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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 12/31/2025 18:25

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Nintendo Switch Online users through our website.

  1. Sign in (47%)

    Sign in (47%)

  2. Online Play (47%)

    Online Play (47%)

  3. Matchmaking (7%)

    Matchmaking (7%)

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 StatesNew Orleans Online Play
United StatesLos Angeles Online Play
United StatesBatesville Online Play
United StatesUpper Marlboro Sign in
South AfricaPretoria Online Play
United StatesLas Vegas Online Play
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Nintendo Switch Online Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Saiyan316 ChaosController316 (@Saiyan316) reported

    @OatmealDome @shadowninja108 How advanced are Nintendo's new server systems that they can detect and connect thousands of players with Sploon 2 carryover data into the same matches with little issue?

  • Mendinso Just Your Local Queer Disabled Bara Furry (@Mendinso) reported

    @qqnosh I was playing the demo and was like "...no, I can't even turn this off". The first thing I did was immediately turn off gyro after the tutorial and that-was-that. Nintendo has a NASTY habit of forcing gyro on by default, causing me issues.

  • HenshinJohn John Snyder (@HenshinJohn) reported

    @AVartwork I feel Nintendo is slightly better as they at least knew to launch their classic games service with their heavy hitters. Meanwhile there's a lot still not a lot present in playstation's

  • WaifuPalace WaifuPalace (@WaifuPalace) reported

    Nintendo Announcing Games for the online service > A New Posted Waifu. It'll probably be better following Nintendo to see what N64 game they'll drop next month.

  • ArchHaunt Arch Haunt (@ArchHaunt) reported

    @mocheccino Although there’s still the argument of Nintendo moving more into the games as a service model since they’re one of the last major gaming companies to not adopt the model

  • lesbyeen HOLY **** BAYO 3 DATE??? (@lesbyeen) reported

    @Splaterialgirl @Jackeroni216 @_CSenpai_ I think even if it was a planned finale Nintendo would push for more, Splatoon has gotten way too big in such a shortish amount of time for them to give up this early unless they’re having BIG problems with it that we aren’t aware of

  • ArchHaunt Arch Haunt (@ArchHaunt) reported

    @mocheccino It could be a move toward more live service games from Nintendo. Since the switch seems to be the console they stick with for a while now. It could be the last splat ion game but that doesn’t mean no more content afterwards

  • Chloesawa_ Chloe ✿ (@Chloesawa_) reported

    @mcfreezy honestly a lot of the games problems arent really the games fault lack of content at launch followed by being dripfed content that shouldve been there at launch is just every nintendo game now

  • copkaaz 🕸 (@copkaaz) reported

    @TAHK0 the fact that most nintendo games follow this formula is what annoys the **** out of me. it’s not a splatoon exclusive problem. they’re all already $60 games, varying in levels of polish. not much to do with the timing of the announcement, just a pre-existing issue.

  • tangoXLIV Best Friend (@tangoXLIV) reported

    @VGC_News As they should. Apple, Amazon, Nintendo, and all others had no problem with this but them.

  • 1KittySillyKat1 k☆tri (@1KittySillyKat1) reported

    i hope nintendo realizes what theyre getting into with a 3 team splatfest playing out in two parts with the added factor of lag from either side

  • skyhaneuul 하늘 (@skyhaneuul) reported

    @asasasa98765 Actually the Nintendo UK and Spain version started yesterday, i think it was an error

  • PSFanView Graham (@PSFanView) reported

    @TAHK0 Nintendo fanboy that not worth 60 dollars that should been add in a Nintendo service ya the true hurts

  • JadedArtistGal Jade (@JadedArtistGal) reported

    Nintendo was never better than everyone else. You just were a stupid kid and felt like they were. Their problems need to be called pit but also don't act like they are exclusive to them and that Nintendo is satan.

  • le_star_child star needs mental stability and actual help (@le_star_child) reported

    @C3Kalem @multiversus 💀 bruh smash is honestly dead and if Nintendo honestly has a problem with having multiversus on its consoles , they lost sight of why they started making the games in the first place

  • TAHK0 TAHK0 ☕️ (@TAHK0) reported

    Now that splatoon 3 just straight up announced new support will end in 2 years, looking back at all the other past games (iirc like splatoon 2, animal crossing, zelda, etc) it looks like 2 years of new content then moving on to the next game is the nintendo live service model

  • AzureRose_OW Azure Rose (@AzureRose_OW) reported

    Ok so Splatoon 3 looks hype, but like Nintendo really brought back Tenta Missiles and Wahoo World. Let’s just hop Tentas aren’t broken again and Whoo isn’t unbareable.

  • EndlessModeLP Endless Mode 🕹🎮🛡 (@EndlessModeLP) reported

    @gwiz210 I think people are just nervous about getting locked into another subscription model. I love the idea of new content, but I'd want it to be good. Nintendo's online service comes to mind for lackluster offerings.

  • Aheony Aheony | floatin ‘round (@Aheony) reported

    @RogerDatSoldier @NintendoAmerica maybe they’ll fix her forehead lmfao

  • artsyomni Omni Jacala (@artsyomni) reported

    @Cheesehead302 @lightdasher Yeah, that's definitely a paradigm that Nintendo doesn't seem to keen to adopt. I personally don't play any other online multiplayer sort of "live service" games so I'm not used to it working any differently than it would for any other kind of game.

  • ANerdNamedJerry jerry (@ANerdNamedJerry) reported

    @tarex02 @camelshitaman you wanna know the difference? nintendo fans dickride breath of the wild until its penis aches but they do not do that with splatoon therefore when splatoon does it it's an issue

  • Ninja_Crash Crash🌈 (@Ninja_Crash) reported

    @DreamcastGuy I genuenly believe that, with how completely broken melee is, it doesn't pass Nintendo's modern QA or compliance

  • ExpungedEzzy101 CEO of CEO’s (@ExpungedEzzy101) reported

    @BulbaWhat98 It’s so dumb that NINTENDO adding NINTENDO DLC CHARACTERS TO the NINTENDO fighting game is an issue because of all these third part obsessed people.

  • KirbyVolt KirbyVolt (KV) @ The Forgotten Land (@KirbyVolt) reported

    Anyone remember that time when Nintendo Power teased the game they'd be covering in their next issue with a picture of a blue sphere and a needle piercing it and said, "hey, it might be Mother 3!" Anyone remember that? They were actually talking about Sonic and the Black Knight.

  • JadedArtistGal Jade (@JadedArtistGal) reported

    Nintendo issues are way overblown and I think it's cause if you grow up with them they're treated as gospel but later you realize they're no better than anyone else and that hits a bit harder than Sony making TLOU ultimate super remastered re-release 55.

  • the_dreemurrs kris dreemurr (they/she)🔞 (@the_dreemurrs) reported

    @eeveeauramgold i will admit i think its less an issue with either the games *or* the controller and more to do with how theyre button mapped i think you could easily map certain games to the gamecube controller in a much better way than nintendo decided to do it

  • Stario_HyDeff 🔲Stario HyDeff🔳 🔞 Virtual IllustratoR 🔞 (@Stario_HyDeff) reported

    @SpacePokemon941 @MadaoJoestar @NintendoAmerica That's true. Like I said, I probably just need to play it. If it ain't broke, no need to fix it. It does offer some new interesting stuff. In a way they feel more like quality of life changes and that's always good.

  • guardiancrisis David Drysdale (@guardiancrisis) reported

    @SilentBun @DanielLinton91 To be fair, at least Nintendo released good classic games for their online service. That said, I still don't get why they haven't released Mario RPG or even games like Ninja Gaiden 2 and 3 or Startropics 2 that were all on WiiU to begin with.

  • koskoscorner christopherkosko (@koskoscorner) reported

    @realEstateTrent Several... Landscaping Product stocking Vending refill Balloon inflation Playground candy sales Nintendo neighboro rentals Baseball card sorting service Bmx and go cart repair Skate deck graphics and hand carving Ramp construction ...oh wait did you mean real businesses?

  • Marie_Memelord Marie The Memelord (@Marie_Memelord) reported

    @NintendoAmerica RePac’s in trouble.