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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 01/18/2026 01:35

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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 (47%)

    Online Play (47%)

  2. Sign in (42%)

    Sign in (42%)

  3. Matchmaking (11%)

    Matchmaking (11%)

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
ParaguayAsunción Online Play
United StatesPhiladelphia Sign in
United StatesEdenton Matchmaking
United StatesMiami Sign in
United StatesValencia Online Play
United StatesNew Orleans Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Spark_a_Fate Cody Leo Stephens (@Spark_a_Fate) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I will not be playing, because I will be too busy trying to buy XC3:SE on your broken servers...

  • senpaiash586 Riki | XENOBLADE 3 HYPE (@senpaiash586) reported

    Whatever the hell was happening with the Nintendo website for Xenoblade 3 Special edition was horrible. 1. No news about pre-order for months 2. Opens preorders with less than a 24 hour notice and the website did not load so they close it to fix the issues. more in thread

  • TheNeighborino TheNeighborino (@TheNeighborino) reported

    @GloriousKev I love how Nintendo still does that. Having a focus on story is my biggest problem with modern Sony games, not saying they're bad because I did enjoy a few of them it can just be annoying.

  • Anthony17216518 Anthony Riley #NewDeal4Animation (@Anthony17216518) reported

    @ShadowRockX Hopefully in future updates, we'll get more Sega Channel exclusives on the Nintendo Switch Online service such as Pulseman and Mr. Nutz.

  • qwqarts kev (@qwqarts) reported

    @monsterhunter @monsterhunter there's a bug (on the Nintendo switch) that if you gather a normal wirebug (and sometimes it happens randomly too), all game sounds will disappear for a second or two. Idk if this problem is widely spread tho..

  • MErik2021 The Doctor (@MErik2021) reported

    @FromOutback @Riddler_Khu @TyranitarTube Which is the problem. So the other idea would be, to bring it on the same date, which would be the 8th July. We shouldn't forget that Nintendo is from Japan and we have no idea how much they care the holidays in america, but neither i think they will ignore it. We will see.

  • FellaNamedJack Jack (@FellaNamedJack) reported

    There's indies and fangames which is the only thing to compensate in these departments. The issue with the latter being some people get too comfortable using Nintendo's IPs for their projects and find themselves at the end of a C&D situation. It sucks but that's the way it goes.

  • Bishop42998267 Bishop (@Bishop42998267) reported

    @RonaldSDean @NintendoCanada had to get the patch to fix the typo.. I know i shouldn't but i did.. now it says all your bases belong to us

  • peterMichaelwi3 peter williams (@peterMichaelwi3) reported

    @tuna_jam @NintendoUK I mean there is 700+ Sega mega drive games and 400 n64 games but yeah still alot of games they can add to the service like donkey kong 64, 1080 snowboarding ect

  • ThatMooGuy Moo (@ThatMooGuy) reported

    @Amethyst_Roo From my understanding a conversation surrounding doing something like a collection Pokemon titles is being explored though. Despite what people think Nintendo is aware of this issue. I wouldn’t be surprised if Gen 1 magically appears on NSO within the next 2 years.

  • senpaiash586 Riki | XENOBLADE 3 HYPE (@senpaiash586) reported

    I am beyond frustrated with Nintendo about this. How the hell can they run a company like? If the game was something like Mario or Zelda and there was an issue like this, they would have taken the time to actually fix something. But even then I'm not sure they would!

  • Hammerhead027 nano (@Hammerhead027) reported

    @spiviggy @Blun_Z Xenoblade Chronicles 3 special edition orders were exclusive to the Nintendo website - the website could not handle the load of people who'd simultaneously login. Made a couple minute process take several hours for many

  • ChumpSsb CHUMP™️ (@ChumpSsb) reported

    @poobii_ They have all the disadvantages of a wireless pro controller (signal interference, having to set up and disconnect from diff set-ups, drifting oml) but worse, less ergonomic, and cost way more than one for some reason It’s a ****** nintendo product but otherwise not rlly lmao

  • Twiddiots_today Idiots of Bird App (Chase acct) (@Twiddiots_today) reported

    @NintendoAmerica It's probably asking too much, but Xenoblade fans: please complain at an appropriate time or place, like Nintendo's customer support. The intern won't be able to do anything. Non xenoblade fans: please leave the fans be, you're only adding to the problems by replying to them.

  • Picklemaddierix Maddie (ghosts are real) (@Picklemaddierix) reported

    rules that nintendo accidently grabbed a meme game while they were scrapping the bottom of the barrel for their online service like usual

  • chadodoy Chadodoy (@chadodoy) reported

    @RawkHawk2010 Wooo!! I have about $900 charges too because of stupid “transaction error” upon check out. Thanks @NintendoAmerica for stealing my money and not getting anything back in return except for pain

  • JessicaYomo Jessica Yomo (@JessicaYomo) reported

    @NintendoCanada Thanks for not opening it until I had to go to sleep....I had one during the first drop but didn't get it due to store issues....it's bs I couldn't get one this time either.

  • senpaiash586 Riki | XENOBLADE 3 HYPE (@senpaiash586) reported

    Am I making this because I missed the preorders for special edition and I'm upset about it? Yes, I am. Will this be a reoccurring problem? 100% Will Nintendo change? From what I have seen, no. Will I continue to support them as a company? Idk

  • talhick Tal Hick (@talhick) reported

    @SolBadguyxx @breathrock616 @NintendoAmerica For all the talk of preorder hate, I get its a capacity management issue. Why make tons of copies no one will buy. If it was a Kickstarter like preorder, we'd be waiting longer for all the orders to fill, but doing it through MyNintendo seemed like a misstep.

  • W3P0NMAST3R151 Bradley O'Brien (@W3P0NMAST3R151) reported

    @NintendoUK hi there I need some help my eshop on switch all of a sudden won’t let me buy games error codes constantly pop up whenever I try with card or PayPal

  • MrNantendo Joshua 'NantenJex' Goldie (@MrNantendo) reported

    @PurplePadlock @CartridgeGames The problem here is its based on the assumption that Nintendo is making Camelot make these games, when really Camelot are the ones choosing to make Mario Sports games over another Golden Sun (because it sells more).

  • Samantha_Clause Where No Bacca Has Gone Before🖖🙊 (@Samantha_Clause) reported

    14 hours and *still* broken @NintendoAmerica #XenobladeChronicles3

  • senpaiash586 Riki | XENOBLADE 3 HYPE (@senpaiash586) reported

    Am I making this because I missed the preorders for special edition and I'm upset about it? Yes, I am. Will this be a reoccurring problem? 100% Will Nintendo change? From what I have seen, no. Will I continue to support them as a company? Idk

  • Jeonhwanbeop Inari Takeda~ (fils d'Anansi): (((内部黒豹)))🇵🇸 (@Jeonhwanbeop) reported

    @Emwithaswitch The real problem (for me) with NS games it's the price, it's too high. I usually buy games for about 10$-20$; Nintendo it's rare when low their prices are under 40$.

  • senpaiash586 Riki | XENOBLADE 3 HYPE (@senpaiash586) reported

    I am beyond frustrated with Nintendo about this. How the hell can they run a company like? If the game was something like Mario or Zelda and there was an issue like this, they would have taken the time to actually fix something. But even then I'm not sure they would!

  • Angelfoxdreamer Not Telling (@Angelfoxdreamer) reported

    @RiKuutuu @GoNintendoTweet Major release games can cost a lot more money to develop. What makes this sillier is as far as I know Nintendo only solo developed two Star Fox games. One was Lylat Wars and the other Guard. So the issue is more Nintendo doesn't have dedicated team for the series and others.

  • JetSetJohnny5 JetSetJohnny5 (@JetSetJohnny5) reported

    Hoo boy, I sure do wish I could play Torna. But wait. Come to find out, my account has been suspended for violations of Nintendo's terms of service with no email or anything despite me having not played my switch in like 3 weeks? #NintendoSwitch

  • MetatronFoS Metatron (@MetatronFoS) reported

    Something funny I remember was when SMT If was revealed to be a part of NIntendo Switch online service in Japan last year, someone said that it sucked that the west wasn’t getting it. Someone said in response that it was the worst game in the series so nothing was being missed.

  • Rognis1 Rognis (@Rognis1) reported

    The fact, that the Xenoblade 3 Special edition pre order just, got put back up with no announcement at all and that none of the issues from the first time got fixed just, shows how incompetent Nintendo is ajdnajf

  • Le_Hyro SouloAscian (@Le_Hyro) reported

    @Magic02k4 @NintendoAmerica It definitely was - the amount of issues this whole thing had man