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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 01/13/2026 05:50

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.

  1. Sign in (47%)

    Sign in (47%)

  2. Online Play (47%)

    Online Play (47%)

  3. Matchmaking (6%)

    Matchmaking (6%)

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 StatesMiami Sign in
United StatesValencia Online Play
United StatesNew Orleans Online Play
United StatesLos Angeles Online Play
United StatesBatesville Online Play
United StatesUpper Marlboro Sign in
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • jultar1000 JULTAR100 (@jultar1000) reported

    @EmperorLemon I buy there products because I enjoy there products If you want to call me a problem because I enjoy Nintendo games then feel free Not going to stop buying things because a company does wrong, when they all do I only ask what many on the hate train don’t do Be respectful

  • genix194319 Genix194319 (@genix194319) reported

    @hanbutvintage @NintendoAmerica @UniqloUSA Because these are clothes for normal people without self control issues.

  • TheCacaMan4 Jah-**** (@TheCacaMan4) reported

    @Sora_Sakurai kazuya is trash.......give 2 months & watch how he will be forgotten yet nintendo does not fix the input lag/c-stick/buffering system since 2018 smh

  • idontkn89451673 idontknowanymore animations (@idontkn89451673) reported

    @NintendoUK Nintendo me angy fix

  • kiviKeewan Azel (Keewan) (@kiviKeewan) reported

    /We were sent a few nintendo controllers to repair. The joycons have obvious drift issues but the pro controller we were sent seemingly doesn't drift, even if we were told it does. Odd.

  • AntasmaTehBat 🦀AntifatehFreddy🦀 (@AntasmaTehBat) reported

    @copperCity17 @Nowhere_2beseen @IntroSpecktive yes, because harassing people online is totally helping things and fixing the nintendo problem

  • psychbrights eliott loves andy 🏳️‍🌈 (@psychbrights) reported

    moots who have/had a nintendo switch, im trying to change the email of the user acc and im not getting ANY email. did anybody else have this problem?

  • SleevesAnarchy Sleeves Anarchy (@SleevesAnarchy) reported

    @YuseiFudoGamer @TrilainaB @NintendoAmerica It just means that they make as many as there was ordered. If they only got 100 buyers, then they'd make 100 and maybe a few extra for retail. And effort should be no problem. There's always effort, labor, and other costs to delivering any product or service.

  • GAMEandRODO64 🕹️GAME & RODO🕹️ (@GAMEandRODO64) reported

    @P1k0G4ll0 Do I look like I have money to buy a Play Store card, or to fix my phone screen or to buy a new phone? Sadly no, I'm stuck playing the Nintendo DS version of Sonic 2 on my New 2DS XL, I can't even buy neither the 3D Classics version or Sega Ages version.

  • MenolyDraws Menoly (@MenolyDraws) reported

    @selectwario eh, I just want to see people get mad for literally no reason while ignoring all the problems nintendo actually has especially towards their consumers.

  • rardk_ebooks_64 Rar Ebooks (@rardk_ebooks_64) reported

    A console has never had a problem with anyone else cooking it unless i see it adding a ton of play time when they could grow the game looked actually, makes me want to see the dqxi 3d screenshots it makes me want a star fox show nintendo please reconsider.

  • NakanaGames Nakana.io (@NakanaGames) reported

    @figsnapricots @MythicOceanGame @ParaluneGames That's strange. If you continue to have this problem, I think that you need to contact Nintendo support. Unfortunately on my end there's nothing I can do :(

  • Edo_LoZ Wolf ******* Loz (@Edo_LoZ) reported

    @Sherwin75644853 @MasterS87171590 @AndreaPichinini First of all Im more a Nintendo fan, lol, btw I own all consoles, but Sony fanboys like you are the ones with fake accounts, that trolls and hate the most. You guys have a problem, accept it lmao

  • CallawayArts 💫⭐Starboy Jace⭐💫 (@CallawayArts) reported

    Nintendo's servers just keep getting shittier and shittier bro. How you gonna make everyone DC one by one, then make two people DC at the beginning of the match, let us play for two seconds, then give an error, and then penalize us???

  • Jorden1506 Jorden Bakker (@Jorden1506) reported

    @Dr_Vulpine @grr_h @NintendoAmerica Indeed bots and scalpers, but pre orders sell out as they have an estimate how many is printed before launch. Especially limited editions and special editions will always have a specific stock. But tbh not Nintendo's problem retailers cant handle it and scalpers can sell

  • SleevesAnarchy Sleeves Anarchy (@SleevesAnarchy) reported

    @YuseiFudoGamer @TrilainaB @NintendoAmerica And so long as you profit from it, then it should be fine. However, Nintendo is likely using the scalping issue to tell all their investors that they sold 100% of their stock and to them, they didn't lose any money cause all the special editions are sold.

  • krimsonkurta Jacob 🎸💫 (@krimsonkurta) reported

    I wanna go back to 12.0.2 bcuz these random communication errors are so dumb. Nintendo come fix your ****.

  • Midna_Panda Nichsia (@Midna_Panda) reported

    I spoke with Nintendo Customer Support today, and troubleshooting didn't help. My console won't turn on. Error code 2162-0002 is what's done it. It's hard to believe that I barely played my Switch last night before it quit on me like this.

  • fixylolSR fixylol (@fixylolSR) reported

    anyways, rant over. nintendo makes good games and i respect them a lot for it but i will also refuse to support them financially until they get their **** together, and i suggest you do the same if you care at all about these issues. i wish this wasn't a hot take but ig it is

  • PlayerEssence OJ - PlayerEssence (@PlayerEssence) reported

    @lagumists The problem is he didn't it's not even about 1st party games, it's literally talking about 3rd party indie games. Nintendo's first party has nothing to do with this. And this whole statement is wrong for the most part.

  • reydelsans reydelsans (@reydelsans) reported

    @NintendoAmerica can you put like good games on the snes service? These jaleco games ain’t it.

  • LemusElijah Captaineli24 (@LemusElijah) reported

    @AboutNintendo Bro guys if you want to see why an unfinished game looks like just fricking play crash twinsanity, then come back to Nintendo and see if unfinished has the same meaning lmao

  • K9521__ k9521 (watching clannd s1) (@K9521__) reported

    @Nintendo_Studio @scarIetdevils @ClRNOGAMING or just have nintendo fix it for free

  • SOTBanana ᔕOᑌᑎᗪᔕ Oᖴ TᕼE ᗷᗩᑎᗩᑎᗩ (@SOTBanana) reported

    @EmperorLemon Jerking off leafy, racing, wrestling, the meme community, and pretending to know all about an online video service business through Google searches (irony) but having zero impact is the exact same as jerking off nintendo. Calm your tits.

  • CallawayArts 💫⭐Starboy Jace⭐💫 (@CallawayArts) reported

    So when was someone gonna tell me that nintendo is being so shady now about their bad servers, that you're no longer allowed to record when an error occurs?

  • Pikminister Pikminister 🌴🌊 (@Pikminister) reported

    @sohakes @NeonIain @Onekumar With Indie devs? Nah. Very few indie devs have had issues working with Nintendo in the last 2 gens. And it was mostly Phil Fish. He didn't have nice things to say about anyone that bought a Nintendo console. These days tho? his most popular game is on Switch.

  • ReasonEddie Reason_Eddie (@ReasonEddie) reported

    @OliverJia1014 Yup. Drift is a real issue for them. They have to do better next gen or people may not tolerate it. I like Nintendo generally but something went wrong here (and to be fair a lot of controllers seem to be doing that now).

  • Sergiomonty Sergio Monty (Monty Town) (@Sergiomonty) reported

    @TheEggman64 @mentaleum If you're the only one whining about it in a vacuum with not many people agreeing with you, I'm pretty certain it's not so much Nintendo's problem, but rather yours.

  • shingeki_primal primal (@shingeki_primal) reported

    @NintendoAmerica fix your ******* frog

  • Midna_Panda Nichsia (@Midna_Panda) reported

    I heard bad things about Nintendo's repair service, in regards to losing save data due to repairs. I've had mildly irritating experiences with them myself, in regards to my joycons needing repairs. It's really worrying and concerning to me.