[1] Prior to his death in July 2015, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata secured a business alliance with Japanese mobile provider DeNA to develop mobile titles based on Nintendo's first-party franchises.
In preparation for its release, the Nintendo Account ID system was introduced for display names.
As of September 2018, Nintendo Accounts can no longer be unlinked from profiles on a Switch console.
However, persistent limits of the selected regional Nintendo eShop of choice applies.
In addition, all payment information related to Russian consumers associated with their accounts was deleted.