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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 (64%)
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Sign in (27%)
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Matchmaking (9%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Nintendo Switch Online outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Albacete |
Online Play | |
 Manchester |
Online Play | |
| Witney |
Sign in | |
| Preston |
Online Play | |
 Asunción |
Online Play | |
 Philadelphia |
Sign in |
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Chabuumn🔞
(@chabuumn) reported
@KZXcellent Nintendo really said "if its broke, dont fix it"
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Tomathius #PlantGang
(@Tomathius) reported
@QuarkBird You guys are acting like this wasn't posted on the same day Nintendo is trying to replace the service
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sianos
(@sianos_two) reported
maybe nintendo replacing their outdated matchmaking servers will remedy the issue where packet manipulation and/or an unfortunate lag spike causes you to play the match with massive (iirc one-sided?) frame delay i know it happens when my color doesn't load but their's does
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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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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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Bug Catcher Andyblarg
(@Andyblarg) reported
@TAHK0 My theory is since the Switch has been selling like hot cakes, more people are exposed to the crappy online leading to a larger increase of outcry by fans for Nintendo to fix the issue. When outcry is small it's easy to ignore.
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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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sign my eichi die faster petition on change.org
(@eichiphobia) reported
@meourr SJODEIHYFVRBDJK i dont even mind the online service as it is,, like i havent noticed any issues on my end, but LMAO classic nintendo! [laugh track]
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Super Isaiah
(@SuperIsaiahYT) reported
@StupidMarioFan1 That and also they like money. The main reason nintendo 64 still had cartridges is so that nintendo could make money off selling the cartridges to game designers, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of monetary reason behind why they stuck with a bad online service.
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M. Night Shyamalan City
(@AbstraitWolf) reported
I. . . Guess paying for Nintendo's online service has helped them upgrade their server infrastructure?
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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
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Michael Weil
(@michaelweil) reported
@justin_klugh Can confirm this glitch also spread to RBI 2020 for Nintendo Switch.
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New Year's David
(@Daxdiv) reported
I don't know what I find more funnier today between either Nintendo's netcode being *** explained as them using the same service from the GCN days or Stadia letting go of it's developers?
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DeltaChara
(@CharaDelta) reported
There's been nothing but good news from Nintendo today and yet they're trending because people are complaining about an issue that's being fixed. Twitter moment.
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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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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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ikea48
(@ikea48_show) reported
welp…the package from Nintendo is kinda in lingo right now…I talked to Nintendo who said to talk to UPS for the issue, I talk to UPS and they say to talk to Nintendo…ugh I hate cache 22, oh well…it should HOPEFULLY be in @UPS’s hands by today…this stinks
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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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SCBlast
(@SC_Blast) reported
Im thinking about giving up on my bomb level as it's taking too long to build. I really hope I dont have to since I absolutely love the level. Why does nintendo have to shut the servers down :/
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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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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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J-Der: Solo Commission Slot(INACTIVE, PREPARING)
(@fruitgamer02) reported
@ItionoBen I do think that most of Nintendo's releases have been overall good, I suppose it's just interesting to see which parts of their entire system have not as much priority. idk the NEX stuff kind of feels like a "don't fix what ain't broken" thing to me (even though it kind of is)
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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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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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Will Atkinson
(@Karlsberg75) reported
@NintendoEurope Bought a switch 2 days ago and the right joy con no longer connects ! 21 days for Nintendo to fix ? Ridiculous 😠
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Pyo31
(@DriveraberPyo31) reported
@AsrielWithAGun @SentinelCentral Sony, Nintendo, Xbox and Google don’t allow it, Google & Apple have legal issues with Epic right now but why Epic hasn’t sued the rest? Cuz Sony invested 100 million dollars in Epic.
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☠️AgentDead☠️MyTeenRomanticComedy/FN/Apex/CODlover
(@AgentDeadFN) reported
Alright @NintendoAmerica you really need to fix your online literally can’t improve in a online match cuss how bad your online is like literally ridiculous PlayStation and Xbox can make good online just fine how is it that hard for you guys
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Nintendo Fans Complaining About Nintendo
(@AboutNintendo) reported
@40Phenom (if the quality drops due to lack of income it was generating): "Your free online is still bad Nintendo! Why did you make it worse?" (if the quality stays the same or improves): "Why aren't you using the (insert some random service) service? It's what someone else uses!"
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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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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