How to Purchase or Extend a Nintendo Switch Online Membership

Applies to:  Nintendo Switch Family, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo Switch - OLED Model


Steps to buy a new Nintendo Switch Online membership or add time to an ongoing membership through Nintendo eShop or the Nintendo website.

You can purchase a new membership if you do not already have one, or extend your existing membership time up to 3 years by purchasing your current membership plan again.

  • Existing memberships and download codes

    If you have an existing Nintendo Switch Online membership and want to redeem a download code for a different membership plan, the different memberships may run concurrently. For example, if you already have a Nintendo Switch Online individual membership and you redeem a download code for a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack family membership, your individual and family memberships will not be combined but will run concurrently.

    • If you already have a Nintendo Switch Online family membership, it is not possible to redeem a download code for a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack individual membership.

Complete these steps

Additional information

  • If you already belong to a family membership, you cannot purchase, redeem a download code for, or change to an individual membership.
  • If you already have an existing membership, you may be able to change to another membership plan for a discounted price.
  • When you use a credit card to set up automatic renewal, we may receive updated information from your issuing bank or applicable payment service provider about the credit card. This means we may update the saved credit card's number and expiration date if it is replaced or it has expired. This helps ensure that your subscriptions automatically renew and your purchases complete successfully, even if your credit card information changes.

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