What Is the Difference Between a General Nintendo Account and a Nintendo Account for a Child?
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General Nintendo Accounts and Nintendo Accounts for children are different in the following ways:
- An email address cannot be registered to an account for a child under the age of 13. Any email notifications are sent to the email account registered within the parent/guardian's Nintendo Account.
- Nintendo Accounts for children can be created for users age 0 through 17. General Nintendo Accounts can only be created by users who have an email account and whose age means they are not subject to verifiable parental consent laws.
- Nintendo Accounts for children can be linked to a Nintendo Network ID only. They cannot be linked to Google accounts or Apple Accounts.
- All Nintendo Accounts created for children who are subject to verifiable parental consent laws are automatically set up as a supervised account in the Nintendo Account family group.
Other than these points, they function almost identically.
