Parents' Information on Online Gaming
With a Nintendo 3DS family system and an online compatible game, players can connect with other gamers all over the world.
Important Details for Online Gaming
To protect your children’s privacy, make sure they know not to give out personally identifiable information such as their first and last name, phone number, birth date, age, e-mail address, or home address when communicating with others.
With online games, you can play against anyone in the world, which usually means you are playing against people you do not know. Online gaming can be fun, but it opens you up to potentially inappropriate user-created content (such as user names, game levels, in-game chats, etc.).
We recommend that parents encourage their children to use the Friend List feature for Nintendo 3DS games, and Friend Codes for older Nintendo DS games to ensure that they only play online with people they know and trust. Using the Friend List and Friend Codes allows children to limit who they play with for a safer online gaming experience.
Please note that if you or your child decides to provide personally identifiable information to any third party (such as a game publisher) it is subject to the privacy policy of that company, not Nintendo's privacy practices. Make sure your children are cautious before providing any personally identifiable information to any third party.
