Nintendo Switch Online

[SpideyMom]

Hi

I'm probably being really silly but I'm losing patience. How do i set this thing up?

My sons account is a childs account linked to mine. When i go into the eshop on the console it asks me to input my password. I do and its incorrect. Which is odd as I've wrote it down. So anyway I then change my password. Its still wrong. So I change it again and its still bloody wrong.

Any help please?

My son's account is a child account only linked to mine but it has a different password to my account. Could it be that?

I was wondering that. I cant think for the life of my what his is though and I cant see a forgot your password on his?

Once that's resolved do I add the membership to his or the family group? I don't actually have a profile set up. I just monitor his usage

If you buy family Online, you do it on your account and invite other Nintendo Accounts to the family.

If you're buying a solo one for him, you need to apply it when logged in as him or it'll be on your account, which isn't any use.

You're better off doing all this on the Nintendo website instead of on the Switch, by the way. That'll get you a "forgot my password" link for his account.

All done. I changed his password online and its all set up. Set it up on his account. Looks great so far

Now I've redeemed his code for the membership does that mean he is always online now when he is playing or do you need to go into a different thing to select online play?

So im guessing playing with friends isn't easy after all.

In splatoon 2 its saying you can't play with that friend? How come?

Also how can you check your splatoon ranking?

Having a Nintendo Online account means that he can now play with others over the Internet - without that account, games just won't let you play online. If you try they say "nuh-uh, go buy Online". It doesn't put him online as such, just allows him to choose to play online.

Splatoon2 I've never tried to play with friends, sorry. The Internet says that most Splatoon2 is with randoms, the exception is League Battle.
www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-Switch/How-to-Start-a-Local-or-Online-Multiplayer-Game-Splatoon-2--1520282.html - click the number of players aginst the type of match, then scroll to the bottom to see how to set it up.

We managed to find it. You have to be rank B before they are joinable. Only thing is you arent guaranteed to play together but just knowing his friend was in the battle was so exciting for my son.

Ah, that's lovely! Good work :)