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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 02/03/2026 18:40

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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 (58%)

    Online Play (58%)

  2. Sign in (33%)

    Sign in (33%)

  3. Matchmaking (8%)

    Matchmaking (8%)

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:

  • Gr8Yabel Yabel🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 (@Gr8Yabel) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Fix Mario strikers

  • biohazardfan07 😊☺️😁🤓😎Andrew🇺🇲⚛🎮🕹🎞📽📹🎥🎬 (@biohazardfan07) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Fix the matchmaking. It sucks ***!!!

  • nickwilloughby Nicholas Willoughby 🇺🇸 (@nickwilloughby) reported

    @NintendoAmerica How is this nominates for best multiplayer when its cannot be played without connectivity errors months after release?

  • dethpuck1 dethpuck (@dethpuck1) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Great game when it doesn’t disconnect. Had to spend money on an Ethernet adapter. Thanks Nintendo.

  • Elyrium42 Elyrium (@Elyrium42) reported

    @Nintendrilo @yggdrasilsaltar @NintendoAmerica Sounds like a you issue

  • GRIMMYRAX ⛓𝕬𝔍 🥀 (@GRIMMYRAX) reported

    @IGN If you only game on Nintendo, then I can see why the Switch launching as outdated tablet tech is bothersome to you. If you own all the consoles and only use your Switch as a sidekick kind of device, I doubt it is much of an issue. It isn’t for me at least.

  • alexotws Alex (@alexotws) reported

    @NintendoAmerica respectfully, i want to enjoy this game but the amount of communication errors is ridiculous and makes the game unplayable.

  • OrigiGreatness OddAIs 🐰 (@OrigiGreatness) reported

    @Drdeku_PhD Both makes sense. I can’t play Bayonetta on my playstation despite Nintendo not owning Sega and nobody has an issue with it.

  • MellowedPanda Joanna (@MellowedPanda) reported

    @LoveandMir @IGN Its not a monopoly while there is still a single competitor company selling/providing the same equal equivalent product or service, in this case PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam are all doing this and they would never sell to Microsoft.

  • AlinePiroutek BondForged ~ Aline Piroutek (@AlinePiroutek) reported

    @PlayerEssence This is issue for Nintendo games because there is too much demand for them physical.

  • MellowedPanda Joanna (@MellowedPanda) reported

    @IGN Its not a monopoly while there is still a single competitor company selling/providing the same equal equivalent product or service, in this case PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam are all doing this and they would never sell to Microsoft.

  • honnojis Zumi 🍂 @ Charity stream on Dec 17th! (@honnojis) reported

    @rulerzreachst4n ehhhhh considering nintendo has been issuing refunds (which is EXTREMELY rare) and has released a rare statement about wanting to fix some of the issues the game had i'm sure that they're not very happy with how much backlash the game's been getting from players

  • Octo_Boii Octo 🍂🍁🌙 (@Octo_Boii) reported

    @NintendoAmerica a communication error occured. the software was closed because an error occured.

  • knoll1572 Jacob Knoll (@knoll1572) reported

    @SenorSalty_ @Manetrix2000 Same thing is happening to me in pokemon right now. Not sure what's going on. Hopefully an issue nintendo can/will fix

  • nickwilloughby Nicholas Willoughby 🇺🇸 (@nickwilloughby) reported

    @NintendoAmerica This game getting nominated is beyond unacceptable. The game uses p2p and charges a fee to play online. It still has connectivity errors months after release with zero successful attempts to resolve these errors.

  • yungkiryu Yung Kiryu (@yungkiryu) reported

    @EddiePReactions As for Nintendo, they always follow last. They charge us for their piss poor online service, it’s only a matter of time until they follow everyone for price increases. I just hope they hold out longer than Xbox did.

  • rulerzreachst4n Keats (@rulerzreachst4n) reported

    @honnojis i thought that was only for digital copies which they usually refund on LOL, didn't know about the rare statement of them wanting to fix issues-- idk i just have low faith in nintendo/game freak with this kind of stuff lol

  • TheNerdBasement Giovanni Pimentel (@TheNerdBasement) reported

    @AlinePiroutek @SpawnWaveMedia @DirectFeedGames I think if we can actually get more games to run in 1080p without any issues, it'll be a massive upgrade. And if we were to get a new Switch, I don't think Nintendo would drop support for the current Switch.

  • K1ngAl3xand3r 404: Account Cannot Be Found (@K1ngAl3xand3r) reported

    The issue is, Xbox Live is vastly superior to both Nintendo & Playstations online offering. But at the same time....what exactly does the Xbox have that makes me say "this is my console"

  • GirIsWitchHunt Star❄ (@GirIsWitchHunt) reported

    @NintendoAmerica How about you fix the online then 😭

  • 121Zayzay ZayZay (@121Zayzay) reported

    @NintendoAmerica fix matchmaking and servers first

  • xsvennnn xsvennnn (@xsvennnn) reported

    @NintendoAmerica The Tera Raids in pokémon Scarlet and Violet ******* suck. 90% of the raids is just cutscenes and dialogue. Then another 5% is sitting there put asleep since apparently every pokémon on earth has yawn..? Fix these laggy *** in unsynchronized **** *** raids.

  • vault0r Universal Sentient (/) Ultimate Peasant Tier. (@vault0r) reported

    Only active paid online service ATM.. Nintendo online... XD

  • lordlamb2 lordlamb (@lordlamb2) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Kirby should get this. Splat isn’t a “family” game and it’s online is mostly broken. Still.

  • succ_r SuccR (@succ_r) reported

    @TheOmla3 @BL4NK4shane @Technicals_ They already ran without license. That isn't the issue. it's not automatic, Nintendo would need to pursue a trademark issue i.e a civil case, which they could lose, I don't know the probability, but is not cut clear. So they are not forbidden from running, they jus risk a suit.

  • TransRatPunk 🏳️‍⚧️Deserstraza @ Dragonflight 🏳️‍🌈 🐀 (@TransRatPunk) reported

    @NintendoAmerica It's still got major problems but "online multiplayer doesn't suck" for a Nintendo game is worthy of a vote

  • nickwilloughby Nicholas Willoughby 🇺🇸 (@nickwilloughby) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Wouldn’t know you refuse to fix the online connectivity errors. You charge a fee to access online and refuse to fix errors of your online games only allowing p2p.

  • Uniquehuntt The Unique Hunt (@Uniquehuntt) reported

    So I found out if your game crashes during sandwich power , when you get back on it's gone. I had 25 mins left at least. Thanks @Pokemon @NintendoAmerica I hope there's some fix for these crashes soon.

  • biohazardfan07 😊☺️😁🤓😎Andrew🇺🇲⚛🎮🕹🎞📽📹🎥🎬 (@biohazardfan07) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I have no problem with the family category but it seems Geoff Keighley and his award show still doesn't take Nintendo seriously. It's insulting actually. He would rather bow down to Kojima or some movie game that's not really a game.

  • MartianPitCrew Martian Pit Crew (@MartianPitCrew) reported

    Nintendo support mentions forwarding an entire range of 1024-65535 UDP ports but that step wasn't needed in my specific case. Also I had no issues accessing eshop, this was specific for just Pokemon connectivity - trades/battles/etc.