Tapping “Sign in with Google” or Apple to reach your Nintendo login stops working on 26 January 2027. After that date you will need the account’s own email or Sign-In ID with a password, or a passkey.
Nintendo Account is the login behind the Nintendo eShop, online play and your purchase history on Switch consoles and the Nintendo mobile apps. Many people created theirs by tapping “Sign in with Google” and never set a password, so those users are the ones to act before the change.
Nintendo’s support page says three things end on that day. Logging in through either service ends, new accounts can no longer be opened through them, and the My Nintendo Platinum Points mission tied to linking Google is retired. Nintendo warns the cut-off time itself could move as engineers finish the work.
If you are already signed in on a device, Nintendo says you may not have to sign in again. It still recommends preparing another method now. The simplest route is the “Forgot your password?” link on the Nintendo Account login page, which emails a reset to your registered address. If the email does not arrive, wait a while, check spam and add [email protected] to your safe senders.
Nintendo also points to passkeys, which let you log in with a fingerprint or face scan on your device and which it describes as more secure than a password. Anyone who has lost access to the email address on the account should contact Nintendo to update it before the deadline, because the reset email goes there.
Log in without Google or Apple this week to confirm your password or passkey works, well ahead of 26 January. Nintendo gives no reason for the change, and its page is silent on what becomes of the old links beyond the sign-in changes.
