Nintendo Announces Switch Digital Game Gifting Limited to Family Groups
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November 10, 2026
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Nintendo announced on its U.S. website on November 9 that digital game gifting is coming to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. The feature will be limited to members of the same Nintendo Account family group, which can contain up to eight people.
The company said eligible games, downloadable content and upgrade packs purchased through Nintendo eShop on a device can be sent as gifts. Some products may be excluded. Supervised accounts cannot send gifts, and the number of gift purchases allowed within a given period will be limited. The U.S. announcement did not specify that purchase limit.
System update arrives ahead of the gifting feature
Nintendo said the feature requires system version 23.5.0 or later. That version was released on November 9. The Switch 2 update notes say it adds support for an upcoming feature allowing eShop products to be gifted to a family group member. The system update and the start of gifting are separate events.
The launch date differs between Nintendo’s official pages. Its U.S. announcement says the feature will be added on November 16, while the Switch 2 support notes say it will become available after an eShop update scheduled for November 17. Both documents describe the same gifting feature but give different dates.
Family group membership, not the full friends list
The announced feature covers accounts within the same family group, rather than everyone on a user’s friends list. IGN also reported the family-group restriction and the separate eShop update schedule in its coverage of the update.
Nintendo said completed gift purchases are sent immediately and delivered to the recipient’s HOME Menu. The feature described in the announcement concerns gifts of digital products newly purchased through eShop.
The Switch 2 version 23.5.0 update also adds the ability to configure accessibility settings during first-time setup. Portuguese as used in Portugal was added to the text-to-speech language options, including GameChat’s text-to-speech function.