Nintendo Enables Digital Switch Game Gifting, With Limitations
Starting November 16, Nintendo will allow Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 users running software version 23.5.0 or later to gift eligible digital games, DLC, and upgrade packs on the eShop. The catch? You can only gift games within your family group.
To send a gift, you'll open the eShop, select “Give as a Gift” on an eligible product page, and choose a recipient from your family group. You'll pick which system the gift goes to and even choose a digital gift wrap color.
When they turn on their Switch console, the recipient will see the gift on their Home menu. (Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a way to schedule digital gifts—a pretty significant oversight, if you ask us.) Once the recipient accepts their gift, they can start using it immediately.
Family groups can have up to eight people who share the benefits of a Nintendo Online family plan...
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