re: UPDATED -Switch 2 Preorders Are LIVE!

Ugh, that's not cool.

We're using GameFly to test drive the non-MK World games before committing. The Mario Party Jamboree and DK Bananza (once it launches in July). Ditto for Cyberpunk 2077 and a few others.

I just got the digital download for the Lunar Collection, and that + Wind Waker on GC Switch Online Collection will tide me over for quite some time.

I know you said you don't have a Switch, so it might not mean a lot to say this, but the process will be the same.

Both of you need your own Nintendo accounts.

You'll designate your account as the primary, & you'll also assign your Switch 2 as your Primary console. If the digital downloads are linked to that account, it might get a touch tricky but more about that later.

She'll create a user profile on the S2 with her own Nintendo account. Think of it as the same process as when you have multiple Google accounts and you switch between them.

When she wants to play a game with her save files, she'll pick her profile when the game launches (Game card saves).

Where we get into uncharted waters is if they're allowing multiple save files on the DIGITAL downloads.

My wife has her own Switch, but for digital games associated with my account, she needs to pick my profile that's logged in on her console. Why they haven't shared digital purchases between memories on the family group (as established in the Nintendo Switch Online setup) is a mystery to me.

Either you have a family group with trusted members or you don't. That part has never made sense to me.

The new feature that went live earlier this month are the Digital Game Card shares, where you can effectively lend one title to her console (once she has her own) at a time, for a 2 week period. The downside is that if you do that, the game is unavailable to you for that lending period. There are also physical proximity requirement where the distinct consoles need to be in the same room, on same network, etc. I assume this prevents college kids from creating a virtual family group and sharing a library of games across the country.

Why is Chase trying to cancel it? Can't you just contact customer service and confirm it's a valid purchase?

Whew! Never have I ever been so glad to see a $650 charge on my credit card.

Does your order have a grocery bag or a truck in the purchase history?

From Reddit:

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The icons with grocery bags are being delivered directly from your local Walmart’s store inventory which means you were lucky enough to get a direct from store pre order. If it’s a truck or box it’s coming from Walmart’s distribution center which is where they keep their reserve stock for when their stores run out of inventory. People who have the grocery bag icon will have their Switch 2’s delivered by Walmart Spark drivers.

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One of the two has shown up as pending on Capital One. WM app still shows as pre-authorized from April 24.