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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 03/05/2026 01:20

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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 (64%)

    Online Play (64%)

  2. Sign in (27%)

    Sign in (27%)

  3. Matchmaking (9%)

    Matchmaking (9%)

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
ItalyMilan Online Play
SpainAlbacete Online Play
United KingdomManchester Online Play
United KingdomWitney Sign in
United KingdomPreston Online Play
ParaguayAsunción Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • jamesmsforza Jimmy Fours (@jamesmsforza) reported

    @WBGamesSupport Playing Lego Harry Potter on the Nintendo Switch. Download version, not hard copy. Every time we enter Hogwarts, the game crashes and returns us to the Switch home screen, with the message "(!) The software was closed because an error occurred.

  • UsagiCola Princess 64 (@UsagiCola) reported

    i feel like the problem with remaking a game like superstar saga is it has such a specific off model style that modern nintendo could never ever replicate. But i think given the weird IP rules they have in place the remake did a pretty good job.

  • PKMN_Master_Rio Team Rocket's Rio Zapdos | #BLM (@PKMN_Master_Rio) reported

    @DoWhatYouDo6 @RoninStrife Yes, indeed Microsoft had paywalls for their online service... take a wild guess at who has them now. GwG, sure I'll give you that one. 👏🏿 Kinect... Nintendo, yeah.. then Microsoft... LASTLY Sony.. your ("their") point? Did you (or rather. "them") really wanna go this route?

  • bonelessClorox ✨boneless tidepod ✨ (@bonelessClorox) reported

    @FortniteStatus are the servers down for nintendo switch?

  • Okeeeey_ok ♡♪!? (@Okeeeey_ok) reported

    I honestly don't care if people support the cesspit of a company that is Nintendo. They're not losing money any time soon anyway. However, I do have an issue with people who try to justify it and defend Nintendo with mental gymnastics. Just makes them look like boot lickers.

  • AcidOverride23 Alex Corvis (@AcidOverride23) reported

    @elbethium @AlexisMirror Both fanbase dude, that's the problem. At least Nintendo fanbase only cries about ports. One of the reasons to why I stopped caring and just got all of them, power of choice is indeed a beautiful thing since each have their pros and cons. But you gotta blame the fanbase on that.

  • tendocorrupt Don't buy from Nintendo (@tendocorrupt) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Online may actually have enough people for a full race for once. Although if you get it for the other systems that wont be a problem at all, and the connection will be better, too.

  • Phantom_McBane PhantomBane🎄 (@Phantom_McBane) reported

    Drunk words: *are sober thoughts Me: ************ n64 has no ****** sound chip what ******** nintendo go back in time and ****** fix it so you can be a good company **** dude **** yo no sound chip havin' ***

  • wishfulranger22 wishfulranger22 (@wishfulranger22) reported

    @Wishfulranger23 If everyone has an issue with the way nintendo handle copyright then they should take it up with the department that handles said copyright! My logic is sound i say!!

  • JonMorrisonian Morisonian (@JonMorrisonian) reported

    @JonComms @TwitterSupport But they're real quick to fix anything that interferes with Nintendo or any big company

  • PikaPlay77 Pika play77 (@PikaPlay77) reported

    @NintendoAmerica i opened my super smash bros ultimate in my nintendo and i got an error about the fighter pass 2 i purchased, and then it uninstalled the fighter pass 2 and then i went to the eshop to download it and now i have to pay for it, pls fix that, im on brazil btw

  • kit_the_cat_ mancake (@kit_the_cat_) reported

    @Tubbyman6 Ah Nintendo Makes good games (most of the time) But Has a shitty consumer service

  • PikaPlay77 Pika play77 (@PikaPlay77) reported

    @NintendoAmerica i opened my super smash bros ultimate in my console and i got an error about the fighter pass 2 i purchased, and then it uninstalled the fighter pass 2 and then i went to the eshop to download it and now i have to pay for it, pls fix that, im on brazil btw

  • T_Rave T-Rave (@T_Rave) reported

    @pettipoole Super first world problem. The Genki Nintendo Switch dock protrudes quite a bit from the wall with straight adapters. Trying to get the cables a more compact coming out of it. Then where the switch is sitting it could benefit from a right angle for better cable management

  • cadeinn Cadeinn (@cadeinn) reported

    @fishyz_23 Nintendo had an update to fix this bug right after 3.0 released but apprently it’s bugged again lmao

  • Shivaruka Yuyu (@Shivaruka) reported

    @PearlteaRizzy Reminds me when a Nintendo stan gaslit me that my nintendolite we got for mom stopped working properly bc we didn't take good care of it. The issue was literally why the console was so hated tho lol.

  • carlos66039636 carlos (@carlos66039636) reported

    @lindskay80 @Synaptic_Rabbit @NintendoAmerica Before buying ANY games be physical or digital, check the box, in the back part (and inferior) there's the modes in which you can play the game displayed with some simple drawings, if you see a drawing shaped like a switch lite then you can buy it with no problem.

  • patricknotirl patrick (@patricknotirl) reported

    nintendo wii broken

  • andredolopes Lopes 🍍 (@andredolopes) reported

    @MojangSupport I can't login to my Microsoft account in Minecraft, Nintendo Switch. I've deleted all my save data, I've deleted and re-downloaded the game. When I try to login by pressing any "(...) Login Microsoft account (...)" button, it loads for a while then nothing happens.

  • cordura21 cordura21 (@cordura21) reported

    @kocienda Sale happens with gaming. A user for Sony, another for Epic, another for Nintendo. It’s an issue to keep all your users without using something like Google as a general login. Which It’s nice, but you give away too much control imho.

  • AlchemistPit Garfield #1 Fan 😹👌 (@AlchemistPit) reported

    @PearlteaRizzy joycon drift has barely been an issue for me, now what has been is how delicate the bumpers are I dropped both joycons only a few times and now my bumpers just straight up don't work anymore I've dropped other nintendo controllers and even handhelds without any issues though

  • itsZbro9412 Tech Guy (@itsZbro9412) reported

    @BeccaaFaye Somehow happened to me when I tried to sign into the Nintendo services with my Google account I was hoping an update to switch systems showed that you can sign in with your Apple ID because Nintendo apps on iPhone are compliant with Sign In With Apple

  • kablades KarissaⓋBlades (@kablades) reported

    Been trouble shooting with Nintendo for 2 hours because my daughter’s Minecraft game isn’t working. They are baffled. Lord help me...

  • ambiguous_inc Ambiguous (@ambiguous_inc) reported

    Cyberpunk's memetic failures are showing the downside of focusing too much on packing insane renders into a video game... Never see a Nintendo Game Glitch Out Like That Noted Play>Graphics

  • KawaseChristine Christine Kawase (@KawaseChristine) reported

    @justdancegame Just Dance 2021 Unlimited is not working even after linking Ubisoft account to my Nintendo account here in Japan. Same@thing goes for my@friend in California on the US store. You’ve got my money, what are you going to do? We’ve both opened tickets and no reply yet!

  • ambiguous_inc Ambiguous (@ambiguous_inc) reported

    Cyberpunk's memetic failures are show the downside of focusing too much on packing insane renders into a video game... Never see a Nintendo Game Glitch Out Like That Noted

  • 9black_ 9black (@9black_) reported

    @shoibox Issue with the switch lite is that Nintendo has not fixed Joycon drift at all. Ergo if your joycons start drifting you'll have to send the entire switch in to get repaired. Really does nothing for it's unwieldiness but it's something to consider

  • CrashSlays Crash Sleighs 🇨🇦 (@CrashSlays) reported

    @BogusMeatFactor Poor camera angles and controls, buttered fog visuals, severely limited "quality" RPG selection. Quality is definitely an issue outside Nintendo 1st party developers. There are a lot of reason's I don't care if I own a N64. The AKI games were sweet though.

  • SlushiBun s l u s h i @ Brainrot (@SlushiBun) reported

    @obamanetflix at least it wasn’t credited to knuckles the hedgehog from crash bandicoot 2: WARPED for the Nintendo PC

  • Titty_Jenkins 🏁JT Stan account 🏁 (@Titty_Jenkins) reported

    @FortniteGame @EpicGamesBackup @NintendoAmerica my son’s fortnite account won’t log in on the switch. I linked it via the web but it states login failed every time we try to login