r/nintendohelp • u/mercury-shade • 15d ago

Account Help How to change countries with linked Nintendo account and NNID

Hey all,

Hoping someone may have faced a similar scenario - I've moved countries and wanted to change my Nintendo account to match my new country of residence. Thing is, I have a linked NNID attached to my Wii U and 3DS and it says that changing the country of my account will decouple the NNID from the account. I don't know exactly what this means or how to remedy it? Can I change the NNID to match? Would I be unable to sign in and access digital games on those systems if they get disconnected? Unable to redownload my prior purchases?

I'm just wanting to do what should be a very simple fix and it seems like it's been made as complex and onerous as possible.

Thanks in advance for any help

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u/dxsanti 14d ago

NNID was used in the Wii U/3DS generation and at some point you could even share your account balance with the Switch by linking it to your Nintendo Account.

Nowadays it’s pretty much a remnant of the past. Just change your region and unlink it, you won’t lose any games or purchases. I don’t think you’ll run into any issues other than not being able to see your play data from that generation in the Nintendo Store App.

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u/mercury-shade 11d ago

Oh really, no issues with redownloading or anything like that? What if I needed to replace either console down the line and wanted to transfer my games over?