So there isnt a way to truly format?If you have a linked Nintendo Account and you format the console, but the console is banned, you're going to get a persistent notification to connect to the Internet to unlink the account but it will never resolve and fail because the console cannot connect to Nintendo's network.
No no, i dont want to unbanFormatting != Unbanning your Switch.
No no, i dont want to unban
I need to unlink the nintendo accountOk, then why you can't format?
You don't even need to connect to Nintendo Servers for that.
I should preface that the following is highly unlikely but its worth mentioning. Since the only way to remove the nag once the system is formatted is by going online which you can't do with a banned system, the only solution would be to temporarily lift the ban so it can be properly unlinked. The best way to go about this would be to come fully clean to a Nintendo support employee and give a good enough reason on why you want it to be unlinked (although I don't know what would constitute as a good enough reason).So there isnt a way to truly format?
I should preface that the following is highly unlikely but its worth mentioning. Since the only way to remove the nag once the system is formatted is by going online which you can't do with a banned system, the only solution would be to temporarily lift the ban so it can be properly unlinked. The best way to go about this would be to come fully clean to a Nintendo support employee and give a good enough reason on why you want it to be unlinked (although I don't know what would constitute as a good enough reason).
If that doesn't work, your other option isn't unlinking the account but unregistering your currently linked console as the Primary.
You didn't read through the first post.Cant it be unlinked through the website?https://gbatemp.net/threads/unlinking-nintendo-account-from-a-banned-switch.516078/
So, the following requires me to connect online:
- User Settings -> Unlink Nintendo Account
- User Settings -> Delete User (Which just first does unlinking then deletion)
- System -> Formatting Options -> Restore Factory Settings
(While the Nintendo Recovery Mode -> Restore Factory Settings Without Deleting Save Data option does not require me to connect to internet, it doesn't unlink or delete data to do with user)
Whenever I try to do any kind of unlink action, the ban denied message appears, so I cant even unlink now...
Ok, what i want to do is sell my banned switch ( obviously i tell that its banned) so i wanna delete my stuff
I should preface that the following is highly unlikely but its worth mentioning. Since the only way to remove the nag once the system is formatted is by going online which you can't do with a banned system, the only solution would be to temporarily lift the ban so it can be properly unlinked. The best way to go about this would be to come fully clean to a Nintendo support employee and give a good enough reason on why you want it to be unlinked (although I don't know what would constitute as a good enough reason).
If that doesn't work, your other option isn't unlinking the account but unregistering your currently linked console as the Primary.
You're not listening to me in the slightest. My first post already explained what will happen in detail when you format the console with a linked account. The thread you linked to me is an example of what will happen to you if your format the console now.Also, in the nintendo website it says that if your format you unlink and delete the system account
Oh ok sorry so the only way is to call nintendo then.You're not listening to me in the slightest. My first post already explained what will happen in detail when you format the console with a linked account. The thread you linked to me is an example of what will happen to you if your format the console now.