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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 03/12/2026 11:00

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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 (64%)

    Online Play (64%)

  2. Sign in (27%)

    Sign in (27%)

  3. Matchmaking (9%)

    Matchmaking (9%)

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 StatesMobile Online Play
ItalyMilan Online Play
SpainAlbacete Online Play
United KingdomManchester Online Play
United KingdomWitney Sign in
United KingdomPreston Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Little_Dragon26 Little Dragon (@Little_Dragon26) reported

    @NintendoAmerica do you plan on making Scarlet/Violet Tera Raids actually playable?! I’ve had three in a row glitch out on me now! The last one was a KO, it was @ ZERO HEALTH but time glitched out & it got away!! This is so disappointing & frustrating to see from the franchise…

  • FromTheMazes Matron's Mazed Malaguld💎🐍 (@FromTheMazes) reported

    @Sigilynk But with Xenoblade, the curse was broken. With Nintendo's full backing, a masterpiece was made, and a beloved franchise was actualized. My teenage self, playing Xenogears in 1999, is screaming "I TOLD Y'ALL"

  • sentences424 SentencesRTA (@sentences424) reported

    Back at SGDQ you nintendo luigi is having outages and I think wow I gotta take a nap any% have is broken so rip my spirit

  • Ant_onio45 Ant-onio 45 (@Ant_onio45) reported

    My Nintendo switch continues to freeze and tell me an error has occurred. Great Christmas gift, I'll continue to try to fix it.

  • PondUnderscore_ Pond_🎗📼 GENLOSER ARC (@PondUnderscore_) reported

    @Ruuggs_ SURE!!! AS SOON AS MY SWITCH IS FIXED AND I GET NINTENDO ONLINE (you can see I have run into some issues)

  • TheVGMLover Vee, The VGM Lover (@TheVGMLover) reported

    @Avarith_Grey One reason I stick with Nintendo, especially now I got my own little gaming PC: They got serious problems of their own, but with their hardware, they always at least try to make it more than just an underpowered PC or tablet.

  • benzac_blue VicToRia (@benzac_blue) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I deleted or archived games for the switch so my kids can download fortnite… We didnt have enough space for Fortnite, so now, when we try to put ANY game card in, we get a read error.. How can we fix? TY

  • FalineButBrogle Faline San But Brogle (@FalineButBrogle) reported

    cus i dont know the login to the nintendo account that has all the digital stuff i bought saved on it so idk what to do

  • SmDavid94 David Mihai (@SmDavid94) reported

    @NintendoUK My brother-in-law received a Nintendo Switch for Christmas. My partner who is her brother is 9 years old. We will be setting parental control for him. When we log in for the first time on the console, do we use my partner's login details or the child's?Really confused

  • MadHouseGameing The_Hatter (@MadHouseGameing) reported

    @NintendoAmerica can yo PLEASE fix the draw distance? other games can have way longer draw distance then the new pokemon games so theres no reason they should.

  • Koutanabby Juni, pretty puppyboy!!!!! 💋💜💋 (@Koutanabby) reported

    . WARNING! AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED. PLEASE TURN OFF THE SYSTEM AND REFER TO THE NINTENDO GAMECUBE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET FOR MORE INFORMATION.

  • R_Orzechowski Richard Orzechowski (@R_Orzechowski) reported

    @jimmyfailla Pretty sure I just witnessed Lincoln crash his Nintendo Switch into a stop sign, so you might be in for a bumpy ride home. Merry Christmas Faillas.

  • Haunter1957 ThatGhostTrainer🐀 (@Haunter1957) reported

    @TailsFiraga Ooh 8bitdo controller fun times indeed... may need to update that bad boy (Nintendo support causes problems for it and they update to purposely brake them.)

  • patricknotirl patrick (@patricknotirl) reported

    nintendo wii broken

  • lessthanthrreee SLAYTER🖤🗡 (@lessthanthrreee) reported

    @CringeDrainer send em to nintendo the fix joycon drift for free but ups shipping cost me like 5 doubloons

  • Koutanabby Juni, pretty puppyboy!!!!! 💋💜💋 (@Koutanabby) reported

    . WARNING! AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED. PLEASE TURN OFF THE SYSTEM AND REFER TO THE NINTENDO GAMECUBE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET FOR MORE INFORMATION.

  • FalineButBrogle Faline San But Brogle (@FalineButBrogle) reported

    @chinathethird alr thats expected however i have zero clue what the login to my main nintendo account is because we made it like 5 years ago and it was never saved in anyones phone and is likely sitting in the back page of a notebook in the ocean somewhere

  • havokagi Havokagi (@havokagi) reported

    @ProChara Also, Crab is the worst offender of any special currently, and it's still not nearly as broken as even Armor was in 2. In high level play, yes, it's three ***** and Tenta, but in S and S+ (which IMO is what Nintendo should be balancing around first and foremost) it's really not-

  • Gleam_Oria My Rentorar: Ori (@Gleam_Oria) reported

    @ThatWolfWizard Idk if it’s from size based hardware limitations or if Nintendo just thinks it’s passable but their handling of basically every online service they run makes me feel like it’s the latter

  • DemonBlueDays Tom Williams (@DemonBlueDays) reported

    @ZON02590579 @Xbox_Nati0n @JayDubcity16 Its been obvious for a while, but then again I should be able to see the patterns a mile off gaming since 1991. Problem is MS want to keep the flames fanned and Sony won't have another gaming company slap then in the face like Nintendo did.

  • GhibliFan93 Joey Ford (@GhibliFan93) reported

    @283_mr @nintendolife Even though, it's required to have an online account in order to play any of Nintendo's retro games via NSO. Meaning that once the service is discontinued like shut down, that's it, you can't play those games anymore. Complete utter bullshit!

  • KalynJames20 Kalyn James (@KalynJames20) reported

    @NintendoAmerica you need fix pokemon violet because when pokemon attacks me it seems to go first then my pokemon dies then go first agin

  • funkyboymv uncle stinky (@funkyboymv) reported

    the colour for green eyes sucks a lot @nintendo @pokemon fix this

  • Aliceinwunderl3 Aliceinwunderland (@Aliceinwunderl3) reported

    It's amazing how Pokémon Violet is more broken at launch than Cyberpunk 2077 (at least on Stadia) and yet they get away with it because Pokémon/Nintendo.

  • ded No I Diaz 🤷🏻 (@ded) reported

    @Gentso09 @alexandr_wang Yeah — I’m sure Nintendo was thinking about instant gratification when they built Zelda, a game that takes 80 hours to complete with a several decades long story line. It sparks creativity, problem solving, exploration, coordination, and imagination.

  • BlackJordan5 A Christmas BeeJ 🤶🏾 (@BlackJordan5) reported

    realized i forgot my nintendo switch at home after i got to my parents house and i’m going to make it everyone’s problem

  • VatoLoco722 Brown Pride ✊🏽 (@VatoLoco722) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Who's in charge of Splatoon 3 servers u think u guys would care enough to fix em instead of all this crashing trying to find a match online

  • GuyFiery16 Guy Fiery (@GuyFiery16) reported

    @TroyLaclaire @saltedbeardman @SebGorka Left, right. Left, right, up down, a, b, select, start. You all sound like my 7 year old cousin playing Nintendo. Smfh! Extreme left and right is the problem.

  • lukeyp95 lukeyp95 (@lukeyp95) reported

    Nintendo continuing to miss all the tricks in not working with Fizzi to implement this into a melee port or introduce a proper tanked for ultimate (but first improving the dreadful online that that game has)

  • coldcoastpro Coldcoastmusic541 (@coldcoastpro) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Too many parts to this system that break… just like the last 2 Nintendo systems… love the games but I really don’t like all the moving parts to the controllers snapping on and off to play with friends then boom broken controller!! Simplify your console.