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Nintendo Account is open for North American Registration! (Miitomo Pre-Reg also open!)
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Stephen B
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February 17, 2016, 05:22:59
 
A simple news story… Nintendo Account is now open for North American registration.

Sign up now and soon get access to the initial features. More are surely to come!

Nintendo Account is Nintendo's attempt to unify their platform which should hopefully lead to a future of cross-talking consoles, handhelds, online content, etc. My Nintendo, Nintendo's upcoming Club Nintendo replacement, should be requiring the sign up of a Nintendo Account so get going!

Sign Up Here

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Edit: Now the Miitomo pre-registration has begun! You can do so by click on this link.

US only, at the link anyway.

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Posted: 02/17/16, 05:22:59  - Edited by 
Stephen B
  on: 02/17/16, 15:59:24    
 
Why not sign up for a (free) account and create your own content?
 
I thought that "My Nintendo" was the replacement for Club Nintendo. I'm still confused as to how all this stuff works.


Posted by 
Mop it up
  on: 02/17/16, 05:24:49
@Mop it up

Maybe I'm confused too. Nintendo Account is the unified account. My Nintendo is probably the Club Nintendo replacement. I'll make the clarification in the OP.


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 02/17/16, 05:28:22
Ooh nice, just linked it with my NNID. Thanks!


Posted by 
carlosrox
  on: 02/17/16, 07:08:04
YAY - done.
Looks very simple, but quick. A LOT quicker than Club Nintendo was.
Good start.


Posted by 
Super_Conzo
  on: 02/17/16, 09:40:29
How's the Miitomo thing work?


Posted by 
carlosrox
  on: 02/17/16, 09:58:43
Cool! They did a good job making that fast and painless.


Posted by 
Hinph
  on: 02/17/16, 12:02:42
@carlosrox

It's not super clear yet but some details are found at the US pre-registration website.

Sign up now here!

Miitomo Pre-Registration


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 02/17/16, 15:59:03
I signed up for Nintendo Account, though there doesn't seem to be anything to it yet. I don't think I'll bother linking my Google or Facebook (haven't used it in years) and I don't have Twitter.

And I'm still not sure what Miitomo actually is, so I'll wait on that.


Posted by 
nate38
  on: 02/17/16, 16:18:43
Signed up first thing this morning! I can't wait to hear more details. :)

Rumor has it this will replace your Nintendo User ID thing, so if you want a certain name, it pays to get it now.


Posted by 
J.K. Riki
  on: 02/17/16, 18:17:44
@J.K. Riki

What name though? Unless you register with your NNID, there's really no name.


Posted by 
VofEscaflowne
  on: 02/17/16, 18:19:46
@J.K. Riki

Vof is right. The name for your Nintendo Account is not unique, and you can change it at any time.


Posted by 
canonj
  on: 02/17/16, 18:26:29
If you pre-register for Miitomo, you get some platinum points for My Nintendo. Even if you don't plan to get the app, free points!


Posted by 
Mop it up
  on: 02/17/16, 20:37:11
@Mop it up Sold!

Now that I've read the description, it sounds like it could be fun/cute. But we'll see.


Posted by 
nate38
  on: 02/17/16, 21:02:23
Cool, I'm all signed up and ready to go. Should have a new mobile phone by March too.


Posted by 
anon_mastermind
  on: 02/17/16, 21:11:12
@Mop it up

So that's what I did. I wondered why you guys were raving about this awesome smooth sign up experience. Mine was so 'smooth' I wasn't even sure what I'd actually signed up for. Somehow I figured that's not what you guys meant.

This was on Nintendo Australia's site culled from their Facebook feed:

Nintendo Australia said:
You can now create a Nintendo Account using your NNID, social network accounts or email address. Register before the launch of Miitomo in March to receive bonus Platinum Points for the new My Nintendo rewards program, launching simultaneously with Miitomo!
Visit Miitomo.com to create your Nintendo Account!

So I clicked on that Miitomo link, clicked on the preregister option, then got directed to 'Create a Nintendo account and Preregister'.

Linked my NNID, plugged in my password and then...Preregistration complete? OK, I guess?


So did I sign up for Mitomo or Nintendo Account or both? I don't know. But there's nowhere I can sign into 'My Nintendo' as of yet...

I'm not sure I even care about Mitomo, I just saw the words Nintendo Account.


Posted by 
Shadowlink
  on: 02/17/16, 23:00:44  - Edited by 
Shadowlink
  on: 02/17/16, 23:01:23
Platinum Points, baby!


Posted by 
Anand
  on: 02/17/16, 23:21:18
It would be really nice if Nintendo did some retroactive thing for digital games bought since Club Nintendo closed. I would be rolling in the points.


Posted by 
WrathOfSamus777
  on: 02/18/16, 02:21:58
All signed up. Now time to see what all of this is about when Miitomo is out.


Posted by 
Pokefreak911
  on: 02/18/16, 13:09:19
canonj said:
@J.K. Riki

Vof is right. The name for your Nintendo Account is not unique, and you can change it at any time.

Yes, but can you change it to something someone else already has? (And if so, how are you supposed to find that person via search in a sea of Canonjs? I mean, I was seriously considering Canonj as my name, but thought "No, it's surely already taken!" So I went with JK Riki instead.)


Posted by 
J.K. Riki
  on: 02/18/16, 16:11:27
I still haven't been able to sign up. It takes about 12 hours for the verification code to be sent, but as it's good for only an hour, it's no longer valid when it does.

Way to go Nintendo.


Posted by 
Mop it up
  on: 02/18/16, 21:39:47
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