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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 01/28/2026 09:30

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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 (62%)

    Online Play (62%)

  2. Sign in (31%)

    Sign in (31%)

  3. Matchmaking (8%)

    Matchmaking (8%)

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 KingdomWitney Sign in
United KingdomPreston Online Play
ParaguayAsunción Online Play
United StatesPhiladelphia Sign in
United StatesEdenton Matchmaking
United StatesMiami Sign in
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • GamerBhoy89 The Almighty Dave || David Cameron (@GamerBhoy89) reported

    Why are Nintendo asking you to subscribe to a repair service? Isn't that what your warranty is supposed to be for? #NintendoSwitch

  • KGquotezz KGquotezz (@KGquotezz) reported

    @NintendoUK I got a switch about a year ago and used it a little and it has been fine until the other day when the battery went from 100% to 0% in about 5 minutes. Is there a solution to fix this ?

  • HeroOfTime745 STONE FREE (무기와라) (@HeroOfTime745) reported

    @komasaki_mitoko Joycon drift is a common problem with the Switch, there's no real method to fix it but you can send your controllers back to Nintendo and they will send you brand new ones! 👍

  • FlangerOfTowels ****** Master Towel (@FlangerOfTowels) reported

    @Andromeda_VT @thepwrtank18 @GuliKitDesign Depends on patent law truly. They should be safe from Nintendo because it's a variation of an existing design. The real trouble is stuff like prior art & obviousness to those skilled in the art. This is all obvious stuff. It's only that no one else has bothered to do it.

  • Rene4321234 LeAnn Rene (@Rene4321234) reported

    @Tri_Cykle @AskPlayStation Having the same issue. When it happened with switch controllers, Nintendo was able to fix it. Hopefully playstation can do the same for their controllers

  • transvestigator finn (@transvestigator) reported

    @pikachurch nintendo will fix your joycons for free if you send them in. they got sued so they have to do this now

  • Jiikae Jiikae (@Jiikae) reported

    I’m not even taking off points for performance issues. Because most of that isn’t on Nintendo. But wobbly joy-cons with drift issues, IR feature that isn’t even used most of the time and just adds extra cost. Yeah they did not execute that on the level they usually do.

  • RoisinGalaxy Roisin🍓xc2 replay (@RoisinGalaxy) reported

    The way I know for a FACT I’m gonna have issues getting the special edition of Xenoblade 3 when Nintendo UK announced the preorders 💀 I just KNOW I am

  • Tyrant002model RE-Crash (@Tyrant002model) reported

    @PS_Vortex Back then Crash Bandicoot 1(+trilogy) destroyed Mario 64 ...no matter what Nintendo fans /mainstream game media say now for me is still an open wound that Sony didnt buy the IP (when they had the chance) and it became completely trash in the hands of Activ/Vivendi

  • keeb7900 Keeb (@keeb7900) reported

    i think the solution to the mixed regional demographic issue regarding nintendo is to increase worldwide interest for series that are only popular in certain countries

  • Moonlight_katt Moonlight (@Moonlight_katt) reported

    @PeterHolmesMed @JeffBezos Got a broken Nintendo ds and fake Pokemon games so I think they have terrific products and really great shipping if you ignore damaged items lol.

  • Melontheattack Mel (@Melontheattack) reported

    @PrestonRogers77 @eleesalw Nintendo customer service is 50 50 dawg they probably going say these nothing they can do

  • AshLetsPlayNews HXH Hentai Hang *Playing Tales of Arise* (@AshLetsPlayNews) reported

    @NeliLovesArt @OnTheDownLoTho You know what's funny? In an interview with the director they said they showed this to Nintendo, Miyamoto included, and thought they would disapprove. They ended up laughing at it, thinking it was actually funny and had no problem with it.

  • BarelyCuddly Ani_Lo_Matzhik😐 (@BarelyCuddly) reported

    @plainrocktweets oh **** man i don’t want to even know how was that happened, but at the same time i kinda curious if that’s exploded or you just trying to repair that…. Kinda remains me the “i didn’t mean to break it…” when you were trying to fix the Nintendo switch mario special edition….

  • Bizcuthammer Super Mattroid (@Bizcuthammer) reported

    Just goes to show it doesn’t matter how much bullshit Nintendo includes (or doesn’t include) in their hardware or how much it costs, I’m willing to do whatever it takes to play a new Zelda game. I am the problem lol.

  • leoeli_brainrot 🐰 Law Boy 🐰 (@leoeli_brainrot) reported

    @HenryJamesDavid @DomRomArt That is so true, AVGN really taught young me about the crash of ‘83, why Nintendo was the console that revived the whole market, and so on

  • mcdonaldsgoth brookie of the year (@mcdonaldsgoth) reported

    this was lit we all had fun AND LEARNED A LOT WTF. i did not realize he spent months collecting physical copies of all 100 games, & has basically been plotting this since he got this issue of Nintendo Power in the mail in '97. ✨awesome✨ concept for a long term stream project

  • Tommythetomahaw Thomas Pfisterer (@Tommythetomahaw) reported

    @Neaok11 @TheNCSmaster I was about to say, while smash was a dream come true, and we’re almost there being ported to nintendo’s overpriced expansion pack for a barely functional internet service, all thats left is to complete the job

  • Drop_Dead_Art Max: Beast of the Swamp (@Drop_Dead_Art) reported

    So im downloading the eshop version of BotW since it appears to be my gamecard causing the Kohga glitch, i stg @NintendoAmerica if i just spent $60 to get another glitched game that you wont acknowledge or fix i'm gonna be ******* LIVID

  • FroKipp Robot Wampert (@FroKipp) reported

    I actually hope that Namco fixes the studdering and lag on the nintendo swtich version of #Klonoa. Playing Klonoa 1 and 2 felt super stiff and the quality wasn't something to write home about, unless its using a earlier build of the game then I'm assuming they know

  • MeinosBelfort Meinos Belfort (Y.Adult) **** / Zoo DNI (@MeinosBelfort) reported

    @DeathpawTheFomx If you run an "unreadable" disc on the nintendo gamecube but the game boot up, the game could stop at any moment and return to the BIOS menu automatically teeling an error as occured and forcing the shutdown of the console

  • Uniflame Cynni - commissions closed! (@Uniflame) reported

    @themupfiles Nintendo online is not great. I mean I myself never had real problems with it. But I only use it for Animal Crossing and Pokémon Shield

  • MrAweso06489419 Mr. Awesome (@MrAweso06489419) reported

    @PJiggles_ The problem with Nintendo rumors is that they are so sensationalized anf wrong by a long shot that you are simply a fool if you believe them.

  • NintendoShame Nintendo Shame (@NintendoShame) reported

    It's been 347 days since the last game was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service

  • Nindamanik •ك̲ۣو̲ۣد̲ۣ•خ̲ۣص̲ۣم̲• (@Nindamanik) reported

    Fix it. Nintendo's Battle to Dominate Videogames Shame and ؟? نمشے 🔹XX5🔹 🔹XX5🔹 🔹XX5🔹

  • Tyrant002model RE-Crash (@Tyrant002model) reported

    @PS_Vortex Crash Bandicoot 1-2-3 that time ripped and teared apart Mario 64 ...no matter what Nintendo fans /mainstream game media say now for me is still an open wound that Sony didnt buy the IP (when they had the chance) and it became completely trash in the hands of Activ/Vivendi

  • MrAweso06489419 Mr. Awesome (@MrAweso06489419) reported

    @PownicMania5000 @Reecee_yt It's a Disney Vault strategy of trying to get a bunch of people to buy something at once and gives artificial value. Problem in this case is that Nintendo thinks Fire Emblem is bigger than it really is.

  • WarriorDanYT WarriorDan (@WarriorDanYT) reported

    @umbreon3000 Same. Nintendo's biggest problem has always been that their consoles are always made on the cheap and that means sacrificing some quality. You get what you pay for. But Nintendo's support def is top-notch. Meanwhile, Valve will take weeks or months to resolve a customer complaint

  • lucelenaaa lucelena (@lucelenaaa) reported from Dallas, Texas

    a Nintendo switch would solve all my problems

  • gem_is_here Gem (@gem_is_here) reported

    @Yugus12 Nintendo needs to fix their game there definitely has to be floor there