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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

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Nintendo Switch Online Outage Chart 12/26/2025 03:45

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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 (50%)

    Online Play (50%)

  2. Sign in (44%)

    Sign in (44%)

  3. Matchmaking (6%)

    Matchmaking (6%)

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:

  • Etiquette_Rex Etiquette Rex Gaming (@Etiquette_Rex) reported

    @Xploshi Problem is, as far as "some of sony's best modern games go" demand for them falls off SHARPLY after a short while. Even with steep price drops. Last I checked, even a game like Splatoon 2 outsold all but two PS4 exclusives. Meanwhile, the demand persists for big Nintendo games.

  • gehitmusiken Boki (@gehitmusiken) reported

    @ANabs96 When this is the problem I think it's more a you thing, to be honest. I realized this with Nintendo last year since none of the games released interested me and yet people were satisfied.

  • Sephiyroth jason (@Sephiyroth) reported

    the value of xbox and ps games goes down so quickly i bought persona 5 royal for 20 dollars and crash 4 for 24 dollars and they were both brand new now nintendo games on ebay stay 40-60 dollars forever

  • SharkWasTakenn Shark (@SharkWasTakenn) reported

    @cwcomfychomps Same but I have to keep buying new joycons and idk how to ship them for nintendo to fix it :/

  • WillyG_21_ WillyG 🏁 (@WillyG_21_) reported

    20 dollar peer to peer ******* internet service that works worse than ps2 broadband connections. Absolute pisstake. @NINTENDO is a shell of its former self and would be lucky if people even buys their hardware anymore after this **** 3 years

  • JamesTreakle James Treakle 🎬 (@JamesTreakle) reported

    @Razgriz990 Nintendo has the same problem as Disney: over-policing their brand. On one level, I get it, because their quality controls set them apart. But it's not worth creating an adversarial relationship with fans.

  • EricisveryEpic Eric (@EricisveryEpic) reported

    @Bandori_Capple Sh shu up shut s shut up about rps I was tired drunk lagging my sister was playing my controller unplugged cat jumped on the Keyboard I was playing with the Nintendo steering wheel and I wasn’t even trying

  • Mune_XC MuneXC (@Mune_XC) reported

    @Maddy_AAHHH @ChawnSarter @TheLegoMoses There is a severe performance problem if adding themes would ruin the system. This would help if Nintendo wasn't constantly 2 generations behind in graphics and processing power. I'm a Nintendo fan, but they're getting left in the dust in so many areas.

  • Aikilime 🌸 Ailey 🏳️‍⚧️ (@Aikilime) reported

    The Switch is now 4 years old and Nintendo still thinks Joy-Con drift isn’t an issue

  • thornton_luke Luke Thornton (@thornton_luke) reported

    @NintendoUK trying to play Cake Bash online with my girlfriend and she’s repeatedly getting ‘Something went wrong error’ when accepting my invite or trying to host her own lobby. Please can you help us resolve?

  • Rawrious819 Ràwri 🦋🐺 (@Rawrious819) reported

    I literally hate my internet so ******* much. Comcast combined with Nintendo's ****** online service is just lag everywhere. I can't even make my own Smash Arenas without my net kicking me out.

  • KuroshiMeta LunaMoon🆖(banner)ඞ 🏳️‍🌈Pride! (@KuroshiMeta) reported

    @Xploshi Xploshi this is Nintendo you are talking about. But to somewhat defend them:Their online service is cheep compared to the other companies ones

  • JCNightwing Jacob Caruso 🐻🐦 (@JCNightwing) reported

    @timely_u @elliotduby Crash would fit better as an E3 announcement anyways rather than a random Nintendo direct

  • MelTheDeadKitty Melodica 🎶⭐🎮🦊 (@MelTheDeadKitty) reported

    @She_Who_Maws Android and Ios, Pokemon Mastes EX, might take bit of a beefy phone, but as long as it is fairly recent there should be no issues. Also a few gigs big once extra data is downloaded/progress is made so beware of that too. Oh, just in case make sure to connect a Nintendo account.

  • earth_inheritor Earth_Inheritor (@earth_inheritor) reported

    @SplodedChicken @supermario35th Nintendo has and always will be miles behind everyone else sadly. The price fixing is still a huge issue

  • Frankenroc Mr. Frankenroc (@Frankenroc) reported

    @hellspearx17 It was on my phone which is currently effed, and naturally didn't find it after a quick search, but there was a meme of a Switch broken in half with the caption: Dark Souls, now available on Nintendo Switch. And yup, I remember that! I LOVED that final battle's music, though.

  • JSantos_1992 Jacob “Santoski” Santos (@JSantos_1992) reported

    @_HowDoIUseThis @JESnowden I have twice. Just send joycons to Nintendo and they fix it free of charge. The only blemish on this system is the joycons. They have terrible range and the drift issue.

  • ambercosplay AmberCos🌙❄ (@ambercosplay) reported

    @Malindachan @NintendoAmerica I honestly just replaced my analog and havent had issues since. Was quicker than dealing with Nintendo personally. I imagine they still doing repairs tho.

  • iamcheerbear Eve Michele ✨ (@iamcheerbear) reported

    @TempestDriver it’s just terrible. I’m fine working around other timezones, but the lag absolute kills the game. it makes for a lot of laughs, but actually achieving things in timed or later levels is impossible. Nintendo should have done better. I did complete every other level with all 5 tho.

  • Techlology1 Techlology (@Techlology1) reported

    4 years of JoyCon drift being ignored by Nintendo, good times! Seriously, the Switch is a great console but this issue is just inexcusable.

  • JohnsonJiang16 Johnson Jiang (@JohnsonJiang16) reported

    @ERGamerAmy @Carlos85YT I'm not sure why Nintendo is not doing anything to fix the issues

  • TempestDriver ♂ 🎮 John 🎮 ♂ (@TempestDriver) reported

    @iamcheerbear Oh I see lol. Seems like the lag is kinda bad I bet it's cause of the slight delay on the buttons right? Or is it like how smash Bros WiFi is? Though Nintendo should patch the WiFi here and there like they do for smash on 3d world.

  • L_Cirino TSC (@L_Cirino) reported

    With Nintendo Switch emulators being a thing, the Monster Hunter Rise Speedrun community should consider not only banning emulator runs, but placing some serious consequences on doing so to attempt to mitigate the issues that plague PC running @MHLeaderboards

  • hatsubaichuu Tom (@hatsubaichuu) reported

    @Malindachan @NintendoAmerica They still fix them. However, you have limited edition ones. If they don't have parts available, they might just throw them away and replace them with generic ones. Write a note to the repair person and include it inside the box if you want them sent back if they don't have parts

  • _Charizard_006_ Tim (@_Charizard_006_) reported

    @wtfiunno @reyfromnowher3 @Wario64 Sorry but pandemic is a crap excuse. If people still go on vacation and like up at Costco, lining up for a PS5 is not a big deal, especially when Nintendo has launched multiple collectibles and consoles in store with no issues

  • RoxaLink Loick (@RoxaLink) reported

    Nintendo Switch is 4 years old, and still has no theme, a garbage online service and received no meaningful improvements... At least it's got good *** games, that's for sure.

  • Modhabobo Jackie Daytona (@Modhabobo) reported

    Absolutely disgusted with @NintendoUK . Bought my nephew a Switch Lite 1 month ago, its charging port failed, and they are now asking for £140 fee to fix! A month old and out of warranty?! During the Covid lockdown too. @CitizensAdvice what to do?

  • AboutNintendo Nintendo Fans Complaining About Nintendo (@AboutNintendo) reported

    @jorschlol The problem is that if they fix Joy-Cons, they have to sacrifice the sensitivity and accuracy to do so. Not saying it's not an issue, but there's probably people who'd complain that the controllers became weak in response to Nintendo fixing the issue.

  • indybana Rabb (@indybana) reported

    @ItBeKetchup @MagicalPuyoPopN @Ravix0fFourHorn What a weird thing to bring up. I can customize my phone so why would I want to customize my Switch? That's some huge Nintendo defense squad **** going on there. You're paying $20-35 for a gimped, half baked service. There is absolutely no excuse for it to be this bare.

  • TrueBrenden060 The-True-Brenden060 (@TrueBrenden060) reported

    4 years of switch and it still has: only 2 themes laggy eshop no virtual console no play time log no folders no netflix no catchy music in the menus like old nintendo consoles broken controllers ****** online great console