How to Set Up a Nintendo Switch Online Family Membership

Find out how you can share the cost of a Nintendo Switch Online membership for a year by adding up to 8 accounts on a single family plan!

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[OtakuUnderground]

Why Nintendo always overcomplicate the simplest Of matters. Lol

[jessewarren]

So just buy a family membership and share with friends ?

[peludito]

So we all going to ignore the fact that Bowser have a lot of kids but we haven't meet the mother of the childs yet? 🤔🤔

[hitara]

Why am I here I don't even have a switch

[chuckcheese]

Me and 6 friends are sharing the same membership right now lol

[emanuscriptgraphics]

Awesome! My son and I have switches, and I was contemplating buying online. Now I will definitely get it.

[TCDLogan]

I mean they could just make a button that says “share with account”

[jayrose-ham]

MY mooching friends are going to love this....

[byronkwan]

i literally cant even find my nintendo network id anywhere

[yanio]

Still don't get it... We (my wife and I) use a switch together (with different "characters" shown when you open a game or eshop). Will she be able to use the online service if i buy an individual membership?

[jessicarajeev]

Ooooh ok! Thx I bought one yesterday and it only worked for one account but this helped a lot! Thx IGN! ur an amazing channel btw and nice mii XDDDD

[sonicmorgana]

Why did they have to make it so complicated

[skinnybeans]

This is a great feature. However, suppose that I am the host and once I invite members and they accept my invitation does that mean that they cant have their own saves since I am the host? For example I played the legend of zelda, a friend of mine wants to play it as well. Can he play all over again without affecting my progress in the game?

[GosuSalt]

So let's say the primary for whatever reason, didn't renew the subscription in time, everyone in the family plan loses their save data right?

[LoxyLight]

thanks, a friend of mine doesnt have online and we wanted to play pokemon SS together so this helps a lot

[lrdalucardart]

What happens if you alredy have the membership ON and someone joins in the "family" after you alredy purchased it?

-Edit- i found it, it does work.

[Superdan]

What if I join a family group AFTER they buy the plan? Because I accepted the invitation, but I don’t have access to online.

[chantelledeltoro]

Thank you so much for the great video! It really helped me a lot.

[barbiecarranza]

Am I the only one who was here for the background music

[fandersstrom]

Just realised you can't update your individual account to a family account.