Nintendo Account's Easy Login With Google and Apple Ends January 26, 2027
Nintendo announced on November 10 that Nintendo Account's Easy Login, which lets users sign in through a Google or Apple account, will end at 16:00 on January 26, 2027.
2 sources 16m ago
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Why it matters
Nintendo is removing one of its two third-party sign-in routes and leaving password or passkey entry, so users without a passkey will fall back to the email and password they registered.
Key Facts
- Nintendo announced on November 10 that Nintendo Account's Easy Login will end at 16:00 on January 26, 2027.
- Easy Login links a Nintendo Account to a Google or Apple account, and the notice's Q&A says no other accounts can be used for it.
- Creating a new Nintendo Account with a Google or Apple account will also stop.
- After the end, users sign in with the registered email address or login ID and password, or with a passkey.
- Nintendo says the actual end time may be later than scheduled depending on system change work.
Creating a new Nintendo Account through Google or Apple will stop as well. After that, sign-in requires the account's registered email address or login ID plus password, or a passkey using fingerprint or face authentication.
The notice's Q&A states that Google and Apple are the only accounts Easy Login supported, so no other provider takes their place. Nintendo also warns the actual cutoff could land later than 16:00 on January 26, 2027, depending on how the system change work goes.
Devices already signed in may stay usable past the end without logging in again, according to the notice, but any screen that asks for a login will require one of the two remaining methods. Passkey setup is optional; without it, the registered email address or login ID and password are the fallback.
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