How to Create and Add Members into Nintendo Switch Family Group

If you have more than one member in the family who wants to access the Nintendo Switch Online services, then you should go for Nintendo Switch Online Family membership. You can get it in less than the cost of two plans, as well as get even more than the Individual membership. For a group of users, Nintendo Switch Family membership is best. Not just two or three, up to total eight members can be joined in a Family group and take advantage of it. This means there is a huge saving in a Nintendo Switch Online Family membership. Moreover, creating, adding, and managing family group is easy enough.

Here is how to create and add members into Nintendo Switch Family group

Features of Nintendo Switch Family Group

Some of you are confusing between Nintendo Switch Parental Controls and Online Family group. Both of these are completely separate from each other; Online Family membership is a subscription-based service whereas Parental Controls is a no cost service. Parental Controls features can be accessed right from the console as well as from the Android or iOS application.

The entire features of the Family membership and Individual membership are almost the same, except Family membership share them with everyone in the group. These include:

·      Online multiplayer gaming for supported games

·      Access to NES games (Nintendo Entertainment System)

·      Cloud space for online backup

·      Voice chat with Smartphone apps

·      Exclusive deals

How to create an Online Family Membership group

Just like Facebook and WhatsApp group, Switch Family group also needs an admin to handle the group. Along with managing the group, the admin is also responsible for the renewal of the membership plan. Admin can add or remove the Nintendo accounts from the Family group. Here are the steps to create a Family group, which should be followed by the admin.

1.   You need to start your computer and open a browser on it.

2.   After that, go to “https://ec.nintendo.com/US/en/membership.” This will open the Nintendo Switch Online subscription page with all the membership plans.

3.   Go to the ‘Family Membership’ section and click on the red ‘Purchase’ button.

4.   Enter your Nintendo account sign-in information, username/email address, and password, when asked you to sign in. You can also choose linked, Nintendo Network ID, Facebook, Twitter, or Google account to sign in with it.

5.   After signing in with your account, Nintendo Switch Online page will reload with ‘Proceed to Purchase’ button.

6.   Click the red ‘Proceed to Purchase’ button, next to Family Membership.

7.   Once you get the Nintendo Switch Family membership, go to “accounts.nintendo.com/family” to access your Family Group. You must be logged in with the Nintendo account you’ve purchased the subscription.

Now, you can add Nintendo accounts to your newly created Family group and share all the benefits with them.

How to add members in Nintendo Switch Family group

You can’t add the members directly to the group, adding process will complete from both ends, admin, and the member to be added. Admin can only invite the person to join the Family group, after that the person needs to accept the invite to join the group. Once the process completes, the added account can enjoy the benefits.

1.   Launch a browser on your computer or mobile device.

2.   Then go to “https://accounts.nintendo.com/” to sign in to the admin’s Nintendo account.

3.   Enter your Nintendo account sign-in information, username/email address, and password.

4.   Now, go to ‘Family Group’ or visit “https://accounts.nintendo.com/family.”

5.   Click on ‘Add Member’ option.

6.   Then click on red color ‘Invite to the family group.’ If you want to create a child account to add into the group, click on ‘Create a child account’ button. Before this, read all the info given on the screen.

7.   Enter the email address of the Nintendo account you want to add to the group and send the invite.

8.   Now, the person you’re adding will have to open your invite email and click on the ‘Join Family Group’ option.

The will be joined to the Nintendo Switch Family group.

How to remove members from the Nintendo Switch Family group

1.   Visit “https://accounts.nintendo.com/family.”

2.   Sign in to the admin’s account.

3.   Go to ‘Manage Family Group.’

4.   Select ‘Remove a Group Member.’

5.   Select the member you want to kick out.

6.   And ‘Confirm’ removing.

The removed person will no longer be able to access the benefits of Nintendo Switch Online Family group.

Tip: Admin of the Family Group can also appoint a member as a new admin by selecting the ‘Change Family Group Admin’ from the Manage Family Group section.

Edward Lewis  is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Edward has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

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