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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 09:45

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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 (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:

  • tateolsenn Cassandra (@tateolsenn) reported

    Elon should buy Nintendo and fix that instead of twitter smh

  • KevinVSims ⚜️Saints2Death⚜️ (@KevinVSims) reported

    Remember Nintendo (and not that owning a modest house is out of reach)? Remember Nickelodeon (and not the people you knew that died in Iraq/Afghan)? Remember Beanie Babies (and not graduating college with massive and a broken job market)?

  • PeterMawlive Paul Molive (@PeterMawlive) reported

    @TomFornelli Can’t say I’ve seen an error like that since I played RBI baseball on Nintendo

  • TheFurryDood Zod (@TheFurryDood) reported

    @Stanbury24 @44F0rc3 I know it won’t but I have every subscription service just wish Nintendo and PlayStation followed Xbox more

  • RoderickMoir Roderick moir (@RoderickMoir) reported

    @AmongUsGame hi, my daughter has downloaded the game onto her nintendo switch lite but the servers wont authenticate her account. I have deleted and reinstalled the game, also cleared the cache. Can you advise how to fix this?

  • michiquetatua ✶ pao ✶ (@michiquetatua) reported

    Smoking broken windows playing my nintendo

  • togemet2 togemet2 (@togemet2) reported

    If you're using an UltraSave + 64drive to dump Nintendo 64 prototypes, make sure to double check your dumped file. It seems to have issues properly backing up NUS-8F16FB-02 development boards.

  • AlliDalli2 DiddyKonga (@AlliDalli2) reported

    @Reecee_yt "People like you definitely prove that fans are the main problem with modern Nintendo" Let us see who is the real problem definitely not this Yoshi pfp kid

  • Youranimegirl9 NeonZ (@Youranimegirl9) reported

    @YONAKIYANGIRE If your talking about in splatoon 2 then I know why splatoon 2 had been having some issues and its been shutting down often on players all its reading an amibo when its not even placed i just shut off my Nintendo until 2 hours

  • OctoRock_1982 OctoRock (Adam-RetroGroove) 🪐 (@OctoRock_1982) reported

    @EchopleX420247 I didn’t have any issues. Granted, I was a day one Nintendo DS owner and lived through a lot of janky stylus controls.

  • DyoudiM 🌽 (@DyoudiM) reported

    @madlandjacky I reply with the "yes" chad meme image from my nintendo 3ds with the screen half broken

  • TM_MoosieMoose Moose (@TM_MoosieMoose) reported

    Other consoles have their issues as well, but Nintendo is definitely the worst offender when it comes to its hardware limits. It's definitely not the strongest. And that's FINE, but fans need to stop constantly sucking Nintendo's ****. They ain't perfect.

  • itsJoshualive Joshualive (@itsJoshualive) reported

    @kunvln @Rev_ADB It seems like you’re grasping at a theory honestly. Canonically, there’s no evidence demise has broken the seal and Ganondorf canonically is just a Gerudo man cursed to be inflicted with Demises hatred. I think enough time has passed that Nintendo would have clarified.

  • TheKleinFelt Klein Felt (@TheKleinFelt) reported

    It sucks knowing that I will never again reach the high of finding that new issues of Nintendo Power in the mailbox.

  • Scorpion1000335 madsociety20294 (@Scorpion1000335) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @NintendoCoLtd It messes me up everytime then I accidentally hit the wrong button everytime I hear the delay Nintendo needs to fix their **** I'm not renewing my expansion pack subscription unless they fix the emulations and add GameCube games to the service.

  • Shurishere Shur || Donnel for CYL 7! (@Shurishere) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I can't get it because your site keeps returning Error Code 400.

  • OMGzus Tarnished OMGzus (@OMGzus) reported

    @LukeShot1st @WCGamingTweets The biggest problem everyone has is the 'egregious ads' but I don't really notice them that much. I prefer the Xbox UI over the very 'pagey' playstation and nintendo ones

  • patricknotirl patrick (@patricknotirl) reported

    nintendo wii broken

  • RocknCyclone Dez (@RocknCyclone) reported

    @Wario64 Really didn't see that option only standard shipping hmm wonder why that option didn't show up. Maybe problem with Nintendo?

  • RealJesStar 🏳️‍⚧️ MissJesStar (@RealJesStar) reported

    @SpaceCptZemo oh that's very viable as long as the overhead pricing is observed. I'd also say it'd be smart to offer a help line akin to the old 1-800-Nintendo days as a sort of premium service. idk just spit balling ideas here.

  • inFinit36525299 ∞ Pixel da OGD ∞ (@inFinit36525299) reported

    @HaunterV @davidscottjaffe So 80% of its studio are hitting deliverables 20% have some reported "issues" 1 of which is a brand new startup Anyone know the number of Sony/Nintendo Delayed games in the last 5 years? I'd like to apply the same logic.

  • _PantyRaider ***** Raider (@_PantyRaider) reported

    @BakedDabs420 @moraear89 @Hize_F From what i understood, it was nintendo switch thing, regardless i had trust issues ever since

  • SummerLaverdure Summer Laverdure (@SummerLaverdure) reported

    @RetroFaith1 I'd love to see the Quintet "trilogy" on there at some point also I don't know if this goes beyond the scope of your article, but I really would like to see the Nintendo Online service offer all the systems to even $20 tier, i don't feel the N64 and MD justify the increased price

  • GoldenKenjiVT Kenji 🐱🧧☕ L2D DEBUT 4.22 (@GoldenKenjiVT) reported

    Nothing will top the customer service experience from when I called Nintendo customer support to change my account email I explained that my email extension was different because I was from canada and the operator just replied "cool beans" and approved it

  • TM_MoosieMoose Moose (@TM_MoosieMoose) reported

    I love Nintendo and my Switch, but I'll admit the console has limitations and some things run like ***. Even get lag/framerate issues on its own version of emulation. Nintendo fanboys are insane and think it's fine and refuse to listen to even slight criticism of Nintendo. 🙄

  • Steveluvscows Brandon Forgues (@Steveluvscows) reported

    @The_Hypist @NintendoAmerica Even without glitching, Toy Hammer+★ is still broken.

  • Dasmesee1 FF14 ADDICT (@Dasmesee1) reported

    @Middleagegamegy @JayBari_ FK Gamepass!!! I would gladly and proudly buy my own games and keep them forever and play them on my own terms. You guys need to give up on this $70 narrative it's not working in case you didn't notice. Sony Nintendo fans have no problems buying games. 😌

  • Peg24248606 Maddox (@Peg24248606) reported

    @shadow859574948 @NintendoAmerica The Switch is a handheld but you can play it on the TV with the Docking Device that was delivered with it. I hope that fixed your problem.

  • Aapo4444 Aapo (@Aapo4444) reported

    @mattbattmatt @OnTheDownLoTho @NintendoAmerica Three Houses looks bad, Age of Calamity runs horribly. At least there ain't any problems with P5S

  • Benjanime Benjamillion (@Benjanime) reported

    @Electronaut85 @verge That's true, unlike Sony and Microsoft Nintendo doesn't have that chip shortage problem lol