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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 (47%)
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Sign in (32%)
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Matchmaking (11%)
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Glitches (11%)
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The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:
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| Salt Lake City |
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| Junction City |
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| Miami |
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| Seabrook |
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 Barcelona |
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Lady of the Nerds
(@LadyoftheNerds1) reported
Can't buy Paper Mario It's tied to Nintendo's subscription service
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South Pole One
(@DarkWorld97) reported
@zee_noblade Seeing a Nintendo game crash twice is insane given how much the company values optimization for the most part. XC3 crashed once on me when there was like a fuckton of enemies on screen, but Shofu was going nothing hahahahah
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jack
(@jackryan_kim) reported
@LeoLunnin I mean, I never said it was a Pokémon problem. It is in fact an industry problem that Nintendo forces a company that's pretty damn to push out games in a really rushed cycle.
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Nightcat
(@Nightcaaat) reported
@VulpesOkamis @MushPIush There were cases of people with modded Switches uploading fake issues with Sonic Colors Ultimate through Nintendo Switch Share so maybe this is another instance of that, I wouldn’t be surprised
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iam16bit
(@iam16bit) reported
@Black_D_Gamer1 I agree that Nintendo needs to upgrade the hardware, but the issues I've seen appear to be poor optimization. Game Freak has been half-assing their games in recent years. They're still recycling 3DS assets and their graphics look like they belong on the Wii. It's pure laziness.
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Random Video Game
(@RVG00) reported
@OrdinaryGamers It would be great to get Switch 2 or something like that by now, but this problem isn't because Nintendo Hardware, it's Gamefreak incompetence, they didn't play test most of the game and didn't actually optimize it even though they only release the game for 1 console only
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Jimmy B.
(@J1mmy_B) reported
@OrdinaryGamers Nintendo gives you no choice but to pirate and emulate their games. So I see no problem with it.
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Eight dollar musk
(@EightdollarMusk) reported
@IGN @NintendoAmerica @Pokemon fix your damn game
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Nydius
(@Nydius4) reported
@indiejacob You act like these positions are mutually exclusive. They aren’t. GF is horrid (and lazy) at proper optimization AND we need a more powerful Nintendo console. Every game that’s come out for it in the last year has had significant performance issues or massive downgrades.
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Huan/Ben
(@Benzox_x) reported
@GoatmanO @jfbonken @NintendoAmerica didn’t jt get smoothened out? when i played it, i never experienced any performance issues.
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AugustAPC
(@AugustAPC) reported
@jameson_dd @BobWulff The issue is that Pokemon games are literally flooding the market and that GF does not have near enough time to produce as a product on the level of other Nintendo IPs
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Archiver
(@EyesEverywherr) reported
@NintendoAmerica I think we should address the issues the game has and update it again
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Tyler Robey 🐝🧀
(@iTyero) reported
@JoeMerrick It’s my understanding that Nintendo and TPC co-publish these games, with TPC holding the reigns. How would TPC not be to blame for issues with the development cycle if they are in charge of oversight, marketing, funding, etc?
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LightShadowOnyx pokemon master
(@LightShadowOnyx) reported
@IGN I will see the problems for myself but pokemon company, nintendo, and gamefreak needs to do better
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Matthew Cutright
(@MattCutright23) reported
@Cherrim I mean you’re putting the information out there. No matter the backlash of people accusing you of faking the video. Sheeesh. I do hope gamefreaks or Nintendo fixes this issue. Was the video in dock or handheld? I’m just curious?
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🇺🇦Eddie🎃🎃
(@MonkJeffKaz789) reported
@NintendoAmerica Fix the Frame Rate performance issues
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Coop
(@nick_coopergt31) reported
@NintendoAmerica The game has more glitches and problems than cyberpunk 🙄
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BrighterDark
(@BrighterrDark) reported
@GrandpaClamps @ChrisFerguson77 @Swagg 99% of NES, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, PS1/2, Xbox, etc. weren't running hundreds of thousands of online servers. Games never run perfectly upon release. For example Tecmo Bowl, Double Dribble, any sports game. They have their issues because it's alot of data to account for.
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Guguu/Stolen Queen
(@RecordDrop121) reported
@thatskygame Haven’t played today but did they fix the bugs in the Nintendo switch version? The one where when you press Y near friends their thing pops up?
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goochy lovers anonymous
(@DonkoKonko) reported
@NintendoAmerica fix this now or else
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ryanblade chronicles 3
(@rygarde) reported
@Jamiex66 They should really do better. It SHOULD be delivered on release day but if not possible, the next day at the very least. Their own delivery service does weekends no problem. I suspect it’s who Nintendo allows them to use as a carrier.
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goochy lovers anonymous
(@DonkoKonko) reported
@NintendoAmerica fix this
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Newsance™
(@NewsanceInHD) reported
@Cherrim This game looks like a Nintendo 64 game and it’s lagging like that?
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Stupid Uncle Egg
(@ChrisHighwnd) reported
"Emulation is piracy" Ok, so that means: - Nintendo's Virtual Console/Switch Online classic game service is piracy - Any commercially-released collection of games that relies on emulation is piracy - PS1 and PS2 games on PS3 and newer is piracy (1/2)
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Elliot :X
(@deltaghostt) reported
Nintendo fix your ******* servers, it disconnected me twice after barely finishing wave 3, I hate you
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Umbral Queen 🌻
(@nomad779) reported
@KharloKong The hilarity is this is not a hardware issue lol. This is a nintendo releasing ****** optimization issue. The switch can run more intensive games then this like ******* monster hunter lmao. But nintendo doesnt want to delay to fix their ****** code.
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Nunmanji
(@Nunmanji) reported
When people ask if they should blame Nintendo's underpowered hardware or gamefreak for performance issues. It's plain & simple people looking for easy answers cause it's not legitimate to blame just one thing. Odd behavior
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Oki the Player
(@Player_oki) reported
@BlessingJr Even then, the problems don't end there. The Series already had a very short Development cycle, which they/Nintendo/Pokémon Company insist on maintaining... But hey it's not like people learned how much more demanding HD Development is 2 gens ago...
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Chunke Monke
(@LeGrassMonke) reported
@Black_D_Gamer1 I'm hearing that performance issues aren't as bad when not docked, the difference I'm not 100% on but Nintendo is gonna have to upgrade their hardware for Gen 10, they had to move Sword and Shield to switch because Ultra sun and Ultra moon pushed the 3ds to its limits.
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Kevin
(@_Kevinsr) reported
@CKaligary @TGirl_Swagger @NintendoAmerica Nah, I rather have a delayed good game at launch rather than rushed game and they fix it later. I pay for the game to work just fine now not later…