A Nintendo Account family group allows up to 8 Nintendo Account users to connect together into one group.
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Family groups can include:
How Does Nintendo Family Group Work
- One admin account to manage the group
- General Nintendo Accounts
- Supervised Nintendo Accounts (usually for children aged 12 and under)
- Parent / guardian accounts to manage Nintendo eShop restrictions for supervised accounts in the group. (Other types of parental controls can be managed on-device and/or via smart device app.)
Family groups can include users with Nintendo Accounts with different country settings.
Nintendo Switch Family Sharing
Note that My Nintendo activity (missions, My Nintendo points, etc) is not shared between members of a family group. My Nintendo points can only be viewed and redeemed by the member that earned the points.
Nintendo Switch Family Membership
You may also find additional information about the different roles in a family group helpful.