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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.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.
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Online Play (58%)
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Sign in (33%)
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Matchmaking (8%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Witney |
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| Preston |
Online Play | |
 Asunción |
Online Play | |
 Philadelphia |
Sign in | |
| Edenton |
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| Miami |
Sign in |
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Zoë, Purple Avian of Transatlantic Love🏳️⚧️
(@chocobogf) reported
I’m so sick of “live service” games all competing to make me play them like it’s a full time job. The entire industry is slowly but surely making the grind to reward payoff ratio worse and worse. Even Nintendo is doing it. The Splatoon 3 and Switch Sports grinds are horrible.
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Outback Sentai
(@SSonahole) reported
@cumslut78 @SplatoonNA Lmao it's not dedicated servers? That's so feral, I spend more time looking at the "communication error" screen than I do ingame, and nintendo wants to charge money for this crap?
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AK
(@AKssbu) reported
@lilYoda_5172 @MojangSupport How is it. They said 2 weeks for it, and I am patient but Bedrock edition is super buggy especially on the Nintendo Switch, so sadly, people who have issues like this, something needs to be said. Your opinion is irrelevant anyway as many feel the same.
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TheAmountOfTimes
(@BucketButton) reported
@DisneyDLV I keep getting error on my nintendo switch, been happening multiple times for days now.
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Inca
(@Evan15753790) reported
@tacotheshiz Gotta love when you hit someone for an invisible shot Nintendo doesn't fix there games
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BJ8649 (comms open)
(@BJ86491) reported
@ProChara I think brellas are arguably worse than in s2 now And that's saying something We have like 2-3 years of patches ahead of us, cmon nintendo PLEASE BUFF+FIX BRELLA
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Moebius Consul X&J ∞
(@XenoJaed) reported
I really thought these problems were going to be fixed (minus the rollback, because let's be real Nintendo will never add that to this game or Smash Bros. yet is fine in Mario Kart 8 DX) moving on from Splatoon 2. Guess I thought wrong.
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Puppy Alex
(@AlexanderSmit28) reported
@DaveDoesTheGame I keep seeing so many issues with this game and I’m scared Nintendo is following the trend of releasing blatantly unfinished games as full releases
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Dov/Joseph ✶ Fiend
(@Avaddov) reported
@_MissClick_ As much as I love Nintendo, I don't know why they have the audacity to charge for an online service when it's this unstable. 🙃 Also, is Splat3 not on a server and is everything p2p for some stupid reason?
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Mystic Tactician
(@MysticTactician) reported
Nintendo, FIX YOUR GAME. WHY AM I FIGHTING X RANKERS IN A+
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Moebius Consul X&J ∞
(@XenoJaed) reported
I also have high-speed Internet, and I use wired for my Switch. This is a big problem, Nintendo. If one or more players disconnect during a match in #Splatoon3, why do we, the ones that DO NOT DISCONNECT, get punished for it? From temporary to possibly permanently banned?
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Ben Jammin
(@Two_Two_Twane) reported
Nintendo needs to pick up their ******* game, im happy I didn’t miss much this year so i can spend **** on the eshop before its gone, but I wouldn’t have this problem if they didn’t decide to *** **** us 27 wii u owners by taking that **** down
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TDragon Studios
(@TDragon1989) reported
@_MissClick_ Nintendo still has a ways to go in terms of online anything. I think even Dreamcast PSO BB had less issues and that was years ago.
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brandy
(@brxndybrxndy) reported
@NintendoAmerica @NintendoCanada @SplatoonNA What are we supposed to do? If we knew a fix was being worked on it wouldn’t be so bad but it’s crickets. This is really frustrating for someone who has been a huge fan of the series since the first game, I’m sure many others are too.
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Josh
(@JoshPlebeian) reported
Splatoon 3 online is literally a worse experience than me playing mw2 present day on american servers. That **** is so garbage every second game is a disconnect and it takes 5 communication errors before i can even play the ******* game. #Splatoon3 #nintendo
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Josh
(@JoshPlebeian) reported
Splatoon 3 online is literally a worse experience than me play mw2 present day on american servers. That **** is do garbage every second game is a disconnect and it takes 5 communication errors before i can even play the ******* game. #Splatoon3 #nintendo
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brandy
(@brxndybrxndy) reported
@NintendoAmerica @NintendoCanada @SplatoonNA Day 6 (7 with Splatfest) of asking for a fix for the “not enough players” error on Splatoon 3. It’s getting ridiculous that a bunch of us still can’t play the game we spent $90 on. What a waste of money & time. No word on a fix either
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Acidhog
(@z_mahde) reported
Make is so when you get disconnect because some loser left and you have the lead, give us the ******* win lot the loss, it’s baffling how little Nintendo knows about online games and the internet itself. Nintendo online is scam
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Outback Sentai
(@SSonahole) reported
@SplatoonNA forget about splatfest, this is just "communication error has occurred: 3", the amount of of disconnects, connection errors and games restart because someone had one of these issues is straight up a joke. Fix your online Nintendo, you're charging people for this ****.
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J D Smith
(@JdsjdsLil) reported
@oldmategamer @slr904 Funny how these so called jrpg fans have no issue with Nintendo and square deals 🤔
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🎀 Leia 🐏💎 || Woman in STEM arc
(@r0senlied_) reported
Nintendo really giving me communication error occured MID GAME. ffs
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FocusedSloth
(@FocusedSloth) reported
@sniperpenguin it will be free on the nintendo online service the same as all the other emulated games
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Ax (back to Roe)
(@axe_sky) reported
@kochaatan I guess splatoon crashes? Saw a bunch of people having the same trouble so i take is poor management on nintendo side
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MorganAndABean-FilledHalf
(@MorganAndAHalf) reported
@NinStatusBot Nintendo is gonna have to perform an exercism to clear up all the communication errors. Hopefully they get there in the end.
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Finaland
(@Finaland_) reported
@capitalolvidada I think it's an error, as the game is in Spanish on Nintendo website
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Agent47
(@ICA_Agent_47) reported
@LikeADragoon I've been saying for years, this xbox leadership sucks. That's the problem, is it really an improvement? Yesterday they were years behind Nintendo and playstation, today they are still years behind. Improvement means having a brighter future, with all those skips xbox doesn't.
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David Ethm Kwon
(@davidethmkwon) reported
I still have no interest in #Gamepass, PlayStation Plus Premium, Nintendo Switch Online, Apple Arcade, GameFly or any such subscription service for gaming. I wonder, is this position starting to be a minority position among gamers? 😲🤔
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Jo
(@JoChobo) reported
fix the communication errors #Splatoon3 @Nintendo @SplatoonNA
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Michael Sinclair
(@Michael06379669) reported
@DCUO Idk if any other console is having this problem. Can't put anything that's account bound or a collection piece into the shared bank. Won't let me move a item over to it on Nintendo switch
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Quirky Name or Summin
(@NameOrSummin) reported
@ItsukiSword I don't think a total crash is necessary, but a change is Predatory microtransactions, unfinished games, loot boxes and all of that needs to be purged Nintendo and Square Enix finding out that finished games sale better would be a good start for that change