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Ckoal on 19 November 2012

WHY CAN'T YOU CHANGE YOUR GAMERTAG. I had to reset everything like 3 times before I was finally happy. I should have just been able to change it... Oh well



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PullusPardus on 19 November 2012
Viper1 said:
Wagram said:

Source: http://kotaku.com/5961662/dont-losebreak-your-wii-u-because-your-nintendo-network-account-is-tied-to-it

That really sucks. What happens if the system bricks and you need to buy another one? You're essentially screwed.

Not screwed.   Contact Nintendo. 

You're only screwed if you do nothing.

I cannot contact nintendo.

what do?



Lusche on 19 November 2012
PullusPardus said:

I cannot contact nintendo.

what do?


simple ...
create new account, readd all your friends and blocklist and rebuy all your dlc/digital games ...

if you dont want that you better can contact nintendo :p



Kenology on 19 November 2012
Lusche said:
PullusPardus said:

I cannot contact nintendo.

what do?


simple ...
create new account, readd all your friends and blocklist and rebuy all your dlc/digital games ...

if you dont want that you better can contact nintendo :p


You'll have to recreate your account and readd your friends, but I'm sure they'll let you keep the games you bought and paid for. 

This is why this is only a temporary issue.  Nintendo will have a fix for this shortly.



Lusche on 19 November 2012
Kenology said:

You'll have to recreate your account and readd your friends, but I'm sure they'll let you keep the games you bought and paid for. 

This is why this is only a temporary issue.  Nintendo will have a fix for this shortly.


of course they will add that in the future. Hopefully this will be an easy system like the ms one or sony one or even better.
but right now as it is its not good.



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sundin13 on 19 November 2012
superchunk said:
This makes no sense. When you start making a new id for a user, the first question is if you need a new id or use existing. This can't be true.


what happens if you click the "existing id" button? has anyone tried it?



Lusche on 19 November 2012
sundin13 said:
superchunk said:
This makes no sense. When you start making a new id for a user, the first question is if you need a new id or use existing. This can't be true.


what happens if you click the "existing id" button? has anyone tried it?


isnt that to link your nintendo account (wii/3ds) with the new account (for the games like wiiware or vconsole you already bought) ?



sundin13 on 19 November 2012
Lusche said:
sundin13 said:
superchunk said:
This makes no sense. When you start making a new id for a user, the first question is if you need a new id or use existing. This can't be true.


what happens if you click the "existing id" button? has anyone tried it?


isnt that to link your nintendo account (wii/3ds) with the new account (for the games like wiiware or vconsole you already bought) ?

those dont have Nintendo IDs and the Wii transfer system is totally different.

Im really curious about this actually and I'd love someone who has a wii u to try it out



BuckStud on 19 November 2012
Wagram said:

Source: http://kotaku.com/5961662/dont-losebreak-your-wii-u-because-your-nintendo-network-account-is-tied-to-it

That really sucks. What happens if the system bricks and you need to buy another one? You're essentially screwed.

It would be nice if people would learn how to pay attention.  It was stated early on that it would be possible to access your Nintendo Network from multiple sources (including your phone, tablet, computer and other system), but that it would not be available at launch.



Stop hating and start playing.

Kenology on 19 November 2012
Lusche said:
Kenology said:

You'll have to recreate your account and readd your friends, but I'm sure they'll let you keep the games you bought and paid for. 

This is why this is only a temporary issue.  Nintendo will have a fix for this shortly.


of course they will add that in the future. Hopefully this will be an easy system like the ms one or sony one or even better.
but right now as it is its not good.

A system update is all it'll take.  Just like the one that let you boot games from memory cards on the Wii in the "clean out your fridge" days.