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
- 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
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