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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 02/20/2026 10:45

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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 (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:

  • AnacybeleKels Kelly Kollar (@AnacybeleKels) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Uh... Did the artist draw Noah's hand wrong? It looks backwards and broken! Excited for this game tho, looks awesome.

  • ThisIsBing007 BingalingDaDream (@ThisIsBing007) reported

    @nosleep1138 Advertising in their F2P games would be a minimal issue by Nintendo if we're being honest. I'd love to play Tetris 99 to popular music. They do much worse. Doritos and Mountain Dew have been on the Xbox dashboard since 360. Fortnite shows how to do it correctly. I'm chillin.

  • NXRazzalyn Nozomi (XRazzalyn) (@NXRazzalyn) reported

    @ReasonEddie @NinEverything Kind of have to, because it started blowing up and you have former "no longer under NDA" people trying to act like this is common place with Nintendo and failed to mention the issue was the contractor. A statement was needed at that point.

  • ClaudioC199954 Claudio Caetano (@ClaudioC199954) reported

    @MilestoneItaly guys if you have bas graphics experience play it on the nintendo switch you only get half of the experience when playing only 16 Riders at the same time i was hypes to play the campaign mode but now no more 35 bucks for nothing fix the switch version @MilestoneItaly

  • Antek42488466 aaanteq (@Antek42488466) reported

    @TTGames @LSWGame I PLAY LEGO TSS ON NINTENDO AND ITS GREAT BUT PLSSS TT GAMES FIX THE GRAPHIC

  • epic23380 queens (@epic23380) reported

    @NataliaMilana7 @Scrat_Facts_ Idk how to since… 1. My TV internet sucks so I can’t watch Netflix (even though I can watch YT perfectly on consoles like Nintendo and used to on PS4) 2. My PS4, or Atleast controller, is broken, and that’s how I am able to watch Netflix

  • MaryBen26163502 Mary Bennet (@MaryBen26163502) reported

    @ItsGoneAwry My parents had a broken 30-yr-old Nintendo stolen from them, before they were collectors items. You had to wedge a folded paper under the cartridge to make it work.

  • HinsonBrian Brian Hinson (@HinsonBrian) reported

    @haveyouseen01 If you're only talking about how great they are, that's a problem. Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo etc... all do things worthy of criticism and often unceasingly e.g. Sony's fee to play online. But I commend you on not directly participating in the console war.

  • itsTomokocchi Tomokocchi (@itsTomokocchi) reported

    It's sadly not surprising to hear Nintendo has its own share of ***** laundry when it comes worker treatment. As much as we loved Iwata and Reggie, at the end of the day, it's a big company that's going to do ****** big company things. It's an industry issue that need fixing.

  • TreyJ_98 Trey (@TreyJ_98) reported

    @C_to_the_OS @Maxrunner @DeckVsSwitch Seen that video. I don't totally agree with everything he says. Most of Nintendo issues are NOA, and not the company as a whole. The American branch is shady as bell, and have botched localizations for years

  • AtarashiColyn Colyn - Atarashi Kami (@AtarashiColyn) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Fix your console

  • kevin_cazun KEVIN MC (@kevin_cazun) reported

    @that1detectiv3 My thoughts are that we are going to receive the mobile ports of GTA The Trilogy D.E. in early 2023. Grove Street Games & R* Games knows the game still needs to fix a lot of things and the performance is bad even in the Nintendo Switch wich is the most similar thing to a "mobile"

  • TonyXypteras Tony Xypteras (@TonyXypteras) reported

    @McDonalds nintendo 64 controllers with the broken joystick

  • nosleep1138 LovableGamer69 | Ethan Winters (@nosleep1138) reported

    @ThisIsBing007 Ads are a non-issue until they are. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. You’re giving corporations a bit too much credit considering you know very well how ****** their practices can be given the slightest scent of profits. See; Bing on Nintendo every waking moment.

  • _leah2 Leah Carpenter (@_leah2) reported

    @Shurishere @NintendoAmerica I had this same damn problem, I tried THREE different cards, now it says item limit reached even though all the orders on my order history say “cancelled” im so livid, I’ve been dying for this bag since I got the animal crossing one way back when 😡

  • rubenomarchave3 crow (@rubenomarchave3) reported

    @Aapo4444 @NintendoAmerica What? There's a problem with my reply?

  • BargerKodiak cat kraken (@BargerKodiak) reported

    @windowscentral my game keeps freezing when i don't have the wild update active it freezes for 5 to 7 mins what should i do also marketplace/skin creator is not working even when i reload it i am playing on a nintendo light switch

  • BurgSkeletal BurgSkeletal ❤💜💙 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 (@BurgSkeletal) reported

    Is it just me or are Playstation consoles more prone to collecting dust? My PS3 and PS4 are dust magnets, but the Nintendo and Xbox consoles I've owned have never really had that much of an issue with dust.

  • ArodatJT Alex Rodriguez (@ArodatJT) reported

    @nodopaminesorry Ah, back when Nintendo ads looked like public service advertisements

  • JRAM7 JRAM7 (@JRAM7) reported

    @CNation87 @justrick2021 @NintendoAmerica Why cant they give us Physical? that's my only problem!

  • TGBED8v8 Russell Michaels, The Tall Man, Momotaros, Jinzo (@TGBED8v8) reported

    @DaddyWarpig @iowahawkblog @seanagnew Disney is not going to crash in value. Now that the parks are back open, the money is flowing. Disney isn’t as good at merch as Nintendo, but they know how to roll in the passive income.

  • AzothRobertWolf Robert Wolf II (@AzothRobertWolf) reported

    @JJ_Pr77 @NintendoAmerica Hit or miss; the problem is often unions protect bad actors, NOT good actors. I've seen the good side, and bad side of unions being that the people in charge often has no one to challenge them/ other throw the guy abusing their power, sometimes side with corp in the end anyways.

  • NestPasUnPsyop MK-Ultra Sleeper Agent Organizing Comittee (@NestPasUnPsyop) reported

    @theWellRedMage @doomguy670 @DeckVsSwitch I'm saying nobody is making the "switch is more expensive" arguement. You invented an argument and defeated it. The issue is that you can only play Nintendo games on the switch.

  • TurboPikachu Turbo (@TurboPikachu) reported

    @HarryMarioYT @ZomForShort @Nintendeal It happens. But what happens to the Pro but never the Joy-Cons is D-Pad input issues. On top of already being Nintendo’s worst-feeling D-Pad, it’s also been widely criticized for registering two directions when pressing one direction. I had both drift and this on my first Pro.

  • heathrrosexo heatherrr 💘 (@heathrrosexo) reported

    @NintendoUK the 2008 financial crash!

  • rubenomarchave3 crow (@rubenomarchave3) reported

    @Aapo4444 @NintendoAmerica Free and that added more, it is complete, the problem is that we normalized to hate more contento even when its free because mediocrity is a horrible mirror to see.

  • ninjagoelectric Jono? | Certified Luzity Stan | S2E17 (@ninjagoelectric) reported

    I want a nintendo direct soon so I can get my hear broken over Hollow Knight Silksong again

  • JRAM7 JRAM7 (@JRAM7) reported

    @CNation87 @justrick2021 @NintendoAmerica Always. Even better when people find out about the DRM issue in however long it takes for these businesses to go out of business. Want to download a digital game when Nintendo/PS or XBOX close the shops? Good luck. lol

  • _leah2 Leah Carpenter (@_leah2) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I tried ordering this, every time I got an error message, tried 3 different cards, now it says item limit reached but all of my Order Status’s say Cancelled 😞

  • other_liam The Other Liam (@other_liam) reported

    the point i’m trying to make is this issue is so much bigger than Nintendo, and i’m not really sure how to effectively fight it anymore. y’know, except with a ******* union. but thus far Silicon Valley tactics have kept that conversation out of reach.