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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

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Nintendo Switch Online Outage Chart 01/23/2026 05:25

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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 (62%)

    Online Play (62%)

  2. Sign in (31%)

    Sign in (31%)

  3. Matchmaking (8%)

    Matchmaking (8%)

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:

  • ImRealPikky Pikky (@ImRealPikky) reported

    @Grindstackgo Right, and what happens in a few years when Nintendo makes a new console and stops supporting the Switch🤔 it’s odd cus they’ve become a Money-Grab type company since the Switch and I don’t get why they wouldn’t bring back VC...wouldn’t that make them more money then the service?

  • KadenN11096700 RandomnessSupreme (@KadenN11096700) reported

    @TheRetroKaiju @NintendoAmerica I have. And it was never a problem for me. It gets fairly exceptable as long as you keep in mind it'll be boring. Also, as far as I saw, won't this still put you into the flight segment? All this does it make it so you don't have to go to a bird statue.

  • Mediluma_ Ertus (@Mediluma_) reported

    Legitimately games that aren't Nintendo games are why I'm playing my switch right now. Whats the ******* point of the switch when in total I've spent enough money to fix or replace **** and I could have just gotten a ****** pc.

  • TheAwesomePika The Awesome Pikachu (@TheAwesomePika) reported

    @Joey5802 nintendo hasnt said anything recently about splat 3 since that last big direct that happened back in feburary of this year so i think this mall is 100% getting in trouble

  • MldGhost GeneralMLD (@MldGhost) reported

    @hawaiinguy808 Only in gaming unfortunately and apparently only PS fans enforce this. Xbox and Nintendo fans have no problems with this. I can’t imagine being made fun of for watching movies that are more then 2 years old.

  • cgbilyeu Cassie Grace (@cgbilyeu) reported

    @StopTweetingMia 80% of my posters were from the middle of my Nintendo Power issues.

  • Reecee_yt Reecee (@Reecee_yt) reported

    @BrownieheroEXE I'm trying to point out Nintendo's obviously flawed business practices, I had absolutely no intention of "manipulating people". As you said, it's your money, buy it, I don't really have a problem with it.

  • its_evan_yeah MagazineSnom (@its_evan_yeah) reported

    @musa_voided Don’t **** talk the best Zelda game ever made just because Nintendo is being ******. There was absolutely no reason to make an HD version of this game and DEFINITELY not to make it $60 again with no new features. Asking for these remakes for games barely old enough is the problem

  • stan_mania Riizeyn_ (@stan_mania) reported

    @awesomelink234 @Reecee_yt Yeah, as scummy as nintendo is charging 60 bucks for a literal ten year old game, it’s the only way to play it for me since i only have a switch even if there are better offers like the new mass effect collection or the ever-loving crash trilogy (fully remaked as well)

  • CelestialCicada reid (@CelestialCicada) reported

    @jtsknight92 What’s your point here? That Nintendo shouldn’t bring beloved and highly requested games to their lackluster online service because -some- fans won’t play them?

  • sarahradz_ Sarah Radz (@sarahradz_) reported

    The problem was complicated and wrapped up in some big feelings; the solution was to promise him a Nintendo Switch if he tried 100 new foods. We have shifted feelings elsewhere (music class, recognizing Big Energy) and can now eat without meltdowns. 🙏

  • SkiffTalks Skiff (@SkiffTalks) reported

    @Nullificationn Chief aint happening. Sakurai has stated before the character has to have appeared on a Nintendo console. So until that rule is broken, I'm assuming its law. Halo Collection on switch maybe?

  • mister_syrup1 Goth Owl IRL (@mister_syrup1) reported

    @ChiliToaster Once again, Nintendo stiffling online distribution to the point of stagnation, requiring you to either cough up their inflated price, or buy hyper inflated physical prices, is entirely at the fault of Nintendo. We dont see this issue with any other platform.

  • Phantomzeo720 Travis (Zeo Suzuki) (@Phantomzeo720) reported

    @DragonNexus Activision & EA constantly destroy their limbs for numerous reasons. I've got plenty of issues w/ Nintendo's tactics but this barely qualifies (since my prior comment still stands) so I don't see why folks are acting like it's mandatory when nobody put weapons to folks' heads.

  • ACherrySodaCan CherrySodaCan (@ACherrySodaCan) reported

    @NickyFretterd @NintendoAmerica and whats the problem

  • Jayy_Lamar15 Tanjirou’s Blacksmith ⚒️ (@Jayy_Lamar15) reported

    @siabxtch They aren’t only because of marketability issues. Every time they released a PSP it got destroyed by Nintendo despite its popularity. So eventually Sony gave up

  • NickyFretterd Nicholas 'Nicky' Fretterd • Buy Miitopia Switch (@NickyFretterd) reported

    @ACherrySodaCan @NintendoAmerica There is no problem.

  • kingbra357 Kingbra357 (@kingbra357) reported

    @Anomaly99596746 IK, wish Nintendo would change the issue.

  • ErickADub ErickADub (@ErickADub) reported

    @DynamoSuperX After what's been going on, I don't want another port again. If you want a old game that badly, boot up your old system, emulate it, buy it online, I DON'T CARE. Even if Nintendo does deliver the goods, there's always a Monkey's Paw like problem that crops up soon after.

  • SatansBestBuddy SatansBestBuddy (@SatansBestBuddy) reported

    @theRazbuten oh no it's totally a problem and they should know better but it's also, like, not a big problem compared to, say, Rockstar having 100 hour work weeks or CD Projeckt giving it's executives huge bonuses for failing to do their jobs in comparison, Nintendo being dumb is fine

  • vavabarb A•B•Iᴺᴹ (@vavabarb) reported

    @Camoolina For most games you do not have to pay to play online, whereas both PS and XBOX (and Nintendo, but fck Nintendo) charge a subscription for online features for most of their games. Also PC allows you to have different sources to buy games from and you have less storage issues

  • cheeto1325 ItzaCheeto (@cheeto1325) reported

    Well I’m pretty pissed at whoever ported Subnautica to the Switch, be it @UnknownWorlds @NintendoAmerica or someone, I’m pissed. I tried playing my 11 and half hour game up, and it crash every time it was in the loading screen. Someone who ported @Subnautica fix your game, please

  • GDPStreams GDP (@GDPStreams) reported

    Power outage update.... the Nintendo switch wasn’t on the charger... it’s getting pretty grim here

  • _chusday ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ʜɪs ᴘᴜʟsᴇ, ʏᴜɢɪ! (@_chusday) reported

    Say what you want about Nintendo but save for the joycon drift I’ve never had trouble making characters move exactly how I want in their video games.

  • PanjaRoseGold Panja (@PanjaRoseGold) reported

    @GameStrikerX2 @Bruh82988838 That's not my main problem, I was just informing you that there's nothing wrong with a guy saying a company's not your friend. Because they're not. Nintendo's actions since the death of Iwata have shown that clearly but it's always been the case.

  • maykannosenpai1 May Kanno (@maykannosenpai1) reported

    And I am getting extremely tired of people saying "Nintendo's such a terrible company, they never do anything good. honestly they should just file for bankruptcy already smh" Okay, if they were to never exist again, the whole video game market would CRASH immediately.

  • CBAlan777 C.B. Alan (@CBAlan777) reported

    @ParabellumSSBU @Dean42459451 @NintendoAmerica First world problems. They didn't give me what I wanted in my video game unless I buy a plastic toy! So scummy!

  • XL_Pharrow Pharrow needs $20,000 (@XL_Pharrow) reported

    @nintendolife As much as I'd love to see that, Nintendo is dragging their ******* feet on this issue. Everyone should just pirate their old games. There's no other way you can signal to them that encourages action, they want people afraid and waiting so they can be thanked for their bullshit.

  • wade_424 wade ━【自動詞】 (@wade_424) reported

    @YaBoiPsy @XradicalD @BoundaryBreak I think Nintendo right now has done some good despite some issues. They wouldn’t be selling the Switch as it is now without doing nothing positive. They’re not just selling towards the hardcore fandom. Getting towards 100 million is no small or simple feat.

  • BradDumb Professional NiGHTS simp (@BradDumb) reported

    @SeafoamGaming Is this about the latinx stuff or the new nintendo things? While the latinx thing is a bigger issue, but it's still not as bad as more recent issues.