Nintendo Switch Online down? Current status, problems and outages

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.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.

• Online Play (62%)
• Sign in (23%)
• Matchmaking (8%)
• Glitches (8%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Melbourne	Online Play	16 days ago
Vallejo	Glitches	19 days ago
Mobile	Online Play	25 days ago
Milan	Online Play	1 month ago
Albacete	Online Play	2 months ago
Manchester	Online Play	2 months ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Sworly ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ (@Sworly666) reported 22 seconds ago

  @Turbotef1 @Crunchyroll @NintendoAmerica Right?! So bizarre, and considering there’s even the Funimation app, I wonder if it’s some weird licensing prevention issue

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  Mallerd (@Mallerd_Art) reported 1 minute ago

  For people who don't know Majora's Mask has a history of not running well on Emulators due to the N64 Expansion Pack that the game required being difficult to emulate. Even Nintendo has had trouble with emulating it in the past so I really hope this will run well.

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  Jeff (@JJInferno57) reported 2 minutes ago

  The Virtual Console was a great way to preserve the future of legacy games while still having ownership of your purchase of them. The Nintendo Switch has lacked the virtual console in its lifespan as Nintendo scrapped the it in favor of a subscription service model. 3/?

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  Sworly ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ (@Sworly666) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Turbotef1 @Crunchyroll @NintendoAmerica I’m glad I’m not the only one confused and affected by that! It’s so bizarre that there’s like, apps for every other streaming service on the planet on the Samsung TV app store, except for Crunchyroll 🥴

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  Johnny (@Johnny05983549) reported 7 minutes ago

  @cjonesaudio @no16829871 @VaushV Bro no, it amazes me how business illiterate communist Twitter is. If it made them money they would have no problem financing those servers and leaving them up. Nintendo is simply going to re release those games on the switch, or you can still buy them and download them past 2023

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  Ness (@NesscastTM) reported 13 minutes ago

  @Scope479 @NintendoAmerica BOOOOO BOOOOOOOOO BOOOO FIX YOUR GRAPHICS BOOOOOOOO

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  ✨🐉Sakku Tatsainyo 🐉✨ 🎂: 02/25 (@Eeve2espeon) reported 18 minutes ago

  @NintenJosh dumb bait, stupid bait even :\ be real dude, even Nintendo can't keep the Wii U and 3DS servers open forever neither of those systems are being sold anymore, and the remaining systems are being sold for overinflated price the revenue for that service won't cover anything anymore

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  Sasha Lorenz (@SashaLorenz) reported 19 minutes ago

  @TaylorsShelf The issue is game preservation. There are no libraries, older games are just constantly vanishing in the aether never to be seen again. Nintendo closing their shops while shutting down emulation sites is a death sentence to many works of art.

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  Topixed (@TopixedWasTaken) reported 20 minutes ago

  @CorkellJacob @KyLaundryLA @NintendoAmerica You can buy botw for 60$ and not need to make a yearly subscription for it, they couldve just done that with majoras mask and oot but decided to put it on a cash grab service

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  Reactor Leak (@reactorleakSF) reported 20 minutes ago

  @mcquack306 PC always seemed to be “he who has the most $/hacks wins”, Nintendo never had the big games, and Sonys network had so many hack issues plus their console UI is just…ugh

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  Ronan Carbery (@CarberyRonan) reported 23 minutes ago

  @FortniteStatus My son is having this issue on Xbox Series X. Other son can login to Fortnite on Nintendo switch without any problems. Is this bug on the Microsoft or Epic Games side??

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  Adam | Jet (@anramsE) reported 24 minutes ago

  @MeesterTweester @TwitchRivals @NintendoAmerica Considering Biddybuggy and Scooty also exist and depending on who plays there will already be a mix of that, I don't think nuking one of the options is a good idea because it could cause matching karts on other combos. I see it as solving a problem that likely even doesn't exist.

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  TheAllterQuestion (Allter) (@allterquestion) reported 24 minutes ago

  @WahItHal @didyouknowgamin And then why does nintendo not remove something from official VGM and why has not deleted ost's from their newest games like Mario party superstars? And what I'm trying to say is there's a hole in all of this, and if it was nintendo, what are the broken guidelines?

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  hi529 (@Iwontusemyrealn) reported 30 minutes ago

  @CaptainNwa1ps @MightyKeef @NintendoAmerica Oh sure, no problem, let me just TIME TRAVEL.

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  David Cameron (@GamerBhoy89) reported 31 minutes ago

  @J0rdanWilliam5 @RoseSilicon @NintendoAmerica He's just complaining for the hell of it (and for clout, likely). It's a non-issue if you already have a Wii U and REALLY want to play it. In October I really wanted to play Metroid ZM so I bought a Wii U just to play it, and Fusion. That was the cheapest option.

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  「 𝒮𝑒𝓉𝒽 」 (@NefariousChains) reported 31 minutes ago

  @HxndinHxnd [ Nintendo really makes me confused on they're whole preservation of older games like, it feels like they could give less of a **** about it. But ohhh once you start running Mario 64 on an emulator then there's a problem with the big N! ]

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  Bradly Overrated (@BradlyOverrated) reported 34 minutes ago

  @JuiceMan_V @Anime_Dingo @NintendoAmerica This is not cherry picking, as the VC on the 3DS was considered a success. So if the VC was highly regarded and successful on two platforms, it is not cherry picking. I get your sentiment; I'm just pointing out that there's a reason so many people want another VC service.

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  OtakuMan (@OtakuMan) reported 34 minutes ago

  @natachi_chan @S0ckPuppetNinja You could say the “rate” of controllers that drift for Nintendo is higher than PlayStation or Xbox, but they are not immune. Nintendo has addressed this by offering free Joy-Con and controller repair in the event anything goes wrong. I’ve used this service before.

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  Sirlink360 (@sirlink360) reported 39 minutes ago

  @Marauder4TWT @ArloStuff The eshop situation is not situation. That was going to happen regardless. What are ACTUAL situations are Nintendo music copyright stuff and joy con drift that Nintendo literally refuses to fix even when they know the public outcry.

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  patrick_dril (@patrick_dril) reported 39 minutes ago

  quickly what do they say the mcflurry machine is broken @NintendoAmerica

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  Micah @ PLA Brainrot (Spoilers Tagged) (@DaisyAdmirer) reported 40 minutes ago

  @BringBackTetsu @mch2010uk @NintendoUK They mean you could pay it once and keep it, rather than keep paying a crap ton of money for a service to play a game you don't own if that makes sense

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  TheAllterQuestion (Allter) (@allterquestion) reported 43 minutes ago

  @NDragon1412 @didyouknowgamin There may also be problems with youtube bots and maybe nintendo has ****** bots but who knows if they do, there are many things that happen on youtube, even nintendo claims to games that are not theirs like undertale and I think some squarenix (so I heard) which is weird.

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  Wolftacodude (@Hi_There_How) reported 43 minutes ago

  @ShampooChan13 @Kram618 @curiomatic It’s an oxygen machine that looks like a merman. If Nintendo can make a JRPG where a 15 year old dies on screen and swears like a sailor while being around half naked women, then this shouldn’t be an issue.

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  Peter Paltridge (@PlatypusComix) reported 44 minutes ago

  @ArtofNP @verified The problem is most likely that they glance at your name and think you're claiming to be affiliated with Nintendo Power.

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  OtakuMan (@OtakuMan) reported 45 minutes ago

  @natachi_chan @S0ckPuppetNinja HOWEVER, while this issue has been prominently associated with the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers it is NOT limited to them, nor to Nintendo as a whole. I have a family member who has a PS4 and their controller is drifting as well.

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  🏳️‍⚧️Joylak 🃏🥀🚃 (@norizukijin) reported 48 minutes ago

  Lrt Forbidden Nintendo Dream issue that is unavailable to purchase anywhere due to submas popularity (I have tried)

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  Harrinsain!! (@Harrinsain) reported 50 minutes ago

  @suddendesu terminology aside. This conversation only got to this state because Nintendo is so pissy about emulation, yet constantly refuses to give ways of playing their games that would solve that problem for them. They want to have their cake and eat it too

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  chris :D | i wanna learn how to art (@chrislmao13) reported 51 minutes ago

  NINTENDO CAN YOU FIX THE ******* INTERNET ON YOUR SWITCHES IM LITERALLY GOING TO CRY IM SO ******* PISSED THE CONNECTION SUCKS

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  Bradly Overrated (@BradlyOverrated) reported 55 minutes ago

  @JuiceMan_V @Anime_Dingo @NintendoAmerica What you just stated is also factually incorrect. The Wii sold over 100 million units, had the VC, which did rather well, and Nintendo still decided to shut that service down. This isn't a support issue, this is a game preservation issue that Nintendo has poorly addressed.

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  Andy Foster Gaming (@retrogamingandy) reported 57 minutes ago

  @GameOverThirty Nintendo making new shops each time is the issue. There’s no foresight for good will, only profit. So this right, very long & brilliant answer is not justification at all. It just highlights the awful & archaic business structure which we all seem to still invest in! Including me