Nintendo Switch: new Firmware update out on Sept. 18th/19th (Ver. 6.0.0)

Lite_Agent · Sep 12, 2018

Nintendo just announced that the long-awaited Ver. 6.0.0 firmware update will be out on September 18th (North America) / September 19th (Europe, Japan):

- Europe: 2AM
- UK: 1AM
- NA (ET): 8PM
- NA (PT): 5PM)
- Japan: 9AM

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41815

Important: after installing the update, you will no longer be able to unlink your Nintendo Account from your Nintendo Switch user, so do that before the update is out if you need to. This is done presumably so that you can't clone your save data by using several profiles and downloading your cloud save data to them.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41815

For the record, that does NOT mean you cannot unlink your account from the system, you'll still be able to do that (if you get a new console, lose or get your current one stolen, damaged, etc.).

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22434

Things that will not change:

- you will still be able to transfer your account using system transfer
- you will still be able to use a Nintendo Account across several Nintendo Switch consoles, but as always, you will only be able to have one active console
- you will still be able to switch regions on your Nintendo Account
- you won't have to call Nintendo Support to transfer anything unless your console broke down or was stolen)

The NSO subs will go live on the eShop after maintenance that starts right when update is out, and should last 3h. Ver. 6.0.0 required to access eShop, as expected.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41814/p/897

Boiled Goose · Sep 12, 2018

Nintendo has like 6 different online account systems running in parallel currently which is a mess. Hopefully the update points to some consolidation.

shancake · Sep 12, 2018

Am I crazy or can I see no mention of 6.0.0 in any of those articles?

Porygon · Sep 12, 2018

Important: after installing the update, you will no longer be able to unlink your Nintendo Account from your Nintendo Switch user, so do that before the update is out if you need to.

Excuse me?....

Vazra · Sep 12, 2018

More Direct leaks... jk

Lite_Agent · Sep 12, 2018

shancake said:
Am I crazy or can I see no mention of 6.0.0 in any of those articles?

You are crazy ;)

Nintendo Switch system update version 6.0.0 has been scheduled for September 18th, 2018 (Tuesday) at 5pm Pacific Time. After this system update is released, Nintendo eShop will be under maintenance for a brief period of time. Nintendo eShop will not be accessible during the maintenance window below. We apologize for the inconvenience.

LuigiBlood · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Nintendo has like 6 different online account systems running in parallel currently which is a mess. Hopefully the update points to some consolidation.

There's only two account systems though. Nintendo Network for WiiU/3DS which no one barely cares for, and then Nintendo Account which is the main one. It's not that hard to mess with...

Deleted member 14313 · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Nintendo has like 6 different online account systems running in parallel currently which is a mess. Hopefully the update points to some consolidation.

No they do not. They have Nintendo Account (the current one for Switch/mobile) and NNID (the legacy one for 3DS/Wii U). That is two. You can link your Nintendo Account to your NNID so you can share your wallet between Switch and 3DS/Wii U.

Grapezard · Sep 12, 2018

I loves updates that remove system features.

Adam Prokopchuk · Sep 12, 2018

I'm confused on the reasoning for the removal

808s & Villainy · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Nintendo has like 6 different online account systems running in parallel currently which is a mess. Hopefully the update points to some consolidation.

I don't think they do. They only have one and then the older 3DS system which they made compatible with the new one

ryushe · Sep 12, 2018

Lite_Agent said:
Important: after installing the update, you will no longer be able to unlink your Nintendo Account from your Nintendo Switch user, so do that before the update is out if you need to.

That's... Huh..

Boiled Goose · Sep 12, 2018

LuigiBlood said:
There's only two account systems though. Nintendo Network for WiiU/3DS which no one barely cares for, and then Nintendo Account which is the main one. It's not that hard to mess with...

HMM said:
No they do not. They have Nintendo Account (the current one for Switch/mobile) and NNID (the legacy one for 3DS/Wii U). That is two. You can link your Nintendo Account to your NNiD so you can share your wallet between Switch and 3DS/Wii U.

808s & Villainy said:
I don't think they do. They only have one and then the older 3DS system which they made compatible with the new one

Made it compatible but both still exist.

Let's see.

Switch user account.
My Nintendo account
Nintendo username
nnid

That's 4. It should be ONE.

Plinko · Sep 12, 2018

There has to be more to the "Cannot unlink the account from Switch user" thing. No way they'd regress back to the, "Welp, sucks to be you for your digital software if your system breaks."

WarpSpeedMolasses · Sep 12, 2018

Wait so this doesn't roll out themes and folders? Wtf I thought 6.0 was supposed to be the big update.

PCPace · Sep 12, 2018

I thought you already had to use a system transfer to move your Nintendo account between systems anyway

Deleted member 14313 · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Made it compatible but both still exist.

Let's see.

Switch user account.
My Nintendo account
Nintendo username
nnid

That's 4. It should be ONE.

MyNintendo is a reward service for your Nintendo Account not a separate account. A Switch user is not an online account either.

Nintendo has only ever had two online account systems. Nintendo Account and NNID.

jts · Sep 12, 2018

Plinko said:
There has to be more to the "Cannot unlink the account from Switch user" thing. No way they'd regress back to the, "Welp, sucks to be you for your digital software if your system breaks."

That's not what it means.

Boiled Goose · Sep 12, 2018

HMM said:
MyNintendo is a reward service for your Nintendo Account not a separate account. A Switch user is not an online account either.

It's a mess. It should all be tied to single login, username, etc

808s & Villainy · Sep 12, 2018

WarpSpeedMolasses said:
Wait so this doesn't roll out themes and folders? Wtf I thought 6.0 was supposed to be the big update.

There isn't even a changelog for 6.0 yet

Boiled Goose said:
It's a mess. It should all be tied to single login, username, etc

It is. The entire point of allowing you to link their old services to their current one is so you can access it all under 1 login

PCPace · Sep 12, 2018

WarpSpeedMolasses said:
Wait so this doesn't roll out themes and folders? Wtf I thought 6.0 was supposed to be the big update.

These articles don't list the features of the update, they just say it's coming, these are articled just about the expected downtime and account linking

Though I doubt there will be more themes

.exe · Sep 12, 2018

Plinko said:
There has to be more to the "Cannot unlink the account from Switch user" thing. No way they'd regress back to the, "Welp, sucks to be you for your digital software if your system breaks."

One step forward, two steps back. Seriously, what's the point of this? So if I lose my Switch or somehow lose my data and I don't save cloud backup, I'm boned out of my account? I haven't turned on my Switch in a while, so maybe I'm misremembering how the user system works.

Wamb0wneD · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Made it compatible but both still exist.

Let's see.

Switch user account.
My Nintendo account
Nintendo username
nnid

That's 4. It should be ONE.

I have no clue anymore what my nnid and NIntendo username are tbh, or their passwords. I hope I don't need those for the Pokebank shit I need to do when the 2019 Switch game launches.

eseqko · Sep 12, 2018

Plinko said:
There has to be more to the "Cannot unlink the account from Switch user" thing. No way they'd regress back to the, "Welp, sucks to be you for your digital software if your system breaks."

Although I think this means, for example, that if your main Switch account is linked to one Nintendo Account, you can't switch it to another account that could be from another region, I really don't see the benefit in doing that anyway?? Could someone please enlighten me what is being lost?

jts · Sep 12, 2018

daxy said:
One step forward, two steps back. Seriously, what's the point of this? So if I lose my Switch or somehow lose my data and I don't save cloud backup, I'm boned out of my account?

No.

Boiled Goose · Sep 12, 2018

Wamb0wneD said:
I have no clue anymore what my nnid and NIntendo username are tbh, or their passwords. I hope I don't need those for the Pokebank shit I need to do when the 2019 Switch game launches.

And that's why it's a mess.

Oh there's also a separate pokemon trainer account

Kouriozan · Sep 12, 2018

Porygon said:
Excuse me?....

May be to combat piracy? Otherwise I don't understand as well.

Deleted member 14313 · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
It's a mess. It should all be tied to single login, username, etc

It is, the same login is used on Nintendo Account as MyNintendo because they are the exact same thing. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Elven_Star · Sep 12, 2018

Where did this unlink thing come from? What's the logic behind it?

808s & Villainy · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
And that's why it's a mess.

Oh there's also a separate pokemon trainer account

It's a mess because a 3rd party developer has their own separate service??

Deleted member 14313 · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
And that's why it's a mess.

Oh there's also a separate pokemon trainer account

TPC/Game Freak are not Nintendo. They are related but very much not the same entity. That's like saying there's a separate Epic account for Fortnite.

Plinko · Sep 12, 2018

jts said:
That's not what it means.

I didn't say it did. I'm just responding to the others in this thread who are already leaning in that direction. There's no way Nintendo goes back to that.

Wamb0wneD · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
And that's why it's a mess.

Oh there's also a separate pokemon trainer account

Yeah I forgot what that one was, too. Lol. I'm so screwed.

.exe · Sep 12, 2018

jts said:
No.

Thanks for clarifying that in such detail :p

Pikachu · Sep 12, 2018

I know Nintendo's scummy and shitty so I'm gonna have to pay to play Fortnite

But I really don't wanna pay to play Fortnite

Deleted member 249 · Sep 12, 2018

Porygon said:
Excuse me?....

LuigiBlood said:
There's only two account systems though. Nintendo Network for WiiU/3DS which no one barely cares for, and then Nintendo Account which is the main one. It's not that hard to mess with...

Plinko said:
There has to be more to the "Cannot unlink the account from Switch user" thing. No way they'd regress back to the, "Welp, sucks to be you for your digital software if your system breaks."

daxy said:
One step forward, two steps back. Seriously, what's the point of this? So if I lose my Switch or somehow lose my data and I don't save cloud backup, I'm boned out of my account? I haven't turned on my Switch in a while, so maybe I'm misremembering how the user system works.

Chill. All it means is that if you link a Nintendo Online account to a local user, you can't unlink it. Not that you can't unlink an account from a system.

Garou · Sep 12, 2018

Kouriozan said:
May be to combat piracy? Otherwise I don't understand as well.

Elven_Star said:
Where did this unlink thing come from? What's the logic behind it?

This is to prevent save game-duping with multiple profiles.

Imagine you have two profiles on your Switch. You connect your online ID to profile A, sync your save from the cloud to the device, then unlink the online account and relink it to profile B, sync the saves again, now you have two separate profiles with the same saves and basically duped everything.

This is to prevent that.

RobotVM · Sep 12, 2018

You can move your account to any Switch but you have to deactivate it on the current switch before doing so. All this does is permanently link you User to it's Nintendo account. I didn't even realize it could be removed before . This is probably so you cannot give your online account to another user so you can sort of share it.

PCPace · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
And that's why it's a mess.

Oh there's also a separate pokemon trainer account

Pokemon isn't made by Nintendo

Deleted member 249 · Sep 12, 2018

Pikachu said:
I know Nintendo's scummy and shitty so I'm gonna have to pay to play Fortnite

But I really don't wanna pay to play Fortnite

Fortnite doesn't need the subscription.

Boiled Goose · Sep 12, 2018

HMM said:
It is, the same login used on Nintendo Account as MyNintendo because they are the exact same thing. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Ok. I just checked and it does seem that at least Nintendo account and My Nintendo have been consolidated. It wasn't always the case.

That still leaves:

Nnid
Switch user account
My Nintendo/Nintendo account

Pikachu · Sep 12, 2018

Phantom Thief said:
Fortnite doesn't need the subscription.

That's confirmed?!

Large if correct

Ridley327 · Sep 12, 2018

Pikachu said:
I know Nintendo's scummy and shitty so I'm gonna have to pay to play Fortnite

But I really don't wanna pay to play Fortnite

f2p games won't require NSO to play them online, including Fortnite.

Deleted member 249 · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Ok. I just checked and it does seem that at least Nintendo account and My Nintendo have been consolidated. It wasn't always the case.

That still leaves:

Nnid
Switch user account
My Nintendo/Nintendo account

This update consolidates My Nintendo/Nintendo Account with the Switch account.
NNID is legacy.

PCPace · Sep 12, 2018

Pikachu said:
I know Nintendo's scummy and shitty so I'm gonna have to pay to play Fortnite

But I really don't wanna pay to play Fortnite

I'll have to check again but last I looked f2p games like Fortnite did not require a subscription

Elven_Star · Sep 12, 2018

Garou said:
This is to prevent save game-duping with multiple profiles.

Imagine you have two profiles on your Switch. You connect your online ID to profile A, sync your save from the cloud to the device, then unlink the online account and relink it to profile B, sync the saves again, now you have two separate profiles with the same saves and basically duped everything.

This is to prevent that.

Ah, OK. Thanks for the clarification.

Deleted member 249 · Sep 12, 2018

Pikachu said:
That's confirmed?!

Large if correct

Yes

Deleted member 14313 · Sep 12, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Ok. I just checked and it does seem that at least Nintendo account and My Nintendo have been consolidated. It wasn't always the case.

That still leaves:

Nnid
Switch user account
My Nintendo/Nintendo account

False. They were always the same thing from day one. You have no idea what you are talking about. Switch users are not online accounts. They exist separately so that someone can use a Switch without having to sign up to Nintendo's online shit. (I can't say for sure right now but surely PS4/Xbox One allow users to create profiles without an online account.)

Also as I said before NNID is a legacy platform for 3DS/Wii U. Unless you use one of those NNID is completely irrelevant.

Boiled Goose · Sep 12, 2018

Phantom Thief said:
This update consolidates My Nintendo/Nintendo Account with the Switch account.
NNID is legacy.

Which as I said is a good thing!

R dott B · Sep 12, 2018

So...

Any new features in it

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