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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%)
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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 |
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 Asunción |
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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nncvbn
(@nncvbnGame) reported
@NintendoAmerica The R4 is here for this problem I guess
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DayBreak (Comms Open)
(@goldendustfox) reported
@TheUncleAlShow Nintendo wants to stop pirates? Offer a better service, that'll be a good start.
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Kentro
(@KentroSN) reported
@s1gma_mAle @WhiteTwits @NintendoAmerica The problem here is the fact that Nintendo does not make their 3Ds games available on the Switch, and save-data is thus system based. For example, someone who wants to play all the Pokemon games could do so with the unlimited market of the 3Ds E-Shop. Now, only physical games.
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Mango The Magician
(@Mango_Magician) reported
@BasilTheLeafeon Yeah it sucks, but the point is is it didn't start with the Switch. NSO isn't to blame for the service being rebooted multiple times, it's moreso a matter of Nintendo trying to keep interest in these games, by treating them as something to look forward to.
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－ＤＦＮＴＬＹ－
(@DFNTLYsmthng) reported
So Apple intentionally damages older phones for newer ones and get into legal trouble. Okay (correct if wrong). And then Nintendo just deletes their eShops from older consoles for the Switch. No legal trouble?
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Shrilleth🦎baby mode PFP💛(Stan John Boyega)🦎
(@severn_studios) reported
@2WayIntrsctn @VortexofFlames @NintendoAmerica nuh uh uh, this isn't a service, this is virtual console, so it's individual games that you decide whether or not you want to purchase.
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Angel (Professional Petite Women Appreciator)
(@HoboTheSequel) reported
@Trashqueen_01 Don't think there's much issue with new ones I have a New 3ds and hacked it no problem, it's easy and let's you forget about depending on Nintendo.
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Fish N' Company
(@3FishAtFNC) reported
@snarkysunbro Well I didn't necessarily think of DS stuff since of the issues you mentioned, if Nintendo ever did another DS of some sort I'd love to see those titles make it over there. I was mainly referring just the other WiiU/VC titles.
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Magic
(@magiclrw) reported
@kooliskey @slauricella11 @JeffGrubb everyone knows Sony and Nintendo make great games at full MSRP, however when Xbox offers games at the same quality or better on their subscription service what is the move then? it's undeniable that Game Pass is the future the way Netflix was over a decade ago
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Peasant
(@Peasantroyal1) reported
@the_blue_banjo @AboutNintendo Yeah. I've had people respond to me in the past saying **** like "it's a product error. Nintendo isn't involved" and some other nonsense.
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Not Big Surprise
(@nbsurprise) reported
@NintendoAmerica you don't combat the issue by lashing out at people and making them pay exorbitant lawsuits, you combat the issue by tackling the causes and actually giving people a way to legally get titles they otherwise wouldn't, without having to pay for the same game every time you reopen-
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Yulikitten Vtuber 18+ ONLY
(@yulikitten) reported
@VaushV If Nintendo really wants to kill the Wii U, fine, but release a service either on PC or Switch that let's us play older games. FFS, this isn't rocket science. I love your systems, Nintendo, I have a Wii U for a reason, but JFC.
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jeffystreet (Cave Johnson arc)
(@RVL_101) reported
@JolanJoestar Yeah. The Xbox 360 sort of has a similar issue where you have to format USB storage before it can be used with the console, BUT you were allowed to set how much space the 360 formatted for use, and just leave the rest of the drive/disk untouched! Shame that Nintendo didnt do that
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Anwar Lahnin
(@lahnin_anwar1) reported
@NeoGameSpark Now say THAT about Sony and Microsoft negligence and terrible customer service, oh what I already know you won't, so don't reply and waste more time. Life is short. Part of the problem or solution. You hate NINTENDO so much, actually file a complaint review. Again don't bother..
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EdwardMuth
(@EdwardjMuth) reported
@klutzyAfternoon Uggggh…. @NintendoAmerica fix your joy-con drift issues!!!!!!!
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HORROROSA | COMMISSIONS CLOSED
(@soyhorrorosa) reported
anyhow even if i got a new nintendo ds game within the year to replace the broken one, i wouldn’t be able to redownload my fe fates dlcs? this blows! 🤮
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Tiger Lily! 🏳️⚧️ ➡️⬇️↘️➡️+👊
(@NormaDean) reported
@AidenRS139 STAR FOX! Please Nintendo fix its Godaweful controls and make it a real game that people can actually enjoy! 😫
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Currently addicted to Carby (she/her)
(@s1gma_mAle) reported
@KentroSN @WhiteTwits @NintendoAmerica I understand that I just don't really care as it doesn't affect me. The only 3DS game I care about is Majora's Mask 3D and I have a physical copy of that so I just engage in the debate for sport. I can see why it's a problem for some people it just doesn't really matter to me.
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itkovian
(@slauricella11) reported
@JeffGrubb I just feel like we all know what we’re getting when we buy a PlayStation. Just like we know what we get with Nintendo. It’s about games. I don’t have faith in them providing any type of service or subscription at this point.
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Vohris
(@Vohris_) reported
@cloudy_mellows I plan to. Money isn’t the issue so much as it is Time. If I had all the time in the world to purchase these, I’d hold off. But, since the Switch will inevitably be left behind by Nintendo, and scalped to death on eBay…. i might as well collect while I can now.
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Currently addicted to Carby (she/her)
(@s1gma_mAle) reported
@thetreyceratops @NintendoAmerica Idk, and tbh I don't really care about game preservation but I can see that point as to why this is a problem even if it won't affect me. The reason they're so bad at it isn't really incompetence, just that they know they'll get away with it. (1/2)
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Corvak
(@Corvak) reported
@zerogouki_ If Nintendo had one tiny ounce of foresight, this would not be a problem. But they don’t. They reinvent the damned wheel every bloody time, instead of building a platform that exists independently from hardware.
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allie 🏳️⚧️
(@AllisonFleisch) reported
i realize that nintendo has to take servers down sometime but it's so frustrating that they're so disinterested in preserving their back catalog in any other way. the video game industry in general is really bad about this
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Brian Hogan
(@BrianPaulHogan) reported
@SSGSSHDGamer @NintendoUSAreal Do people just not be vocal when companies do ****** things like this? The problem is the fact that Nintendo doesn't make these games accessible, and then on top of that actively try and make it harder to find these games online. People shouldn't just let this **** slide.
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𝕎𝕖𝕓𝕫
(@webz_tbh) reported
Nintendo don’t know how good they have it , there are people who emulate and pirate games that have no problem giving you money to play them , but you don’t want our money
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Sith_happens
(@Orangejoe82) reported
@MetroidDatabase Can we just have the old eshop back where we can buy the games we want and not be tied to a subscription? Nintendo hasn’t added and new NES games in months. Most companies like Konami put out their own anthologies. The subscription service is pointless.
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itkovian
(@slauricella11) reported
@JeffGrubb I just feel like we all know what we’re getting when we buy a PlayStation. Just like we know what we get with Nintendo. It’s about games. I don’t have faith in them providing any type of service or subscription at this point.
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🪐Jovian🌙
(@JovialEclipse) reported
Is it ANY concidence that Nintendo decided to nuke the Wii U and 3DS eShop after they announced that Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings is coming to Switch Online and the only way to buy the games without the ****** service is on Wii U and New 3DS?I thought that was interesting
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The Twerkinator
(@Tactical_Myth) reported
@MetroidDatabase It wouldn't be a big deal if they gave us an alternative, which they're constantly hesitant to do so. It's not just the problem of shutting down the shops, rather Nintendo's lack of care in preservation as a whole.
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Doc
(@Doc_Blocked97) reported
@GirlyWolfPup Because if companies like Nintendo have such a problem with emulators. Then it should be their priority to offer a decent enough alternative for fans to legally play their classic games. Completely cutting off their only legal way to play certain games is anti consumer as hell.