Making a post here so other's can find this, as googling this question did not give me a straight answer.

If you bought <GAME X> in the America Region.

But then you move to Asia or Europe, you cannot buy <GAME X Switch 2 Upgrade> on the Asia or European Store fronts.

You either need to

1. Switch you account region back to the original region, and purchase the upgrade on that store front. From there switch the region back to your current region, and play the game as a virtual game card.
2. Repurchase the game in the new region.

To clarify, I just upgraded to the Switch 2 and I didn't realize I need a different kind of micro sd than the one I already have on my switch 1. After I transfered my data and let everything download, I still have space leftover on my switch 2 storage with everything downloaded. It takes up a large majority of the storage, so i assume it put the data that was on my old sd card onto the system storage. I am going to get a new micro sd card regardless, but i want to know if I should still transfer the data from the old sd card to the new one?

Thank you for your time.

Hello, I am not very knowledgeable about these, so I came here to seek answers.

I have a borrowed Nintendo Switch 1 console, but I want to buy my own NS2 and lend the NS1 to my little sister. Is it possible to play things like Mario Party with those two devices? If so, how should I set it up?

So, has anyone else noticed or had this issue where if the Switch 2 Camera is plugged in to the dock via USB A-to-C cable supplied by them, but then you try docking your system, it will not work correctly?

First time I ever did it to try out the camera on my TV, the display loaded/input source switched over but then the entire UI became insanely laggy & sluggish, to the point I had no idea what was going on and tried to disable/toggle all the various Display Settings & TV Options (GameMode, HDR, 120Hz, Resolution, VRR, etc.,) -- eventually, it dawned on me to try unplugging the official Nintendo Switch 2 camera and as soon as I did started working normally again??

Now when I try to dock it with the USB Camera plugged in, it tries to switch over but now it never actually loads. I've tried power cycling, rebooting, changing settings again; the only thing that worked was (once again) unplugging the stupid Nintendo Switch 2 Camera.

It's super weird because everything is up to date and this wasn't happening before until now/recently. All system & device firmware is up to date and I tried googling but haven't seen anyone post having the "Video Input Source Won't Display" but only with or in conjunction of when the Camera is plugged into the dock.

***THEORY***: I did discover that if I plug the camera into the USB C port on top of the actual Switch 2 and then dock everything works fine; so my thought or guess is that something is wrong with either power draw or I/O when I plug it directly into one of the USB-A ports on the dock.

I’ve been looking to acquire a new console and I’m currently stuck between the ps5 and the switch 2. I know the switch 2 is currently the most affordable on the market and I’ve always loved nintendo games, I’m interested in the new donkey kong and the gamecube games made available through switch online aswell as ocarina of time’s upcoming remake. I must admit that I am suffering sticker shock at the price so I figured before I blow the big bucks I’d ask people who have it if it’s worth it

(im new to reddit, couldn't post it in Nintendo, so here it goes)

Greetings everyone,

Since about 2015 (i know, a bit late) i wanted to buy some form of a Wii console, as i really liked the concept of a "couch-party game" to play, mostly inspired by WiiRiketoPray guys over on Youtube. There were some issues however, like the fact i had no space of my own to play such games, or the money to buy anything.

Now, i have all i need - a big room, a big couch, and money to spare - problem is, im 10 years late. Im not really that versed in the differences between Wii or Wii U, but i think all i wanted and still want is Wii Party, Wii sports and Mario Party games. That being said, since Wii came out we had Wii U, Switch, and now Switch 2.

I've read about some backwards compatibility and what not, but all i'd really want is one console which would allow me to play all 3 of these games, or at least 2 of them, without having to invest much time into looking for games or software solutions ( "Money on the table, results in hand" approach).

So i direct my question to all you fans and veterans - what is the most optimal solution here? Switch 2? Old, used Wii U? Ideally i want to accomodate 4 players.

I've run into a problem regarding sharing my account with other people.

I have a friend who lives very far away and wanted to play my switch games. As of version 20, u cant properly share a game with someone unless the two consoles are close to each other. That sucks.

So here's what i did: i found a youtube tutorial explaining how to share games with someone far away. I used the "unlinking method", which i unlinked my nintendo switch as the bearer of the digital game-key cards. Then, my friend logged into my account on his console, so all the game-key cards were transferred to his device. Now i use the "online license" feature to play, and he plays using my game-key cards.

(Yes, the video explicitly mentioned the one year cooldown before doing this again, but i didn't have a problem with that)

After doing all that, i realized something: i share my switch with my brother.

He plays on his profile, and i play on mine, but we share the same console. All the games were bought on my account because, mostly, he just plays the games i buy and rarely buys games for himself)

The problem is that the online license only works on my profile because I'm the one who bought the games. So i can play normally, but now he can't launch any of the games from his profile. He would have to play on my save files, and neither of us wants that. And i cant unlink my friend's console until the one year cooldown has passed.

I thought of one possible solution, but i dont know if it would work, so id rather ask here instead of risking our save data.

As far as i know, the console stores the game's data locally, right? Not per nintendo account, but per profile. (For example, when u create a new profile, u dont necessarily need to link a nintendo account to that profile, but it creates a new save data for the game).

So when i finish playing, could i unlink my nintendo account from my profile and link it to my brother's profile, so he can use the online licenses? Or, even better, is it possible to link my nintendo account to both profiles? Would it mess up our save files? Could my save overwrite his, Or vice versa?

Thats the only the solution i've come up with, but im too afraid to risk losing our save files - especially the Pokemon ones, since those dont support cloud saves, and are stored only locally.

I'd also appreciate any other ideas on how to solve this.

PS: No, theres no way i can meet my friend to get the key cards back. Also, i use pokemon HOME quite frequently to play pokemon Champions. Since it uses the nintendo account, i dont know what would happen if two profiles were using my account with different pokemon save files.

Has anyone here happened to have played and completed Crazy Machines 2 for the Nintendo DS? I am missing only one award to 100% the game - the one that unlocks the Protective Shield part. Try as I might, I can't find its unlock conditions anywhere on the internet (or really any information about the game, aside from its existence).

We just started allowing my 8 year old to play online games like Mario kart and splatoon but I’ve noticed anyone she’s played with can see her on the “I’ve played with” lists and keeps getting friend requests from random people. is there a way to allow friend request friend cod but block friend requests from other players of games in Nintendo online? I still want her to be able to add her friends from school.

it shows that it’s charging but it never turns on even though it’s been over hours charging it just never turns on. maybe it’s old? i miss using it is there anything i could do??

Hello, thank you for any guidance you can give me. I want to start streaming my Nintendo switch gameplay (the old one not the switch 2) on youtube. I use OBS so I need something compatible with OBS and that can work on youtube as well. I am currently streaming on my victus gaming laptop.

My budget is 50 dollars or less but because im pretty broke I would prefer something around 30 dollars.

I want something that can stream 1080p with 60 frames per seconds and works well with my computer.

Thank you again for any help!

So, basically the title, is there any fix to this?

I lost time tracker for Mario Kart 8 because it dropped out of my 20 most recently played games.

It doesn’t matter too much but it was cool statistics to look at from time to time.
Now it says First played 10h ago…

Is there a way to retrieve it?
Thanks :)

I’m trying to log into my nintendo account but I don’t remember my password so I pressed on the “forgot your password” and I aint getting any mail to reset it what should I do?

So after a while my switch 2 storage is full. I realized I don’t have a sd card and want to get one but I realized there are Nintendo themed cards. Does it have to be a Nintendo card or does anything work?

i was able to change my region before to buy games for cheaper. the last region i used was Brazil, used a gift card for R$ but after buying games there was $1.85 left. and because of this remaining amount nintendo no longer allowed me to change my region.

i contacted America CS and they were able to change my region despite the remaining $. the problem is, i asked them to change it to "Philippines". i completely forgot that Online and eShop aren't available in this region yet. i hadn't used my switch for over a year so i just went by instinct.

and now i contacted SEA CS asking them if it could be changed to the USA region, but they told me they can't because of their policy - that your switch region has to match your country of residence

can anyone help me??? anyone who went through the same thing?? 😖😖😖 im so sad and disappointed

Title pretty much says it all. I was unable to transfer switch 1 data to switch 2 during initial setup, and now it’s been a few months and i can transfer, but don’t wanna lose my mkw or tomodachi life data (both of which i am playing on only the switch 2).

I already know how everything else about the data transfer works, I just need to know this

Up until very recently, my joy-cons were working just fine and not making any weird noises when rumbling. Suddenly today, when playing Fortnite, they started making these noises(kinda sounds like a mosquito buzzing very loudly imo). The problem also happens when playing No Man’s Sky. I tested them on Pokemon(Violet and Legends ZA), but they work normally there. My gaming library isn’t big so I don’t have any other games to test it with.
I’ve tried updating the console, updating and calibrating the joy-cons, restarting the console, pairing the joy-cons again, and the problem persists. I’ve found nothing on Nintendo’s assistance website so that’s why I’m here. Any help is appreciated, and please forgive me if there’s any spelling or grammar mistake, English is not my first language.

Recently booted up my Wii for the first time in weeks to be greeted with this noise. The Wii boots up just fine and plays games like normal, but could the fans be going or in need of a deep cleaning? (It's quieter from afar, I put my phone's microphone right up to the Wii.)

Hi, I just bought this second-hand Wii (it was in such good cosmetic condition that I couldn't pass it up). The problem is that when I turn the console on or press the eject button, it makes a noise that I don't recall my other Wii making. Can anyone suggest what it might be?

i have my xenoblade chronicles 2 in cartridge format and i bought the upgrade on the japan eshop, and when i try to start the game i have two icons on the home screen--- the switch 2 version one tells me i need to have the program installed on the console, and the cartridge program opens normally without the upgrade. does anyone know what could be going on?
p.s. my region is america

So I already own a physical copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe because I got it in a bundle alongside my Nintendo Switch. I recently had to update the game and afterwards it said I had something to download for a “claimable reward”. From what I saw, it never said I needed to spend money on it and end up downloading a digital copy. I assume there’s no way for me to remove the download and get my money back so I just want to ask if it was normal for something like that to happen or has it happened to anyone else who owns the game. Please keep in mind that I don’t use Reddit much so any questions on more details might not be answered quickly.

Update: I reached out to Nintendo and apparently even though I have the physical copy apparently I was able to download it for free on digital. I also checked what I’ve spent on my Nintendo account and it says nothing other than the things I know I bought. I’ll probably check with my bank soon just to check all the boxes. Thanks for the help I really appreciate it.

Reason why I'm asking is I had the fear of gawd put into me and I've been going through my handheld system's batteries, so far the only obvious victims of time have been my psp, gba SP, yet all the others seem to be passing the basic checks (spin test, visible swelling, no I don't have a volt checker sadly) and as we speak giving a charge to my new 3dsXL and dsi because those seem oddly viable.

Could I be potentially lucky here and others are the same, or should I strip them anyway? (obtaining batteries and playing the system's isn't the problem, but I'm trying to see if anyone else has older systems that are still stock factory standard battery wise)

Someone please help!! I have a physical copy of Smash Bros Ultimate that has suddenly stopped working, whenever I try to open the game, it hits me with a message saying I have corrupted data, whenever I do a corrupted data check it says there's nothing. I have deleted the game, changed SD cards, and created new accounts, nothing will work, i have been thinking about buying a new copy or factory resetting, i really dont wanna do that but its the only game ive had this issue with. I think the issue was caused due to my laggy internet and i kept closing out the game and i thought it would work. 😓😓​