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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.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.
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Online Play (58%)
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Sign in (33%)
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Matchmaking (8%)
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The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Witney |
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| Preston |
Online Play | |
 Asunción |
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 Philadelphia |
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| Edenton |
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| Miami |
Sign in |
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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dingofox the derpy fox.
(@DingoDog35) reported
@envinyon Actually it’s a lot worse than you think Nintendo has been recycling their servers since the original DS online service those servers have gone through the wii dsi dsi xl Wii U 3ds 3dsxl etc and worse even if they update to new servers it will still take 8 hours part 2
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Sergioshi ^^ Rakan best birb
(@Sergio_Yoshi) reported
@Renco193 @NinEverything Yeah, I didn't want to say that explicitly, since I always get Nintendromes on my replies when commenting on this account. I never supported their decision and fake excuses for the paid service, as well as the garbage it offers, and stopped using Nintendo products after that.
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Alex
(@dragonnuzzler) reported
@RealJanTheMan There haven't been improvements to it which is the main issue here and Nintendo/whoever is responsible for it rn at Ubisoft hasn't even attempted to work on it themselves, as evidenced by the silly little remnants as per the article.
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Sierra
(@cdmnky) reported
god i couldn't resist making a joke about the whole nintendo online service being the same thing from the game cube until now, it's just so hilarious that we have to pay for this **** today and they got rid of WFC
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dingofox the derpy fox.
(@DingoDog35) reported
@BabyDan67148992 @NintendoAmerica Yea I have the online service and I would rather play offline
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ViewtifulPup
(@ViewtifulPup) reported
Also on the nintendo servers thing, i think the issue is more of what they were using to interpret input from clients and not the server architecture like i am fairly certain you can get a rollback solution to work on those old servers with some doing
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tomato 🏳️🌈
(@furbreze) reported
this news about Nintendo having the same online service for close to 20 years actually doesn’t surprise me too much it actually explains why it runs as smooth as chocolate pudding scraped across ham on most games
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Andi ♡’s Spencer Reid
(@1980SREMUS) reported
I hate Paige and Leilani they literally got me in trouble for playing my Nintendo Switch even though I have my work done and ofc they have to ruin it for me but when it’s someone else they don’t ******* care it’s like everything I do is a crime.
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Moo Ooker
(@Photonbandito) reported
@KonanaRillah Explains... So damn much. Maybe with the new system, 20$ a year for Nintendo online will finally be worth the trouble.
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Storm 🧼🤲 😷
(@Sorathewonder) reported
@Danny8bit So we will be expecting to wait 20 years till Nintendo fixes the joycon drift issues
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arbys gays™ (The Junction)
(@BigN0SE) reported
@caelaise its a shock they havent put any streaming service on it even though most of them were on previous nintendo consoles hell even the 3ds had netflix
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Uncle Barkson
(@Kyreden) reported
Lrt: Nintendo; pay for online service :) Us: oh, will it be better? Nintendo: No. :)
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Voultar
(@Voultar) reported
1/6 **NINTENDO SCART CABLE ALERT** See my Tweet from earlier. There are a couple of vendor's who haven't been properly bonding the grounds in the multi-out of the cable. I've determined that not all @Insurrection33 SNES SCART cables properly reference ground, causing problems.
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SkullDox
(@SkullDox) reported
@TheGuardianMew I know. These are the same people *only* play Nintendo games and never played with good netcode before. No online service is as bad as Smash or Mario Maker 2. I should not have to wait entire seconds to see my characters respond. Runescape from 20 years ago had better netcode.
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Panicbot
(@Panicbot92) reported
@GoogleStadia Out of Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo notice how the one with the least exclusives is doing the worst in sales... Tho the service itself should be the only selling point, you've learned by now gamers are loyal thus aren't easy to win over from different platforms that...
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AkiSpark - 🔞 Comms are open!
(@AkiSp4rk) reported
@QuarkBird I've grown to hate Nintendo as well, but he even says it's unused. So it might just be a native feature of the program. As to the fact of how old it is... Well, even Windows 10 still has coding errors that were present in Windows 1.0 since it's all built upon the previous version
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avery
(@sssssick_) reported
Hey Nintendo!!! Fix your shitty online service! Just ranked me down for a disconnect that was on YOUR SERVERS end
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SpikerMan87
(@Spikerman87) reported
"I've never had any problem with Nintendo online pla-" Well the rest of the DARN world has.
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Braulio_Ortiz
(@Braulio__Ortiz) reported
@ehitsjay In the 15 years I've been playing Nintendo online games I've never had an issue aside for Brawl. Even when I play Ultimate with my friend in Japan it's lag-free. Been playing online since Hunters and MKDS. Y'all internet just sucks. =D
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dingofox the derpy fox.
(@DingoDog35) reported
@BabyDan67148992 @NintendoAmerica Yes it does because of the game was coded correctly to detect cheats and controllers with turbo functionality and controllers with Macro functionality then the game would be a fair game 100% the problem is the game is not a fair game because the switch is unable to detect it
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Black lives always mattered
(@bridrawsthings) reported
One thing Ive always hated about animal crossing is that you can't turn the ******* music off and do other things like fish at the same time. I have a *visceral* reaction to 5pm acnh. Nintendo fix it.
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Panicbot
(@Panicbot92) reported
@GoogleStadia Out of Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo notice how the one with the least exclusives is doing the worst in sales... Tho the service itself should be the only selling point, you've learning by now gamers are loyal thus aren't easy to win over from a different platform that...
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kingddd
(@kingddd17) reported
i always hate that mentality of well why didn't you fix this years ago? Like yeah we could....if you have given me more resources, more co-workers to help or not force us to work on new features every year..... Which kind of causes the GEX case to happen for Nintendo's online
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Tomathius #PlantGang
(@Tomathius) reported
@RichieGonzo21 @ExpandDong15 Nintendo is trying to fix their online and you still find room to *****. Sell your Nintendo console, you clearly don't enjoy it.
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Niall O'Sullivan
(@poetniall) reported
Feel so sorry for Stadia devs. In the year that Google shut down Google Play music and introduced charges for their photos service, I've been using Microsoft and Apple products a lot more as they tend to stick with their projects. Why can't Nintendo just run everything though?
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brtn
(@nezrofr) reported
@clownssss_ yo deadass, nintendo aint hitting the same the past 3 years with this service
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RickRollMaster
(@ResurrectedEmo) reported
@AboutNintendo Honestly I’m not even complaining about the online if they’re truly improving it, like sure it’s ridiculously bad right now but if they fix it then that’s what I’ll care about Granted I did only get back into Nintendo last year so that could be why I feel this way
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✦ everlasting moonlight ✦
(@gappytyphoon) reported
@skimcasual It's literally built into the Joy-cons sadly, so everyone will have some kind of drift, unless they just never play. I hope Nintendo finds different parts or something to actually fix the issue, and stops being stingy about it until then.
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Jeice
(@Jeice_SSB) reported
@FinalWeaponX4 I'm not that knowledgeable about how this really works, but how much will this benefit the quality of Nintendo's online service exactly...?
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AndresEd
(@AndresSRobles93) reported
@AidenRS139 @OnTheDownLoTho Well let’s hope look at street fighter 5 netcode it took a fan to fix it and capcom....you know what watch maximilian food video on net code and see, hopefully Nintendo fixes this big time