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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.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.
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Online Play (64%)
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Sign in (27%)
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Matchmaking (9%)
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The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Albacete |
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 Manchester |
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| Witney |
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| Preston |
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 Asunción |
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 Philadelphia |
Sign in |
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Carmine Red
(@Cai_Red_) reported
@SpacePirateRoli I can always cancel next year! I mean, I won't... but I COULD! But yes, I suppose this is what Nintendo prefers to do to get people into service instead of "free trial" periods. Getting people to join is the hardest step, keeping them is probably psychologically easier.
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zachary 🗻
(@zacharyeTWT) reported
@nemikotwt nintendo has not let people buy retro games on their own since they made this service so i highly doubt they ever will
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Stevenjr123
(@stevenjr1231) reported
@JoshJepson Yeah, game lobbies are a major issue. ARMS surprisingly did it perfectly, having really good online and a well though out lobby system. Hopefully the new servers that MH Rise used will be better, because right now it's just not good at all for Nintendo's biggest games (Smash).
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Skull Kid Nico
(@SkullKidNico) reported
3/ So I'm just very curious. I get so excited about new things (like recent Nintendo announcements) then get berated with negative comments that make me feel bad for being excited. "You're too privileged if you don't care" or "obviously money isn't an issue for you".
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💀King🎃
(@KingRF64) reported
80$ a year isn’t even like a bad price for a good online service nintendo online is not a good online service what the hell do you mean 80$
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Mikey / Multi
(@FusionDragoon) reported
@VirtuallyMarti Nintendo could've shown more of the 'added value' to justify the price. Really seems like a bad value when stuff like GamePass and PSNow exist. The drop rate of new games for the existing service to has historically been slow too.
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Akira
(@BadassSamurai) reported
@anarchyKaos666 @NintendoAmerica Yea most people won’t run into this glitch unless they do something very specific to squence break.
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Yuu™ 🧲🐉
(@yuusharo) reported
@patrickklepek Have you never heard of Animal Crossing Pocket Camp? God, I pray Nintendo **never** adopts the live service model for the Switch. No one is begging for that other than investors. What a silly idea.
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HunterAurzo
(@Aurzoh) reported
but that doesn’t change the fact that a mainline Nintendo game is lagging. That’s games you have to hope that online works when you HAVE to PAY for the service. Back then when online was free, it at least made sense since, y’know, since it was free. Now? Not so much.
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Popegator
(@Popegator) reported
People are freaking out about the Nintendo switch online but you realize that means it's $4 a month right? How is that not fair for an online service and 4 console libraries? I get that it $1.60 a month but that's even more wild.
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Scarie meowy 🧛🎃 rat-catcher 2+Noelle era
(@xMEGARADWIG) reported
"regular service you pay 20 dollars for" No Nintendo Some people pay 5 DOLLARS FOR THE MONTHLY MAKE A 10 DOLLAR MONTHLY PLAN
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SX2
(@SX2Gaming) reported
I don't understand it, how do they keep getting away with it? The problem is here, people will lap it up and then complain the next time Nintendo rip them off.
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Morguen the Friendly Bagel Ghost
(@beastofyeast1) reported
@FawfulsMinion the thing is.... 20 on the current service is already a price that for the quality of the online (the thing it's meant to be about) is questionable. people already complained about nintendo's online not being priced well before this asking extra for simply more temporary...
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シグマメイル
(@memlul) reported
@mjc0961 @Voultar Sega has realised that people like the convenience of emulators, and capitalised on that market, which helped out everybody. Nintendo, on the other hand, dismisses it, and has a worse service for it. The only reason anybody cares is because it's Nintendo's IPs on their service
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Will “Gemini Man” Smith
(@willsmith) reported
@patrickklepek Kind of, yeah. I just think "live service" specifically comes with a lot of baggage around battlepasses paired with content microtransactions that feel bad when they're paired with a game targeted at kids. I'm glad that Nintendo's trying to do something different here.
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Lexatron Prime
(@LexatronPrime) reported
@NintendoAmerica I was literally thinking like ast least $10 a month for the premium service. I will 100% pay $5 a month for the available services. Surpassed my expectations.
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KGAMESTTV
(@KGAMESx27) reported
@tenderfootgamer @nintendolife these added benefits to a service provide value. Which currently NSO doesnt have like that IMO. It would have been better if they just did an all around nintendo stream service with games from all pass consoles rather individual consoles...but that's just me.
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Cobisumaru
(@ThePantsManEX) reported
"Xbox Live is so expensive to play online this is bullshit" "I have to pay to play online for playstation now? I don't care about the free games this is bullshit" "Nintendo's charging 30 extra dollars for some **** I don't care about on top of a subpar service? This is bullshit"
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Haunter Booship 👻
(@TheHunterBishop) reported
Nintendo has a bad online service. The one saving grace for NSO was how much cheaper it was than PS+ and Xbox Live. Now it's basically the same price as the other two but it's much much worse. For $50 a year, I expect to be able to reliably voice chat with my friends
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Creamy
(@ItsCreamyMp4) reported
@Resonant_Vibes @NintendoAmerica They could always just not fix it. Nintendo obviously does not give their Metroid series the love it deserves. And its not even critical, you can easily avoid it and its unlikely it will happen to the average player.
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Redoctane
(@redoctane0217) reported
@Fanto35376591 @CThreeleaf @NintendoAmerica The problem is people are gonna buy it so Nintendo will think people are ok with this
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Fani
(@FaniSSBU) reported
@CialTweets but thats a whole different problem nintendo online was always bad and it will stay bad cause it takes too much effort to fix all the problems
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Ramie 👉🏻🔥
(@Ramieeeeeee) reported
@GabeWMusic @Batdogduke64 @NintendoAmerica Cause we are already paying for the service to play those games maybe? And Nintendo Policy of we will add something whenever we want … is not great either.
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HunterAurzo
(@Aurzoh) reported
My point for this is that Nintendo online used to be free, but now it’s not. The online connection sucks, as I believe Nintendo has only recently updated their servers. Games like Smash and MM2 lag like crazy. People say that it’s the games fault, not the online server itself,
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Rockycrusher
(@Rockycrusher123) reported
@MonikaDeletes Steam Deck is coming soon, can’t wait to emulate nintendo games on the go without paying a subscription service
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🎃Just 💀 Nix🎃
(@justnick1996) reported
Nintendo really charging us $50 for N64 and Genesis games and the Happy Resort DLC. Hope they at least fix the servers and aren't hitting us with the old "**** You, Baltimore".
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SirBaldBro
(@SirBaldBro) reported
@Wario64 Anyone know if these work on other games or only on Nintendo Online service apps
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Aaron Wrotkowski
(@AaronWrotkowski) reported
It confuses me how Nintendo has been doing some form of a Virtual Console since the Nintendo Wii and somehow can't get every title that was on the Wii onto the Wii U shop. And then can't get every title that was on Wii/Wii U onto the Switch service. Are rights fees going up?
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⛎☩Dark Warchief☩🇳🇱
(@Dark_Warchief) reported
@FluffyDrazza That's actually deep for such cutesie children's Nintendo game. look at my avatar and that I also love Crash Bandicoot, so it's not meant as an insult or anything.
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The scariest thing in TF2
(@ImmortalDummy) reported
Nintendo, all I ask for is an actual virtual console I don’t want to be required to pay for a service I might barley use to play my favorite retro games