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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 01/21/2026 22:35

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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 (57%)

    Online Play (57%)

  2. Sign in (36%)

    Sign in (36%)

  3. Matchmaking (7%)

    Matchmaking (7%)

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:

  • runningwizards Zack (@runningwizards) reported

    @JuiceMan_V @SpawnWaveMedia People are paying the same price for lesser quality games and have no problem with it. Nintendo will be fine.

  • Betsy7Cat Betsy (@Betsy7Cat) reported

    @Nierfenhimer the thing about Nintendo just being like “it’s in the EULA lol” doesn’t surprise me at all But I wasn’t expecting the suit itself to be on such a technicality when it seemed like an otherwise straightforward issue 💀

  • moxocide Moxocide (@moxocide) reported

    I’ll be filing a lawsuit against @DKOldies Sold me a broken Nintendo 64. Karma is coming DKOLDIES is a scam

  • shrek2fanboy Him (@shrek2fanboy) reported

    @JezCorden Accurate, Nintendo doesn't have a sub service

  • ZeldaUniverse Zelda Universe (@ZeldaUniverse) reported

    @ActualAero Definitely seems like it was an error. But would not put it passed Nintendo to price their games at $70 someday if not today.

  • MarekLonchar Marek (@MarekLonchar) reported

    @dylankeru Making us wait an eternity to find a match so we earn a measly +10 gives us more time to think critically about the game’s problems Naturally Nintendo should want to discourage this free thinking, right?

  • patricknotirl patrick (@patricknotirl) reported

    nintendo wii broken

  • DopperPines618 Dipper Pines (@DopperPines618) reported

    @CoolBoyKemet I guess that's a fair point, although that has more to do with Nintendo's Online service being bad in general. That has nothing to do with Splat 3's design as a whole. Again, I'm done arguing - like I said.

  • Alexthechill007 Alexandre Michaud (@Alexthechill007) reported

    @johnyion @BigCheffi @Lbabinz Then the problem is the console itself, not the game, and not the price either. Nintendo is trying to make the game to run smoother using tricks like they did with Splatoon 3 I totally agree that hardware-wise the Switch is really obsolete now and really needs an upgrade

  • BjoernMeansBear The Legend of Bjoern - Bears of the Kingdom (@BjoernMeansBear) reported

    In conclusion, just because I'm part of the problem because I'm gonna buy this specific game for any price they ask for, didn't mean that I like the apparent price hike from 60 to 70 bucks for Zelda TotK. In fact I'll be very disappointed and angry at Nintendo if it's real.

  • RealUltraFox RENNY. (@RealUltraFox) reported

    “For an optional, additional $5 per title, we will save a puppy from being ground into a fine paste in our official Nintendo Puppy Grinding Facilities. This additional service is officially named the New Save a Puppy Pal Extra Program + Bowser’s Minions.”

  • Mayo_Doctor Mayonnaise Doctor (@Mayo_Doctor) reported

    @OnTheDownLoTho Nah this ain't it. It was a bad move when Sony and MS did it and it's a bad move with Nintendo too. I gave the $70 thing a chance at first, but the problem is, it isn't going to the developers. The money is just being pocketed by publishers to make their fat wallets fatter.

  • MrX_UNI Mr.X (@MrX_UNI) reported

    Welp time to pester Nintendo to put their games back to $60 (less ideally). $70 for base games should never be accepted. Especially given how broken many games are on release. No no and NO.

  • gibbogame David Gibson (@gibbogame) reported

    Nintendo on Switch supply - said in October semiconductor issue was resolved and hence worked on shipments into year end. But Switch sell through (volumes) not seen as have seen in past years 4/x

  • 3kMajeed Majeed3k⚡️ (@3kMajeed) reported

    @Mohamed84382893 @firstadopter Main problem with the Nintendo hardware 30 frames if they release a new hardware could be better with 60 frames

  • Litalitalooo Lita (@Litalitalooo) reported

    @linkksupremacy Is it too much to ask for a GameCube emulator with the Nintendo switch online service AND Tears of the Kingdom trailer?! 😭

  • Jafartomo Herlock Sholmes brainrot. (@Jafartomo) reported

    @CentroLeaks Or its a ******* error? Pleale lets just wait till nintendo announces it

  • TheLEGObrick_ TheLEGObrick (@TheLEGObrick_) reported

    @RogerDatSoldier Ain't not a problem for me, Nintendo Switch Online vouchers are the way to go

  • jackal27 Jordan Starkweather ✨ (@jackal27) reported

    @VayaMalay Yeah I think that’s the issue, none of those things are happening. Well, aside from maybe Nintendo? Who just gave everyone a 10% raise despite profits being down?

  • MarshaGardene Fantasy Fanatic (@MarshaGardene) reported

    @Ultizeta The issue will always be the precedent Nintendo rarely prices games based on value. All triple A are 60. So all games will be 70. And considering how behind they are on hardware, it doesn’t feel warranted Instead it feels like a price hike just to have one

  • violentkim66 Violent (@violentkim66) reported

    @mrpyo1 i used to like sony very much, especially on ps2 but nowadays ps4 or ps5 sucks.. have so many problems and this one in particular is just weird. Nintendo or Xbox is the way to go in my opinion, i still use my ps4 but man those things are serious

  • YoursTrulyACP Yours Truly ACP (@YoursTrulyACP) reported

    NINTENDO JUST LET ME PLAY SPLATOON 3 CMON FIX YOUR CODING Literally in the span of 30 minutes I’ve only played through entirely TWO turf matches. The rest never even started or if they DID, someone DC’d I’m very upsetti

  • kjcole0811 Kj Superstar (@kjcole0811) reported

    @NateTheHate2 Oh boy 70$ switch games could be coming,or maybe Nintendo made an error but idk let’s see what happens

  • FreezeSPreston 🗑️🔥 (@FreezeSPreston) reported

    Mucking around with Dolphin on my tablet running Ocarina of Time and how is this entirely third party free solution leagues better than Nintendo's own paid for service version of their own ******* game on their own hardware?

  • Uguubee uguubee (@Uguubee) reported

    @PussPussGaming @DoctorFlux @googletheanswer Sounds like a different argument to me. At no point did Flux say that Animelee in general was the problem, just that it was bad to charge for it given it being ripped from DBZ and being their mod. Also I highly doubt that a small mod like Animelee would catch Nintendo's attention

  • cherirenge Homie McSexual (@cherirenge) reported

    @UltimaShadowX $70 games would be fine if the last like 5 pokemon games werent either broken or cashgrabs. i dont think nintendo has earned that right just yet

  • ActualAero Aero (@ActualAero) reported

    @ZeldaUniverse I hope it was a price error but the weird thing is after this Nintendo removed the price on their website and Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop all delisted the game from theirs too Just seems a little fishy to have do that for some reason but guess we'll see what's up tomorrow

  • ActualAero Aero (@ActualAero) reported

    @ZeldaUniverse I hope it was a price error but the weird thing is after this Nintendo removed the price on their website and Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop all delisted the game from theirs too Just seems a little fishy to have to that for some reason but guess we'll see what's up tomorrow

  • theGamerPad theGamerPad (@theGamerPad) reported

    I love Nintendo’s games and creativity but it Switch games are now $70 “just because” Then that is bullshit, like paying for an online service with no voice chat or messaging and poor connections or comparing “free” randomly added retro games to multiple monthly modern games

  • NoraInu_Debiddo 野良犬 (@NoraInu_Debiddo) reported

    @ReallyNemoHoes @DirectFeedGames Problem is Nintendo never does sales over $10-$15 off on stuff people actually care about there greedy ASF