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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 01/21/2026 20:05

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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 (57%)

    Online Play (57%)

  2. Sign in (36%)

    Sign in (36%)

  3. Matchmaking (7%)

    Matchmaking (7%)

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • doesntkillyo Koolmeester 😎 (@doesntkillyo) reported

    Steam deck seems much more appealing to me. It seems to have less input lag than the nintendo switch due to its better overall performance. Which was my biggest complaint about the switch.

  • master_ov Ov (@master_ov) reported

    @Outright_Games @PAWPatrolMovie Game on @NintendoUK switch is totally unplayable due to bugs. We have tried completing level 2 5 times now and it bugs out every time. Is a patch coming? Also the 2min+ on loading times and lag is painful for a 3 year old, she’s gutted!

  • PureExcution Tobias Polley (@PureExcution) reported

    @mexican_sunbro Some people dont want to buy a console just for one game? And i can understand people who refuse to buy a switch, because nintendo only published few new developed games. Its just all ports and remakes. Also theres a lack of features in their online service (e.g no voice chat)

  • Veraz_SHIELDA3 Veraz-SHIELD-A3 (@Veraz_SHIELDA3) reported

    Yesterday is over, it's a different day Sound like broken records, playin' over, but you promised her Next time you'll show restraint You don't get another chance Life is no Nintendo game, but you lied again.... I like the way you lie...

  • PunkMetalGeek Bernardo Markus Kampff de Melo (@PunkMetalGeek) reported

    @cnni Is Samsung going through actual finantial trouble? Like Nintendo in the early to mid-2010's?

  • RPG_Hacker RPG Hacker (@RPG_Hacker) reported

    This is the Nintendo Switch version, btw. And I just noticed the quest "Salty Detox" has the same problem and spawns monsters that can't be attacked. Apparently other people have the same problem.

  • MichealsdadWill William Afton FNaF (@MichealsdadWill) reported

    @wizardpenguintb @NintendoAmerica Also that is kinda disgusting don't take this block personally I just don't want that in my notifications I am sorry for the trouble

  • Nyxthid Zero “MagicAfterMidnight” J (@Nyxthid) reported

    @PokemonUnite @NintendoAmerica @TencentGlobal I'm so done with this bullshit! We stole Zapdos came back and in the last 45 seconds of the match we were winning and then our team who had a bot on it got wiped and they scored 200 points and won in the last 10 seconds! Fix YOUR GAME

  • zedogica 🏳️‍⚧️🎤ZeDo🖋🏳️‍⚧️ (@zedogica) reported

    @TwiPaladin @BigPissGuy @YoshiFtJ bullshit. who cares the people who actually put the vast majority of work in to develop those games aren't gonna get hardly any of the money regardless of nintendo officially selling it. i don't really see any moral problem with selling bootlegs.

  • KarlLetting Karl Letting (@KarlLetting) reported

    @arcade_projects Well maybe if Nintendo actually put popular classic NES and SNES games out on its online service other than the tripe it roles out 3-4 times a year these ROM sites wouldn't have to exist!!

  • 201c1b79da67409 Matt Hower (@201c1b79da67409) reported

    @NintendoAmerica which console/consoles coming to Nintendo Switch Online Service next?

  • drearmwastakan dream (@drearmwastakan) reported

    Am bored am my Nintendo lite is broken

  • AyoDatsLingo lingo. (@AyoDatsLingo) reported

    why is nintendos online so bad pls god why i can barely whoop *** in smash pls nintendo pls im begging u fix it pls pls pls

  • althea_luna_isa Lu ▴ (@althea_luna_isa) reported

    @berylcrossing Fixing Nintendo consoles is quite simple! (I am talking from quite some experience) What is broken?

  • NintendoShame Nintendo Shame (@NintendoShame) reported

    It's been 25 days since the last game was added to the Nintendo Switch Online service

  • oxalispescaprai Nani (@oxalispescaprai) reported

    now that i'm working, i'm saving money little by little,,, first I need to fix my phone screen to have a good phone and I can let people know more about my creations, then i need to save money to buy a new one, and then i hope I can buy me a Nintendo switch, thats it

  • atumbem Atumbem Kosmos (@atumbem) reported

    @KeyserS56435525 @pushsquare I kinda hold Sony to the same standard as Microsoft & Nintendo if I can look pass the series X & Switch not delivering 1st party content I can give Sony a pass as they’ve put out more 1st party this year than anyone else. I do have a issue with ps5 storage but that’s it.

  • magiciantronic Fran (@magiciantronic) reported

    @_boardingparty_ @NintendoAmerica Had the same problem before, and it even locks out your team so you can’t do some regular battles.

  • patricknotirl patrick (@patricknotirl) reported

    nintendo wii broken

  • TheZaius DrZaius (@TheZaius) reported

    @Roboticbones Because this replaces Miiverse, a service Nintendo should have never ended.

  • forxeverx FORXEVERX (@forxeverx) reported

    @NintendoUK fix the joycons

  • _chrismunoz 𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 (@_chrismunoz) reported

    Who can fix my Nintendo switch, the joycon doesn’t lock in and keeps slipping off with the slightest bump :(

  • Jun17761 Jun1776 (@Jun17761) reported

    @Prof_Temporal As I said the Nintendo switch old lead doesn't improve the performance of its games. Any performance issues the game had on the original switch will still be present on the OLED.

  • TheChaseYD ChaseyD (@TheChaseYD) reported

    @Zari_Wari The biggest issue won't even be this game but the next one. Soooo many people will think the next game will have all of these characters when we will be lucky we even get 40. Those same people got mad at Nintendo's charged online even though they gave us a years notice anyway.

  • mr_evaporation Fake Crash (@mr_evaporation) reported

    @mk_aln9 That mf had the most crash games appear on Nintendo consoles compared to PlayStation bruh

  • BlackSa87753364 BlackSageD Sony Still Censors Japanese Games! (@BlackSa87753364) reported

    @SophNar0747 You might as well, tag Nintendo in this video, because the Switch E-Shop store has an even BIGGER horrendous quality control issue!

  • 82KevZ Kev (@82KevZ) reported

    @NintendoUK I’m not because it’s flimsy broken crap

  • diceb0mb Ryan (@diceb0mb) reported

    @marcievania the Skyward Sword joycons have a previously discovered fix where there's a small piece of foam putting light pressure on the stick so it's safe to say Nintendo have at least put a bandage on it

  • madmanatlarge Jasoneatscake - Twitch.tv/jasoneatscake (@madmanatlarge) reported

    @MrDomni Domni man I thought this was Nintendo announcing Earthbound on the online service. :(

  • Oti09280470 Oti (@Oti09280470) reported

    @Didact343 So is the problem only when Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft charge? So if let's say Capcom made ghost and charged the 10 you wouldn't have opposed? I just don't understand the outrage based on who is charging