{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bdc7c57c061b175a6664aaf1","clusterId":"c_a342c2fbcdeb92dadc8076f4","slug":"nintendo-adds-gift-feature-to-switch-2-and-switch-on-november-17","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Nintendo Adds Gift Feature to Switch 2 and Switch via Update 23.5.0","summary":"Nintendo began distributing system version 23.5.0 for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch on November 10, 2026, adding a feature that lets users send Nintendo eShop products to members of their family group. The feature itself goes live after an eShop-side update on November 17, 2026. A sender picks a product in the eShop, selects the recipient's Nintendo Account, and applies present-box wrapping. The gift then arrives on the recipient's HOME Menu, and the recipient opens it without entering payment information or a download code. Nintendo suggests the feature for games a parent wants a child to play, or for birthdays and holidays. Some products are not eligible, gifts cannot be sent from a child's account, and there is a cap on how many times gifts can be used within a set period. The same update also lets Switch 2 owners set Accessibility Settings during initial setup and adds Portuguese to text-to-speech.","whyItMatters":"The gift arrives as a wrapped icon on the recipient's HOME Menu rather than as a code, which moves eShop gifting into the console's own account system and out of the download-number workaround.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe update first went out on November 10, 2026, with the Gift function itself held back until the eShop update on November 17. Until then the toggle is present but inert. GAME Watch ties the timing to the Christmas shopping season.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWord spread fast on social media after Nintendo\u0026#39;s post. ASCII.jp collected replies including \u0026#34;This is pretty great!\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;I\u0026#39;ve wanted this feature for a long time.\u0026#34; One user framed it as a return: \u0026#34;The Wii Shopping Channel gift feature is back, woohoo!!\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mechanics have caveats. Nintendo lists three: some products are not eligible, child accounts cannot send gifts, and purchases hit an upper limit on how many times the feature can be used within a set period. Denfaminicogamer points readers to the official site for the full conditions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of 23.5.0 is smaller. On Switch 2, Accessibility Settings can be configured during initial setup, and text-to-speech gains Portuguese. Both consoles also get a batch of bug fixes, which Nintendo describes as improved operational stability.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The gift lands as a wrapped icon on the recipient's HOME Menu. No download code, no payment entry. Nintendo's catch: child accounts can't send, some products are ineligible, and there's a cap on uses within a set period.","twitterPost":"Firmware 23.5.0 is already out, but the Gift feature sits dark until the eShop update on November 17. Nintendo is aiming it at birthdays and the holiday season.","threadsPost":"Nintendo's Gift feature sends eShop software without a download code or payment step, which removes the usual friction of gifting a game. But it runs through the Family Group, so the recipient has to be on the sender's account list first. The purchase is simple; the family setup is the real requirement.","newsletterBlurb":"Nintendo shipped Switch 2 and Switch firmware 23.5.0 on November 10 with a gifting feature built in, though it stays inactive until the eShop updates on November 17. Recipients open gifts from their HOME Menu without a download code. Child accounts cannot send, and some products are excluded.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2155027.html\",\"title\":\"New \\\"Present\\\" feature confirmed for Switch 2/Switch! 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