I have two young boys at home, who are addicted to Fortnite on their Nintendo Switches. Imagine my surprise and delight when reading the release notes for 2025.11 to see that @pantherale0 has written an integration for the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls!
A couple of scripts later and my wife can now yell at the Google speakers and instantly lock the offending devices. If you too would like to wield such power in your household, the following scripts should help:
sequence:
- action: number.set_value
metadata: {}
data:
value: "0"
target:
entity_id: number.davids_switch_max_screentime_today
- action: switch.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.davids_switch_suspend_software
alias: Nintendo:Davids Switch:Lock
description: ""
icon: mdi:controller-off
Unlocking can be achieved through:
sequence:
- action: number.set_value
metadata: {}
data:
value: "-1"
target:
entity_id: number.davids_switch_max_screentime_today
- action: switch.turn_off
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.davids_switch_suspend_software
alias: Nintendo:Davids Switch:Unlock
description: ""
icon: mdi:controller
These scripts can then be tied together into a switch template:
switch:
- platform: template
davids_switch:
friendly_name: "Davids Switch"
unique_id: switch.davids_switch
value_template: "{{ states('number.davids_switch_max_screentime_today')|float(0) != 0 and states('switch.davids_switch_suspend_software') == 'off' }}"
turn_on:
action: script.turn_on
target:
entity_id: script.nintendo_davids_switch_unlock
data: {}
turn_off:
action: script.turn_on
target:
entity_id: script.nintendo_davids_switch_lock
data: {}
Simple and elegant. Much gratitude to @pantherale0 (although my boys might disagree).
