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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 01/20/2026 11:20

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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 (50%)

    Online Play (50%)

  2. Sign in (38%)

    Sign in (38%)

  3. Matchmaking (13%)

    Matchmaking (13%)

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • daimonde Dave (@daimonde) reported

    @NintendoUK hi is there a way of escalating an issue not being dealt with properly by the 'support' section ? I have concerns about my personal data with the way replies are being received.

  • LewdGoldberg i want more mutuals 🏳️‍⚧️ (@LewdGoldberg) reported

    Corpse Party: Blood Covered Repeated Fear Darkened Hallway Choking Hazard Broken Leg Destroyed Anus Leaky Pipes Backlit Keyboard v2.0 for Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PSP, PSvita, IOS, PC, Oculus Quest, Google Chrome, and your mum.

  • TheJediSonic TJS (@TheJediSonic) reported

    @The_H_Nickel @Daniexists6 @AidenRS139 You'd be focusing on Crash, not his company. Thatd be like saying im praising Nintendo's ****** business decisions if there was a character addition i liked

  • SoapDAngel African Black (@SoapDAngel) reported

    @blerdofthesouth @BluSatire Without the cheapness of 30 bucks for my and my sons account i truly have no reason to have the service. Or opt into the new service, even tho all i want is to play those old Nintendo titles. because its now 70 bucks to have my Nintendo online account if i want to play 64 n sega

  • Fictional_Clown Clown Appreciator 🤡 (@Fictional_Clown) reported

    So can anyone with a nintendo switch help me? My switch refuses to connect to the internet (DNS name resolution failure) and no fix online has worked. I'm not going to factory reset it, either! I could use a wired connection to do my stuff, but a fix would really help :]

  • DavidPCM_ 👻SPOOKLEG👻 (DavidPCM) (@DavidPCM_) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I hope they intendo fix it

  • toxicsmokie Philip J Ferreira (@toxicsmokie) reported

    @aJNation71 @Sora_Sakurai That’s pretty cool. I seen you on the other day 🙌🏾got your *** handed too you by one of these broken characters? Haha such a game tho. Shame last one. No more Nintendo for me

  • WarriYahTruth . (@WarriYahTruth) reported

    @theRealJayDub2 What's funny is GOW will come with every upgrade you could think of....yet it's 50$ and 39 pounds an equivalent to 53$. Metroid dread is 2d Slop....only 8 hours. 60$ and 60 pounds an equivalent to 83$$. You are trash if you continue to support Nintendo problem enablers!!!!

  • JabrilWilliams1 Jabril Ishmael (@JabrilWilliams1) reported

    @1stsaintinferno Gow 2018 has sold almost more than the previous gow titles combined. Nintendo has a few titles reach astronomical attach rate numbers but theres a ton of others lagging behind

  • LolbertyPrime PRIME (@LolbertyPrime) reported

    @MikeTomGotJokes @PlayStation Ok, now that's an issue we can debate. See that argument actually makes sense to me. I suppose compared to Nintendo exclusives which have a high attach rate, Sony exclusives fare worse. I'd still argue that not having exclusives deters a percentage of people from consoles.

  • thereal_tskull Tskull (@thereal_tskull) reported

    @Warden201 @YeetBsbakery @NintendoUK Nah, Crash sucks

  • TheGreyGuyArt The Grey Guy (@TheGreyGuyArt) reported

    Overall, if Nintendo is going to demand to make another Smash game, I would much prefer a reboot that attends on doing their own thing seperately from other Smash installments. And also to reset the speculation that has gone god-awful due how broken it was.

  • TheGreyGuyArt The Grey Guy (@TheGreyGuyArt) reported

    Overall, if Nintendo is going to demand to make another Smash game, I would much prefer having a reboot that attends on doing their own thing seperately from other Smash installments. And also to reset the speculation that has gone god-awful due how broken it was.

  • AtelierMagi Magnus✨ (@AtelierMagi) reported

    @Minecraft Will Part II fix the store on Nintendo Switch?

  • KBababouie King_bababouie and 7803 others (@KBababouie) reported

    @MorganAndAHalf @NintendoAmerica In the first game all the characters base models so face shape and body shape were based off the first two characters that were made with minor alterations and then exceptions given to a few characters after noticing the issue so that might be why you’re seeing that

  • TrashPhysicist Alexander (@TrashPhysicist) reported

    @NintendoAmerica WHY ARE POKEMON UNITE SKINS SO EXPENSIVE? COSMETICS SHOULDNT COST AS MUCH AS AN ENTIRE POKEMON GAME! PLEASE FIX THIS!

  • RighteousKngFu #DMIZ OTW (@RighteousKngFu) reported

    @FameEnt2k Nah, Day n date don't work for Sony business strategy. MS made a pivot because xbox players weren't buying games, they had to go the GP service route n do day m date. That's not the case for Sony and Nintendo.

  • nrm824 Nico (@nrm824) reported

    @Lizardguy17 @Stealth40k @DreamcastGuy You can't buy Nintendo games on PC. That's the problem.

  • lcvecherrymagic mimi🍝|117/90 (@lcvecherrymagic) reported

    Did anyone else have the problem that their nintendo online acc wouldnt link with their paypal?

  • KingFishOcean ItsOcean (@KingFishOcean) reported

    @MrGehab The online issues is why I won’t pay for nintendo online

  • NekoNomsOwU 🎃 ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ 👻 (@NekoNomsOwU) reported

    @BDoodle13 @TheNCSmaster @DynamoSuperX It's your money to waste as you see fit, and it's really not all that much at least compared to other services, this issue is that attitudes like that will never incentivise Nintendo to do better, to adopt better consumer practices

  • TheWonPMK Dai Won=DayOne B1 Brigade FBA🇺🇸 (@TheWonPMK) reported

    @LeakyPandy Interesting but not never happening IMO. Sony and Microsoft are trying to sell now than usual software. That’s why they use PC as another platform. Nintendo has never had a or problem selling their 1st party software l.

  • El_MikeMasMike Mike (@El_MikeMasMike) reported

    @PlumpSSB Nintendo: "Are you wondering what we gonna do about it? Well, we"ll fix any character Final Smash. You don't like it? I dont care :) Enjoy the online

  • erlmaiden ⭐️Thaumana⭐️ (@erlmaiden) reported

    I was looking through some old Nintendo magazines out of nostalgia and got stuck on an pretty old October/Halloween special issue that was mostly about Majora's Mask. When I played it, I felt that the game really fit the atmosphere of Halloween and the cold, dark winter season.

  • XMaxThreeSixty XMax (@XMaxThreeSixty) reported

    For me, the issue was never if Disney would allow Sora. It was if Nintendo could afford it. Again, I blame how the American Disney branch, which is the home pillar and all, led me to not believe that it could happen without a price.

  • Little_B0t LittleBot🔞 (@Little_B0t) reported

    Incidentally, nintendo seriously expect people to pay like 60 quid for their online service now when they still don't have a shopping cart for their online store. what a joke.

  • Ganoess Hess NL (@Ganoess) reported

    @PokemonUnite why does Nintendo switch have connection error ?

  • Callum69294432 Cbomb904 (@Callum69294432) reported

    @mrpyo1 Not gonna lie I honestly thought you could already get a lot of Nintendo games on PC but if I'm wrong then fair enough I personally don't see the issue with it gow has been out 4 years it's about time more then just playstation has a chance at the game its beautiful

  • Dekthor Dekthor (@Dekthor) reported

    @saesama @ModernVintageG @RipleyLacross I saw "Cloud" edition and thought FF7, Cloud not streaming. I don't believe Nintendo's online service can support that and the Switch is bottle necked badly in regards to network speed. (wired or not) So I will not be renting these games. Animal Crossing is fun tho.

  • Dekthor Dekthor (@Dekthor) reported

    @saesama @ModernVintageG @RipleyLacross I saw "Cloud" edition and thought FF7 Cloud, not streaming. I don't believe Nintendo's online service can support that and the Switch is bottle necked badly in regards to network speed. (wired or not) So I will not be renting these games. Animal Crossing is fun tho.