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Claim Your Nintendo Switch Account Username Now Before the Console is Out

Do it now, before someone takes your name!
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Published: Feb 21, 2017 12:45 am

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So it’s looking a lot like players will finally be able to create proper accounts with the Nintendo Switch, and not have to memorize a long string of numbers whenever they want to add others to their friends list. While the console itself isn’t going to be out for another couple of weeks (a little less than that, actually), you might be able to settle on your username now.

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By logging into your Nintendo Account, you’ll see that Nintendo has added a new User ID setting on your profile page. If you’re just logging in now, you won’t have an ID set. You can then choose to edit that field and set a User ID for yourself. Do note that this is different from your Nintendo Network ID, which is used to manage your accounts across the 3DS and the Wii U. The Nintendo User ID is the new one that will likely be tied to your Switch.

The Nintendo Switch is set to be released on March 3.

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Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.
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