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12-Mo. Nintendo Switch Online Membership (Email Delivery): Individual $18, Family

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Amazon has 12-Month Nintendo Switch Online Membership (digital code) on sale as listed below. After purchase, this item with redemption instructions will be available on Your Games and Software Library and email.Target has 12-Month Nintendo Switch Online Membership (digital code) on sale as listed below. Download link sent by email after purchaseThanks to community member jbrowns22 for sharing this deal.

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  • With a Nintendo Switch Online membership, you'll get access to online play in compatible games, an ever-growing catalog of classic NES™, Super NES™ and Game Boy™ titles with newly added online play, cloud backup for your save data in compatible games, extra features for the free Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app, and access to members-only special offers. Membership auto-renews after initial term at the then-current price unless canceled.
  • See the forum thread for community discussion.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
  • Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period.

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Amazon has 12-Month Nintendo Switch Online Membership (digital code) on sale as listed below. After purchase, this item with redemption instructions will be available on Your Games and Software Library and email.Target has 12-Month Nintendo Switch Online Membership (digital code) on sale as listed below. Download link sent by email after purchaseThanks to community member jbrowns22 for sharing this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • With a Nintendo Switch Online membership, you'll get access to online play in compatible games, an ever-growing catalog of classic NES™, Super NES™ and Game Boy™ titles with newly added online play, cloud backup for your save data in compatible games, extra features for the free Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app, and access to members-only special offers. Membership auto-renews after initial term at the then-current price unless canceled.
  • See the forum thread for community discussion.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
  • Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period.

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pony
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Amazon charges you tax.

But buying from within the console charges NO tax, because every Nintendo Switch sold is coincidentally being used in an Oregon zip code. Zero exceptions. It's a geological wonder.

Not to mention various ways to get cheaper eShop credit that can be used...
jtree1
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Waiting on the $19.99 Family Membership deal from a few years ago....
ranrise
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PSA - if let membership lapse over 6 months Nintendo will wipe away all your cloud data. I took a break from gaming then return to find out this. All my smash bro unlocks … gone. BOTW with fully collected yahaha's… gone.

My own fault for not checking the terms but I just assumed once I pay again they'd recover my saves but no it's actually wiped from their servers. Just so people are aware.

This is the biggest factor preventing me from picking up a switch again.

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Nov 20, 2023
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mw1739
Nov 20, 2023
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My membership expires in December but my kids don't play switch much anymore. What happens if I let it expire? I think their games were all backed up online?
Nov 20, 2023
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pony
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from mw1739 :
My membership expires in December but my kids don't play switch much anymore. What happens if I let it expire? I think their games were all backed up online?
They become inaccessible. However, if you renew within 6 months, they are still there.
Nov 20, 2023
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balajeek
Nov 20, 2023
283 Posts
I am new to Nintendo Switch, looking to buy one OLED version for my 9 year old son on BF deals, I have no clue of what this membership does, can anyone give some details?

Is it worth to buy console with bundle game or get console and play games with some membership like xbox (the one he plays now)
Nov 20, 2023
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fubag
Nov 20, 2023
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wow did ebay get rid of all the listings of folks selling spots in their family membership online for like $6-8? sad...
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someones1
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from balajeek :
I am new to Nintendo Switch, looking to buy one OLED version for my 9 year old son on BF deals, I have no clue of what this membership does, can anyone give some details?
It's right there on the Nintendo website: https://www.nintendo.com/us/switch/online/
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obidawsn
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from balajeek :
I am new to Nintendo Switch, looking to buy one OLED version for my 9 year old son on BF deals, I have no clue of what this membership does, can anyone give some details?

Is it worth to buy console with bundle game or get console and play games with some membership like xbox (the one he plays now)
Basically, you need Nintendo Switch Online to play games online. If they don't play anything online (usually multiplayer games), they won't need it. And some games (usually third party games that aren't made by Nintendo) may allow online without having the Nintendo Switch Online subscription (although I couldn't tell you what those are off hand other than Fortnite, which may not necessarily be fit for a 9 YO). But if you want to play games like Mario Kart (at least the online multiplayer...you can play single player and local multiplayer without it) or Splatoon, you will need the online subscription. The added benefit is online cloud saves of your game (instead of just local saves) and for the basic tier (without the expansion pack), you'll get access to their NES & SNES software that allows you to play games from those consoles.
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pochacco20
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from Topher0083 :
Awesome, but this seems to be for new memberships only. Big caveat.
This is regarding the membership + expansion pack deal that was mentioned earlier. It states "For NEW members; cannot be added to an existing Nintendo Switch Online membership"

So, can I purchase now, turn off auto-renewal, wait for my current membership to expire, and then use this?
Once my membership expires would that still count as "an existing Nintendo Switch Online Membership"?
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Nick5324
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from pochacco20 :
This is regarding the membership + expansion pack deal that was mentioned earlier. It states "For NEW members; cannot be added to an existing Nintendo Switch Online membership"

So, can I purchase now, turn off auto-renewal, wait for my current membership to expire, and then use this?
Once my membership expires would that still count as "an existing Nintendo Switch Online Membership"?
This should work, I had my membership expire a little over a month ago and picked up Individual + expansion on Target and it worked fine.
Nov 20, 2023
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balajeek
Nov 20, 2023
283 Posts
what is the standard price for this membership ?
from amazon it shows list price for individual is just $2 more

is this really a great deal ? or am I missing something.
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pochacco20
Nov 20, 2023
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Quote from balajeek :
what is the standard price for this membership ?
from amazon it shows list price for individual is just $2 more

is this really a great deal ? or am I missing something.
You're not missing anything. It's just a 10% discount off regular membership. But I guess these discounts don't come very often.

If you already purchased eShop credit for a better deal then you might be able to use it towards renewing your membership and then this isn't really isn't a deal for you.
Nov 20, 2023
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Ofuroski
Nov 20, 2023
886 Posts
Family membership pays for itself. There are always people willing to pay $5 a year to be in your membership. You get yourself and 7 extra slots for family members so you can easily recover $35 making your yearly membership $0.
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Nov 20, 2023
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brad_headley
Nov 20, 2023
270 Posts
$2 off something that costs $20? Who cares..

Also, I'm going on a tangent here, but I think the pricing on the Expansion Pack is too high.. $80 for a full year? It would be great if they had a monthly option. I already have most of those games for the N64, so I'd be paying $80 to access only a handful of games I don't already have.

Compare the Nintendo Expansion Pack to Xbox Game Pass. One has ports of 25-30 year old games for $80/year. The other has access to hundreds of new and old games, with a constantly expanding library of games that individually cost $10s and even $100s of millions to develop, and Game Pass costs $120/year. Plus Call of Duty games will be coming to Game Pass in 2024.

All this to say, Nintendo is really milking their old IP! I wonder how many Expansion Pack subscribers they actually have
Nov 20, 2023
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BoomDiggity
Nov 20, 2023
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Actually, why would someone just not wait until a 15% off eShop gift card pops up to buy a membership? They happen fairly regularly throughout the year.
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bobwwii
Nov 20, 2023
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10% percent is a slap in the face. I'd rather pay full price than dignify this rouse of a Black Friday deal.
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