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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 01/21/2026 10:10

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Dragon_Rider64 DragonRider64 (@Dragon_Rider64) reported

    @Simi_Miller @JezCorden Currently, Twitter works on Playstation and Nintendo without any problems. It could be that both companies pay for this ****.

  • pizzatime3201 Ragnarök (@pizzatime3201) reported

    @DSdavisena @PeterP_85 @Meowingtons01 Okay Nintendo switch lover. I play other games, I just think pretty much all other third party games don’t even come close. I have a switch. It’s my Pokémon machine. They can’t even release their flagship game on their own console without it being a broken mess

  • eugeneultimates 상냥한하루 (@eugeneultimates) reported

    I finally fixed no audio issue with nintendo switch when playin games and when recording the games

  • lusamine_sm Guzman't (@lusamine_sm) reported

    @Ladyaceina @NintendoAmerica that's too bad because the game addresses the issues with the ending of that game

  • DennisH11482702 Dennis Hopper (@DennisH11482702) reported

    @Voultar I feel bad, so many people have drift issues and I've had like, 90 bajillion Switches and counting, and many many more joycons and pro controllers, haven't had one instance of drift. Makes me think it's environmental more than anything, not to take all blame off Nintendo

  • acnhdenise_ denise🌿🍊 (@acnhdenise_) reported

    hey guys im having some issues with nintendo online i will try to troubleshoot tmrw! if it doesn’t work unfortunately islands wont be up until next thursday because i am going on a trip!

  • Sea_does_art Sea does art | Team Power (@Sea_does_art) reported

    Got signed out of my Nintendo account for some reason. Gotta wait til tomorrow to fix it. No splatoon today. One day delay on my journey to 5 star Splat Dualies. This is a sad day. #Splatoon3 #NintendoSwitch

  • SirZ36967818 Sir Z (@SirZ36967818) reported

    @DerpCrossing @CharlesTheDeer @NintendoAmerica Dude no offense but... are you dense? I just explained the issue here but you seem to have put up some close minded condescendance, I can't really help you here if you don't let me

  • ShakaKHAN7 Sher KHAN (@ShakaKHAN7) reported

    @NintendoStoreUK does no one work in my Nintendo store ? No live chat, waiting on call for about 30mins, listening to music, even left an email with my enquiry! Such a sad, pathetic unprofessional business you run over there?! Where is the staff and service? Worst company ever…!

  • JAL96 Josh #DreamsComeTrue #Sora4Smash (@JAL96) reported

    @Daley_Kong Basically just Nintendo either wants your money, or they want to sell you into an Online service plus an add on pack that you have to pay every year for, aka they just want your money even more. The only thing they are doing here is moving Tour stuff into 8 just to make more $$$

  • Xear13 Zerk (@Xear13) reported

    @Surya2500 @NintendoAmerica @SteelWoolStudio 3/5: it wouldn't be a problem, just the Switch is not really made for such of this. The Graphics are below from the PC Lowest settings, and the Switch can't even run it constant at 30 FPS. even Dynamic Resolution and LOD Levels is there a Must.

  • julio_cachi Julio Alejandro Cachi (@julio_cachi) reported

    @NumasDono @NintendoAmerica You have problems. Seek help

  • NinjaChefTK General Aladeen (@NinjaChefTK) reported

    @NESbot_feed The main thing Xbox wants to promote is Game Pass. If somehow Nintendo and PlayStation allow it they'll care less and less abt their own hardware, only keeping the brand exclusively for the service.

  • Sjur_Caelum Enshrouding In Her Sheets (@Sjur_Caelum) reported

    @Gigz @Ne0zh999 @Ekuegan He leaked sensitive information pertaining to Bungie's intellectual property. Not getting his account back is literally a slap on the wrist compared to the mountains of legal trouble he's be in for a company like Nintendo or Rockstar. This is the fair treatment.

  • michael_alameda Michael Alameda (@michael_alameda) reported

    Refused to tag my tweets about that because of a ******* Anti-Fan Dedicating Unfair Copyright Cease and Desist Letter from Nintendo. Yeah, it took down that website last time and now we'll be in trouble if this gets mentioned again on Nintendo's sight.

  • NaZyrus07 Zyrus (@NaZyrus07) reported

    lol, just got the latest Nintendo Dream issue but sadly all it had on TotK was covering the new Link abilities all over again… laaaaame.

  • Cherry80949533 Ch'rell (@Cherry80949533) reported

    @Zach27527816 @ReaperIndo @LtCameron88 That’s a fair complaint I had some issues in the first overall mostly smooth but it could really use a pc port I wish Nintendo wasn’t so guarded about the ips they have.

  • AmbieX Ambs 👑 (@AmbieX) reported

    Nintendo refusing to fix my broken switch which should be under warranty because it was bought as a gift by someone I no longer have contact with 🥲👌

  • takemymora J✍️! //Commissions Open! (@takemymora) reported

    @c3theotaku Well, Nintendo is notorious for taking down literally any content with their brand, whether it be inoffensive or actually a problem, it's like how random let's Play videos will get taken down by Nintendo, it's random

  • Zeldadude7 Zeldadude (@Zeldadude7) reported

    @mrspaceboi @korokadilerock you must've broken into Nintendo HQ to be graced with this knowledge

  • BaraTigerButt Adrian | Sins and Gods (@BaraTigerButt) reported

    @NamdarXIV true like. Nintendo sucks *** at preserving their stuff and they usually just can't be arsed to do it, but if people do something about then it's suddenly a huge problem. like???

  • JennaPrizm Jenna Prizm🌈🐀 (@JennaPrizm) reported

    Nintendo needs to fix their **** with the Splatoon 3 servers lately because every so often either someone else disconnects or even I will get a “communication error” when I personally have FAST, STABLE internet.

  • DamienPetrilli Damien Petrilli (@DamienPetrilli) reported

    Curious: if Apple and Google duopoly is broken and they must allow external payment and side loading without taking their cut. Will they be ok with Microsoft, SONY, Nintendo keeping their monopoly and 30% tax on their hardware?

  • RifAdam26 Rachmad Rifaldy (@RifAdam26) reported

    @PointCrow I think nintendo someday mightve been come to conclusion that people who play zelda with glitch will also be takendown and banned lmao

  • josh12olson Joshua James olson (@josh12olson) reported

    @GameCollectorPS I bought Crash Bandicoot at Walmart for my Nintendo switch lite

  • ceepee221 cpw221 (@ceepee221) reported

    @catzui good thing that problems over! do you wanna see my super nintendo collection

  • boost_rob Rob Boost (@boost_rob) reported

    @M00CHTV @XboxP3 How are they looking for high sales . And they put the game into there Gamepass service. For 29.99 pc players can sub to gamepass on steam it charted even with gamepass. I'm calling BS . Dude a bum living at mom house . Stop listening to xbox hate from a Nintendo child predator

  • AredjayOfficial Aredjay (@AredjayOfficial) reported

    @Ant_Honey85 @XboxGamePassPC @NintendoAmerica it’s almost as if they can’t fix it because the warranty ran out, what don’t you understand lmao

  • Adrienne_Quelle Emma Jade (@Adrienne_Quelle) reported

    @emumeow it's out today! finally! the physical copies lost their gold points because nintendo shelved it for a year plus and didn't fix the date that expires lol, but the game's finally out

  • Xear13 Zerk (@Xear13) reported

    @Surya2500 @NintendoAmerica @SteelWoolStudio it wouldn't be a problem, just the Switch is not really made for such of this. The Graphics are below from the PC Lowest settings, and the Switch can't even run it constant at 30 FPS. even Dynamic Resolution and LOD Levels is there a Must.