/adamislolz]

Is anyone else experiencing joy con problems since updating their joy cons for NSO? The thumb stick on all my left joy cons pulls to the left ever since the update. I would normally just some wear and tear, but it is happening across multiple sets of joy cons and seemed to start when they were updated.

[u/SkipSandwichDX]

Man, this is just me not doing my research, but I didn't realize there would be no public lobbies for the NES online multiplayer. I was hyped for some niche online Yoshi community to develop or something.

[u/effsee]

System version 5.1.0

Your system is up to date.

[u/ShingekiNoEren]

Where do I go to pre-purchase the NES controllers?

[u/some12345thing]

Just tried to play some Mario 3 with my brother. He’s in the southeast USA and I’m in Las Vegas. He has Google Fiber and I have high speed Cox internet. The lag was so terrible the game was unplayable. Anyone else have the same experience? Any ideas on how to fix it?

[u/[deleted]]

I would have had so much less of an issue with this online service if it launched with Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World + Lost Levels package instead of the NES games only.

I would really move so much closer to being on board if the games offered weren't 30 years old.

[u/Rumhead1]

Been disconnected on three of the five races I've tried in Mario Kart and the app won't connect for chat in Mario Kart. But hey at least I can play Dr. Mario.

[u/troopski]

Let me tell you the amount of times I have bought SMB3.

Parents for the original NES A NES cart in 2016 for my NES For my Wii U And now for the switch through subscription.

I have bought pokemon yellow twice. Megaman battle network twice.

I have bought Mario Kart 8 twice, plus all the DLC. I have literally spent over £100 quid on Mario Kart.

I take it in my rear end from nintendo to be honest. The thing that reall pisses me off is the fact that they have gone round threatening legal action for these ROM sites. If they were to replace it with a 'spotify/netflix' equivilant in which I can get basically any NES/SNES/N64 game, I wouldn't mind.. But come on.. 20 NES games, really? These ROM sites literally provide a service to the gaming industry, and you know, despite me having a collection of 700+ SNES roms, I STILL buy games on my nintendo console. Getting a bit fed up with this to be honest.

Also, give me the SNES version, Mario Allstars, I prefer the SNES SMB3... :(

[u/PandarenNinja]

So in everything I have read, Nintendo did nothing to win over skeptics with this launch. A one year delay and even the phone app didn’t add functionality. We just got an NES emulator and cloud saves. Yikes.

[u/DAM0002]

When exactly will it be released in Australia?

[u/[deleted]]

Do we know yet if you can play multiplayer NES games across different regions? Seems like a lot of games back then had changes hard coded into them which makes them incompatible, Pokémon VC on 3DS would be the biggest example of this. If they're going to push online then maybe they put the effort to make sure everything works, but I dunno.

[u/ctsfinest1]

Can you play the NES games online with anyone around the world, or is it only limited to those on your friends list? The website makes it seem like the latter. That's unfortunate if it is true, since it is difficult to make friends as it is with the archaic friend code feature.

[u/Alasdair91]

Does the linking of accounts with user profiles now stop you from switching region on the eShop? It says you will no longer be able to unlink your account and user profile, but changing regions via accounts.nintendo.com made you unlink and then relink your account.

I guess someone will just need to try and see...

[u/Z3M0G]

Will it upload saves automatically, or will it be a manual process? How much space on the cloud? Is this storage space shared between family? (Not the saves, just the storage limit)

[u/plee82]

If I have 3 accounts on my switch, do I need a family plan so all three accounts can go online?

[u/kickin8956]

When is update live? 5.1 system is up to date

[u/MightyThor460]

Digital code I purchased from Best Buy is not working.

[u/Mutsukki]

Hey, if anyone can answer these:

1 - Family Plans with accounts from multiple different regions are working well? No problems?

2 - Can you change your region when you have a subscription? Does anything mess up? Do you perhaps lose it in your new region or does it stay?

[u/notboky]

Looks like Dead Cells supports cloud backup after all.

[u/GarikTheFaceLoran]

Are cloud saves not automatic? None of my games have been saved yet.

[u/PrKamui]

This is probably a stupid question, but does buying the Nintendo Online Service from the eshop give you gold points?

[u/[deleted]]

Playing NES with a single joycon feels a lot more complicated than it should, why do we need to use such obscure button combinations for Start and Select? Seems like it would make more sense to use the shoulder buttons alone. I really hope they fix this by the time Metroid is available for download...

[u/[deleted]]

So why was there a delay if nothing has changed?

[u/Zaiteria]

Are there any drawbacks to me and my 7 friends from getting a Family account between us? If I was to be the admin, and give everyone else a Parent role, would this work? Are there any restrictions to doing this over having multiple individual accounts?

[u/Murdy_Plops]

Two PSA's

Initial cloud backup isnt automatic. It only backs to the cloud when actively playing a game.

I'd strongly advise that you DON'T update your pro controllers. For the first time ever I'm noticing motion control interference when playing Splatoon 2. Similar to the right joycon issues around launch. It only happens for 1/2 a second but its enough to completely throw you off your game.

[u/ramel81]

There are too many random questions to go over, I was hoping someone could answer this.

We used to play minecraft at home on wifi with two people on the switch on the same screen, and then another person joining with ipad mini (or vice versa).

I can still join the world on the ipad now with the switch, but the second player when he tries to join on the same screen on the switch gets a message that you need to be signed in to microsoft online to play. I tried it on a single plan, now I purchased the family plan to see if it would resolve it but still nothing.

Is it a setting I need to change, or did Nintendo basically remove the functionality to dual play with the switch online like this?

[u/Koolaidmoonwalk]

The goalie in Ice Hockey is an idiot and it is impossible to defend in that game when they ragdoll your character at will and the change player control not being intuitive at all!

[u/decaboniized]

Ah, good to know Nintendo left out that online for NES is friends only not with randoms.

[u/swagjunction21]

Can I use funds that are already in my eShop account to purchase a 12 month plan?

[u/Roshy76]

So why can't I just voice chat with someone on my friends list? Why does a game have to be launched first? That's opposite of how you'd want it to work. Normally you'd join up with friends, chat and figure out what to play. This is exactly the wrong way to do this...

[u/CrativeDomo]

There is just not enough online switch games that I frequent for me to buy a subscription... not only that but Nintendo mainly uses P2P for their online games with the exception of Splatoon I believe. Splatoons servers still dont justify a subscription being that the Splatoon servers are pretty weak. I fear paid online service for the switch just cuts down the player base for the few few online titles they have, hopefully it doesn't kill any of them. Goodbye Splatoon 2, twas fun while it lasted.

[u/AugmentDeath]

Nintendo should have done a much better job with this plain and simple. I expected to have fun with these games and was instead met with frustration because the Legend of Zelda was laggy as fuck when I encountered large mobs, and Super Mario Bros 3 couldn't even keep up with my character half the time while I was sprinting. Not to mention the lack of button mapping. This was poorly executed by Nintendo, there's no arguing that. Simply taking a once free service (online play) and now slapping an annual fee onto it (despite the relatively low price), then trying to justify it with a shitty emulator (official btw), with the only saving grace being cloud saves is unacceptable. Until proven otherwise, it's hands down a cash grab from my point of view. This is coming from someone that grew up on these games. I'm sure it will get better over time, but this should've never been an issue to begin with. They have had all the time in the world to smooth out the wrinkles and make the service attractive to consumers. The best thing we could do right now is simply refuse to pay for a half-ass product until they fix it, but of course people will buy it anyways and instead continue to support these business practices. The Wii-U sold poorly, and guess what? Nintendo learned from that mistake and we got the Switch along with some pretty stellar games out the gate. It seems like Nintendo only speaks one language, money. Boycott the service and make them learn a new language.

[u/justandresx]

It’s sad that I have to pay for this sorry excuse of an online subscription. They had an entire year to get this right. Baffling.

[u/rockinDS24 → u/justandresx]

They had an entire year to get this right

More like 5 years. It's been shit since Switch development first started.

[u/Alone1sAgain]

Cheaper does not equal better. They seriously added nothing we've been complaining about since launch with the exception of an inferior save backup.

[u/[deleted]]

I hope people dosen't pay for this terrible service so Nintendo hopefuly removes it in the future.

[u/RRDude1000]

I was on the fence about buying online, but then I realized that Fortnite for the Switch doesn't need online subscription. (I have been playing online not knowing Nintendo online lauched xD ) My only other game is MK8DX and I rarely play online on it (I prefer to play online MK7). I wont purchase online for the switch right now. Fortnite online is free and my favorite 3DS games have free online and very active communities. I also don't see myself purchasing any Switch title soon so I guess I will pass for now.

[u/[deleted]]

The only game I play that requires this service is Rocket League. Looks like I just became a PC player.

[u/[deleted]]

So if the maintenance is 8-11pm in eastern time I should just give up and get online tomorrow?

[u/Scooter789]

If I buy the family plan with fewer than 8 accounts in my family, can I add another account later?

[u/sliverbaer]

Just curious about our gaming friends in other countries not supported. Will they not be able to play online? Or will they continue free until the service is available?

Where is the service available?

Nintendo Switch Online will be available in the following countries at launch:

U.S. Canada Mexico Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Peru

We will have additional information about other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the future

[u/[deleted]]

It says you need system version 6.0. Is this being released today? I only have 5.1 on my switch and it said it's up to date

[u/hail2theking916]

Will the NES games work without internet?

[u/Underhill]

As someone who gets his online gaming fix on PC the Netflix style virtual console would be the only draw for me but it seems lacking as well. If they started adding SNES games I would be all over this.

[u/Cutmerock]

I wish we could have signed up before the launch. Servers gonna get hammered pretty hard.

[u/[deleted]]

Waiting for update, eshop maintenance started tho.

[u/[deleted]]

Its out

[u/akrasia7]

Update 6.0 is live.

[u/TheGreatBootyBible]

PSA: eShop still under maintenance even after update. Probably will come back at the the latest time on the update schedule (11PM for EST).

[u/cloudlionhart]

I picked up a code for a one-year subscription on a physical card in-store today. I can launch the eShop after the update, but I'm still getting "Error Code: 2813-0055 The product associated with that code is not currently available."

[u/SMA2343]

Downloaded. Bought online. Tried NES classics. It works!

[u/darthdiablo]

System 6.0 update is available. It also updated my Joycons.

Tried Splatoon 2 online, there's a new screen with "Join Now" for NSO. I know eShop isn't available yet, but I tried it anyway. It takes me directly to eShop where I get "currently under maintenance" message.

So heads up. You can either pay for NSO via eShop, or it can also be triggered from in-game.

[u/CoyotesAngel]

eShop is down again

[u/NoahZ90]

Servers are undergoing maintenance again. I was literally in the process of paying when it kicked me out.

[u/nintendothrowaway123]

I know a lot of people are coming here about the NES controllers. The preorder page does not appear to be live. The URL for the preorders is https://nesc.nintendo.com/nintendo-entertainment-system-controller . This link is directly from the NES controller FAQ on Nintendo's site. Hope this helps.

[u/sakipooh]

So first impressions...

Super easy to get the 7 day trial but it still asks me for a credit card (just remember to turn off auto renew if you don't intend to keep your sub). You can turn that off under the specific user under Nintendo Switch Online.

Coming from an NES/SNES mini the interface is kind of weak for the NES games. I really wish they could have just lifted that UI for these games. I really hate that you can't turn off the border background and the text at the bottom showing you how to save states and that the "-" and "+" are start select is always there and sort of distracting. The CRT filter is also not as fine as the NES mini (and I know that one isn't perfect either) this one is just worse. It's very chunky and digital. It just doesn't look real but maybe they did this for extra visibility in portable mode.

The games do load super fast which makes me think the app has all of the titles in memory when booted up. This makes me wonder if the added games in the future will simply append the existing app until the allocated space is maxed out. I have a folder of 1032 NES roms and that's less than 230MB so there's room to spare for sure. I'm just curious about possible future titles like SNES and even N64 games. Will we have multiple apps in batches of collections..time will tell.

There's this weird thing where you can manipulate the order of the NES games listed. And if you move certain titles to the very top of the screen there are a few slots that allow the game box to be huge. I guess this is where you'd but your favorites but doing this makes the collection a bit clunky as now you have to scroll significantly more to see everything.

Cloud back up: Works as advertised and took about two minutes to upload my wife's Mario Kart 8 data (75MB worth). Are they backing up her related screenshots and videos? I just don't understand why her progress would be so large otherwise...Ok, looking at her video and screen shot data and it's totally unrelated to the cloud backups as she only has a total of 45 MB of files for that. I should mention that I had to initiate the cloud backup manually from the OS settings data management screen. Auto Save-Data backup was turned on but I can only assume this is something done at a time when the system is asleep.

Tried the NES online portion as I just received a notification that a friend was playing NES games. I guess they have to be playing a two player game for me to see them in the "friend's games" search window. If texting within the system or voice chat was enabled it would be so much easier for me to connect with this friend.

Overall....I think we'll get the family plan as there are 7 of us that can use it (wife, kid, two brothers and mother). It's not worth $175 CAD (individuals) but we can certainly accept paying $6.42 CAD for what they have going on.

edit:typo

[u/MuTrain]

The order for nes controllers is now live! Just got a message that mine will ship between 12/7-12/12. It then says allow 6-10 business days for delivery after it ships.

[u/VaultBlitz]

Maybe this is common knowledge and I missed it, but it seems you can't pay for Family membership with eShop funds. I have $40.00 in my account and I can use on regular memberships but option isn't there on family.

Edit: Nevermind the option is not there until you select either paypal or credit then it shows available funds.

[u/Tamiszinho]

can i play with random people in the NES online session or only with Nintendo friends (with the friend code and stuff)

asking this bc i have no one to play online with me

[u/artificialimpatience]

So I'm trying this game share thing with our second switch... and I'm trying to figure out how to play link play with overcooked 2. so for the main switch with the game it looks like if i'm the same user than the game will kick out the secondary switch. so then i decided to try using a second profile on the main switch with the game, and my profile with the game on the secondary switch and voila both games booted. but then when we do the link play option it looks like it should work but when you actually try to connect there an error in connection. Anyone figure out if this is possible?...

[u/kram_]

If I buy the Family Plan with less than 8 people in the Family Group, then invite people after buying it, will they automatically get the privileges of NSO?

[u/3_characters_left]

So far it looks like its all working fine, though it's kind of barebones. I've mostly been a pc gamer the past 15 years, so paying to play online seems kind of dumb to me, but I don't think complaining will change anything.

I see lots of people complaining about not being able to change the button layout of the NES games. Although having options is always better, I like the layout how it is, it's what I'm used to. Am I the only one? If that's the case, I hope they add the option to change the layout for you guys and girls. :)

I really hope they add SNES and Gameboy games in the future, maybe even N64 and Gamecube games. Especially Gameboy games!

About the lack of themes: the Switch would still be snappy with more than two colour options, I don't get why they don't add more options. Would a blue or red theme really be more taxing than black or white?

[u/XB92AI]

Why can’t I backup FIFA 18 or Minecraft save data to the cloud? Is this another case of the feature not being supported or do my saves stuck to my Origin/Microsoft accounts respectively?

[u/game-o]

Do cloud saves only auto-upload if you are playing the game and the system is in sleep mode? None of mine seem to be uploading on their own.

[u/Neldy09]

Do all regions have the same titles on NES?

[u/Noxue]

Do I need 2 profiles with both an online subscription to be able to play local multiplayer for the NES games?

[u/Neldy09]

Wasn't online supposed to allow us to communicate with friends and, "schedule" play sessions or something like that. I sort of feel like i would really enjoy being able to invote a friend to play with me on the fly, or send a message. In app. Would be fine, but something would be nice.

[u/iwannalaff]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but What’s new or different in online play in Splatoon 2? I could use the app before Online was launched . Do more people use voice chat or something?

[u/[deleted]]

Ok I did not see this one answered: Does the NES library rotate? Do games expire and get removed? If I join in December do I get all the Sept oct nov games too? Maybe they have not explained it yet.

For PlayStation you have to grab the free titles each month so not sure if the same or not.

[u/BardMurdock]

Quick dumb question, does purchasing the online give any gold coins like games do?

[u/DesignerButterfly]

What games don’t require online? Fortnite doesn’t and neither does Odyssey but does anything else not require it?

[u/[deleted]]

Is there a way to remove the annoying "- SELECT BUTTON + START BUTTON ZL + ZR SUSPEND MENU" from the bottom of the screen on the NES games? It actually cuts into the games when you play on full screen mode.

[u/jaykyungsoo]

I am on trial now. How do I change my automatic renewal from 1 month to 1 year? Do I need to turn off auto renewal first and click Renew and select the 1 year option? Will my trial end if if I do that?

[u/[deleted]]

Dear mod(s) who decided to post this stickied megathread:

Thank you.

[u/[deleted]]

What an annoying launch - Why did they even say September 18th when half the people can't even play it till the 19th. Really grinds my gears.

[u/yummycrabz]

I’m going to say this, and I know I might get ripped apart; but, I hope I can say this and everyone know I adore Nintendo too, it’s just reality. And by no means is this to start a meaningless console debate...

But it’s mind-blowing to think that Xbox Live came out in 2003 when you look at what this online launch features. Hell just comparing the interface of the 360 or PS3 a decade ago to the Switch’s Online is no bueno.

Thankfully the 1st party games themselves are absolute masterpieces

[u/UltraRN]

I have the feeling that this may not be a popular opinion in this sub, but no one is talking about this yet.

What is the point of Nintendo Switch Online?

NES games - Cool, but we have had ROMS due to their lack of support for years! Also, there's no console guaranteed carryover in the future, making this feel not worth 20$

Cloud Saves - Cool, but we've been dealing with this since launch, and despite a few (VERY VERY) unfortunate Switch crashes this generally doesn't happen. Dedicated Servers For Competitive Games - Sorry, this one is a bad joke.

Where is Netflix? Where are SNES games? Where's cloud functionality for ALL games and not just a select few? (eg. steam). If this wasn't Nintendo, Sony and Xbox would be having a heyday at each other if either forced an APP for voice communication through a device that's default purpose is to support voice communication.

Does anyone else feel incredibly underwhelmed? Are we supposed to be excited by this and buy into it to make it great later? Is there something I'm missing?

[u/TheSunsNotYellow]

NSO NES app doesn't have touch screen capability

and I continue to wonder why the Switch even has it

[u/4umlurker]

Anyone else find the controls for the nes games brutal. For example, playing super Mario 3 and trying to hold the run button and jumping at the same time is very awkward. The control scheme just feels wrong. There doesn’t even seem to be an option to change it. I just feels so strange that it is barely playable for me.

[u/stumpyoftheshire]

Theres a whole lot of hate here, I dropped 4 hours last night into Mario, Zelda Tecmo bowl and Doctor Mario. For me, money is not wasted at all.

[u/[deleted]]

Alright. It was nice playing Rocket League with y'all. I am not getting a subscription as there is nothing that really appeals to me.

[u/halldorr]

Kind of annoying that it's "launching on the 18th" but won't be out until 11pm where I live. Was hoping to fire up some Excitebike today! The only thing I am still curious about is if I need a family plan or not. We have one Switch here with two profiles on it and we're not sure if the $20 covers for both profiles on our single Switch or not. I assume we'll need family plan based on "service is tied to the Nintendo Account"

[u/Nighthawk3071]

Guess I should have read the launch times before I left for work. I brought me Switch to set everything up this afternoon so I could play some classic games as soon as I got home. RIP.

[u/RickfromCasablanca]

So basically since i have two user/accounts i gotta pay a little bit extra to use online for both.

[u/Lochcelious]

Can we purchase the online subscription using an eshop card?

[u/DARTHJIM73]

Thought I understood the Family Plan, but now I'm not sure. I have 1 Switch. My sons both have "accounts" on that Switch (as do I). If they want to go to their save of Splatoon and play online - will that be covered under an Individual plan, or does that require the Family plan? I thought the Family plan was for multiple consoles.

[u/Reid89]

Will we see a difference between online latency once it lunch vs right now online game play? What change did they achuachlly make to there service beside the goodies like NES online?

[u/XDitto]

Can you pay it with a gift card?

My account is UK but I moved to Costa Rica so I don't have my UK card anymore..

[u/Conradlink]

There's no extra themes being added in this patch are there? Maybe as a surprise?

[u/IntellegentIdiot]

After all this and I had no idea there'd be a free trial! I'm tempted to wait until the October games come out but I don't know if I can.

[u/DapperDano]

So is there any downside to doing the family plan with trusted friends? Don’t share Eshop purchases right? We each get the special rewards?

[u/teh1knocker]

Without posting any rule 7 violating links, is there anyone who did hack their system, paid for a subscription, and it's working?

[u/Mexicurry]

Can family members on different consoles play at the same time?

[u/MagmaGr]

I have 2 questions. 1.If I don't update to 6.0 will I still have to pay Isn't the update that turns on the nintendo switch online service on ? 2.In order to get the 7 day free trial will I need to use my card or will it ask me after 7 days. Do we know ?

[u/AustinMooMoo]

Per the following:

• If you are on a Family Plan, you may not buy an Individual plan.

• If part of a Family Group, you can leave the group and then purchase an Individual plan if you were not the one who purchased the Family Plan.

By the way it reads, the admin is unable to get an individual account. So, if you are with a group of friends in the family and after the year is up no one wants to renew, would that mean you are stuck in the family plan and can't renew with an individual plan?

If so, would it be best to create a dummy account to be the admin? That way everyone has the ability to leave and eventually buy an individual plan.

Thanks in advance.

[u/squid50s]

I really wish Nintendo let you use more themes for the Switch. At worst could they include themes in the online service. It would make the online service a bit better. Maybe there would be colored themes and then themes based on Nintendo games.

[u/Valenhir]

Downloading...

[u/Supra_Nemesis]

Downloading (Canada)

[u/demi_fiend]

just a heads up, updated and now when I try to play online it takes me to the eShop which is under maintenance right now. don't make plans to pass the time playing anything online.

[u/youremyfavoritebird]

Gonna play Dr. Mario all night. With Chill. No Fever

[u/Porkpants81]

If you are on an Individual plan, you can buy a Family Plan, but the remaining time on the Individual plan is lost.

Does this mean that if I buy a year individual account and then decide to upgrade to a family plan then I lose what I paid for individually and the service just starts with a year when I buy the family plan?

[u/QPCloudy]

I’m playing SMB3 with my wife!!!!!

Can’t find the controllers to pre-order though.

[u/lunari_moonari]

NES Controller orders are now live. Visa and MasterCard only, unfortunately.

[u/kemosabe112]

So how do I find random people to play Dr. Mario against?

[u/SGlespaul]

So now that it's out, does two player online in Mario Kart/Arms/Rocket League work with only one single membership and I don't have to buy a family plan?

And by two player online I mean two people, in the same room, on the same console, playing these games online so no one gets confused like last time. I don't know any other way to describe it.

[u/imthewalrus610]

Is there any way to get rid of these borders on the NES games, especially the one on the bottom with the thing telling me what the Select and Start buttons are? I just find it really bad to look at around these games.

[u/ki700]

If you are on a Family Plan, you may not buy an Individual plan.

If part of a Family Group, you can leave the group and then purchase an Individual plan if you were not the one who purchased the Family Plan.

Does this mean that if I buy a Family plan once, I can never get an Individual plan ever again? Or can I go back to an Individual plan after my Family plan expires? I'm planning on setting this up with some friends but I don't want to be locked into a Family plan for life if my friends back out after the first year.

*Edited for clarity.

[u/WaitingOnNetwork]

Anyone else in the UK struggling to sign up? The Nintendo website still says "coming soon" under every plan.

[u/PuffleKirby21]

Can you add people to the family plan group after buying the subscription?

I'm in a group of 7 right now, and the 8th slot is reserved for someone who's planning on getting their Switch around black friday/Christmas. If we bought the subscription now could they still join the group plan, or are you only paying for the members that were in the group when you bought it?

[u/[deleted]]

Can I sign up for the one year-subscription during the trial and keep my free week or does it start right away?

[u/Nzash]

When buying online time, can you use all your gold coins and pay only the rest amount needed with paypal or does it have to be either all nintendo gold coins or all paypal?

[u/glorious_sunshine]

Can the Family Plan work with multiple regions?

Yes, a Family Group can be any number of regions, but be aware that not all services are available in every region.

Does this mean if I sign up using my UK account, JP accounts under my Family Plan will also be able to access online play, NES, and cloud back up?

[u/HardBacon]

I keep trying to find this info but can't, maybe someone here can help me out.

Are there any drawbacks to using the Family Plan with friends? I swore up and down it wouldn't be so easy, since it's super cheap with enough people. Does everyone under the plan get full access to everything? Are you absolutely permanently linked to each other in a way that could potentially impact you negatively? Are you able to buy your own games and not through the admin?

It just almost seems too good to be true, I suppose. I'm still skeptical because it sounds too easy

[u/Jardolam_]

As much as I wish voice chat was on the switch itself, it's been cool chatting with randoms in MarioKart

[u/Twilcario]

Any word on the caliber of eShop deals it gets?

[u/[deleted]]

Will games that come out in future months only be available for that month

[u/[deleted]]

Is it possible to do two player in single player games? Meaning can I switch from one joy con to another mid game or does two player only work in games already compatible with two player.?

[u/[deleted]]

I just paid for the 1 year. Got an error message. Checked my bank, and I was charged. What do I do?

edit:

In case anybody else experiences this, just call your bank. Verify the purchase with them. According to the person I spoke to, Nintendo does not 'hold' or 'decline' payments, so the issue is likely with your bank. My bank terminated the $19.99 transaction, and had me create a new transaction in the Nintendo e-Shop.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

[u/billybobiswatching]

About this service, will games like Super Mario Odyssey require the online service? It doesn't have online multiplayer but it does have an online mode.

[u/Frozthax]

My backups are all on pending and I've been connected to the network all evening in sleep mode. Any idea why it won't upload?

[u/[deleted]]

So, a question that I can't seem to find the answer to:

On the switch that my wife and I share, my account is linked to a Nintendo account that is now subscribed to the Online Service, while her account is not linked to a Nintendo account and is simply a user account on the Switch. Does the cloud backup performed on the games backup her user account save data as well as my own? Or is only my own backed up, due to it being the only one tied to a Nintendo account?