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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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Sign inProblems in the last 24 hours
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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 |
Sign in | |
| Preston |
Online Play | |
 Asunción |
Online Play | |
 Philadelphia |
Sign in | |
| Edenton |
Matchmaking | |
| 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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Will Atkinson
(@Karlsberg75) reported
@NintendoEurope Bought a switch 2 days ago and the right joy con no longer connects ! 21 days for Nintendo to fix ? Ridiculous 😠
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Butter
(@SafeButter) reported
Genuinely sucks that nintendo is fixing there online system but they probably won't fix ultimates net code Nintendo once again is behind the times with how important online gaming is
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Kajet
(@Kajet_seifert) reported
People are acting like Nintendo using old servers is a terrible thing, if it works why fix it?
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Geno - Defeated but not Forgotten
(@NabbitFan730) reported
@justin02350 @NinEverything No, Nintendo doesn't work on Ultimate, that's Bandai's problem
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ikea48
(@ikea48_show) reported
welp…the package from Nintendo is kinda in lingo right now…I talked to Nintendo who said to talk to UPS for the issue, I talk to UPS and they say to talk to Nintendo…ugh I hate cache 22, oh well…it should HOPEFULLY be in @UPS’s hands by today…this stinks
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🐺 Shadow Wolf 🐺
(@ShadowWolfWA) reported
@VamppawMonster Indeed it is. The verification app is saying that my password to my Nintendo account is short and which it isn't so I have to wait till I get my first ever PC to fix the issue. The verification thing doesn't work on my laptop but sometimes it will work and mostly not at all.
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Chabuumn🔞
(@chabuumn) reported
@KZXcellent Nintendo really said "if its broke, dont fix it"
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Resident Stevil
(@Resident_Stevil) reported
@maximilian_ Just FYI before anybody freaks out about this, this doesn't mean that Nintendo will have to shut down online for their games. There's just going to be a lot of updates that Nintendo has to issue for pretty much everything.
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J-Der: Solo Commission Slot(INACTIVE, PREPARING)
(@fruitgamer02) reported
@ItionoBen I do think that most of Nintendo's releases have been overall good, I suppose it's just interesting to see which parts of their entire system have not as much priority. idk the NEX stuff kind of feels like a "don't fix what ain't broken" thing to me (even though it kind of is)
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New Year's David
(@Daxdiv) reported
I don't know what I find more funnier today between either Nintendo's netcode being *** explained as them using the same service from the GCN days or Stadia letting go of it's developers?
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rockcock64
(@rockcock64) reported
There’s plenty of online multiplayer games from the late 90s that run way way better than Nintendo’s modern first party online multiplayer games. The problem is Nintendo doesn’t give enough of a ****.
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Tomathius #PlantGang
(@Tomathius) reported
@QuarkBird You guys are acting like this wasn't posted on the same day Nintendo is trying to replace the service
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Bug Catcher Andyblarg
(@Andyblarg) reported
@TAHK0 My theory is since the Switch has been selling like hot cakes, more people are exposed to the crappy online leading to a larger increase of outcry by fans for Nintendo to fix the issue. When outcry is small it's easy to ignore.
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sign my eichi die faster petition on change.org
(@eichiphobia) reported
@meourr SJODEIHYFVRBDJK i dont even mind the online service as it is,, like i havent noticed any issues on my end, but LMAO classic nintendo! [laugh track]
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☠️AgentDead☠️MyTeenRomanticComedy/FN/Apex/CODlover
(@AgentDeadFN) reported
Alright @NintendoAmerica you really need to fix your online literally can’t improve in a online match cuss how bad your online is like literally ridiculous PlayStation and Xbox can make good online just fine how is it that hard for you guys
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BǝɐrKinפ
(@BearKingatLaw) reported
@Lucius_Shadow Nintendo reports it isn't fixing something that isn't broken.
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M. Night Shyamalan City
(@AbstraitWolf) reported
I. . . Guess paying for Nintendo's online service has helped them upgrade their server infrastructure?
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Jay
(@jayrutgers09) reported
@FakeEricVerrone They just had some real positive developments, with Cyberpunk, Ubisoft service, and some TV manufacturers announcing that Stadia will be built into their TVs. So I can't see it going away yet. Worst case it gets sold to Sony or Nintendo to give them a streaming platform.
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Cart Games
(@CartridgeGames) reported
With the whole service thing with stadia going on, I’ve been thinking about game pass. I wonder if it’s profitable now, and how if it’s suitable for other publishers MS is buying studios since they don’t have the talent to back up the service, what about Sony/Nintendo that do?
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Mr. Eagleman (Commissions 5/10)
(@MisterEagleman) reported
@thequickslash Ah I see, that makes sense. I personally haven't had problems with it but I've heard people say that it is possible for Nintendo to update the netcode to work better? I used to think it more solely relied on the user's own net
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Thomas Knapp
(@chemiclord) reported
@UltimaShadowX Eh, this is a wee bit of clickbait BS. Nintendo's online isn't garbage because there are vestigal code in their servers (I can promise you, you'd find similar ancient code in Sony and MS's online service). It's garbage because Nintendo puts bare minimum effort into it.
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cam🔪 looking for work!
(@camadjodha) reported
anyone else have a problem w nintendo letting all game data be saved on their console dl/
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DeltaChara
(@CharaDelta) reported
There's been nothing but good news from Nintendo today and yet they're trending because people are complaining about an issue that's being fixed. Twitter moment.
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Cub but dumb
(@CubCollin) reported
@QuarkBird And then all the grown Nintendo stans go "their demographic is children if you have a problem with it its because you're not the demographic"
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Lord Eternal
(@XanmanComicGame) reported
@Kazoorion @McTroid I want a new one too, I don't think Nintendo is completely forgetting about DK if their theme park has plans for a section dedicated to it, but it is weird its been so long since a brand new game, with only ports. Pikmin suffering the same issue for a year longer tho
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sianos
(@sianos_two) reported
maybe nintendo replacing their outdated matchmaking servers will remedy the issue where packet manipulation and/or an unfortunate lag spike causes you to play the match with massive (iirc one-sided?) frame delay i know it happens when my color doesn't load but their's does
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Super Isaiah
(@SuperIsaiahYT) reported
@StupidMarioFan1 That and also they like money. The main reason nintendo 64 still had cartridges is so that nintendo could make money off selling the cartridges to game designers, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of monetary reason behind why they stuck with a bad online service.
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DangoBango(in tourney)/Khlover/whatever on discord
(@KHover4life) reported
@ArcanaLegacy I still remember the time nintendo pulled away from a smash ultimate match on a livestream because of excessive lag and they blamed the users for the lag.
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Nintendo Fans Complaining About Nintendo
(@AboutNintendo) reported
@40Phenom (if the quality drops due to lack of income it was generating): "Your free online is still bad Nintendo! Why did you make it worse?" (if the quality stays the same or improves): "Why aren't you using the (insert some random service) service? It's what someone else uses!"
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Michael Weil
(@michaelweil) reported
@justin_klugh Can confirm this glitch also spread to RBI 2020 for Nintendo Switch.