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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 02/25/2026 20:30

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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 (64%)

    Online Play (64%)

  2. Sign in (27%)

    Sign in (27%)

  3. Matchmaking (9%)

    Matchmaking (9%)

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
SpainAlbacete Online Play
United KingdomManchester Online Play
United KingdomWitney Sign in
United KingdomPreston Online Play
ParaguayAsunción Online Play
United StatesPhiladelphia Sign in
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • LuffyMMA23 Luffy (@LuffyMMA23) reported

    @dendesune @youngtoiletgod @IGN Nintendo’s got like a million other problems with the way they run their business.

  • HarrisonKHall Dire Autistic Hobbit (@HarrisonKHall) reported

    @NintendoAmerica The discontinuing of YouTube support for Wii U is absolutely obnoxious. This was how my daughter was able to watch YouTube easiest in my household and you have discontinued support for a free service for no acceptable reason.

  • pratikjain134 Pratik (@pratikjain134) reported

    Also, can you please help me with a tiny issue? I have the Arkanoid game for the Nintendo which runs fine the only problem is I can't move the bar left or right using either the D-pad or Keys. Where am I going wrong?

  • CafferwinAdams Cathy Adams (@CafferwinAdams) reported

    @MojangSupport I use a nintendo switch light and I can't sign into minecraft at all. It keeps showing me QR code to scan or remote webpage as the only way to sign in but even though I have done that nothing else happens. Is there any other way to sign in? Cheers.

  • BrokenOptics The Shambling Corpse💀 (@BrokenOptics) reported

    @daphoenixdiva Nintendo had nothing to do with it past paying for it to exist. Platinum has been having problems the past few years, specifically babylons fall and wonderful 101 remake severely underperforming. So the pressure was on to get this bayonetta out now as opposed to waiting

  • takaroka sylvie / isaac ⚢ TEAM FIRE (@takaroka) reported

    the new splatoon update has making my game crash nonstop wtf did u do nintendo

  • Scoty3412 Scoty (@Scoty3412) reported

    @DeekeTweak So many ideas until the end end like xbox is now in this days,in red numbers in the microsoft s division,less talk and more work because this is the problem with xbox,talk too much and less creativity at the end in the future,less talk,more work like sony and nintendo,Seriously

  • chanographic chanographic (@chanographic) reported

    @MayorMori When you look how badly the game suffers from lag, when you decorate this tiny island 🏝, maybe Nintendo just thought, why bother when we’ve milked the AC community already, let’s just move on

  • OneHitSword Mr. Delete & Repost (@OneHitSword) reported

    @pushsquare Nintendo's doesn't have a issue

  • kurokaze57 Kuro👻🎃 (The Midnight Channel) (@kurokaze57) reported

    @CapcomEnjoyer Maybe some day! I think the problem is that Nintendo helped publish the game kinda like bayonetta

  • havokagi Havokagi (@havokagi) reported

    First game: Player goes AFK but is shooting so they're not kicked Second Game: ******* squidbagger Third Game: Disconnect Fourth Game: Squidbagging sniper Fifth Game: Disconnect Nintendo: Hey, no more online for u lol

  • non_one_c non one c (@non_one_c) reported

    @TECHASPiKE @DoesItPlay1 Only games I've encountered having this are Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite. Some other games like Gran Turismo 7 on PlayStation and Starlink on Nintendo Switch have the same issue though. And I hope Sony and Microsoft stop this trend due to the backlash they both got.

  • pory_leeks PoryLeeks Reports (@pory_leeks) reported

    @Falco_X Also not releasing the biggest titles on Nintendo Switch the market leader in japan is also a problem

  • GroundedTech Dan - GroundedTech (@GroundedTech) reported

    @xdadevelopers @AdamConwayIE It doesn't appeal to me at all tbh. I'd rather play on a big screen with better graphics and frame rate. It was a similar issue I had with handhelds like the PSP. Why would I just want to play the same games on it as a Playstation? There's a reason Nintendo does so well here.

  • SergeLRusso Serge L. Russo (@SergeLRusso) reported

    I figured out how to fix the Nintendo Switche’s Joycons… just stop buying/using them.

  • WarpowersLatent Ichigo Kurosaki (@WarpowersLatent) reported

    @hyruleskyward This is the issue with Wind Waker, too much crayons into it and knows it too well and it would be wise to let it go until later. When Breathe of the wild has mods, Nintendo stalls it period until people stops or has it secure. Naruto Shippuden affects it due to court & Bleach too

  • winterm00n_ october bust {LP 💔} (@winterm00n_) reported

    @phosphor_glow with the camera and way they control i just can't. this is a big issue for a lot of 64 games but the nintendo games for me were real bad

  • Puertorock77_ Puertorock77 (@Puertorock77_) reported

    @BlackBurai I think the issue is Nintendo went on a different direction when’re Japanese developers/publishers have to pick a strategy. Focus on mobile and Switch or focus on big AAA development. Nintendo or Japan in general is not a good market for the latter choice.

  • CyberStar57 🎃♡ Chloe ♡🎃 (@CyberStar57) reported

    small problem is nintendo decided to make things awful so i gotta put all my good miis on my brother’s miitopia switch save file then import them all back to my reset save file if i do replay

  • VexAcer VexAce (@VexAcer) reported

    @PownicMania5000 Kingdom Battle had its fps drops as well which happened in the same way. The Switch's low bandwidth has been an issue since literally day 1 for the console (Korok Forest in BOTW struggles to due the bandwidth). I can only hope that Nintendo next console focuses on fixing that.

  • zodiacdragon13 sebastin guerrero (@zodiacdragon13) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Yeah I'm just gonna say don't believe the lies about the game and so called performance issues though it seems those are from idiots who don't know what they're talking about or haters or both

  • MainLineMaven J.G.M., M.Ed. (@MainLineMaven) reported

    @suzismini @MoniseLSeward I had a math teacher for geometry and pre-calc (same teacher) who played on a Nintendo game boy or went into the hallway to chat with the algebra teacher. “Open the book and do the problems” When I complained, he responded that his union wouldn’t care.

  • miizzkaylax3 Kayla (@miizzkaylax3) reported

    Be careful buying Nintendo switch games via the online store…if there’s an issue @NintendoAmerica just pushes it off on the developer. If you ask me it’s Nintendo’s job to take it up with the developer not mine!

  • Sbstndalton Sebastian Dalton (@Sbstndalton) reported

    @Chaosxsilencer Well, the problem is not many companies want to develop or port AAA games for ARM. Even though the Nintendo Switch is proof that it can be done.

  • TroutWithFur Fishi (@TroutWithFur) reported

    stop crying when nintendo bans you for cheating. You agreed to the tos by getting the nintendo online service. Nintendo is in the right for banning you. If you want you chunks so badly, go play Salmon Run, holy ****.

  • spl_Jona Wii Sports Bowling (@spl_Jona) reported

    @GosGosu I have no problem with these people. I have a problem with hackers complaining about Nintendo or Splatoon being banned

  • Devilsblight86 Devilsblight86 🇭🇹 (@Devilsblight86) reported

    @YokaiRiderVT I don't understand people getting mad at artists for having drawn porn in the past. Why is that an issue? And even then, don't they realize that Nintendo ok'ed these designs, as in they don't see an issue with them at all?

  • minifig1871 Minifig187 (@minifig1871) reported

    Nintendo please start banning tryhards, cheaters and sweaters players off of every online multiplayer game they have a bad influence on everyone and they have a massive skill issues in history

  • brittanyericaa 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 👻 (@brittanyericaa) reported

    @JasLmir there’s some gamecube games in that retro nintendo service and that’s when i realized i was getting old 😭

  • COHO_ZUNA apollo | team grass 🌻🌱 (@COHO_ZUNA) reported

    . @Nintendo fix your ******* servers