Please note that your Nintendo eShop account balance does not carry over if you change your Nintendo Account country. This will change the country for the Nintendo eShop upon the next connection. Users who relocate to a new country can change their country of residence in their Nintendo Account settings after agreeing to the Nintendo Account User Agreement and acknowledging the Privacy Policy for their new country. The Nintendo eShop country on Nintendo Switch will be determined by the country settings in your Nintendo Account. Please note that systems and games distributed in the Chinese region are not compatible with systems and games distributed in the Americas.Ĭan I access the Nintendo eShop for another region? You can identify the supported region by checking the game packaging or by going to the game's software menu options, under Software Information and then Support Information. Therefore, we recommend that players purchase software that is specifically made for their Nintendo Switch system's region. With the exception of systems and game cards distributed in the Chinese region, Nintendo Switch game cards are not region locked.Ĭan Nintendo Switch play games from a different region?Īlthough Nintendo Switch software sold in regions outside of the Americas may work with Nintendo Switch systems sold in the Americas, we have not tested all overseas software with systems from all regions and cannot guarantee full service and support.

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