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Problems in the last 24 hours

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Nintendo Switch Online Outage Chart 02/27/2026 23:15

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Online Play (64%)

    Online Play (64%)

  2. Sign in (27%)

    Sign in (27%)

  3. Matchmaking (9%)

    Matchmaking (9%)

Live Outage Map

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City Problem Type Report Time
ItalyMilan Online Play
SpainAlbacete Online Play
United KingdomManchester Online Play
United KingdomWitney Sign in
United KingdomPreston Online Play
ParaguayAsunción Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • WickedPill ☆✶ (@WickedPill) reported

    @sillintor This is the same idea as "Don't buy the game because Nintendo refuses to acknowledge glaring issues" and yet Scarlet and Violet are still selling like hotcakes. The masses refuse to listen for some reason.

  • TurboTheBaby Warp (@TurboTheBaby) reported

    Nintendo replaced my entire switch And put my data on it I think that means I broke it so hard, Nintendo couldn’t fix it

  • Val_the_Goat Val_the_Goat (@Val_the_Goat) reported

    @LandfallGames i have no idea if the devs of stick fight know this but i have to assume it's a problem with the game, whenever me and my siblings play stick fight on nintendo switch, it crashes alot, so it would be awesome if you could look into that and fix it.

  • nuzzlecuddles Nuzzle (@nuzzlecuddles) reported

    @Emfrald @janktheguy @SaturnZelda I'm sorry, its just not a "either or" situation here. Both are telling the truth, sort of. Nintendo didn't *force* SWT to shut down, they just also did. They put them in a situation where continuing would bring massive legal trouble, as they were told they'd need a license 1/2

  • SusumonoVR Susumono (@SusumonoVR) reported

    Thinking that I will be getting Pokémon Violet soon seeing as Nintendo put out a statement saying they’ll actually commit to fixing the problems that plague the game.

  • MapleMaelstrom Maple Maelstrom (@MapleMaelstrom) reported

    @photonfrost And what I mean by not realizing the preformance issues is they developed on switch pro and ported to switch too late into the dev cycle to fix the engine, so they just pushed through and didn't care. They realized prior to launch, but were forced to release by TPCI & Nintendo.

  • LevKliesen Lev Kliesen (@LevKliesen) reported

    @IGN I really wish game journalists hadn't been keeping their heads all the way up Nintendo's *** for years already. Might have some real, investigative coverage of this issue instead of some regurgitated PR.

  • AnJrew_Sucks An(2BigAssBottleOfSunnyD)Jrew (@AnJrew_Sucks) reported

    @990Sofyan @IGN They're talking about grass roots smash ultimate and smash brothers melee tournament being forcibly shut down by Nintendo which are great games The problem is that Nintendo said it was fine and then one day turned around and shut us all down

  • DakotaPaul22 baby boy 🏳️‍🌈 (@DakotaPaul22) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I got my charizard, but what the hell? Fix the damn game! There are moments in the Tera raid battles where I can’t select anything, or I will have my UI flash in and out. This is bad, and ruins the fun. Not to mention the shield won’t break, or zard won’t faint.

  • HapyFamilyDad Sir Lawrence with a ***** (@HapyFamilyDad) reported

    @MegabusMogul @nicholasdeorio @Cheesyboy324 Nintendo is not unique to this at all. Try to mess around with Legos and their IP. The issue is that in some countries, if you don't actively protect your IP, you lose your protection. Fair use, in reference to US copyright, would not in any way cover be used in this case.

  • pasta_wheat Quarantined Box of Wheat Pasta (@pasta_wheat) reported

    @pokejungle @NintendoAmerica @Pokemon They didn't even care enough to treat the 3D AllStars collection decently, and that was for the 35th anny their mascot. They are slowly trying to see how much they can get away with. They went a little too far releasing this game so broken. So now it's the "we hear you" card

  • ShenDoodles Shenic Frontiers...? 🏳️‍🌈 🌻 | BLM (@ShenDoodles) reported

    @sheen73173663 @PracticalTAS Sora care. They're the devs of Smash and they undoubtedly love seeing their game be played in tournaments. Nintendo's the problem here.

  • Ggb62249741 Ggb (@Ggb62249741) reported

    @MrDracoFishy @bubblegumsdad @SmashWorldTour Nintendo has not mentioned security. They reference their “health and safety guidelines” which they then fail to define. VGBC events may have bad security that’s now what I’m arguing. If that was the reason why not communicate that and let them fix it?

  • pasta_wheat Quarantined Box of Wheat Pasta (@pasta_wheat) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Somehow I doubt that. Mario 35th AS released bare bones, and it got a pass. Strikes released unfinished, and it got a pass. Now you tried to see how broken you could get away with releasing a game, and got enough backlash to pull back slightly. Playing the we hear you card

  • MrDracoFishy Mr. Fish (@MrDracoFishy) reported

    @Arifalphin @bubblegumsdad @SmashWorldTour Nintendo did not reach out to get them licensed, one of the problems was that nintendo refused to license them

  • PxlFighterGuild JOSH (@PxlFighterGuild) reported

    hey @NintendoAmerica how about you do something to fix the god awful timers in the Tera Raids for Pokemon Violet/Scarlet. Literally unplayable in most cases. #PokemonScarletViolet

  • VreeeUlt VREEE! (@VreeeUlt) reported

    @SalvatoreZomba Potentially? Idk if nintendo specified anything about Streaming specifically in that response tho so that might be where trouble arises maybe we’d need them to say publicly that SWT can be streamed too. I really hope SWT can be saved

  • Shoe245 KRU| Shoe ☆☆☆ 👠 (@Shoe245) reported

    Also tbh, I can totally understand not wanting to risk legal ramification. I think that they could reach an agreement to be independent and Nintendo not strike this event specifically. However time is an issue...

  • LunaaCraft_ ✨LunaaCraft ✨| JoJo (@LunaaCraft_) reported

    @jammjamss SO there's a lot but the first one I saw was the one where Tom Nook was like "You're going to be alone with no friends since this is what the game is about" (not exactly, but the way Nintendo would have said it) and it was so erie! And then I saw another using the old 07 glitch

  • John92361 John92361 (@John92361) reported

    @Meta38372828 @KidPirate67 @NintendoUK You two are getting blocked, bye. I have the rights to speak the truth, they should've look for bugs and glitches before releasing the update. You idiots stop supporting Nintendo's behavior. New Pokemon games are ****, Nintendo refuse to fix the online and refuse to fix joy cons.

  • GamerLumenox Mel Pruitt (@GamerLumenox) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Will you just release this for PC and I’ll fix my own frame rates <3

  • KiethLion KiethBlackLion (@KiethLion) reported

    @ClownfishTVcom Did SWT have any choice other than to cancel remaining events, since Nintendo didn't grant their license? Nintendo has always had issues with fan events.

  • 990Sofyan Gaddafist 🇰🇵🇷🇺🇨🇳🇷🇸🇧🇾🇻🇳🇨🇺🇦🇲 (@990Sofyan) reported

    @AnJrew_Sucks @IGN the hate only started after they paid $60 for a game so broken it felt like paid beta testing. before that I never saw Nintendo trending or going viral for something they did.

  • rgnintendo17 Bondforged Ruben(skrubby) (@rgnintendo17) reported

    @MrViPR @FloppyEarsRCute Dunno what the problem with that one is but that isnt even made in Nintendo that's just 2nd party they have exclusive to publish(your looking for mario,switch sports) But from someone who has played since day 1 the so obvious some stuff they needed to do bit ignored

  • MattariOnline Mattari (@MattariOnline) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Screw you. You didn't actually FIX any performance issues, just target duplication bugs in Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, AND glitched raids. Just got a 30 min ban because YOUR update makes raids crash! Unacceptable. Stop ruining your already-terrible game.

  • Kirbyfan66 🏳️‍⚧️ It's Kirbyfan 🏳️‍⚧️ (@Kirbyfan66) reported

    Feels bad, this definitely sounds like a Nintendo problem. I know very little about Cygames, but I DO know Nintendo, and this lines up with what they do. No idea if it was this or low $$$ that got it shut down tho. Why's this horrendous corporation gotta make such good games D_D

  • dustfpv Dust (@dustfpv) reported

    @Strawhatdad_ @HugS86 Assumptions are not concrete enough to make proper decisions. Do we assume it's ok, or assume it's not? Nintendo as the IP owner needs to issue a plain and clear statement. "Yes you can, or no you can't." Without clear direction, it's only safe to assume the worst.

  • lloyd_fungus LLOYD FUNGUS 🍄 (@lloyd_fungus) reported

    @SalvatoreZomba theres a world where someone gives a mountain of money to reistate swt finals, and then nintendo backpedals the other way and issues a c&d days before the event for not having a license

  • Shoe245 KRU| Shoe ☆☆☆ 👠 (@Shoe245) reported

    I truly think the SWT should simply say. THEY SAID WE CAN RUN IT SO HERE WE GO! Then if Nintendo tries to turn that back on them legally then there is a real problem on their end. I don't think Nintendo would do anything now due to the larger PR mess it would create.

  • AltFancy Fancy (@AltFancy) reported

    @LordKrondor9000 @Fizzi36 Nintendo isn't trying to restore faith in Smashers, it's trying to trick the mainstream audience that was brought into this thanks to the massive creators that helped shine a light on this issue.