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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 01/13/2026 21:50

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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 (44%)

    Sign in (44%)

  2. Online Play (44%)

    Online Play (44%)

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • AdamJEsquivel 🏳️‍🌈AdamJEsquivel🏳️‍🌈 (@AdamJEsquivel) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I can't download any games, i keep getting an error! 😭

  • Raven15769 Z Raven💜 (@Raven15769) reported

    Lets be real I don't think Nintendo really cares to fix the joycon drift issue or even cares that it is a problem

  • Reddiz4 Reddiz (@Reddiz4) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Hey I’ve been getting the error code 2123-1502 when ever I’ve tried to download something. I’ve followed all the steps that your website said and nothing worked. Is there something else that I can do?

  • DerekRumpler Derek Rumpler - Alkterios Games & ShinySquad.com (@DerekRumpler) reported

    @Eric08229808 @N3rd_House What relationship problems? Nintendo just published Bravely Default 2.

  • EveryoneWantsT4 EveryoneWantsToKnow (@EveryoneWantsT4) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Can you fix this error code thing for downloads? Thanks.

  • QuintondaDon1 Quinton da Don (@QuintondaDon1) reported

    @MiilanDew @jnlgame @Romudeth Take it up with Sony and Nintendo for not adding game pass to their systems. Smartphone and PC manufacturers have no issue with it

  • skylorosxp skylor osxp (@skylorosxp) reported

    If Nothing good gets announce at the Nintendo E3. I'm going to sell my Switch with the broken joycons

  • wesJayR Wes (@wesJayR) reported

    Chris Paul is getting to that same spot and it’s automatic like the game glitch in the Double Dribble Nintendo game 🔥

  • mikestinctively All your ace are belong to us - 🌠 (@mikestinctively) reported

    @NintendoAmerica 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 NINTENDO PLEASE FIX YOUR ONLINE SYSTEM!! IT'S LAGGY 90% OF THE TIME!🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

  • FalconClaw129 FalconClaw129 (@FalconClaw129) reported

    @DieHardDragoon It happens. And for the record, I haven't noticed any errors in your posts so far. It's a big show and plenty to process. I'm just going ignore my wallet and fight the urge to preorder anything. (Nintendo Switch Pro might change my mind. Don't have one yet. *GASP* I know.)

  • BasedDrWorm That dang ol' shmup ɯorm 🅴 (@BasedDrWorm) reported

    I wont be able to watch the nintendo direct just lmk if they actually do announce crash bandicoot for smash

  • DoorMatTweets dangus doodles mat (@DoorMatTweets) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Please just fix the update.

  • IkariGuy Zeke. Gear (Derogatory) (@IkariGuy) reported

    @TheRealBohman Sumn bout crash getting in smash, and p5r getting on switch and a bunch of **** that sounds too good to be true, debunked with an E3 trailer on the official Nintendo YouTube that wasn’t included in the leak

  • KingSigy Peter Glagowski (@KingSigy) reported

    @forestminish I think the problem is that GameStop capitalized "New" next to Nintendo Switch. Nothing else in the sentence is like that.

  • xz_milo MiloXZ (@xz_milo) reported

    @takanashikiara Yes, lets react to the Nintendo Direct together ! Hopes for Crash in Smash

  • Tyrannotaur Rob (@Tyrannotaur) reported

    I feel like E3 has yet to deliver on anything truly exciting so far. There have been a few awesome games announced but nothing that has "broken" the internet yet. Only saving grace is gonna be Nintendo or maybe Bandai-Namco. Fingers crossed for something cool.

  • LeCaanJames LeCaanJames (@LeCaanJames) reported

    I wish we could stop pretending that Phil Spencer doesn’t care where you play XBOX games because he absolutely does. XBOX exclusive = Everywhere except PlayStation and Nintendo. I have no issue w/ the practice, I’m just tired of ppl acting like he’s infallible. #XboxBethesda

  • PeteSkerritt Pete Skerritt (@PeteSkerritt) reported from West Springfield, Massachusetts

    Meanwhile, another day has come and gone, and Nintendo STILL refuses to comment on Switch Error 2123-1502. Closing in on a full week for some people who have been dealing with this error and essentially not being able to download updates or what they’ve bought. Bravo, Nintendo.

  • matster2468 GurrenVoid (@matster2468) reported

    @ihateremy I think u just have really bad luck I've never heard of peoples switches breaking and dying forever 😶 Nintendo support can't help at all maybe fix it for u idk?

  • rd_steen Neonova (@rd_steen) reported

    @JoseBer56296540 @Sora_Sakurai @NintendoAmerica If they don't when new games for the online service gets announced or when Byleth got into Smash then I doubt they'll do it

  • JinxHQ Jinx #NorCalRC (@JinxHQ) reported

    @NintendoAmerica why cant we download any game or update anything without getting an error? Cant play anything on my switch.

  • Koeru Koeru (@Koeru) reported

    I see a lot of people screaming about how bad E3 is this year and how Nintendo will "save" us. In my opinion, Microsofts conference wasn't that bad at all. Others? Eh. Unless Nintendo give us Crash Bandicoot in Smash, they'll probably be a massive let down as well tbh lol

  • Pulse_Witch Pulse Witch (@Pulse_Witch) reported

    @APC_Cipher The DK land still hasn't opened, with there being a strong chance it wont open if nintendo land isn't successful (which is looking to be the case due to the worsening of the pandemic in japan, the fire in universal hollywood, and epic universes construciton issues in US)

  • SgtMadPayne SgtMadPayne (@SgtMadPayne) reported

    I enjoy my Nintendo Switch but only issue i have with it is won't let me use my username name sgtmadpayne since my name is over ten character letters long

  • TheAmandaMonkey Amanda Neilson (@TheAmandaMonkey) reported

    @ds2chan @NintendoCanada I'm having the same issue. Did everything on the troubleshooting page and nothing works! Same issue when I try a system update as well. Kiddo's 5th birthday today and he can't play his new game 👎🏻.

  • SareailA Sareail Alcradorin (@SareailA) reported

    @Faeyas @NintendoAmerica I don't know how accurate this is, but I've heard the Japanese version was plagued with bugs and issues. Maybe they wanted to make sure the international version didn't have those same issues.

  • Killer_Sharkz Killer_Sharkz (@Killer_Sharkz) reported

    @pcgamer Are you having a mental issue @pcgamer ? You want them to kill off what basically launched XBox to what it is. Their most memorable character for 20 years. That's like asking nintendo to just kill off Mario or Sega killing of Sonic The Hedgehog.

  • ingx24 ingx24 (@ingx24) reported

    @nathanisbored1 some of nintendo's later dpads (gba sp and ds in particular) are much better about that, i never had those issues when running metroid zero mission. but yeah snes dpad is kinda screwy and apparently it gets worse the more worn out the controller is

  • RameiSSBU FVCN | TE | Ramei/Remi (@RameiSSBU) reported

    friendly reminder, @NintendoAmerica fix yo dang servers like ****

  • CrimsonSmasher Lancer ☆ GV (@CrimsonSmasher) reported

    @themagicpunch Hi, was searching GBG. The latest Switch update is borked, removing your SD card can help. No proper fix until Nintendo releases an update.