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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 03/19/2026 19:05

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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 (62%)

    Online Play (62%)

  2. Sign in (23%)

    Sign in (23%)

  3. Matchmaking (8%)

    Matchmaking (8%)

  4. Glitches (8%)

    Glitches (8%)

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
AustraliaMelbourne Online Play
United StatesVallejo Glitches
United StatesMobile Online Play
ItalyMilan Online Play
SpainAlbacete Online Play
United KingdomManchester Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Brosgame12 Tristan Zepp (@Brosgame12) reported

    @geoffkeene Pirating NES games is fine. Not an issue on the player side, but nintendo's gonna flip

  • JonTPeterson Jonathan Peterson “Pete” (@JonTPeterson) reported

    @MuricanZombie @astaranx And that’s kind of the point, regardless. Nintendo and PlayStation haven’t copied GP because they can’t. They don’t have a Trillion dollar parent company to help absorb the losses until the service becomes profitable. Sony is a $100B company, but that’s the whole, not PlayStation

  • Joshua60991948 TippedJoshua (@Joshua60991948) reported

    @nickwilloughby @NintendoAmerica It’s not like it’s Splatoon 3’s fault that nso exists, and I really haven’t seen many connectivity issues except for when someone leaves most likely because they just exited the game, but I guess I’m just having good luck with the connectivity

  • Juliano_GSouto Juliano Souto (@Juliano_GSouto) reported

    @NintendoAmerica All I'm gonna say is "A communication error has ocurred". As much as I like Splatoon, you're not winning this one.

  • paymypal i'm so freaking normal (@paymypal) reported

    the stupid ******** at nintendo need to fix how dcs work there should be no ******* reason why i get a communication error bc someone got mad they were losing and IM THE ONE WHO GETS PUNISHED FOR IT

  • Leahelm Thomas Osborne (@Leahelm) reported

    @sdcazares1980 @Kaizokuman @IGN Nintendo never has sold consoles at a loss like Sony and MS though, so still have always profited on hardware anyway. And those two "exceptions" you mention have sold gangbusters. They don't have a problem selling software either, they are sitting pretty right where they are.

  • lychee_the Lychee (@lychee_the) reported

    @QueenFloof22 I think they know what they went right and wrong with, the fact that Nintendo acknowledged the performance issues should be a good sign

  • G35BABY DWAYNE WILLIAMS (@G35BABY) reported

    @survivetheark When Ark switch map aberration??? And can you fix the issue with the crops that you grow only shows up sometimes ?????? On Nintendo switch

  • CribbinsMH Ian, .52 Guy (@CribbinsMH) reported

    If I lose one more ******* 4-2 series because Nintendo decided to give me a comms error, I am actually going to lose my mind.

  • HomeBredPacMan Uncle Scooby (HBSpaceKnight) (@HomeBredPacMan) reported

    Okay....I managed to fix this. I had to go and reset my system clock and set it to before midnight and wait for it to turn over. It managed to work, but GameFreak? Nintendo? Pokemon Company? You better roll out some better patches cause I was about to be furious.

  • HashbrownsDraws Hashbrowns (COMMISSIONS OPEN) (@HashbrownsDraws) reported

    @SpawnWaveMedia As a nintendo only, biggest let down is probably Mario Strikers, but biggest hit is surprisingly Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. I half expected its story and gameplay to be halfway between SwSh and Arceus, plus the performance issues being egregious. But it was honestly a good game

  • HoofaLoofa loaf • ☾ (@HoofaLoofa) reported

    i never knew i felt this passionately abt princess peach but eye DO. everyone needs to get out of my way i need to get to nintendo hq and fix this

  • Princess_Cups Princess Cups (@Princess_Cups) reported

    No plans tonight. Just finished setting up my new Nintendo Switch. Who wants to buy me Crash Bandicoot or The Original Mario Bros?

  • philly5tyle Phil Cho (@philly5tyle) reported

    Experienced worst customer service from #Nintendo. I called 4x to update my shipping address due to a glitch but they insist I change it through UPS. UPS says #Nintendo has restricted access so I can't update address or pick up my package. So what can I do?

  • indiexcorex2 Indiexcorex2 (@indiexcorex2) reported

    @splatoon_music @NintendoAmerica It’s too flat that’s just a problem or there aren’t good flank options

  • _Squiddles Ruben (@_Squiddles) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I was playing for several hours the other day and was getting disconnected a ton while just searching for a game and despite patch notes claiming to either help mitigate it or fix it entirely it almost feels like it’s gotten worse since release. Please fix your game Nintendo

  • CarlyTargaryen Carly カーリー (@CarlyTargaryen) reported

    A giant iconic company like Nintendo has no business dropping such a glitchy game for $60 but yes I bought it and love it but also fix it and don't do this again #PokemonScarletViolet

  • SnackinOnToast Rhys. (@SnackinOnToast) reported

    @IGN The Nintendo switch has a Nintendo problem.

  • rudeadman1983 Reaper Whoa (@rudeadman1983) reported

    @OfficialSonyPS4 @NintendoAmerica You Suck! You really really SUCK! I gave you another try & bought a PS4 but why can't I play the digital games I bought off PSN? digital games Should be playable across all Sony Systems I understand physically disc don't work but Digital Should Fix this!

  • a94264244 ロゼリア (@a94264244) reported

    Just returned the second-hand Nintendo switch light I bought that had some problems at a store. They didn't even open the box to check if the device is inside let alone if it is really broken lol. I feel too trusted I don't deserve it.

  • philly5tyle Phil Cho (@philly5tyle) reported

    Experienced worst customer service from @NintendoAmerica . I called 4x to update my shipping address due to a glitch but they insist I change it through UPS. UPS says @NintendoAmerica has restricted access so I can't update address or pick up my package. So what can I do?

  • Raptor385 Adam Lincourt (@Raptor385) reported

    Now I have to lose everything purchased associated with that #Nintendo Account because someone @NintendoAmerica support doesn’t want to make a correct and heartfelt judgement call on account ownership this time of year.I’ve never had worse customer service.Thanks @NintendoAmerica

  • frozenpandaman eli! 🦑 (on mastodon.social, also cohost.org/-eli) (@frozenpandaman) reported

    f generation has been changed by nintendo!!!! 😱😱 no more automatic login to s3s for the time being! (ahh, the nostalgia!)

  • Slime_hatena 秋雨 (@Slime_hatena) reported

    @frozenpandaman Thank you for your great product. I am getting the following error since this morning. The error did not occur at 5:15 am today. > Error from Nintendo (in Account/Login step): > "errorMessage": "Invalid token.",

  • HLEOMelon Marshmellon #ChainsawSweep (@HLEOMelon) reported

    @CallMeFreak3 nintendo servers bad = performance issues totally unrelated to networking or poor connection i actually didnt think people were STILL blaming the games issues on nintendo instead of the company that is known for rushing annual releases

  • CallMeFreak3 Unashamedly enjoying Pokemon Violet (@CallMeFreak3) reported

    @pory_leeks I have played well over 60 hours of Pokemon Violet and the only "glitch" I encountered was going through the world. (Not technically a glitch but whatever.) I don't pay for Nintendo's 18 year old internet services so I've only been playing offline.

  • SirRayveltal SirRayveltal (@SirRayveltal) reported

    @pory_leeks The game is buggy as **** but it doesnt deserve THAT. The story is actually solid, which is saying something. Knowing Nintendo, they're just gonna use this as an excuse to not fix their games since they refuse to look at issues, and instead, use it to make terrible stories.

  • Morgan64778635 Morgan (@Morgan64778635) reported

    @Amos27914625 @arkclaimer Except Paramount made a poor design and when they got backlash the rushed an animation studio to fix it, said studio went bankrupt and shut down before the movie when came out. Nintendo talked with Illumination for a long time to make sure it looked good. pt 1

  • indiexcorex2 Indiexcorex2 (@indiexcorex2) reported

    @splatoon_music @NintendoAmerica It’s too flat that causes snipers to be overpowered along with it being boring or there aren’t good flank options brinewater springs has a huge problem with being able to camp the other team it’s a beautiful stage ruined by terrible design the stages just need more height

  • KhanShotFirst Some nerd (@KhanShotFirst) reported

    @bsweitz123 Seems more common than ever recently — novel successes plus amusing errors makes for popular results, whether nintendo games or text generation.