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Now that Nintendo Switch's day-one update is rolled out we can finally see the exact way to add friends onto the system...but you're not going to like it. Yes, it uses friend codes. Press Start has ...

No one rains on Nintendo's parade quite like Nintendo itself. While the gaming internet raves about how sensational the new Zelda game is, Nintendo's just-deployed day one update for the Switch -- out ...

Digital game codes remain one of the simplest ways to add new titles to a Nintendo library. The Nintendo Switch 2 handles code redemption in a familiar way, building ...

Just when you think Nintendo's becoming all forward-thinking about the internet - with integrated apps and whatnot - you see the dreaded friend codes on Nintendo Switch and your heart sinks. Yes, it's ...

Nintendo Switch's day one update, which is out now, reintroduces Friend Codes as the main method to add friends. The update--which also adds the eShop--means you can register new pals by searching ...

Nintendo has shared three new Animal Crossing New Horizons redeem codes in January 2026, so you can kick off the new year in ...

With the launch of Nintendo Switch, all indications seemed to point to Nintendo moving away from the cumbersome way to add friends to play lists. Unfortunately, a day-one patch preparing for ...

“There are no friend codes within what we’re doing,” Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said in a January interview with CNET. And there was much rejoicing. Imagine our surprise when the ...

As recently as January, we were told that Nintendo's awful friend code system for finding and adding buddies for multiplayer games would be no more. That made us hope a better system for adding Switch ...

The Nintendo Switch day one update is here, including online and eShop functionality—plus a little something it seems a few weren’t expecting: the return of friend codes. (The Switch, a hybrid ...