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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 01/18/2026 03:35

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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 (47%)

    Online Play (47%)

  2. Sign in (42%)

    Sign in (42%)

  3. Matchmaking (11%)

    Matchmaking (11%)

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • B37448479 floofy poofy (@B37448479) reported

    hey is anyone else having the problem of where u try and join an online game and it says u need a paid membership to nintendo online? like WHY ;-; #SPLATOON #SPLATOON3

  • kobainkhad Kobain (@kobainkhad) reported

    @mrpyo1 After playing Nintendo long enough it's like riding a bike. The only issue is I can't ride a bike so...

  • MegabusMogul G4RY With a 4 (@MegabusMogul) reported

    @InvincibleMo123 @CubeBc an alleged factory issue that would have been resolved with a simple delay in any other kickstater project, but instead they abruptly canned years worth of planning the same week they announced the Nintendo-permitted panda cup 🤔

  • mrowomi nae the *** bae 🎗 official grizzco employee (@mrowomi) reported

    Please tell me the insanely bad lag I just got was Nintendo's servers being **** and not my switch dying?

  • aidenrc12341 Aiden (@aidenrc12341) reported

    @summerahrens yes I play on the Nintendo switch so I will crash the game for us every 10 minutes

  • _sharkbytes 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝘽𝙮𝙩𝙚𝙨. 🦈 (@_sharkbytes) reported

    @IsabelPTJ How are you all missing splashdown. Especially when we talk about tetras, reefslider brings MUCH more mobility, thing that splashdown could never provide plus it already sucks and nintendo KNEW they couldn't fix it in any way cause it's a bad design, a cool one, but still bad.

  • Tailslover20021 🦊𝓣𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓐𝓻𝓽𝓼🦊 (@Tailslover20021) reported

    @fallguyssupport Sorry for tweeting this, because I don't know where I gotta go on your website to report a thing on switch. Problem: The Nintendo Switch version keeps randomly crashing whenever a round is loading or if a round is busy. Can you please fix this?

  • MrKnight21S Mr. Knight (@MrKnight21S) reported

    @samaya28497761 *calls Nintendo because of the dualies being broken*

  • sirthomaspasty Jacob Redmon (@sirthomaspasty) reported

    @NintendoAmerica I was going to buy this, but then I watched gameplay videos on YouTube and the graphics look like a broken Wii game from 15 years ago.

  • Ryobenda Minaree3 💜Commissions Open (@Ryobenda) reported

    hey nintendo can you fix your ****** splatoon 3 servers this is really ******

  • asiacatdogblue Cerulean-Canidae (@asiacatdogblue) reported

    @PsycoTheFrog @FalvoMetro What flaws? What problems did Nintendo have that truly affected the general audience and the world around them? The only one ones who truly ranted about them are the dorks and jerks who never liked them to begin with!

  • herofelicia Nat/Hero (@herofelicia) reported

    Hey! @NintendoAmerica @SplatoonNA Can you guys PLEASE fix the crash that happens occasionally after you disconnect in Salmon Run? It showed up in 1.1.2 and was not fixed in 1.2. It's really sucky! And it happens pretty frequently to me! #splatoon3

  • Nintendogtor Nintendogtor (@Nintendogtor) reported

    @gameloft Disney Dreamlight Valley freezes every time I try and collect my garden veg- please fix!!! This is new since the last patch @NintendoAmerica @BeatemupsWood

  • AgentHowlite HowlFRIGHT (HIATUS) (@AgentHowlite) reported

    @squidbeaksystem Don't worry, what are the chances of another communication error in Splatoon™ 3 for the Nintendo Switch?

  • SMania999 SonicMania999 (@SMania999) reported

    @NextGenPlayer Yeah something's fishy. I don't think GP is doing well enough. It's a better service than PS/Nintendo, but they're adding fewer fun 3rd-party games in 2022 than in 2021 ... despite the fact that 2022 is almost bereft of 1st-party games. Should be growing, but it's contracting.

  • BwickesB upcycled gollum (@BwickesB) reported

    @idealbraintonic If yours drifts Nintendo will fix it for free bc if a lawsuit, you can find more info on their website! U just have to ship it to them

  • Co27_Official Alex Cobalt (@Co27_Official) reported from West Covina, California

    @Glennkinz @N_Officialstore Try using a shipping service, I could DM you the one I use. I don't know if they have Nintendo listed as an available store yet.

  • toonsplats your local ultimate shiver simp!! 💙 (@toonsplats) reported

    @toonyliv nintendo keeps giving me communication errors 😭😭

  • Coomisseur Hentai Enthusiast (@Coomisseur) reported

    @NintendoAmerica Can you issue refunds to everyone that wants one for Splatoon 3? That game is nearly unplayable with the massive amount of disconnects.

  • mrowomi nae the *** bae 🎗 official grizzco employee (@mrowomi) reported

    Please tell me the insane lag I just got was Nintendo's servers and not seitch?

  • IamSpikefire ⬇️🔥 | 🦖🦊 | YoRHa (@IamSpikefire) reported

    @BeeBoiFGC In the most jank way possible lmfaoo -pre-aegis -Charity event -he was just sent to losers, wanted to prove to his stream anyone had a Terry -3 stocked -g2, match nintendo's hard with lag -steal game -talks with mods, hes technically oor cause it was region locked i move on lol

  • ShigoZhihu 志護 (@ShigoZhihu) reported

    @Varg0921Marco Really loving this multiplayer, Nintendo. Love not being able to enjoy the majority of content in the game that I spent $60 on and $20 to $50 annually for the _privilege_ of your broken online service; it's great.

  • mangowhizz Mango Whizz (@mangowhizz) reported

    @ArloStuff All for you standing up for what you believe in, Arlo. But your treatment of Nintendo does really feel like double standards in context, given the widely documented issues there – and the brief mention of it in this video doesn’t really change that.

  • BloodshotBurgil Burgil🔜MFF (@BloodshotBurgil) reported

    Supposedly nintendo improved the connection issues in splat with an update but…it seems exactly the same 🥲

  • DADSV1CT1M bowie !! (@DADSV1CT1M) reported

    we were sitting on a carwash roof and i was NOT getting my nintendo 3ds taken away for getting in trouble with the police

  • realAwwa RealAwwa (@realAwwa) reported

    Also please dear god I’m begging you do not butcher Flounder Heights Don’t do this to us Nintendo and fix all them communication errors pls

  • gameman5804 Gameman5804🔞 Commissions (OPEN!!!) (@gameman5804) reported

    I don’t hate the Switch. But my god, Nintendo doesn’t seem to know what they’re doing with it. They stripped the additional features off, paid online, janky hardware that Nintendo refuses to fix (Joycon Drift), and overall feels soulless.

  • mimaraxx mim (@mimaraxx) reported

    nintendo…fix ur online service

  • realAwwa RealAwwa (@realAwwa) reported

    Anyway FIX MAHI MAHI @NintendoAmerica its so *** rn and might be the worst map in the game - and that says a lot considering Wahoo World is in

  • silxw Silow (@silxw) reported

    @DisneyDLV What about Nintendo Switch crashes?! My game crash like 4-5 times in 1 hour!! Fix the crashes, before fixing anything else. The game is gameless/playless.