Do you lose the credit in the Japan account if you go back to the US eshop and back to the Japan eshop?
not if you use separate accounts for each one.
Do you lose the credit in the Japan account if you go back to the US eshop and back to the Japan eshop?
Puyo Tetris is tremendous, but I really don't get how to win. I'm playing pretty well, but the cpu is so much faster at dumping trash on my side even though I make good combos. Am I missing a mechanic because of the language barrier?
I created a JP account before official launch day because i got a Switch early but the german store didn't work. Now i removed the JP account from my Switch but i still get japanese news articles on startup and in the news section. Is there any way to remove them?
I created a JP account before official launch day because i got a Switch early but the german store didn't work. Now i removed the JP account from my Switch but i still get japanese news articles on startup and in the news section. Is there any way to remove them?
You can even use your local country's credit card and purchase games with it in other country's eShops (According to LauraK, Dystify and VOOKS, all on Twitter).
This is amazing and a true game changer.
It's even easier than on PS4.
Is it region-free yet?
ok just got my switch. put me in that group where non-jp card worked on 3ds/wii u eshop but not on switch eshop. :
ok weird. tested uk card earlier and it doesn't work. just now I tried Malaysia card and it works...
I don't see any limit on changing my region whenever I access the eshop. That shouldn't be a problem. You can play the game whichever region you want to. Like on my situation. I have 3 accounts. Canada, US (Mexico) and Japan. I bought games on Mexico and Japan and I played all of these games on my Canadian account. Whenever you play a game, it ask you which account you want to play it with.Is there a limit to how many times I can change my region? If I change my account from EU to US can I play games bough in both regions or only of the region I currently am?
edit: I'm just not sure if the op images refer to the same account or having two different accounts.
if you merged the balance, should beSo if I put money into the eShop via my JPN 3DS, will it magically appear in my JPN Switch account that uses the same NNID?
I think Nintendo blocks cards from countries that are outside of the region to be honest.
Only people from NA and SA seemed to be able to take advantage of the Shovel Knight price on the MX store.
EU/NA seem to be having trouble using their cards on the JP eshop too.
When I tried it definitely seemed like it was Nintendo denying my cards, rather than my bank/card providers denying the payment.
I guess I'm a little confused. I have a Nintendo.com account and NNID. Do I have to change regions and create a brand new unique account (with separate e-mail address) for each region I want access to?
You can change regions two ways.
You can keep 1 account and just go into the settings for that account and change that accounts region, every single time you want to access a different eshop.
Or you can create multiple accounts, with separate emails and new IDs, one for every region and just quickly select the account to change eshop regions. All games purchased by any account on the Switch, can be played by any other account that is also on that same Switch.
If you keep 1 single account, every time you change regions your wallet balance gets wiped out. Some in this thread even reported they couldn't change regions with an account balance.
I personally prefer the multiple account method. After the multiple accounts are setup and on the Switch, I feel it's quicker and easier to change regions with multiple accounts. And if you're buying eshop cards online because your credit card doesn't work in foreign eshops, you don't have to worry about the remaining balance getting wiped out when you change regions.
If you keep 1 single account, every time you change regions your wallet balance gets wiped out. Some in this thread even reported they couldn't change regions with an account balance
I can tell you that Zelda, Snipperclips and Blaster Master Zero all show up "Purchased" in the JPN store. What I would be tempted to do is archive Blaster Master, then choose to download from the JPN store.Sooo, I have a question. Apparently if you buy the ACA NeoGeo games, you can redownload them, even if you change the region from another eShop.
Do you guys think this will also work for titles that currently don't have all the language options? If I buy Tetris on the japanese eShop, can I just redownload it in english, once the english version releases?
There is no precedence yet to test this out, right?
tried this with puyo puyo tetris. Initially it says 'hang on your're in the UK', but then you can go and pick from your address book (where I'd added my inlaws address). But now its saying
Processing takes time. Do not reorder, please wait.
To avoid double orders, please do not reorder this item.
In order to prevent unauthorized ordering by using your account without permission, Amazon.co.jp carries out additional verification.
This may take up to 4 hours.
Is this normal?
Edit: got confirmation email. Phew
My understanding is that this is in fact possible as long as no money is left in the wallet when you switch either time.Quick question. If I change over to the US eshop and buy Issac with the exact amount and then switch back to my normal Aus account, will it show up under my normal profile.
Essentially I don't want multiple profiles, just everything under my current Aus username.
So one Nintendo Account will let me switch to any region whenever I want as long as there's no money left in the wallet? Just need to unlink my NNID from it?
Be very careful here. If your card won't work on that store (which if you look back through this thread was very hit and miss) and you're stuck buying prepaid credit you may find it practically impossible to empty that remaining wallet.So one Nintendo Account will let me switch to any region whenever I want as long as there's no money left in the wallet? Just need to unlink my NNID from it?
Be very careful here. If your card won't work on that store (which if you look back through this thread was very hit and miss) and you're stuck buying prepaid credit you may find it practically impossible to empty that remaining wallet.
Making a second Nintendo account doesn't sound hard though and you only lose out on a few My Nintendo coins.
Who knows maybe NOA will get better with download codes for retailers too...
Is there a list of demos available in each store?
The US store is pretty bare bones in this department
It must be. I was able to download it on Canadian eshop.This page apparently shows which games have a demo:
http://www.nintendo.com/games/game-...-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|true|-|-|featured|des|-|-
Not sure how accurate it is - does Puyo Puyo Tetris not have a demo in the US eShop?
It does now. The Japanese demo was up for weeks before the US one was, though.This page apparently shows which games have a demo:
http://www.nintendo.com/games/game-...-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|true|-|-|featured|des|-|-
Not sure how accurate it is - does Puyo Puyo Tetris not have a demo in the US eShop?
I have a question to anyone who bought The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild digital on the european Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo Switch I would like to know if you are able to download the game also from the japanese and american Nintendo eShop after purchasing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild from the european Nintendo eShop? I myself have three Nintendo Accounts, one for every Region.
Don't know about Zelda, but I bought Mario Kart 8 from the Japan eShop and it was showing as purchased in the UK eShop.
I added a Japan region account (I have a US one as my 'main'), but my News section is now Japan focused. I have tried signing back into the eShop with my US account, but the News section didn't change. My language set on the Switch is English.
Any ideas? Thanks
Your News section is now both regions, so you'll get updates for both.
You can't change this unless you remove the other account.
Just wanted to let anyone that had the issue where they couldn't change region due to a remaining balance that it's possible to resolve this by contacting Nintendo Support of the region it's currently associated with.
I wanted to change mine from USA back to Australia but was unable to because I had a remaining balance of 1 cent left. Previously you were given the option to forfeit the money but this is no longer an option.
I was able to go to Nintendo America's support page and do an online chat with someone and explained the situation. They just asked for my serial number and email address associated with my Nintendo Account and sent me an email about 20 minutes later and my balance had been removed and they had changed my region for me!
It can be tricky to find the option to chat with someone. I chose "Nintendo eShop & Downloads > Nintendo Switch > Accidental purchase or download".
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/contact/ht/295
Thanks to Robin64 for pointing this out in another thread!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=234893155&postcount=2496
Why not just make extra accounts? Its so much easier to switch between regionsJust a word of warning. I decided to change back to US region and discovered that the remaining 1 cent balance was actually still there and had not been removed. All Nintendo Support did was change my region for me on my behalf. So now I'm back to where I was stuck on US region because I have 1 cent remaining on my account.
So I need to contact Nintendo Support again. Although they stated in my incident email:
Hello,
I wanted to let you know that the issue you recently contacted us about has been resolved. Please note that if you experience a similar situation in the future, we may not be able to assist you.
Sincerely,
Nintendo of America Inc.
So I might have screwed myself