Nintendo Switch Online

3.8
71.6K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this app

The Nintendo Switch Online app enhances your online gameplay experience on your Nintendo Switch™ system. With this app, you can access game-specific services, view your online friends, and use voice chat during online play—all of which allow you to get even more out of online play.

Note: A Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) is required to use certain features of this app.

◆ Software with game-specific services:

 ・ Splatoon™ 3
   ・ Check the online status of friends playing Splatoon 3
   ・ View detailed results from battles or Salmon Run
   ・ Check the upcoming Stage Schedule

 ・ Animal Crossing™: New Horizons
   ・ Send custom designs made in Animal Crossing
    titles for the Nintendo 3DS™ family of systems to
    Animal Crossing: New Horizons
   ・ Use your smartphone to input chat messages
    for in-game communication
   ・ Check whether your Best Friends are online

 ・ Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate
   ・ View posted videos
   ・ Queue up user-created stages for downloading to your game
   ・ View notifications about upcoming events

 ・ Splatoon™ 2
   ・ View detailed results from battles or Salmon Run
   ・ Check rankings and stage schedules

◆ View your online friends
You can see which of your friends are online from your smartphone—and which games they're playing. You can even send friend requests right from the app!

Note: Some friend features, like adding friends, can only be accessed from a Nintendo Switch system.

◆ Use voice chat during online play
From this app, you can join in on voice chat while playing supported software online. By using the app, your voice-chat status will be automatically synced with the game status—and in games that support team battles, like Splatoon 3, you can choose to chat with just the players who are on your team.

Attention:
● Nintendo Account age 13+ required to access some online features, including voice chat and social-networking services.
● Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) required to use certain features.
● Nintendo Switch system and compatible Nintendo Switch software required to use voice chat and other features.
● Compatible smartphone required.
● Persistent Internet connection required.
● Data charges may apply.
● May include advertising.

Nintendo Switch Online is not available in all countries. Terms apply.
Visit www.nintendo.com/switch-online for more information.

QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED in JAPAN and other countries.

User Agreement: https://accounts.nintendo.com/term_chooser/eula
Updated on
Jun 4, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.8
63.7K reviews
Carly Snell
July 16, 2024
The animal crossing nooklink app thing keeps freezing, then it can't be opened again (it just stays on the loading screen). I've tried closing/restarting the app and even restarting my phone. The only thing that fixes it is uninstalling and reinstalling the entire Nintendo app, but this only allows me to use the app for a minute or two before it happens again. Very annoying; makes this app useless for me.
68 people found this review helpful
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Ren
July 29, 2024
I have a Nintendo Switch online subscription and cannot in any way sign-in or use the app. It does let me sign-in, then say "select an account" but after I actually select an account nothing happens, no matter how long I wait or how much I click it. Makes big part of the subscription useless. For Nintendo this is pathetic.
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See_Monkey_Do
July 29, 2024
I like the app but I would also like it to be able to connect to other types of games not just Nintendo as long as the game is designed for multi player games like Palia, Minecraft and many other games like those allowing either voice or text chatting more easier for example Minecraft has chat Nintendo switch online could make it so you can chat with other players as well as use any of the emotes that you can get but only the ones that you have listed
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What's new


Bug fixes implemented.