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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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ScorpioCesar
(@SpaceyGee) reported
@ShiroVersus No doubt Nintendo could definitely do better with past titles, but if that would’ve been the focus of the article then no biggie. The issue here is with Dread being the main focus of the article, a game which only just came out a few days ago that fans really hope do well.
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Homer J. Simpson
(@HomerJS70508991) reported
@MeliaTheMuffin @Kotaku Nintendo is also discriminating against people who don’t want to pay for their games. If game was free then pirating wouldn’t be a problem. And what’s the deal with having to pay for consoles.
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patrick
(@patricknotirl) reported
nintendo wii broken
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tomboo gf
(@IvyTheFaer) reported
@SptnkSweetTart Bankrupt Mercury Steam? Highly unlikely Kill Metroid? While Nintendo said they hadn't made a new Metroid game in a while because they don't sell well, clearly Dread isn't having much trouble with sales
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Brian Alexis
(@BAM_boozler88) reported
@MeliaTheMuffin @Kotaku When the game that's being pirated is from a series that Nintendo will barely touch because they don't find it financially viable then yes its a problem. Steal from Mario or Pokemon but not Metroid.
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#RipLilPeep | Mayor Of Titty City With My ****.
(@Raze__) reported
@buzzardslicer @transgamerthink Its not stealing if i was never going to buy it in the first place. Plus as Gabe Newell pointed out piracy is almost always an issue with ease of access. If nintendo doesnt want pc gamers to emulate their ****, release it on pc.
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Reason_Eddie
(@ReasonEddie) reported
@neontaster Nintendo isn't going to look at this and think: "Oh, emulation is SUCH a good idea." It's a terrible way to make your case. I'm not against a ROM existing. If you have it go ahead, but this is just going to cause trouble.
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YourStrawberryBoy
(@YourStrawberry7) reported
Someone tried to sign in to my Nintendo account in Indonesia, smh. Already changed my password .
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Kaiden @ HellaBallsy Games
(@KaidenTBIO) reported
Problem is, after a series of events Playtronic went down and Nintendo's ground in Brazil became flimsy. There were distributors that made it easy, but these are not national consoles and games anymore.
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Webster
(@SJWebsterArt) reported
I believe the majority of people emulating Dread are probably pirating it, and that's a problem for Nintendo. The main draw of their platform is their line up of incredible exclusive games. Their machine being underpowered is what makes their hardware's hybrid USP possible, but -
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Supreme King The 3rd
(@DanixThe3rd) reported
@Slapmap1 @NeoGameSpark Heck there's still games like Earthbound that hasn't gotten in the NOS that people wanted. Yes Nintendo announced N64 & Genesis games coming to NOS which is mad how it took them this long to add them to the service, when previously Nintendo has most of it on the Virtual Console.
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Ciri Chrápavá | Kuraion
(@ChrapavyM) reported
@nya_marisa @Nickireda "the Switch doesn't even have Netflix" Do you not see that you yourself already mentioned a BIG problem with the Switch as a service? Getting Netflix on the Switch would be easy and useful, but Nintendo chooses not to do it – so that's an argument *against* Nintendo, not for.
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Papa John's *** Tribute N/F/T (G-Rated)
(@SunshineSprkl69) reported
@ricecakehomie @EXPayline Nintendo is bad at selling their online service so don't feel too bad
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CombatSergion
(@CombatSergio) reported
@NekhbetBreaker @NintendoAmerica Also there is another point like that with the Cataris area where when u enter you shoot left of elevator but besides that one instance I don’t see any problems just find the destructive blocks
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Itsuki
(@ItsukiSword) reported
@SparkysGameRoom @nintendolife Uhh no, Nintendo has a problem with mods, hacks, and emulators, because they're idiots.
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G_TECH Treehouse🌳
(@g_tech25) reported
@SquareEnix and #Marvel and Star Wars, should’ve been worlds in Kingdom Hearts 3, but they probably shouldn’t be in Smash? but then you get to the issue of Cloud and Speth? So now it's Dinsey, Nintendo, and Square, but they really should all remain equals. #Disney #SquareEnix
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Brugh Moment
(@MomentBrugh) reported
@LinkMountaineer @QuintondaDon1 @NeoGameSpark If I wanna play paper mario the thousand year door and it isn’t being sold by Nintendo, what’s the problem with emulating it?
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Jen Joint
(@JenJoint1981) reported
@_MissClick_ The problem is that games get emulated and somehow end up online to be pirated. Also I find it crazy that they try to justify it by saying Nintendo doesn't give access to legacy titles. I have a suggestion buy a game and keep it problem solved
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The sky isn't blue
(@Ashingtonly) reported
@HiRezCupcake People that play Smite in Nintendo Switch or PS4/5 are being disconnected from the game while in game or loading in and cannot be loaded back into the game. You guys seriously need to fix this issue. I've gotten a 30 minute deserter ban for a game that I did not purposely desert
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Bolverk
(@Bolverk15) reported
@Sir_Likes_A_Lot > "That's how exclusives work" Yeah that's the issue lol I'm not even emulating it. I'm just tired of people playing advocates for Nintendo, when they don't deserve it whatsoever.
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Meowski Catovitch
(@catovitch) reported
I still bought it, partly to encourage the stupid bastards to make more Metroid games, but I'm not sure it makes a real difference. What Nintendo make seems to be down to their strange whims, and project management problems, or outsourcing stuff to studios that make bad choices.
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elixir / lix
(@elixirfield) reported
people are apparently conflating day one piracy with Nintendo being godawful at preservation. both are a problem in their own way
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Lake Idiot
(@saucedad1) reported
@insanityAHHH Ah yes the company that will not make any way to possible to play their entire back catalogue of games unless we have a Wii filled with virtual console games or pay for their ****** Nintendo switch online service and hope for them to add a specific game we want.
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Josie Ghostly 👻
(@TheJosieYoung) reported
My dumb ***: Surely they'd fix the wall jumping by Metroid Fusion. Nintendo: LOL. Lmao.
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Arthur 🏳️🌈
(@Sir_Likes_A_Lot) reported
@Bolverk15 PlayStation is like that too with some exclusive games, is that also a problem? All these businesses are bad when you think about them. I'm not defending Nintendo, just moreso confused by this mindset that console exclusives are apparently a super bad thing.
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𝙈𝙘𝘽𝙖𝙬𝙨 🔆
(@McBaws21) reported
@bullhauser @CaldwellJM @Michiru_0513 no, insanely well for any game. the switch has a huge install base, and everyone's clamoring for new games. especially with the holiday season approaching, sales aren't going to be an issue. (and piracy barely affects nintendo's sales figures anyways)
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Angelica
(@Aeris_Valentine) reported
@Quentin_Guille maybe it´s problem of nintendo network?
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Lord Forman
(@KayinAmoh) reported
I'm surprised the UN haven't stepped in and forced Nintendo to fix their button positions by now.
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Karl
(@KarlMarciaskarl) reported
@ElekeAd @OatmealThoughts But the last one sold 1.6 million copies, over a million copies not justifying a sequel is more of a nintendo problem, Not the problem of 5 people emulating the games on their PC.
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Koro | On Vacation ☀️
(@Kor0Friend) reported
It’s just a shame. Emulation is extremely important for preservation since companies are so bad at it, nintendo being an atrocious offender. I just think pirating a franchise constantly in trouble is an awful thing to do. Fire Emblem would be dead if Awakening did poorly.