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Japan: Nintendo Account launching today, official blog launched too
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kuroneko0509
Member
No... NNID itself isn't affected. You just linking it to your shiny new Nintendo Account account
check your email
Check your email for the pin.
no emails so far.
So that means if I want to add funs in there(assuming is not region lock) I can just use any American, canadian,etc card?
Maneauleau
Member
Oh so this temporary discount is to entice you to register for a NNID and use it to spend money on the eShop. Good timing with shortages of Monster Hunter X ^^
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Once it launches in NOA, do we have to create a new username or can we keep or existing nnid one? I'm confused sorry.
Great, I was just about to purchase Taiko WiiU3 from the jp eShop
Had the same problem, they all went to the junk folder
Had the same problem, they all went to the junk folder
Just link your NNID rather than register and you're set.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
kuroneko0509
Member
Not sure.... since for JP eshop you can always use foreign cards to add funds but not for NA eshop. I think Canadian eshop allows that as well
even my junk folder is empty.
this would be a pretty sad way to lose the chance of getting the nickname i want.
Thanks Joe
No problem buddy
Shame the service is getting hammered at the moment. Seems to be some sweet interconnectivity with the official Japanese website.
Nintendo Account is the overarching thing from here on. It's absorbed the NNID to be your method of log in. You can create an account with FB, Twitter or Google but you won't get most of the benefits.
Sakura
Member
I don't think nicknames are unique.
No problem buddy
Shame the service is getting hammered at the moment. Seems to be some sweet interconnectivity with the official Japanese website.
Nintendo Account is the overarching thing from here on. It's absorbed the NNID to be your method of log in.
So it replaces NNID for future systems?
kuroneko0509
Member
you can try force them to resend if you want... just try input random number and they should send you a new one... but apparently the server is busy so that might take a while as well
thinking that as well, considering you can change your nickname on the profile easily... seems like general social network name, where you can freely change it
PreyingShark
Member
Checked just now for you. You do it the exact same way you do for your 3DS or Wii U or whatever. It uses the same balance, same PIN (if you have one), etc.
You even have to enter in your NNID's password, I guess to prevent a little cousin from buying something dumb while you go take a piss.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I wish they would just make the digital deluxe promotion permanent, it had me buying a lot of games.
Pro from Dover
Member
DaSorcerer7
Member
Hope the eu/UK one goes live soon
Mailenstein
Member
I'm wondering why there is no home address specified anywhere.
UnemployedVillain
Member
You could already have a universal NNID
Sakura
Member
Your NNID can already be used on both your 3DS and Wii U.
At the moment, the Nintendo Account doesn't really do much. It's more kind of for everything. It's what they will be using for phones and stuff. I'm pretty sure you needed a Wii U or 3DS to create a NNID.
Mailenstein
Member
Also, if you are logged in and visit nintendo.co.jp your account shows up in the upper right corner.
What is the difference then?
Yeah, at some point it would be nice to have some options for filtering or searching, but I don't see it being used all too often anyway. It's nice at least not having to use the 3DS or Wii U eShop to look at this now.
They included "account" in the name so that people will stop saying Nintendo doesn't have accounts?
This new account system is supposed to be friendlier, with cloud-based features. It also replaces Club Nintendo and will offer rewards for purchases.
kuroneko0509
Member
They included "account" in the name so that people will stop saying Nintendo doesn't have accounts?
This new account system is supposed to be friendlier, with cloud-based features. It also replaces Club Nintendo and will offer rewards for purchases.
isn't that one is replaced by My Nintendo
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Deleted member 465307
Unconfirmed Member
I think at this point there are very few differences. One of them, it seems, is that money can now be added to your accounts via a computer (unless that could already be done in Japan).
The biggest difference is that this account is going to house all of Nintendo's upcoming online initiatives and likely has a new backend thanks to DeNA. I think how Nintendo Account differs from NNID's services will become much clearer once Nintendo's mobile initiatives get going and once NX is revealed.
At the very least, it's a rebranding to signify a shift from the previous "closed" system that was limited to Nintendo systems to something much more open that is on many devices.
hawthorneluke
Neo Member
Say's there's a mistake in your request
It's probably a way for them to eventually deprecate the NNID system in favor of a better-designed single sign-on system without impacting existing users. Consider this will likely be used for future software and services on non-Nintendo hardware like Android/iOS devices.
PreyingShark
Member
I had no issues with Chrome so *shrugs*. Weird.
Pokemaniac
Member
I assume I should wait until this officially launches in NA to bother registering?
kuroneko0509
Member
yes
Toadthemushroom
Member
I love surprises like this. Can you sign up for a Nintendo Account using social networks (that aren't NNID/Miiverse) yet? Just curious.
The opening of Nintendo Topics is big news too, and something Nintendo should have done sooner -- Their biggest mistake is staying silent, so hopefully they'll be able to inform and address everyone in a way that's as successful as the PS Blog is.
Hiding developer posts on Miiverse just wasn't working.
The opening of Nintendo Topics is big news too, and something Nintendo should have done sooner -- Their biggest mistake is staying silent, so hopefully they'll be able to inform and address everyone in a way that's as successful as the PS Blog is.
Hiding developer posts on Miiverse just wasn't working.
You can't use your NA region NNID on the Japanese site: https://twitter.com/johntv/status/671574959827775489
StreetsAhead
Member
Yes, you can sign up with a Twitter, Facebook, or Google account, but you can't buy anything from their site without linking to an NNID.
When signing up using my Japanese NNID, I couldn't change my country from Japan or change my timezone from Japan's.
creamsugar
Member
It's for Japanese only now, I suppose this account thing is region locked.
That was never an issue with the Wii U since 2012 and neither was in the late Wii years.
*****
Looking forward to the NA release of this. Too bad it didn't made it sooner when I preloaded Xenoblade, but at least there are a few things coming out soon.
Nocturno999
Member
Can people download their current library in other systems now? Or is like starting all over again?
It's a bush:
The can use the Cloud icon to upload saves... to the cloud.
And the Bush icon to download saves... to the ground.
Nintendo thinking ahead.