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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 01/11/2026 02:25

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (47%)

    Sign in (47%)

  2. Online Play (47%)

    Online Play (47%)

  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 StatesMiami Sign in
United StatesValencia Online Play
United StatesNew Orleans Online Play
United StatesLos Angeles Online Play
United StatesBatesville Online Play
United StatesUpper Marlboro Sign in
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • TeasingTeddy Teddy (@TeasingTeddy) reported

    @ShinyCaseyD The latest update caused this issue likely due to Nintendo removing support for TLS 1.3, which is a communications protocol used by some services the Internet. Nintendo needs to issue a server fix and/or new firmware reverting the changes or fixing it. I cant download anything 😢

  • zanders_garbage little braincel (@zanders_garbage) reported

    hey @NintendoAmerica can you pretty please with a cherry on top do something about the error code 2123-1502 bug that you guys for some reason implemented into the 12.0.3 update for the nintendo switch? it's kiiiiiiinda annoying hehe. anyway pls fix it byeee!!!

  • RoyNumber Roy Number 1 (@RoyNumber) reported

    @DoesPichu @AssWooperReboot @NintendoAmerica Can't you play it on jd unlimited service anytime?

  • Jasongw Jason Ward (@Jasongw) reported

    @JustinH36200331 @BSKtheKing @NickOfTimeGames None of them are anti consumer, but they all fail in one way or another to misgauge what the best policy for their customers are. Nintendo makes brilliant games, for example, but their sense of what makes a customer friendly online service is incredibly blind.

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

    You know with knowing that I finally have YouTube redownloaded onto my switch now I am not planning on redownloading anything till Nintendo does a follow up patch for switch update 12.0.3 to fix the download breaks cause I'm tired of rebootin my system for them to download.

  • SwitchUpG SwitchUp (@SwitchUpG) reported

    Anyone having the dreaded Nintendoswitch games Download error - restart the switch and go to the store and choose redownload from there. Temporary fix :/ @NintendoAmerica the patch has caused some real issues.

  • JaySMGU JaydenA.J. (@JaySMGU) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I'm having issues with downloading game updates/software after you guys pulled Nintendo Switch system update 12.0.3 then redistributed it a few days later. Please put out a new update to fix this as soon as possible.

  • HAnthyy AnthyyH (@HAnthyy) reported

    @SwitchUpG @NintendoAmerica Have exactly the same issue. Multiple restarts and still having it. Resulted in me just hitting try again over and over until the download eventually started. Only thing iv manage to get to work. The worst time for this to happen especially over E3 weekend 😩😥

  • ryanhherda Spider-Man (with a hyphen) (@ryanhherda) reported

    @GermanStrands I get physical Nintendo games. They hold resale value. Physical PS games do not. I get the space issue. I delete games I'm not playing/keep save file. Advantage Nintendo has over PS (besides Infinitely better IP) is no discs. The engine loading sounds are awful STILL w/ PS5

  • OmegaDPlus Dave (Omega) (@OmegaDPlus) reported

    @PushDustIn There are quite a few characters, honestly. Even outside the ones people want, there are those within some Nintendo franchises that can do things other characters can't. I say this as somebody who would like Spyro or Crash in SSBU.

  • Psiphor Psiphor (@Psiphor) reported

    @NtdoScgaming @SCMalletGirl @NintendoAmerica I had this today... It's that System Update v12.0.3. I just press OK on this error message, then press 'Continue' on next screen to retry download and repeat these steps until eventually, it worked. Alas, we await a proper fix from Nintendo.

  • RylanJackGamin1 Rylan Jack Gaming (@RylanJackGamin1) reported

    @SHAUN19012 @Lylatroid @FortniteStatus It won't work on Xbox with the Nintendo problems

  • johnwil44947157 john williams (@johnwil44947157) reported

    @Chris_Levin11 @NintendoUK No option to roll back no workarounds from them works and I have 3 kids can’t play their games because they need updates. Plus no communication from Nintendo other than blaming the 4 different networks I have tried. @NintendoUK this is really poor customer service!!

  • ZaGorudan ZaGorudan (@ZaGorudan) reported

    If you're expecting a non-Nintendo mascot platformer to show up at E3, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. They only show shooty shoot games and live service MMORPG's and driving simulations with quirky gamer dialogue. Expecting Rayman in all that is fruitless.

  • aykrivwassup Ay-Kriv (@aykrivwassup) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Fix the menus, please @Ubisoft @UbisoftSupport! That bright white background needs to either be optional or be gone!!!

  • starroadtxt sus road moments (@starroadtxt) reported

    @MarioRabbids @NintendoAmerica can mario fix your plumbing pls

  • Serbaayuu Serbaayuu (@Serbaayuu) reported

    @CaptainWrong1 @NintendoAmerica I didn't say anything about getting stuck. Having to think, like at all, is vital. But the thing about BotW is that since basically anything you try IS a solution to any problem, you never need to think. That's the problem with nonlinearity. You can never fail.

  • Teomanson Matteo Grillo (@Teomanson) reported

    @SwitchUpG @NintendoAmerica Never had any drifting problem, but this time i have this error too...

  • Ludovician ludovician (@Ludovician) reported

    @skeletonpup W/the Switch, the already-weakened promise of backwards compatibility in their portable consoles was finally broken, since it can’t even run 3DS games. I remember feeling pretty shook when the DS Lite became the first Nintendo portable EVER that couldn’t run OG Pokémon. Now? 😬

  • HikariSoph Soph (@HikariSoph) reported

    Which is cool, btw. We've been complaining about Nintendo never letting us buy their old games on new consoles whenever we talk about emus, so HD ports/remasters are always cool. The problem is they'll probably be expensive as **** for no reason at all.

  • NovaXP1 NovaXP (@NovaXP1) reported

    @Cassiopeya_ I wouldn't say it's too gimmicky, but they're definitely lagging behind everyone else. Unfortunately this isn't anything new for Nintendo.

  • thompson_buddy LeeHatake93 (@thompson_buddy) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @MarioRabbids Nintendo, I updated my Switch when you first launched version 12.0.3 and now I can’t download any games or updates. When are you going to fix this issue for people who didn’t know about the bugged update before it was too late?

  • Davis97Malcolm Malcolm R. Davis (@Davis97Malcolm) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @MarioRabbids I'm very intrigued about how the story happens. Since fusions are still a thing that keep showing up, i'm guessing the heroes never got the Supamerge off of Spawny and he got loose again or maybe they did and are just dealing with the aftermath with the new glitch(?) named Cursa?

  • Fust_Error Fusterror (@Fust_Error) reported

    Thx nintendo to make an update that when you download a game give an error

  • sofazebrah SofaZebrah (@sofazebrah) reported

    @fuckshitstreet I wonder if it could be a server issue on Nintendo’s end? Or possibly the sd card needs formatted?

  • dopeyish Aaron Saxton (@dopeyish) reported

    @SwitchUpG @NintendoAmerica I've been having download issues since the update released.

  • nitroki11er Mick Ray (@nitroki11er) reported

    Yet nothing is fixing it, Nintendo's site says it's services are running, so I went a few steps further reformatting my SD, cleared the cache, factory reset, running it without the SD card! @NintendoUK please suggest a fix that works I'm literally being punished for buying a game

  • rosssmiller Ross Miller (@rosssmiller) reported

    Apparently Gearbox's presentation was even worse than Ubisoft's. Sony doesn't do E3 anymore, EA is all service games, Nintendo probably won't have anything but ports to show, so I guess Microsoft has the floor? Not sure E3 serves much of a purpose anymore.

  • TimekillerThe pinky weeb (@TimekillerThe) reported

    @BlackardGage @water_cannons @Xbox All of you could just stfu sure one has a game you really like or one has a better subscription service but literally no one care but you so just do every one a favour and keep it to yourself. If you like Xbox or pc or Nintendo or ps good for you but like no one else cares

  • Uncanny_Ray86 Ray 🇵🇷 (@Uncanny_Ray86) reported

    @NintendoAmerica fix your last update I can’t download anything