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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 01/29/2026 01:40

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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 (62%)

    Online Play (62%)

  2. Sign in (31%)

    Sign in (31%)

  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:

  • laith_iris_ Laith (@laith_iris_) reported

    @finalfantasyvii Out of nowhere, on Nintendo Switch, Crisis Core closes on startup with an error simply saying "Software was closed because an error has occurred". Any ideas?

  • IstosNamrek Namrek Istos (@IstosNamrek) reported

    @PimpMasterYoda1 Yeah. PS5 is a problem. Microsoft and Nintendo both send us more than we can sell to the store I work for and yet Sony has nothing there. It's gotten to the point where people don't want to even try to get one anymore because they don't have a spare $1000 to please scalpers.

  • Joe_Alouder payakan Stan account (@Joe_Alouder) reported from Belmont, England

    It's so weird that the Nintendo Switch is 5 years old and still often feels weirdly unfinished as a console. Basic apps available on previous consoles still missing, a core controller issue never fixed, an online service still feeling bare bones.

  • SJ_Moderate Common Sense Moderate (@SJ_Moderate) reported

    My consoles' lifespan: Nintendo Switch: 12/25/17 - 12/21/22 Nintendo Switch OLED: 12/21/22 - now New Nintendo 3DS XL: 12/25/16 - now (no issues) Nintendo Wii: 12/25/06- now (no issues) The fact that my nearly 16 year old Wii outlasted my nearly 5 year old Switch baffles me.

  • nataliesalv6 Natalie Salvemini (@nataliesalv6) reported

    @DisneyDLV Hi, I’m playing on Nintendo switch! I’ve done a couple of updates since it bugged and it’s still not working, so I will just have to wait. Thanks.

  • Diamond02Blue Blue_diamond02 (@Diamond02Blue) reported

    @UbisoftSupport Hi,I play just dance 2023 on Nintendo switch, I don't get an error code or a messages when it happens and it appears in every song and it happens in the game menu, when I choose a song, and it happens after an hour of play.

  • blissically soobshooky (@blissically) reported

    @SEUNGM1NE I also used to snatch my older cousin's Nintendo switch & play games on that & if he would snatch it back from me, I would throw a tantrum and cry sm that he would give it back to me cuz he didn't want trouble, lmao felix so relatable 👁👄👁

  • GhibliBlog Daniel Thomas MacInnes (@GhibliBlog) reported

    We could say Nintendo were the smart ones, building N64 to launch at $200 & then hit that $149 target, but look at all the bottlenecks & hardware issues. Sony could afford to spend $500M on PSX & take big losses, while Sega was doomed as Saturn cost $300 to build.

  • NintendoShame Nintendo Shame (@NintendoShame) reported

    It's been 519 days since the last game was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service

  • Ceresbane Moriarchy (@Ceresbane) reported

    @KiverBK I'm calling bullshit on that, Nintendo should fix their game before blaming players on their screw up. Especially examples like this which require precision and skill to pull off.

  • AutomaticZen M.H. Williams (@AutomaticZen) reported

    @tinkyisawinky @MagitekDad @ethangach Same chip, they just had no devices. Samsung and Apple use their own stuff for tablets. It's literally just the Nintendo at this point. Problem with the RTX M is the power draw for a portable. Like 25 W more for the same or less power. (And being discrete.)

  • isaacbeeby8 Isaac Beeby (@isaacbeeby8) reported

    I genuinely believe that Super Mario Sunshine is EASILY the WORST 3D Mario game. It is so unpolished and the controls are absolute garbage, even with the amazing GameCube controller. And the worst thing is that Nintendo had every opportunity to actually fix and improve upon the

  • WeebTaku101 🔞|BLM|WeebTaku101|Certified **** Up... (@WeebTaku101) reported

    @Ryusei_Fudo I know, I have it, but I'm pretty sure the issue is more with Nintendo forcing deadlines rather than gamefreak not caring...

  • FloppyFiona FloppyFiona(フロッピーフィオナ) - Commission Open (@FloppyFiona) reported

    @Bum2879 What's more, Nintendo is gonna get Call of Duty as well. They already had other Activision Blizzard games on Switch(e. g. Overwatch, Crash Bandicoot), but not CoD. I didn't see people complain about it. The only argument I saw was that the hardware is weak for the games.

  • ImPachoBlue ImPachoBlue (@ImPachoBlue) reported

    @IGN Omfg old news. Even Nintendo is doing this now and it’s a bandaid fix. Will work only for awhile before it starts going bad again

  • JGasper88 Chex0ut (@JGasper88) reported

    @CivGame @sid_meier Your game keeps crashing on "NINTENDO SWITCH" I can't play at all! Had it for 2weeks now! Game keeps crashing when I save! Why!? Fix it or I will never buy a civ game again. Only pirate or steal it. Andn I'll teach every follower how as well. SO FIX IT!

  • CrystalCraigArt Crystal (@CrystalCraigArt) reported

    @LionintheTrees Yep!! Nintendo especially seem to keep old ones locked away, (and they could make a mint just selling them digital??) but they are starting to add more to their online service. It’s sad because we lose a library of unknown gems over time.

  • TallestTim TallTim 🇺🇦 mastodon in bio (@TallestTim) reported

    @2_Wheeled_Wolf Yeah, I always remember Nintendo saying if people were having problems with their wii remotes to drop them on something hard. Cheap Vibration sensors are often so unreliable, this is worse than cheap...

  • SusAmongusMeow Pancake (@SusAmongusMeow) reported

    Sometimes I think it isnt an issue of nintendo servers and I think its just people having **** internet I've only ever disconnected when my internet shits out

  • SJ_Moderate Common Sense Moderate (@SJ_Moderate) reported

    My consoles' lifespan: Nintendo Switch: 12/25/17 - 12/21/22 Nintendo Switch OLED: 12/21/22 - now New Nintendo 3DS XL: 12/25/16 - now (no issues) Nintendo Wii: 12/25/06- now (no issues) The fact that my nearly 16 year old Wii outlasted my nearly 5 year old Switch baffles me.

  • jellymangoasia Piggy dippin' in da piggy pond (@jellymangoasia) reported

    @Nintendo @NintendoAmerica I need y'all to hurry up and fix the lagging and glitches in Scarlet and Violet. there no way Pokémon Sword and Shield should look better than the newest game #GameFreak 🥴

  • emptyxremedy megnog ❄ (@emptyxremedy) reported

    Ready to throw this nintendo switch in the garbage it keeps not letting me put my password in @Nintendo fix your ****

  • patricknotirl patrick (@patricknotirl) reported

    nintendo wii broken

  • emilyes3_ EMMY (@emilyes3_) reported from Los Angeles, California

    Ok I’m buying myself the Nintendo switch lite in pink 🫢 I just don’t know what games to buy besides animal crossing and crash bandicoot

  • dumbdragon5 Draco T chimera (@dumbdragon5) reported

    @super_caelkins @maliceguardian Imagine if it was an oversight and Nintendo decided to never fix it

  • TreStevenson_ Tre Stevenson (@TreStevenson_) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @NintendoEurope @NintendoUK #pleasehelp I did not at all mean to cause this issue for myself and my Fiancé😮‍💨 I was just worried my package was stolen as it’s close to the holidays & got excited, I was not thinking to close my claim from a few days prior😢

  • Scurrishi Scurry (@Scurrishi) reported

    and it's sad that nintendo apologized for the performance issues but most likely wont even fix the game their first patch was just adding ranked battles

  • Mandyque Mandy Winter 💽🐝 (@Mandyque) reported

    @simonharris_mbd I got missy a new Switch game, which turned out to be a download card in a box, no bloody cartridge! I had to connect it to the internets, remember my Nintendo password, sign in, get an online update and then it took about 20 minutes to download the songs for offline use

  • Kemikziel ❄ Kemiksnow ❄ (@Kemikziel) reported

    @90sNostalgiaGuy They go so quickly! I wish Nintendo had better ways to handle this so scalpers weren't such a problem 😩

  • yujachachacha Yujacha차차 (@yujachachacha) reported

    other things spotted in this crowd: - aqours dome tour cap - someone reading young dragon age (the issue with sayurin pics…👀) - dude who brought a foldable stool and a whole *** tablet for drawing - guy behind me squatting while playing his nintendo switch - …99% males lol