Question about Games on The Nintendo switch

[MouthSmasher83]

How does The nintendo switch’s E-shop work?

 

I am planning to go digital on my nintendo switch, my question is, if my nintendo switch breaks and does not work anymore,

can i get a new switch and just download them back from the eshop by using the same account?

 

Also, which should i play first? Zelda botw or Mario odyssey?

[xriqn]

15 minutes ago, MouthSmasher83 said:

How does The nintendo switch’s E-shop work?

 

I am planning to go digital on my nintendo switch, my question is, if my nintendo switch breaks and does not work anymore,

can i get a new switch and just download them back from the eshop by using the same account?

 

Also, which should i play first? Zelda botw or Mario odyssey?

The E-Shop should work alot like its 3DS counterpart, all you need is to sign into your Nintendo Network ID on the new switch and you should be able to get your games back free of charge by redownloading them from the E-Shop whilst signed in to your Nintendo Network ID. I'd go Zelda BOTW if I was you, my mate has a switch and he said its awesome.

[nickyteddy]

1. From what I've seen on the Nintendo forums you're required to contact them to be able to deactivate your broken console, sadly.

2. I played Odyssey but BOTW is supposed to be a really good game. In terms of story BOTW isn't linear at all from what I've seen compared to Odyssey. If I had the chance I would go with BOTW.

 

SOURCE: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/social/questions/detail/qid/70470/~/i-want-revoke-my-broken-nintendo-switch

Edited March 30, 2018 by nickyteddy
Added a source for the first answer.

[xriqn]

20 minutes ago, nickyteddy said:

1. From what I've seen on the Nintendo forums you're required to contact them to be able to deactivate your broken console, sadly.

2. I played Odyssey but BOTW is supposed to be a really good game. In terms of story BOTW isn't linear at all from what I've seen compared to Odyssey. If I had the chance I would go with BOTW.

 

SOURCE: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/social/questions/detail/qid/70470/~/i-want-revoke-my-broken-nintendo-switch

Wow, they really screwed up there. The old 3DS E-Shop system worked much better- So long as u got ur account ur fine.

[nickyteddy]

1 hour ago, xriqn said:

Wow, they really screwed up there. The old 3DS E-Shop system worked much better- So long as u got ur account ur fine.

I'd say they're somehow trying to stop piracy by LITERALLY locking the account down to one device. It may stop game sharing but seems really inconvenient to deal with.

[xriqn]

1 hour ago, nickyteddy said:

I'd say they're somehow trying to stop piracy by LITERALLY locking the account down to one device. It may stop game sharing but seems really inconvenient to deal with.

Their anti piracy has never been that great anyway. Locking accounts doesn't even stop piracy, though as you said it does stop game sharing. Though if you look at other platforms, for example Steam, game sharing is quite common on Steam. You could even say they encourage it tbh.

[skywake]

On 3/30/2018 at 6:50 PM, xriqn said:

Wow, they really screwed up there. The old 3DS E-Shop system worked much better- So long as u got ur account ur fine.

That's not my understanding of the old setup. I was under the impression that if you wanted to move from one 3DS/Wii U to another you had to physically have your other console running. Both needed to be connected to the internet for the entire process. The new console couldn't even be connected to your account at the same time. And it was a very long transfer process. With the Switch? Yes you need to go into the eShop and uncheck the box for the old console being the primary console. But that's it.

It's definitely an improvement on how it used to be. Pre Switch Nintendo was tying everything about your account to the console itself. With the Switch its tied to your account. Technically your old console doesn't need to be working for you to copy your purchases across.

 

[ono]

On 3/31/2018 at 6:03 PM, skywake said:

That's not my understanding of the old setup. I was under the impression that if you wanted to move from one 3DS/Wii U to another you had to physically have your other console running. Both needed to be connected to the internet for the entire process. The new console couldn't even be connected to your account at the same time. And it was a very long transfer process. With the Switch? Yes you need to go into the eShop and uncheck the box for the old console being the primary console. But that's it.

It's definitely an improvement on how it used to be. Pre Switch Nintendo was tying everything about your account to the console itself. With the Switch its tied to your account. Technically your old console doesn't need to be working for you to copy your purchases across.

 

Awesome! Too bad you lose all your saves if your Switch isn't working any more since they don't have a way to do backups at the moment other than transferring the contents of one Switch to another.