Is Nintendo Switch Online down?
No problems detected
If you are having issues, please submit a report below.
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.
Full Outage Map
Sign inProblems 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.
At the moment, we haven't detected any problems at Nintendo Switch Online. Are you experiencing issues or an outage? Leave a message in the comments section!
Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.
-
Online Play (64%)
-
Sign in (27%)
-
Matchmaking (9%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Milan |
Online Play | |
 Albacete |
Online Play | |
 Manchester |
Online Play | |
| Witney |
Sign in | |
| Preston |
Online Play | |
 Asunción |
Online Play |
Full Outage Map
Community Discussion
Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.
Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.
Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
-
smitty werbenjagermanjensen
(@Th4tGamerChick) reported
@Chrisvmiami @DiabolikalDream If Nintendo is good at one thing it’s making sure their games are very polished before they go out. I had no issues with it and I have about 80 hours on the game.
-
Robert @ Creating Artsy Things 😷
(@Zemus101) reported
@Thornbuddy @YunalesckaGames @NintendoAmerica Yeah I'm starting to really despise this service. Frustrating
-
COWCAT 🐊 BROK
(@COWCATGames) reported
@angelrubio @Nintendo Letting player set a deadzone in the configuration would solve most of the issue... I don't get why they don't... Even I implemented this in BROK options XD
-
Quincy Fermin
(@QuincyFermin) reported
@Didntdonothing7 @ZhugeEX The drifting was the same problem Nintendo w As having.
-
Dave is 🅱️ald
(@OThreens) reported
@rhiwion Aye but it's one of them, if this was built on Odyssey's engine, it wouldn't be a problem. Nintendo excels when the hardware and software is made specifically for the task at hand. This was obviously an afterthought. It just happens that it's better than the main game.
-
Chonk (Hell Day in 4 Days)
(@RoundChickenGuy) reported
Can also see where Nintendo's hardware is struggling a bit with how it upscales the image, even just an upgrade that offered DLSS would help these issues a lot
-
Bunten 🧛
(@satchmosax) reported
@MarcheX800 @Sasori_113 @Kotaku That seems anecdotal. However, both Nintendo and Microsoft have been targeted hard because of drift issues in Xbox One Controller and Joy-Cons.
-
Warpstar7⭐️~ 💖🔔3DWorld🔔💖
(@7Warpstar) reported
@Klusha68 Exactly! Her problem in main games is that Nintendo always sticks her in the same role, and she isn't allowed to do anything else. But in the spinoffs she's actually allowed to have a personality and stuff. I remember a quote from Miyamoto saying she was to be "tough, but cute!"
-
🏳️⚧️Princess Bubbles Kitty🏳️⚧️
(@ThatLesbianBit) reported
@Flypotato123 @InfinityTrainHB We need banjo kazooie on the Nintendo online service I know it’s a n64 game but
-
The Living Drawing
(@ALivingDrawing) reported
Crash 4’s switch release better have a guy in a Crash suit harass Nintendo of America’s HQ again.
-
XP
(@lt876393) reported
@tooni_pi #EarthBound is trending = Nintendo Switch Online NES/SNES issue of not putting the game to the service
-
oramgejuicee
(@oramgejuicee) reported
@Aybee9298 @realHARTHUR I HAVE ON MY PREVIOUS ISLAND BEFORE MT SWITCH GOT BROKEN AND NINTENDO JUST DECIDED THEY WONT RESPOND TO MY EMAIL ABOUT HOW I WANNA GET MY SAVE BACK 😭✋ LIKE WHY CANT WE JUST. HAVE NORMAL CLOUD BACKUPS LIKE EVERY OTHER GAME.
-
violet the confused nymph
(@the_moth_reborn) reported
@Kotaku knew this was gonna happen unfortunate hope they find a fix and dont just pretend its not a problem like nintendo has been always good to wait a while before getting new consoles to let issues like this get discovered
-
D Dub
(@DDubgaming) reported
@IanRhodes @nintendolife It doesnt have to. So it won't. Theres like 20 or 30 million ppl paying to play online with a grossly under par "service". Nintendo knows this though. But the only way it would change is if ppl stop paying it. But enough ppl must think its fine
-
PlayStation5247
(@PlayStation5247) reported
@Terry_S_S @NintendoAmerica @CrashBandicoot Do you have any idea what would happen to Crash if he goes back to Naughty Dog especially with Neil Drukman around? None of the original creators of Crash & Jak & Daxter work at Naughty Dog and Crash and Spyro are faring better than what they were back then.
-
hx
(@the_hx3400) reported
I wish Nintendo would just put SMT 1 on their online service I would understand not putting up 2, since that never had an english translation, but 1 actually has an official translation for that delisted ios version, so it shouldn't be too hard to update the rom with it
-
Seth Macy ↗ Promoted by Seth G. Macy
(@sethmacy) reported
...those games are crappy and wouldn't otherwise sell. Would you pay for a collection of games from Jaleco or Data East? Of course not, those are also-ran publishers. The big names, the games you REALLY want, probably won't ever be part of the Nintendo Online service. But...
-
Travis Bohanan - #BlackLivesMatter
(@Shaggy_PacMan) reported
@TheNintendoFeed The only bad part of Nintendo Switch Online is the Smash servers. I never have issues with any of the other games. Not Mario Kart or Pokemon/Pokken or Splatoon. Just Smash.
-
NoShoutoutGamer
(@NoShoutoutGamer) reported
@GameSpot I really don’t call what Nintendo does as a subscription service. You get these games for paying to play games online. Big difference than Microsoft and Sony. Nintendo is still missing out and set in there ways. This is not a subscription service.
-
Seth Macy ↗ Promoted by Seth G. Macy
(@sethmacy) reported
I will stop making fun of the Nintendo Online games eventually, but with retro collections like Contra Anniversary, Mana Collection, Genesis Classics etc., it doesn't make financial sense for companies to license their games for the Switch Online service, unless...
-
qarma
(@qarma_qc) reported
The clamoring about the Nintendo Switch Online update is silly to me. Publishers found out that people will buy their old games, even when they're poorly ported and have glaring issues so they just make their own bad collection (Megaman X, for example) and get a much bigger cut.
-
Holder of Rule63 and Beer.
(@Rule63King) reported
@NintendoAmerica How about making the online service GOOD?
-
Thomas Nickel
(@BimboFortuna) reported
@_joshua_jurado @imranzomg Because no Squenix game is on the service so far. If they don't want their games on there, what can Nintendo do?
-
Terence Wiggins 黒オタク
(@TheBlackNerd) reported
@sethmacy This makes a lot of sense because thinking about the Virtual Console when companies could sell individual games for between $1-15 but now Nintendo wants to add them to a SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE???
-
Tomadorf
(@tomadorf) reported
@TheMaractusMan @Wolf13Dark @SSBUNews Crash 4 wasn’t out on switch during the first fighters pass. Also, Nintendo knows what games come out on their systems before they are announced. They could have easily asked Sakurai while they were deciding who to put in the fighter’s pass vol 2 if he could come in.
-
Gideon of Vita Island
(@GideonOnGaming) reported
@RetroBoyJon I too have issue with this. Not between Xbox/Nintendo & PlayStation... but only between Xbox & nintendo.
-
JULTAR100
(@jultar1000) reported
@Charlie01081586 @jnubgaming @NintendoAmerica emulation, as it stand's is currently legal however, in order for it to be legal, you have to own both A) the game in question B) a console that can play the game (without modification) problem is proving the person emulating both have both, which is tricky
-
GamerThumbTV
(@GamerThumbTV) reported
@8BitBoyUK I think they did but Nintendo has been very dismissive of any issues with their hardware
-
NoShoutoutGamer
(@NoShoutoutGamer) reported
@Lance_Bishop341 @GameSpot But with Microsoft and Sony you can pay for online play without any games. I do agree there’s perks even though in my opinion very poor perks that comes with it. If your going to call it a subscription service it’s a pitiful one. I just feel like Nintendo can do better.
-
CrazyJC
(@crazyjc1) reported
@ILuvMoobies Psycho man play but the other 2 games are not good. But all 3 are nothing to even write home about. Your better off playing wildguns again on the nintendo service, easily the best snes game on there.