Dwango announced that the NicoNico app is available again on the Nintendo Switch since October 17, 2024. NicoNico video and its associated services are slowly returning back to service after the application suffered a large scale cyberattack back in June 8, 2024.
Those interested in downloading and using the NicoNico app on the Nintendo Switch will need to have access to the Japanese Nintendo eShop as well as a Japanese account to download it. For users that already have the app downloaded on their systems prior to the cyberattack, they will need to update the app to Ver. 4.51 in order to be able to access its services again.
Furthermore, in an effort to strengthen security measures, NicoNico parent company Dwango announced that the NicoNico app password has been reset. Users that haven’t logged into the app after the service went back online earlier in August 5, 2024 will need to create a new password for their accounts to be able to use the service.
As a reminder, aside from a new version of the NicoNico service returning earlier in August 2024, Dwango also revealed that some of the NicoNico services would cease to exist due to a loss of data caused by the cyberattack, such as the NicoNi Community function.
The Nintendo Switch version of the NicoNico app has resumed its services from October 17, 2024.
Published: Oct 17, 2024 04:00 pm