Nintendo Switch Latest News & Update: Claim Your Nintendo Switch User ID; Along With Different Online Accounts

Creating Nintendo online account system has just got even more difficult with their new User ID to user accounts. Its new User ID is used to identify you in its online community, but your user nickname also needs another form of identification. Players need to log into their Nintendo Account to claim a User ID.

By this, it's even more complicated than usual even if you have already a Nintendo set up. As stated by the reports of Techno Buffalo, if you have ever experienced an online Nintendo service before, you can now claim your unique Nintendo Account User IC for Switch. Some players have already a Nintendo Accounts might not yet register their Nintendo Account User IDs. So here are some reminders to keep you informed;

Nintendo Account is the bottom line or we call it essential to all of your online Nintendo services. It's like the portal through in which you can manage and customize your account settings along with your Nintendo Network ID, your new Nintendo Account User ID, and your account nickname.

For the Nintendo Network ID, it's not the same as your Nintendo Account User ID. This Nintendo Network ID will be used for online services for the Wii U and 3DS where it can administer access to Miiverse and to the Nintendo eShop. According to Kotaku, just simply link your Nintendo Network ID to your Nintendo account by visiting Nintendo account setting page. With that, it allows players to share an eShop Wallet between different consoles where downloaded games can't be seen to the account in the updated Nintendo Switch.

Claim your Nintendo Account user ID now (replacing NNID for Nintendo Switch) https://t.co/EUQP83mTUz pic.twitter.com/KYF5P8O52t

— Wario64 (@Wario64) February 20, 2017

Nintendo User ID is a new one for all players using Nintendo Switch, as for now it is not tested or used. But Nintendo pro gamers claimed that it's something to do with the Nintendo Network service where the settings show us in how to claim your Nintendo account, as mentioned earlier you can log in right away to visit your Nintendo Account and edit your User ID.