Nintendo Switch Online Can Be Purchased with Nintendo Gold Points

Nintendo Switch Online, the Japanese game company's new paid online service, launches tomorrow. Though there's still much we don't know about it. One commonly overlooked feature is the ability to purchase a subscription using your Nintendo Gold points.

According to Nintendo's FAQ section for the service, Gold points can be redeemed for an initial subscription, but not for a renewal.

• Can I use My Nintendo Gold Points to purchase the Nintendo Switch Online membership?
• Gold Points can be used when purchasing a membership in the Nintendo eShop. They cannot be used for auto-renewal. 

Nintendo Gold points are the company's new-ish reward program. You earn these points by making purchases on Nintendo items, such as games. One point equals one cent USD. Digital purchases reward with 5% of the sale, with physical at 1%. so a digital game purchase at $30 would reward you with 150 gold points. At the same 1 gold = 1 cent rate mentioned previously, you can redeem these points for a discount on purchases.

With Nintendo Switch Online priced at $3.99 for one month, $7.99 for three months, or $19.99 for an entire year, we can assume that it'll cost about 400, 800, or 2000 Gold points accordingly. Though these numbers have not been confirmed by Nintendo.

For more information on your own Nintendo Gold point collection, visit the My Nintendo website.