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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 01/15/2026 22:55

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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 (45%)

    Sign in (45%)

  2. Online Play (45%)

    Online Play (45%)

  3. Matchmaking (10%)

    Matchmaking (10%)

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:

  • trai_all Trai-All (@trai_all) reported

    Why do so many @NintendoAmerica switch games make fonts impossibly tiny? This is a major accessibility issue. This time the culprit is @mytimeatportia .. I’ve heard good things about it but I’ve not done anything more than make my character and my head hurts from squinting.

  • WarCriminalElmo War Criminal Elmo 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🥞🥂 (@WarCriminalElmo) reported

    @JonDArsen @gooply4 Wouldn't be such a huge burden if they hired more developers! I think the problem is, Pokémon is literally the biggest IP in the world. If you're Nintendo, why would you give Game Freak more money when you know the game is gonna sell well regardless?

  • saiya_ran SaiyaRan 🙆🏾‍♂️🎮🫶🏾 (@saiya_ran) reported

    I beat the final boss in #TheMageseeker then my game crashed and I had to do it all over again 🙃 Beautiful game. Amazing game, but it has crashed more than 15 times during my playthrough on Nintendo Switch. Please fix @DigitalSunGames @RiotForge

  • Cook1w1 Cookiwi (@Cook1w1) reported

    @NintendoAmerica @Nintendo Fix your ****** *** ******* SERVERS. NOBODY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS UNPLAYABLE BULLSHIT. THE LAST THREE MATCHES I HAVE HAD “a communication error occur” THIS IS ******* ABHORRENT FOR A MULTI BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY. YOU GUYS CAN AFFORD WORKING SERVERS.

  • Jay4392 Ghost4392 (@Jay4392) reported

    @PokemonGoApp @Nintendo having trouble linking my Nintendo account to access Pokémon home

  • Lucky_ssb_ Solar | Lucky (@Lucky_ssb_) reported

    @MyranSSB Nope, not once. And I have gone through two other first party Nintendo pro controllers. I also currently have three procons currently, so five in total with no snapback issues

  • ColostomyBague2 🥖🅒🅞🅛🅞🅢🅣🅞🅜🅨 🅑🅐🅖🅤🅔🅣🅣🅔🥖 (@ColostomyBague2) reported

    @Onefeistywench imagine if I made a Mario Piranha plant head/mouth for a gecko hide. I could even make mario pipes for the gecko to go in and out of. I wonder if I did, if I could make money doing so. I imagine maybe I would run into legal issues with Nintendo unless I did it on etsy?

  • arcaingel86 Veitcher86 (@arcaingel86) reported

    @DisneyDLV please please please fix the crashing issues that are valentines on Nintendo Switch yet again! 😭

  • Bys161173569095 By s (@Bys161173569095) reported

    @Envor16 @Mr_Bluepoint If PlayStation loses the talent that is at Bungie, might as well shut down the studio and forget live service forever and slowly but surely lose a lot of money to Xbox and Nintendo.

  • pragmatischan pragma (@pragmatischan) reported

    I've been using hori's Nintendo official game cube controller since 2001, it still works well on the other hand, my ps4's controllers had broken 3 times in 2 years even it cost around 70 bucks modern console controllers are expensive and fragile due to their complex construction

  • phiblue_ Phi ✨🫧 (@phiblue_) reported

    It's also sad that Nintendo only released one or two actual decent sized updates for the game before calling it quits. It makes it feel like the game was incomplete rather than a live service. It's also sad the mobile game is still getting cool stuff the console game won't get

  • autismonaut98 insert display name here 💥 (@autismonaut98) reported

    @TheIceWelder @Cptn_Ahab_ Nintendo’s problem is that they want to make everything from hardware, software to even the formats of how games are distributed proprietary so they can (theoretically, piracy and cracking exists) control all means of distribution

  • AshyBon_ Ash (@AshyBon_) reported

    What if you: Just finished wave 3 of a Salmon Run shift But Nintendo said: A communication error has occurred.

  • RobertsDutch Dutch Roberts (@RobertsDutch) reported

    @NordApollo @OGRolandRat What would you say to the idea that the overly cartoonish and childish aesthetics of Nintendo is lending to the extended adolescence of males issue we see today? Similar to the anime to troon pipeline.

  • moldyclay h9 ʎɐlɔʎploɯ ♏ (@moldyclay) reported

    I'd care less if Nintendo weren't ******* weirdos and allowed you to use hard drives on Switch, which would fix this entire problem, but no. Can't do that. That would make too much sense. As would a base memory of more than 32-64 GB.

  • draculaurra_ 🩷miku🖤 (@draculaurra_) reported

    how is hacking ur nintendo called easy when im running into so many ******* problems left and right

  • DialAForAwesome DialAForAwesome (Expo Arc) (@DialAForAwesome) reported

    @sigpuyopuyo you may need nintendo to fix it for $18,291,9391,919

  • CyberpunkThomas CYBERPUNK THOMAS (@CyberpunkThomas) reported

    @NintendoAmerica if I have a new Nintendo Switch can I delete my accounts on my old one and login with the same account and password if I have a new Nintendo Switch is it possible to delete your Nintendo Account and login with the same account on a new switch?

  • RoanneII nat⁷ forsaken angel dtiys📌 (@RoanneII) reported

    I was rushin tryna finish before my data ran out THATS NOT FUN. & again a problem of internet access; I didn't get to use custom stuff others made at all bc it need a nintendo online acc. WHY WOULD I PAY FOR SOMETHIN I WOULD BARELY BE ABLE TO USE??

  • therosemontoya Rose Montoya 👑🌹 (@therosemontoya) reported

    Dear @NintendoAmerica I really want a #LegendofZelda game where Link is in trouble and Princess Zelda is the main playable character and she saves him for a change.

  • sonarific tentatek villain (@sonarific) reported

    @Nintendo can you hurry up and fix your game because i’m tired of playing on a beta build

  • notelkz Matt // elkz 🕹️ (@notelkz) reported

    My views are that Xbox is currently in an unacceptable state and not releasing enough software. PlayStation and Nintendo are doing better, by miles, because they give fans what they want. If you can't accept my opinion, maybe you're the one with the issue and not me for

  • SikSlayer SikSlayer (@SikSlayer) reported

    @PlusMin03340269 @BeastOfTruth @210LG They further used the excuse of violence towards women in Final Fight. So when it was ported to the super Nintendo, and changed into a male character, avoiding both ‘issues’.

  • YouSysAdmin ТижСісАдмін 🇺🇦 (@YouSysAdmin) reported

    If you are wondering how to make the worst port of the game on the @Nintendo Switch - ask @hellogames, there is no worse game on the Nintendo Switch than No Mans Sky! Lagging, crashes every 3-5 minutes, sold for full price.

  • PTXDEX Luke (@PTXDEX) reported

    @SuperAdaptation @ovitehenry @UltimaShadowX I just think the issue is more complicated than people make it out to be, and people look for a scapegoat and pick Miyamoto because he’s famous and is a higher up at Nintendo.

  • BigK641337 BigK64: Insert Funny Subtitle (@BigK641337) reported

    @HypeVoiceActing @Jeddy017 Dude, he’s like the crude disgusting version of Mario. Him not being a gross as the Nintendo Power Earthbound issue is like not making him as greedy as the company that created him

  • Yubec_ Yubec Felwinter (@Yubec_) reported

    @tyranniod @DoesItPlay1 Yeah that's the problem with Microsoft... All the Playstation and Nintendo 1st party games have the game in the disc.

  • AcidOverrideOG Alex Corvis (@AcidOverrideOG) reported

    @BlandrewYT Every fanbase seems to have their issues. Xbox fans don’t care for JRPG for most part. PS fans don’t care for anything besides AAA exclusives for most part. Nintendo fans still let Nintendo play them like fools, for most part. Being serious now, where’s the PS crowd asking for…

  • LocalVegetaHoe Veggie Boy (@LocalVegetaHoe) reported

    @omgjasonn Ah, nintendo won't fix that unfortunately 😔 I really liked mine but they do break quite easily

  • CryptoIrisSSB SuperNightowaGreen (@CryptoIrisSSB) reported

    @KeyToAeris @MarioneteGaming i think the problem is just Nintendo wanting to at this point i think Nintendo is just waiting for 10 years to make a next gen switch which they shouldnt do they should do that next year since next year is 7 years of the switch