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Nintendo Switch Online Service lets the console owners enjoy online multiplayer gaming as well as a dedicated smartphone app that connects to the Nintendo Switch system and helps connect with friends for co-op and competitive games online.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Nintendo Switch Online reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Nintendo Switch Online Outage Chart 01/31/2026 03:25

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.

  1. Online Play (58%)

    Online Play (58%)

  2. Sign in (33%)

    Sign in (33%)

  3. Matchmaking (8%)

    Matchmaking (8%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomWitney Sign in
United KingdomPreston Online Play
ParaguayAsunción Online Play
United StatesPhiladelphia Sign in
United StatesEdenton Matchmaking
United StatesMiami Sign in
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • TorqueEffect TorqueEmPup (@TorqueEffect) reported

    Good job #Nintendo, you didn't fix the communication errors in #Splatoon3 with the new patch. The Communication errors are still there, and now I have the game occasionally crashing when searching games. All I got before this patch was just Communication Errors.

  • Bradydallama BradyDaLlama🌷🌱 (@Bradydallama) reported

    I was playing the secret last level of Splat 3 story. About to clear the part with the octo girl battle, my game closed "due to an error"... it took me 3 hrs to get to the end. are you fr @NintendoAmerica @SplatoonNA plz fix this, it doesn't even go back to the last checkpoint

  • Yahya_no_1 Yahya Osama yahya (@Yahya_no_1) reported

    @frwololo Tell me you don't know how to run a online service without telling me you don't know how to run an online service GJ Nintendo

  • Im_Joshi_Yoshi Joshi (@Im_Joshi_Yoshi) reported

    Nintendo fix your ****** online servers.

  • AjentVee Vee - Speedrun Survivor ⏱ (@AjentVee) reported

    Taking a break from streaming for the next couple of days Getting constantly kicked from Splatoon 3 servers and having severe shiny hunting burnout just has me not in the greatest of spirits It's unfortunate, but it is what it is. Nintendo, please fix these connection issues.

  • phantomliger89 Tim Kolek (@phantomliger89) reported

    @RoseM2Silicon @NintendoAmerica Haven't had to fix my joycons since day 1 in 2017. Shrug

  • Startupedition1 Startupedition gaming HD 🇸🇻 (@Startupedition1) reported

    @SplatoonFL “Jessquid, we need fix my 2017 Nintendo switch holding splatoon 3”

  • chaosprimeZ ChaosprimeZYT (@chaosprimeZ) reported

    @DestinLegarie They will not survive. Those Activision games are selling like crazy on the platform. All that revenue will be gone, become one with he aether. Nintendo will be in big trouble.

  • ProjectXbox17 Xbox 007 (@ProjectXbox17) reported

    @TheCraftOfGames Too fking bad, MS is dropping $70B and can do whatever the fk they want with the games, blame Sony for being a failure of a company who relies on COD Nintendo has no issue, Splatoon 3 came out and already sold 3 million copies Only Sony is crying because they can't innovate

  • teslajellymon 3️⃣ (@teslajellymon) reported

    There's been clips of sniper shots completely ignoring the umbrella shield and splatting the person holding it.... I have gotten taken out while holding it.. nintendo fix this

  • JonesyGirl_41 BunkerJonesy (@JonesyGirl_41) reported

    Any of you that are playing Disney Dreamlight Valley on Nintendo Switch, how well does it run. Have you run into a lot of lag or crashes?

  • ElectricSlug Slippery Hipster ᔦꙬᔨ🐛 (@ElectricSlug) reported

    Communication error server not connecting issue in Splatoon 3 It's been over an hour and I cant even get into the game @nintendo @NintendoAmerica

  • Renxius reyna (@Renxius) reported

    I need Nintendo to fix splash wall bc that **** needs to come out a lot faster

  • berrypawvs ꒰♡꒱ melooo + TEAM GRUB (@berrypawvs) reported

    Nintendo fix splatoon 3’s servers challenge 😢

  • SRaichu94 ShinyRaichu94 (@SRaichu94) reported

    @Richters_Spouse That happened to me once! Nintendo, fix your server connection!

  • akiranoiree soapman (@akiranoiree) reported

    super nintendo sega genesis Just stuck my **** ina broken Matress or whatevr Biggie smalls said Idk

  • miluette Miluette @ sleep 😴 (@miluette) reported

    What was the communication error, Nintendo

  • andrewmannone Andrew Mannone (@andrewmannone) reported

    JFC @NintendoAmerica fix the damn disconnects in @SplatoonNA Splatoon 3!

  • TheCMFB TheCMFB (@TheCMFB) reported

    @JeremyPenter EA's and Nintendo's netcode are already so broken, what's the worst that could happen?

  • EmptyMoment500 The Xenogirl 🥰 (@EmptyMoment500) reported

    Update: I found out what was causing one of my plugs to not work! I accidentally flipped the red switch (red switch on my extension cord underneath my desk where I keep my electronics. Not switch as in Nintendo switch) to turn off yesterday! I was having problems turning on my…

  • eggs_machina Eggs Machina (ENVtuber) (RETURNING SOON) (@eggs_machina) reported

    @Spooky_Pooka Honestly in the entire time of playing I keep getting loads of DCs and comm errors, I've always just chalked it up to Nintendo Online being really bad cuz it also applied to other games as well, but I'm not sure

  • MartinBurguerK2 Martin Burguer King (@MartinBurguerK2) reported

    @CartridgeGames Artstyle>>>> photorealism, but yeah, performance problems are tiring for non Nintendo Games.

  • SomeJudge99 Judge99 (@SomeJudge99) reported

    @rustamc24 @YrInfinityNerd @XxiKGixX I disagree with throwing so much $ for new Game IPs and it being enough for recognizability; look how Netflix struggles with this. It’s built on yrs, and even so it’s partially luck. Only one that *maybe* can get away with a sub service that the masses recognize in IP is Nintendo

  • twosalaads Naomi🌙 (@twosalaads) reported

    Nintendo needs to fix these splatoon 3 servers cus the disconnects are getting ridiculous 😭

  • skibbity_bop YūreiOni (@skibbity_bop) reported

    @NintendoAmerica my lord the cconnetction error almost make the game unplayable. FIX THIS **** MAN!

  • NagaSlateTTV Kethriss 💛🤍💜🖤 (@NagaSlateTTV) reported

    I’m like 95% sure that the constant connection errors that occur during Splatoon 3 matchmaking are because Nintendo doesn’t give a way to cancel after you’ve queued in to MM, so people are shutting down the game…which causes an error for everybody else in that MM pool lmao

  • Rainbow_Rat_63_ Max/Rat || Stranger Things/Paper Girls brainrot (@Rainbow_Rat_63_) reported

    @willelholic he said Nintendo once?? what is peoples problems 😭

  • CatgirlFingies Catgirl With a Camera 🐱📷 (@CatgirlFingies) reported

    Doing rly well in a match of splatoon 3 and it randomly "a communication error has occurred" Please Nintendo actually fix your servers instead of saying to just open every port on a router.

  • Illegal_Carrot Illegal Carrot (@Illegal_Carrot) reported

    @Gravity_SSB I wanna say this was something to do with my internet, cause I’ve been having some consistent communication errors even after the update rolled out. At the same time, this issue doesn’t seem exclusive to me, so who knows. Could be them stinky Nintendo servers.

  • twilirealm 🍃anna | korok era 🍃 (@twilirealm) reported

    @rfhn127 that's absolutely fine tbh!!! my issue is mostly with Nintendo bc im sure back then it was great™, but i feel like with it being on the switch, Nintendo should've just re- released the 3d version bc tbe n64 verison, with its controls doesn't exactly go with the switch big i +