
Nintendo Switch App 12+
Enhance your gaming experience
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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- Free
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Description
The Nintendo Switch App smartphone app enhances your online gameplay experience on the Nintendo Switch™ 2 and Nintendo Switch systems. With this app, you can use friend features and game-specific services for compatible games even when you're not playing! You can also view and share screenshots and videos uploaded from your system.
◆ Check friends' online status
You can check whether your friends are online and see what games they're playing. You can also choose to receive a notification in the app when a friend comes online.
◆ Use your smartphone to add friends
You can add friends via their friend code or a QR code even when you're not using your system.
◆ View your screenshots and videos
You can upload screenshots and videos saved in your system's Album to the app, then view, save, and share them.
◆ Access game-specific services
You can use these services to view helpful information related to the supported software! You will also have access to a variety of features that will help take your online gameplay experience to the next level.
Currently, game-specific services are available for these games:
・ The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
・ Get voice guidance to help you reach locations you haven't visited yet
・ Share schematics and items via QR codes
...And more!
・ Splatoon™ 3
・ View the online status of friends playing the game
・ View your battle and Salmon Run stats
・ View upcoming stage schedules
...And more!
・ Animal Crossing™: New Horizons
・ Send custom designs created in Animal Crossing games on the Nintendo 3DS™ system to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game
・ Use your smartphone to send messages that appear in-game
・ Check the online status of users set as Best Friends
...And more!
・ Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate
・ View posted images and videos
・ Queue downloads of user-created stages to play them in your game
・ Get notifications about upcoming events
...And more!
・ Splatoon™ 2
・ Check leaderboards and map schedules
・ View your battle and Salmon Run stats
...And more!
Important Information:
● Nintendo Account age 13+ required to access some online features, including voice chat.
● Active Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) required to use certain features.
● Nintendo Switch 2 / Nintendo Switch system and compatible software required to use app features.
● Compatible smartphone required.
● Persistent internet connection required.
● Data charges may apply.
● May include advertising.
For more information about GameChat, visit support.nintendo.com
◆ Nintendo Switch Online is not available in all countries. Terms apply. Visit nintendo.com/purchase-terms for more information.
What’s New
Version 3.0.3
・ When sharing screenshots on social media, images will now appear in the order they're selected in the app.
・ Other improvements and bug fixes have also been made.
Ratings and Reviews
Needs some work...
So, as we all know, Nintendo has had some questionable game experiences as with their past online gaming qualities. But, there’s a lot of things that should be fixed about this app and just the service. But, I am talking about the app, not the service. Anyway, voice chat. There is a possible way to make this better: Allow us to use a headset via the headphone jack, implement a audio jack in the Switch Pro Controller. You get the idea. Also, if you have the app and you enter a game that is supported, you can replace voice chat with an actual chat; and other people can chat with a headset. Here’s another idea...another chat function. It would be nice if through this app you could chat to your friends...especially for Animal Crossing, as you have codes. It would also be just convenient. Most of the previous features are only here for convenience. “Everybody relies on and uses their phone, so why not implement a voice chat system in the app?” Other things I think are useful, but my list of possible things they could change could work if applied.
More use for games it’s designed for
I really do like the spirit team creation features for ultimate and the recording side for splatoon but if this review get in the app developers hands I would recommend having more immersive features added for support for the games like guides or character stats or how in game tip are read through loading screen as well as update history so it’s one place they can quickly access instead of going to a website and waiting for people to sift through it and for spirit team building it would be helpful for it to display descriptions on what the effects do and if they stack or not and I would suggest that for any games that are supported by this app if DLC is made available details can be seen through the app as well as game purchase like how on the console you a wishlist or prepurchase option it’d be convenient if the eshop and its contents are visible through the app just like how Sony and Microsoft do with their apps in relation to their platforms you can buy the games and dlc using a mobile cellular device without being restricted of not have WiFi connections to make purchases for the console whether you have it in your hand or not
Used to work, now it doesn’t launch
My device is an iPhone 11 IOS 15.5 and the app used to work perfectly fine prior to your update when you gave the app a UI enhancement overhaul, the app looks beautiful from the pictures provided and I’ve been very excited to start using the Nintendo app every day now. I check the Appstore every day for an update that could hopefully patch this issue, and nothing yet. Sadly I’ve quite literally checked the App Store daily for about 3 months now and nothing. The Nintendo app does launch, after prompting to sign in I do, and immediately after selecting my profile I get a brief black screen and crash. I’d desperately wanted this issue patched and would be eternally grateful if there were a bug fix patch that would allow me to use the app again. Once again very beautiful job with the UI overhaul and new integrations but it would be nice if I could experience them with the rest of everyone lol.
Thank you for taking the time to read my review, I’ll remove the review and give you another 5 star review when I’m able to use the app again. You’re a bright and talented team so I’m looking forward to a patch in the very near future!
Thanks again
App Privacy
The developer, Nintendo Co., Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Size
- 44.4 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 12+ Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Copyright
- © 2017 Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Price
- Free