Nintendo Account User Agreement (US)

Nintendo · agreement dated 05/2025 · Official agreement

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Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Using the services means you are 18 or older and bound; younger users need a parent or guardian to accept

By using the Nintendo Account Services you represent that you are 18 or older (or the age of majority where you live) and agree to be bound by the Agreement. If you are under 18 or the age of majority, the Agreement says to stop: your parent or legal guardian must read and accept it on your behalf. By your using the services, your parent or guardian agrees to the Agreement and is responsible for your use and any issues or claims related to the services.

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By using the Nintendo Account Services, you represent that you are 18 years of age or older (or the age of majority where you live) and agree to be bound by this Agreement.
If you are under the age of 18 (or the age of majority where you live), STOP! You must get your parent or legal guardian to read and accept this Agreement on your behalf.
By using the Nintendo Account Services, your parent or legal guardian agrees to this Nintendo Account User Agreement and they are responsible for your use and any issues or claims related to the Nintendo Account Services.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The age is 18 or the age of majority where you live.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You are legally and financially responsible for all use under your Account, including other users and supervised users

By entering into the Agreement you acknowledge that you are legally and financially responsible for any use of the Nintendo Account Services under your Nintendo Account, including use by other users under your Account, whether or not you explicitly authorized it, and that you must ensure all other users under your Account follow the Agreement and other applicable terms. If you create or link supervised users to your Account you are responsible for all their uses of the services, whether or not you explicitly authorized them. Elsewhere the Agreement repeats that you are responsible for all activity and purchases on or through your Account and associated accounts, including supervised users.

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you acknowledge and agree that you are legally and financially responsible for any use of the Nintendo Account Services under your Nintendo Account, including any use of the Nintendo Account Services by other users under your Nintendo Account, whether or not such use was explicitly authorized by you
and are responsible for ensuring that all other users of the Nintendo Account Services under your Nintendo Account comply with the terms of this Agreement and any other applicable terms
if you use the functionality of the Nintendo Account Services to create or link any supervised users to your Nintendo Account then you will be responsible for all uses of the Nintendo Account Services by such supervised user, whether or not such uses were explicitly authorized by you
You are responsible for all activity and purchases on or through your Nintendo Account and any accounts associated with your Nintendo Account, including supervised users under your Nintendo Account.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Responsibility applies whether or not you authorized the use.
  • Applies to other users under your Account and to supervised users you create or link.

Account & Service Control · Context

Nintendo encourages parents and guardians to use parental controls

Nintendo says it is thoughtful about the features and services it offers, including to children, that parents and legal guardians play the most important role in helping children use technology safely, and that it encourages use of parental controls to help parents and guardians manage use of the Nintendo Account Services.

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We encourage use of parental controls to help parents and legal guardians manage use of the Nintendo Account Services.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Encouragement only; the paragraph states no required step.

Not stated here

  • The text does not describe what the parental controls do; see the Nintendo Account services themselves, which are not supplied here.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You need a Nintendo Account to use the services, and each person may have only one

You must have a Nintendo Account to use the Nintendo Account Services. Unless Nintendo permits otherwise, each person may have only one Nintendo Account.

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You must have a Nintendo Account to use the Nintendo Account Services.
Unless we permit otherwise, each person may only have one Nintendo Account.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Nintendo can permit more than one account per person.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Keep your account information accurate; Nintendo can deny, ban or cancel your account for any reason

When you create your Nintendo Account you must give accurate information, and you must promptly update it if it changes. Nintendo reserves the right to deny, ban or cancel your Nintendo Account, and any accounts associated with it, for any reason.

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you must provide us with accurate information. You must promptly update your Nintendo Account information if it changes.
We reserve the right to deny, ban, or cancel your Nintendo Account and any accounts associated with your Nintendo Account for any reason.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Nintendo needs no reason to deny, ban or cancel an account, and the right reaches associated accounts.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Changing your account's country means agreeing to that country's Agreement and may affect your services

If you change the country of your Nintendo Account, you must agree to the Nintendo Account User Agreement that applies to the new country. Certain Nintendo Account Services and Nintendo Account rights may be affected if you change your country registration.

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If you change the country of your Nintendo Account, you must agree to the Nintendo Account User Agreement applicable to the new country.
Certain Nintendo Account Services and Nintendo Account rights may be impacted if you change your country registration.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Which services and rights are affected is not stated.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say which services or rights are affected by a country change.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Your account is personal: no selling or sharing it, unlink devices you sell, and report unauthorized use

Your Nintendo Account is personal to you. You may not sell, rent, lease, lend or transfer it, or access or use an account that belongs to another person. If you sell or transfer your Nintendo device or smart device, you must unlink your Nintendo Account from the device and any on-device Nintendo Account Services. Nintendo asks you to keep your account information and password confidential and to notify it of any unauthorized use of your account or associated accounts. You are responsible for all activity and purchases on or through your account and associated accounts, including supervised users.

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Your Nintendo Account is personal to you, and you are prohibited from (i) selling, renting, leasing, lending, or transferring your Nintendo Account or (ii) accessing or using a Nintendo Account belonging to another person.
If you sell or transfer your Nintendo device or smart device, you must unlink your Nintendo Account from the device and any on-device Nintendo Account Services.
To protect your Nintendo Account, please keep your Nintendo Account information and password confidential.
Please notify Nintendo if you learn of any unauthorized use of your Nintendo Account or associated accounts.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Unlinking is required when you sell or transfer a Nintendo device or smart device.
  • Keeping credentials confidential and reporting unauthorized use are stated as requests ("please").

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

Nintendo can suspend, change or end services at any time without liability or notice

From time to time Nintendo may suspend, modify, discontinue or terminate all or some of the Nintendo Account Services without liability or notice to you. After that you may no longer be able to access those services or any content or data you saved or accessed through them.

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we may suspend, modify, discontinue, or terminate all or some of the Nintendo Account Services without liability or notice to you
it may no longer be possible for you to access such Nintendo Account Service(s) or any content or data which you may save or access through such Nintendo Account Service(s)

Qualifications & exceptions

  • No notice or liability is promised.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You agree to follow Nintendo's Community Guidelines and Community Tournament Guidelines

To help keep the services safe, friendly, welcoming and fun, you agree to adhere to the Nintendo of America Community Guidelines and the Community Tournament Guidelines. Both are linked but not supplied here.

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you agree that you will adhere to the Nintendo of America Community Guidelines found
and the Community Tournament Guidelines found

Not stated here

  • The Community Guidelines and Community Tournament Guidelines are linked but not supplied here, so the conduct they require is not explained.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

Nintendo can end the Agreement or suspend you without prior notice, including for other users' conduct

Nintendo may terminate the Agreement or suspend your access to any or all services, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, if you violate the Agreement, if it has a reasonable belief that a violation has or will occur, or as it otherwise determines reasonably necessary for legal, technical or commercial reasons, such as to prevent harm to other users or the services. On termination or suspension you must immediately stop using the services. This right applies to the conduct of any other user under your Nintendo Account or linked to it through the supervised user functionality. Elsewhere Nintendo may also suspend, modify, discontinue or terminate some or all services without liability or notice.

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Nintendo may terminate this Agreement or suspend your access to any or all Nintendo Account Services, in our sole discretion and without prior notice to you, if you violate this Agreement, if we have a reasonable belief such a violation has or will occur, or as we otherwise determine to be reasonably necessary for legal, technical or commercial reasons, such as to prevent harm to other users or the Nintendo Account Services.
Upon any such termination or suspension, you must immediately stop using the Nintendo Account Services.
shall apply with respect to the conduct of any other user under your Nintendo Account or linked to your Nintendo Account through the supervised user functionality
we may suspend, modify, discontinue, or terminate all or some of the Nintendo Account Services without liability or notice to you

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Action is in Nintendo's sole discretion and without prior notice.
  • Grounds include a reasonable belief of a violation and legal, technical or commercial reasons.
  • Covers other users under your account and supervised users.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say what happens to purchased content or balances on termination by Nintendo.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

You can end the Agreement by deleting your account, which may cost you services and associated accounts

You may terminate the Agreement by deleting your Nintendo Account and discontinuing use of the services. If you start deletion, access to some or all of the services may be lost, and any accounts associated with your Nintendo Account may be deleted. The text does not say what happens to purchases, balances or content when you delete your account.

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You may terminate this Agreement by deleting your Nintendo Account and discontinuing use of the Nintendo Account Services.
If you initiate deletion of your Nintendo Account, access to some or all of the Nintendo Account Services may be lost, and any accounts associated with your Nintendo Account may be deleted.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Deleting your account may also delete associated accounts.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say what happens to purchases, account balances or User-Generated Content when you delete your account.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Contact Nintendo through the support page linked in the Agreement

To contact Nintendo about the Nintendo Account Services, the Agreement points you to a support page linked from its Contact Information section.

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you may use the contact information provided at

Not stated here

  • The linked support page is not part of the supplied text.

Account & Service Control · Company commitment

Nintendo alone is responsible for maintenance and support, not Apple

Nintendo is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services for the Nintendo Account Services, as specified in the Agreement and as applicable law requires. You acknowledge and agree that Apple has no responsibility to provide maintenance or support for the services.

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Nintendo is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the Nintendo Account Services
Apple has no responsibility whatsoever to provide any maintenance or support services for the Nintendo Account Services

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Nintendo's responsibility is as specified in the Agreement and as required by applicable law.