Amazon Prime deal that gives the free year of Switch Online ends soon

A quick greeting for anyone with a Nintendo Switch and an Amazon Prime account: a contract that offers a free Nintendo Switch Online to those who subscribe to Amazon's Twitch Prime service will expire tomorrow, the 24th September.

For the uninitiated, Nintendo Switch Online is a subscription service that normally costs $ 20 per year. It is necessary to play online multiplayer in most games of Switch. (Free titles like Fortnite are exempt, but this is necessary for games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate or the next Overwatch port.) We noted this Amazon deal when it arrived in March, but with Nintendo adding a list of classic Super Nintendo games to serve (at the expense of monthly releases), it's still a bargain if you already have a premium subscription.

Buying the offer is not entirely easy, so remember what you need to do to get a full year. Again, all of this assumes you're paying Premium to start:

1. If you have not already done so, go to this landing page and link your Prime and Twitch accounts. (And create a Twitch account, if necessary.) This gives you Twitch Prime, which is a free add-on for Normal Premium.
2. Scroll down and click on the Nintendo Switch Online banner (or click here) and claim the "Get 3 Months Nintendo Switch Online" offer. This will allow you to connect your Twitch and Nintendo accounts.
3. On the Nintendo website, enter your billing information, register a credit card or associate a PayPal account, and use the on-demand offer. You will be registered for the automatic renewal of the payment. The fee of "$ 7.99 for 3 months" on the Nintendo Redemption Page only refers to the cost of service once the past months have expired. months blocked. You'll need to do it at least 48 hours before the expiration of your subscription to avoid being charged. Also note that you must have linked your Nintendo account to a Switch system before you can use the transaction.
4. Once 60 days have elapsed – end of November – return to the Twitch Prime offer page, claim the contract entitled "Get 9 additional months of Nintendo Switch Online" and swap it on its site as before. . You can check the "Purchase History" or "Nintendo Switch Online" sections of your Nintendo account page to make sure the months have been added correctly.

You do not have to claim the last nine months exactly 60 days later, but the deadline to obtain them is January 22nd. September 24th is only the last day when anyone wants to redeem the original 3 month transaction, making the 9 month supply available.

The offer is available to new and existing members of Switch Online. If you are already subscribed to the service, you can accumulate here 12 months in addition to your current subscription, but only up to a maximum balance of 36 months. Amazon clearly wants to convince more Switch owners to buy Prime, forcing users to keep Twitch Prime for 60 days before making them available for the last nine months. However, your subscription to Switch Online does not expire if you cancel Premium after claiming the last nine months. . Unfortunately, however, the case only applies to individual subscriptions to Switch Online, not to family plans that typically cost $ 35 per year. Nevertheless, if you have Prime and Switch Online to start, this should not be the case. as well a lot of hassle to save $ 20.

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