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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 12/20/2025 23:45

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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 (41%)

    Sign in (41%)

  3. Matchmaking (6%)

    Matchmaking (6%)

  4. Glitches (6%)

    Glitches (6%)

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 StatesNew Orleans Online Play
United StatesLos Angeles Online Play
United StatesBatesville Online Play
United StatesUpper Marlboro Sign in
South AfricaPretoria Online Play
United StatesLas Vegas Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • OMortyRedux yer boiiiii (@OMortyRedux) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @Wario64 Who are these additions for? I get it's not easy or cheap to get higher profile titles added to the service, but this drip feed of D-tier games doesn't benefit anybody, either.

  • meengyy Cry Baby Meengy (@meengyy) reported

    @Paper_Peterson Yeah i agree to this too. also uhm, nintendo’s communication infrastructure is ****. i can’t believe they said yes to this game without having laid out good audible communication first. nintendo has to fix that. nobody wants to have to use separate apps on their phones to talk

  • FuzzballJones Haibert (@FuzzballJones) reported

    @66Sith_ Kikis it’s not their game, they’re just publishers. We’re talking about The Pokémon Company and Tencent. Of course I see a problem with P2W, I don’t play those games. But so many people pay!!! My point is that blaming Nintendo for a game they didn’t develop doesn’t make sense.

  • SEASthrash SEAS. (@SEASthrash) reported

    @NintendoAmerica at this point just charge us for a better online service that has messaging and voice chat. add a classic system store to the NES and SNES online where users can buy games they actually want for a couple dollars and just feature a few for free occasionally through the service.

  • CABEZILLA142DXD Cabezilla 🎮 (@CABEZILLA142DXD) reported

    @KRoolKountry I don't think people would get angry if the service was free and not advertised as a "great cool bonus" for paying for an already crappy online, the prise doesn't matter, if they cared about their costumers they would try to deliver more than the bare minimum. But that's Nintendo

  • OneEyedShinobi ⚔️🐾🐲Riki the Half-Dragon (@OneEyedShinobi) reported

    @AllieRX @NintendoAmerica NEO-GEO also. I think it's either a licensing issue with them or something. I am

  • safag31357731 safag (@safag31357731) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Nintendo's subscription service is terrible. Who plays those games these days? Stop being silly. Nintendo

  • Shad0w773 JeffCross 💉 (@Shad0w773) reported

    @NintendoAmerica just drop the service and give us Virtual Console Back... OR... give us 20-30 games free to play on NSO every month with a 10% discount as an incentive to buy them through Virtual Console.

  • KavLav451 Kobe (@KavLav451) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Please just tell me why we dont have super mario rpg on this service yet!?!!

  • AllieRX Allie-RX | アリーRX (@AllieRX) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Remember when y'all had Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16 and even Commodore 64 titles on the Wii VC? Look at that and then look at this. Night and day difference. It's also sad that you sent C&D letters to ROM sites when you won't make most of your old games available on the service.

  • Wisecup0 wisecup 2.0 (@Wisecup0) reported

    @KoopaTroopa4494 @NintendoAmerica Tbf these “random” snes and nes games could be cool and only looking forward for earthbound kinda devalues the subscription service as a whole. U never know what u could get it could be good or not

  • 10cesc4 Luis Van der Mota (@10cesc4) reported

    @Gold_Poptart @NintendoAmerica NSO is a pay wall to play online and a "you get what you pay for" service that has no value.

  • Badouken07 Badouken (@Badouken07) reported

    @splatapussy @KoopaTroopa4494 @NintendoAmerica Japan has three SMT games on the service. just download the Japanese app if you want them. (though the games aren't in English and wouldnt be either way)

  • 201c1b79da67409 Matt Hower (@201c1b79da67409) reported

    @NintendoAmerica What else get added to Nintendo Switch Online/Service will be?

  • TheOtherGuy9001 TheOtherGuy (@TheOtherGuy9001) reported

    @TheMaractusMan @alexABXY @NintendoAmerica But that attention isn't good attention. People might play them for a second, then never again, then probably question why they paid for the service.

  • sbwcws ALGO BOT NEWS (@sbwcws) reported

    Nintendo to end 'Dr. Mario World' service on November 1, 2021 $NTDOY

  • Infinite_Fury2K Benjamin C. (Infinite Fury) Walker (@Infinite_Fury2K) reported

    @Wisecup0 @NintendoAmerica They announce what's coming soon to the service, and then it gets added later in the month.

  • NoHornyBlun_Z Days without Blun_Z being horny (@NoHornyBlun_Z) reported

    @NintendoAmerica You guys should put gacha games on the Nintendo Switch Online Service

  • AllieRX Allie-RX | アリーRX (@AllieRX) reported

    @NintendoAmerica It's also sad that you sent C&D letters to ROM sites when you won't make most of your old games available on the service. FFS, do you know how much used GameCube games cost on eBay?

  • e_dayone De Case (@e_dayone) reported

    @MrBareBones @SnakeEetr I was able to emulate Re4 on dolphin years ago without lagging I think its more Nintendo AND capcoms problem.

  • A_Kennedy_1990 A2K (@A_Kennedy_1990) reported

    @SparkDreamers @NintendoAmerica They’ve stated the new switch works with the old dock and old switch with the new dock. Problem is I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere that the new dock is sold separately.

  • shanejblair Shane Blair (@shanejblair) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @dungeonsgame I wish they would fix the poor performance of the game.

  • InfiniteSmirk Infinite;Smirk 🚩 (@InfiniteSmirk) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Bad online service

  • actVIl nana (skater era) (@actVIl) reported

    i have a lot of issues with acnh and nintendo but the one that actually pisses me off the most: when they nerfed tarantula spawn rates because they found out people were farming them for bells

  • ChelSunsin Chel (@ChelSunsin) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Steam deck will run more snes games than switch. This service is a joke, so much wasted potential

  • LesJr8 BBGP (@LesJr8) reported

    @NintendoAmerica ok now time for me to forget that this service ever existed again :/

  • Jadenfire Ashley (@Jadenfire) reported

    @NintendoAmerica The online service for a Switch is only worth it to play online with friends & if we had free online & these SNES / NES things were locked behind the paid side many probably wouldn't buy it. It's easier to just get a emulator & Roms.

  • EZLO21 EZLO21 (@EZLO21) reported

    @centrixow @NintendoAmerica I wouldn't Stream Earthbound until Nintendo sues Sony for the Music Rights to the Mother Series. Due to Copyright issues.

  • AllieRX Allie-RX | アリーRX (@AllieRX) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I will gladly accept a price increase to the service if it means getting more of your retro catalog on there. If $20/year is what's capping it from going beyond the SNES, then PLEASE raise the price. This is embarrassing. The Virtual Console on the Wii/3DS/Wii U had so much more

  • Qphlat Qphlat (@Qphlat) reported

    @KoopaTroopa4494 @NintendoAmerica The internet buried itself on ever getting Earthbound on the NSO. Nintendo now knows there is a huge demand for it now and now going a way to monitize it as much as possible outside of the service.