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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 01/19/2026 04:00

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (44%)

    Sign in (44%)

  2. Online Play (44%)

    Online Play (44%)

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Hero_Shark Eccentric Eel 🇺🇸 (@Hero_Shark) reported

    @NathanielBandy1 This makes me happy in the fact that people will finally start realizing that defective controllers are an issue across all three gaming manufacturers, not just Nintendo.

  • Josh_huhok Josh (@Josh_huhok) reported

    Hey I don't have an issue with reaction images or anything but if you use anime or Nintendo reaction images you smell

  • Splatetris bagelfan (@Splatetris) reported

    @sireABackwards i just want nintendo to fix splashwall please i dont want to get sniped through my wall

  • nyx_thedragon Nyx | 📎 🦩🏳️‍🌈 (@nyx_thedragon) reported

    been having trouble with my nintendo switch for two years and i just called nintendo to figure out what was happening. turns out the whole device is permanently banned because of illegal modifications made by the previous owner. now i have to save money for a new one

  • Brandinosworld Brandon (@Brandinosworld) reported

    @dyphylleia Nintendo really has us paying for the worst online service possible bro i think I’m gonna be sick

  • FuzzJars KindaNerdy (@FuzzJars) reported

    Omg y’all… I’m bout to have the time of my life soon. I ordered 2 broken Nintendo’s to fix. I have a ps2 that I need to fix and a sega that I need to clean up. 😭😭 I’m so happy rn.

  • trevorthalacker Trevor (@trevorthalacker) reported

    so it turns out my nintendo switch dock board is fine, just the shell is broken.

  • bawsome314 yooy (real) (@bawsome314) reported

    so I was playing online and my dog knocked over my router. Nintendo Online sucks man they better fix this ****

  • milisvanirich Vanirich (watching Pokémon Journeys) (@milisvanirich) reported

    @Sonic_Gamer501 @DJTakozawa Nintendo is actually surprisingly good at preserving titles. Like when Squenix lost the source code for Trials of Mana, yet Nintendo had a backup of it. Nintendo's problem is actually releasing the damn games to the public on modern hardware.

  • Parachutin_Link Parachutin_Link (@Parachutin_Link) reported

    @Snakespeere Lol, that happens a lot, Nintendo really should have fixed that, but we're past half the gen now and we can only hope the next console fixes that issue, it sucks, but they never really addressed it

  • lucoweb Luco (@lucoweb) reported

    @Matt_Laneagaim @NintendoAmerica you can buy me a new Switch if $50 is no trouble for you.

  • nananana_nadia Nadia (@nananana_nadia) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @animalcrossing please let us put rugs outside. I don’t care if there’s a shadow problem. I heard it’s in the code and modders have done it. We would need much fewer design slots if this was possible

  • RocknFlyKicks08 ᜊᜁᜀᜓ (@RocknFlyKicks08) reported

    The fact it's 2021 and the technology and resources around and people are literally lost in the sauce going to the store asking 21 question creating 99 problems... like I just need someone to unlock the case so I can get a Nintendo switch!!!

  • girl_69420 Anime E girl 69420 (@girl_69420) reported

    @chikcen1 @NintendoAmerica stop abusing your joycons, they're not even hard to fix if they start drifting

  • SobmicUltimate SobmicUltimate (@SobmicUltimate) reported

    @JetgoshiEX @DynamoSuperX When Nintendo characters in a Nintendo game are the problem...

  • casipro1357yt2 🛸CasiPro_ツ 鸡肉💜 (@casipro1357yt2) reported

    @DarkFaze14 Nintendo problems

  • Distracted2021 Distracted4Life (@Distracted2021) reported

    @nintendolife well if Nintendo thought it could be a problem they wouldn't have made it in my Opinion...

  • Chris_J_Harding cjBloodwyn (@Chris_J_Harding) reported

    @MetaAlphaWolf @blueisviolet The one purchase, but then you also have gamepass which is already profitable, and where you get access to a lot of 3rd party as a service. Those that say Sony ask them what happened to PS Vita, the console Sony already dumped, because they lost to much grown to Nintendo.

  • TheUncleAlShow Un Cleal (@TheUncleAlShow) reported

    @Kirvyx I did, I found someone online who faced the same issue and it looks like it's a console malfunction thing. So looks like I can either send it to Nintendo or suck it up and just by a new Wii U. Weighing my options lol.

  • go_mayon Mayon Go (@go_mayon) reported

    I ain't sticking to Nintendo switch because it has no streaming service, always games. ALWAYS GAAAAMMMMEEESSSSSSS!!!!! IM BOOOOARD OF IT!!!!!! Also im a linux user.

  • Tilt_Windmills Tilt@Windmills (@Tilt_Windmills) reported

    @AdamWingWriting @MelanieMoore I think they printed the codes in Nintendo Power issues too, IIRC

  • Yanksfan_03 Chris (@Yanksfan_03) reported

    @mariokart Makes me disgusted to support the brand, but MS has its own problems with censorship and Nintendo has other problems. Wish there was a company out there that just made a good console and didn't insult the consumer's intelligence.

  • tenstrife ash (@tenstrife) reported

    @jonghyun so how they fix it would i have to mail it to nintendo and they mail it back?

  • winternjm 😵‍💫 (@winternjm) reported

    @tenstrife joycon drift is pretty easy to fix! I used to have as well but when I switched out the shells it was because of like small dust particles but it’s better to have nintendo do it since it’s free

  • MMolloyy Megan 👺 (@MMolloyy) reported

    @NintendoAmerica why can’t three people play speed golf at one time pls fix this I am crying

  • twitbot72169658 TwitBot (@twitbot72169658) reported

    @EugeneEugene87 @Soulraque Its odd nintendo doesn't have all old titles from every console available on their store for switch. Seems like if they had them all for 5$ ea they would make a killing. Or a subscription service.

  • tru_greatneess Arri Reid (@tru_greatneess) reported

    @KariOne_ @SouljaTroll @verge Um it's not the same as a xbox or playstation just looking at it could tell you that and I have never experienced controller drift on any console until I owned a switch. And Nintendo had a lawsuit out because of it so yes its an issue.

  • karlnieberding Karl in Miami 7/12-17 🌴 (@karlnieberding) reported

    It’s hard for me to understand AAA titles being bad. That didn’t used to happen. Maybe the issue was growing up on Nintendo.

  • PlugInStation PlugIn Station (@PlugInStation) reported

    @GameSpot My only trouble with this model is that I have no idea who is really for. A casual player would rather save and get either the normal switch or the lite while a Nintendo Fan already has a switch and most of them don’t have an interest just for a new screen.

  • jinospam j*n (@jinospam) reported

    nitnendo put earthbound on switch online :) please it will make me buy the service @nintendo