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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

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Nintendo Switch Online Outage Chart 01/27/2026 23:55

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • plscallmekimi the notorious hrt🏳️‍⚧️ gnu/kimb (@plscallmekimi) reported

    @nos5ratu In my 20s my apartment got broken into twice, in my teens my friends car was stolen and they joyrided it and crashed it and took my Nintendo DS lol. This is something you learn from.

  • solehonne sofia (@solehonne) reported

    smokin broken windows, playing my nintendo

  • _astralstar clowns hate tangelos (@_astralstar) reported

    I think the problem is that game freak started off as a pixel studio and now it's 3D lol. All previous 3D pokem/on games were made by Nintendo's in house game developers

  • Angelfoxdreamer Not Telling (@Angelfoxdreamer) reported

    @JKeckler_31 @NintendoAmerica Problem with Nintendo is they generally come up with a gameplay idea and fit it to the series. Reason Kid Icarus Upraising exist is because it didn't fit with Star Fox. Nintendo themselves don't really solely develop certain series like Star Fox. Which is the problem part.

  • UnfunnyNinJokes Unfunny Nintendo Fan Bot (@UnfunnyNinJokes) reported

    Nintendo now: Me when I find one that really intendo fix it

  • Alex_isToasted Alex_isToasted (@Alex_isToasted) reported

    @C9Perkz I'm using my Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Just Plug and Play, Steam supports all controller just check in settings, no external programms needed. Also windows recognizes my controller no problem.

  • flyallier Allie Ricketts (@flyallier) reported

    I honestly want a reply from @NintendoAmerica with either a fix for this massive issue or an explanation. I’m ready to hear it.

  • nikkistm_ Nikki🦋🖤 (@nikkistm_) reported

    a nintendo switch and a tattoo would fix all my problems rn

  • SkiaTheGoat Skia (@SkiaTheGoat) reported

    @Bondage_Peach @Aucratic No but you spend your time getting pressed over an art-related fact. Nintendo is a business, the art is marketing, one of the rules of marketing is that an image should be able to be flipped without any issues. Criticism isn't bad, sorry to break it to you

  • TAHK0 TAHK0 ☕️ (@TAHK0) reported

    not being announced this far into the switch’s lifespan when they’re such a no-brainer, and not being announced during the anniversary or even this year’s pokemon day, makes me think they’ll be included with Nintendo’s online service when they inevitably add game boy

  • DerekNeves77 Derek Neves (@DerekNeves77) reported

    @BYoshi715 @Nintendo While I’d like to think that, there’s too much in the game in favor of genericism and against classicism. And even if it were so, doing such a comment while the problem still isn’t fixed and while the only character who has a Toad problem is the villain is still super tone-deaf.

  • TemptedKayak gappy~kun (@TemptedKayak) reported

    @w00t000 @PaleAndGangly @OatmealDome you suck/10 It's not even a good service, $50 for a crusty N64 emulator I can download for free on my phone or computer, but Nintendo barely know how to run the service, so if you want a crappy emulator with that sweet, sweet Nintendo ********* on it, you can pay $50 a month.

  • DerekNeves77 Derek Neves (@DerekNeves77) reported

    @BYoshi715 @Nintendo And that was back in 2016. By the logic presented, the problem being made public in the game should have been fixed by 2020’s TOK…but it’s still going on. If anything, then all their inclusion is doing is encouraging the devs to not push back against the IP team.

  • Px_Master Frank Porter Bridges 📦 (@Px_Master) reported

    @thatoldgamerguy Physical, i understand if you go full digital when your main gaming device is an Xbox or PC, there's no other way in those, but in PS or Nintendo, no thanks, i can keep selling and borrowing without a problem. The "it doesn't come full on the disc" it's false on many cases...

  • DanwichHorror Rusty Shackleford's Alias (@DanwichHorror) reported

    @IAmDylanLewis Small domino: Nintendo makes its platformers, etc extra hard in the 80s to stretch game length and work around hardware issues Big domino: Legions of idiots yell at you that you're playing Dark Souls 4 wrong if you aren't naked both in game and IRL

  • The_BlowpopGirl 💜7⁷ It’sTheSevens (@The_BlowpopGirl) reported

    @kookiesloading I somehow read that as hacking up Luigi and thought it was a Nintendo problem

  • DerekNeves77 Derek Neves (@DerekNeves77) reported

    @BYoshi715 @Nintendo With the way the game does things with the Toads and certain problem ones escaping meaningful punishment, though, it creates the twisted moral that the Toads are gospel, and anyone who questions or besmerches them for anything is evil or stupid.

  • DerekNeves77 Derek Neves (@DerekNeves77) reported

    @BYoshi715 @Nintendo I’m not asking the good guys to diss them. I’m just asking for one good guy to say they have some issue with a Toad who genuinely does something bad, like the BBQ Toad, while also saying what Olly’s doing is taking things too far.

  • BigCJohnsun Chris Jayy (@BigCJohnsun) reported

    @9thMRB @Stonethecrowsx No the issue is that the WiiU couldnt handle AAA PS4 and Xbox games and only sold because of Nintendo properties. If exclusives werent a thing, Nintendo would have to compete with the hardware of their competitors and make a stringer console that could run it's own games better.

  • Zoe_KennedyLea Zoe Lea (@Zoe_KennedyLea) reported

    @NintendoUK so disappointed with Nintendo, customer service is absolutely terrible! I have not been helped in anyway at all, after all these years of spending money on your products!

  • EtherwXlf Conditioned To Hate (@EtherwXlf) reported

    @kaijuxcat @Kemmo_Ado @noodlerama001 You have to realize, the problem isn't it's look. The problem that people have been mentioning about Pokemon since Sun and Moon is that it's not what it should be, with Nintendo choosing to constantly releasing underwhelming hardware because it's target audience doesn't care.

  • TheCamSteady Cam Steady (@TheCamSteady) reported

    @FabvLMusic if pokemon got nearly the attention as other main series Nintendo titles visually, this wouldn’t be an issue 💀

  • Armakuni2 Armakuni (@Armakuni2) reported

    @MameHaze I think there is a difference between companies and their approach to archiving games and their digital storefronts. Not everyone is like Nintendo The big issue is a lot of times on physical disc is just a license to download the game I don't think MS is going anywhere soon

  • iGRUESOME_FGC ST🅿️ | iGRUESOME (@iGRUESOME_FGC) reported

    Aye @CapcomFighters let me be the first one to say you ****** are not Nintendo that **** you pulling ain’t gonna fly. It’s 2022 and fps tourneys are charging 35 per ticket and the player base pays it no problem grass roots T.Os will smooth drop your bum *** game in the trash…

  • walletshotpso2 WalletShot (@walletshotpso2) reported

    @haide023 @TAHK0 Ya square already put there games back out al over the place, ive owned all the good titles for a long time rereleased, probably why i don't care much for this Nintendo service stuff

  • SCJacka Sally (@SCJacka) reported

    Anyone I know have experience with drift on a Nintendo Switch Lite? Like I know it’s usually a joycon issue and they’ll replace those but since they’re built into the Lite idk how to go about getting it fixed. Internet researching has yielded mixed answers

  • Pinkboltz (`⊗ᆺ◓´)🎥⚡️ // matching with jose!! (@Pinkboltz) reported

    Pokemon??? Has a cartoony style??? BECAUSE IT’S A KIDS GAME??????? Why do u want it to have hyper realistic ultra 4k hd graphics?? Talk about actual issues that needs to be solved about nintendo not this **** bro💀

  • UnfunnyNinJokes Unfunny Nintendo Fan Bot (@UnfunnyNinJokes) reported

    Nintendo during the Wii/Wii U era: You're not supposed to intendo fix it lmao

  • ShawnTheHuman 卒者天狗🎓 👺🎉 (@ShawnTheHuman) reported from Kinloch, Missouri

    @TwelveMonoliths Right. It's always the person pointing out the problem who's the ACTUAL issue. They should just shut up and worship Nintendo like god intended. Nintendo routinely attacks their base and tries to erase their back catalog from history. We couldve had a twilight princess sequel lol

  • randee_charlo Randee charlo (@randee_charlo) reported

    @FortniteStatus They should fix the editing on Nintendo switch lite. I can’t edit at all