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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 01/01/2026 08:50

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (47%)

    Sign in (47%)

  2. Online Play (47%)

    Online Play (47%)

  3. Matchmaking (7%)

    Matchmaking (7%)

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 StatesNew Orleans Online Play
United StatesLos Angeles Online Play
United StatesBatesville Online Play
United StatesUpper Marlboro Sign in
South AfricaPretoria Online Play
United StatesLas Vegas Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • LunarSecrets_ Kira (@LunarSecrets_) reported

    @DDDStroyerZVent the only thing i want is nintendo to fix their wifi bc wario is so sluggish and unprecise on a second of delay its not u its the billion dollar company that annoys me

  • K4ASTED K4 (@K4ASTED) reported

    @FortniteStatus Finally they say something they should also fix the Nintendo switch character graphics

  • Gweemaran Phil Kunhardt (@Gweemaran) reported

    @JustJoeYT1 @Loogi24 @NintendoAmerica Nintendo is rolling out games as a service instead of virtual console, and it only started in 2018. They’re only just rolling out N64. Switch has a long lifespan to go and they’ll get to GBA. Plus, you’re not entitled to that specific version of the game on modern hardware. (2/2)

  • Robin_spl2 Robinツ (@Robin_spl2) reported

    Anyone else having trouble signing in to their Nintendo account on mobile? This is sooo weird. They say like we sent a confirmation code via your email address to you but I do never receive an email.. and then I tried the same with my second Nintendo account and there it worked..

  • LeighTeetzel Leigh 🦇✨ The Batchild (@LeighTeetzel) reported

    I have literally only ever remembered to do this ONCE. Most accounts I had on there should be pretty easy to fix (Twitter, Nintendo, Discord), but the one I'm most worried about if my one for work. I've emailed IT so fingers crossed.

  • zeke_polaris Zeke Polaris (@zeke_polaris) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Stop attacking users just because someone else keeps lagging and crashing the match. It isn't our fault so you can't go and threaten to ban us for nothing. Idiots smh

  • IndieGamerChick Indie Gamer Chick (@IndieGamerChick) reported

    Never mind. It doesn't. Button lineup is all wrong, and Nintendo doesn't trust people to remap buttons on a service they pay through the nose for.

  • AvgTransLesbian ZynikaEDM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@AvgTransLesbian) reported

    @_Midnight_Raven 2 PCs, 2 laptops, a school Chromebook, original Kindle Fire, Nintendo DSi, Xbox 360 S, 2 old broken phones and then my current one and I think that's it which brings us to a total of 10 if I'm not forgotten anything

  • RealUnit1486 TImelessUnit1486 (@RealUnit1486) reported

    @Microsoft I have a problem with my Minecraft on my Nintendo Switch Lite because I was gonna play with my friends on bedrock and what do you know? It won't let me play with my friends like it used to, the servers were apparently not working when it was literally working just fine

  • elliotduby Elliot Duby (@elliotduby) reported

    @6amerBr0 What I’m saying is people’s problem with that is not that it’s a Nintendo character I think you just gotta look at how many characters exactly like that are already in the game

  • sirenstrike Siren - Finder of the Larva (@sirenstrike) reported

    @MorganKesling @Dave19Brown83 @NintendoAmerica i mean fair but do you understand how nintendo twitter replies go? it was not long ago people were screaming for mario kart under every tweet. i dont like it but it aint a xenoblade exclusive problem

  • BauerKillz BauerKillz (@BauerKillz) reported

    @RsJfan05 It's unfortunately only available on PS, Switch and PC. PS version is by far the best, Nintendo Switch version is solid but less powerful with a few technical issues and the PC version is a travesty - don't even bother there. XSX needs more JRPG series to hit the console.

  • Robin_spl2 Robinツ (@Robin_spl2) reported

    Anyone else having trouble singing in to their Nintendo account on mobile? This is sooo weird. They say like we sent a confirmation code via your email address to you but I do never receive an email.. and then I tried the same with my second Nintendo account and there it worked..

  • HomelanderTwt 🇺🇸Homelander🇺🇸 (@HomelanderTwt) reported

    @Kyoudai____ @LarryLurr Game feels fluid minus some hitbox issues, but a fix is coming next week. Salty nintendo fan probably

  • CaptainHulk3 the HULK (@CaptainHulk3) reported

    @_CharlesMurphy Top 5 movies for me!!! No joke… I even called the Nintendo 1-800 hotline back in the day pitching a “Big Trouble in Little China” movie. Had the 3 storms as level bosses. The game could’ve been fire!

  • PORTPORTPORT2 EDSUKEDAIBOON (@PORTPORTPORT2) reported

    @KnewYokio It was a rather pointless update in the grand scheme of things because the OLED or bevel wasn't the community's problem with nintendo. The problem was their games run at **** performance. They had a chance for an upgrade + the OLED, but they didn't do it...so...yeah.

  • patricknotirl patrick (@patricknotirl) reported

    nintendo wii broken

  • AlexisLipina 💫Allie💫 (@AlexisLipina) reported

    @20c109 careful, sharing the fact that switch builds can crash violates Nintendo's NDA

  • Romanmack1125 AnimeWillSaveYou (@Romanmack1125) reported

    @JultimateJ @TriforceZard @NintendoAmerica Yes, like other open world games without scaling. So if it’s not a problem with them, I fail to see how it would be a problem with Pokemon. And no it being “pokemon” isn’t a legitimate excuse as to why this rpg needs level scaling when the others don’t.

  • ioblings ioblings (@ioblings) reported

    Immagine that the only way to back your games save files is through a subscription based online service, pretty bad right?! Now immagine that said service doesn't even support all games!! Welcome to the world of #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch

  • Romanmack1125 AnimeWillSaveYou (@Romanmack1125) reported

    @JultimateJ @TriforceZard @NintendoAmerica Yeah you guys say that to make it seem special but nah, pokemon is like other games. Most rpgs don’t do that. So of course they wouldn’t do it, there’s no precedence to do so. It’s a non-issue. It’s the same loud minority complaining about things the grand majority don’t care.

  • IndieGamerChick Indie Gamer Chick (@IndieGamerChick) reported

    I can't play Nintendo 64 games without a Nintendo 64 controller. I played far too much N64 as a kid and I can't undo all that muscle memory. I've tried. I did Banjo-Kazooie and Blast Corps on Rare Replay and my brain was having a tiff the entire time. "ERROR ERROR NEED INPUT!!"

  • MrdarktailsV MrDarkTails V.2.0 (Commissions OPEN! (3/4 Slots) (@MrdarktailsV) reported

    And I gotta say, Paramount and Sega did much more better, grabbing of what we think about the characters and film, both groups do what they need to fix is hard, after that is well worth it. They did much more better than Nintendo AND Miyamoto’s work.

  • HylianBean97 Rufus (@HylianBean97) reported

    @pika_pai @DisneyDLV You're welcome, it's weird it's not showing up on your Switch 😭 I hope it'll show up at some point, maybe check on Nintendo's US website to add to the wishlist there, I'm from the UK so maybe that might be the issue 🙃

  • Lilac_Coupland Lilac (@Lilac_Coupland) reported

    @Minecraft Hey, that recent update keeps making my Nintendo Switch crash, could you fix that please?

  • lDiorl dea (@lDiorl) reported

    i think i broke my nintendo switch THIS ***** IS NOT WORKING

  • TRushdown The Rushdown (@TRushdown) reported

    @rahnyc4 @aaroninclub1 @ModernVintageG Nintendo just too cheap to put out a powerful handheld, battery is irrelevant, GPD win devices for suffer from battery issues and are more powerful, you can give good battery life with a powerful handheld but Nintendo to weak and greedy to take a loss on hardware like others do.

  • LunarLena_ Lena | 🏳️‍⚧️ (@LunarLena_) reported

    @LeoX2_ yeah, nintendo coding is dumb so the glitch still happens no matter what

  • AcidOverrideOG Alex Corvis (@AcidOverrideOG) reported

    @marcusgrant51 @New_Legal_ Dude talks about Sony and Nintendo, you got reading issues buddy.

  • Thomasfr59 Thomas89b (@Thomasfr59) reported

    @mariokarttourEN A multiplayer without lag is with real collisions of objects on our enemies which does not recover instantly after receiving a shell is it possible? We are in 2022 nintendo more in 1980/90.😡