The entire Nintendo Switch services and servers are down, and fans are not happy at all. On December 8th, 2021 at 12:35 AM JST, Nintendo informed the fans about this issue. Nintendo posted on their Twitter account and its website about the issue. This server outage is affecting Nintendo eShop access, online gaming, cloud savings, and many more.
利用しているサーバー「Amazon Web Services（AWS）」の障害により、ニンテンドーeショップやNintendo Switchのネットワークサービスが正常に稼動しておりません。
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— 任天堂サポート (@nintendo_cs) December 8, 2021
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switchオンラインもAWSね🤣「Nintendo Switch Online」を含むネットワークサービスで障害が発生 復旧までしばらくかかる見込み（ねとらぼ） https://t.co/8VxJjnbD8M
— 日本の今そこにある危機 (@corata65) December 8, 2021
[Server Outage]
Nintendo uses Amazon Web Services to host Nintendo Switch Online, so they are being affected by the AWS outage in the Eastern US region (us-east-1).
The issue has been ongoing for around ~2 hours now, but Amazon says there is “some signs [of] recovery”. https://t.co/IWqDbwkp5v
— SantamealDome 🎁 (@OatmealDome) December 7, 2021
Soooooo #NintendoSwitch uses AWS, i take it… pic.twitter.com/ggSqTPRHJC
— bex (@ya_grrrl_bex) December 8, 2021
AWS outage got shit so fucked up I can't even play Nintendo Switch online. 🤷
— Agent J 🍿🍿🍿 🇺🇲 (@AgentJ386) December 8, 2021
This server outage is also affecting other Nintendo consoles services. As fans can’t access the eShops in Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, fans must be thinking that there’s something wrong with the Nintendo servers, but there’s nothing wrong with their servers. It seems like the server is down because of Amazon Web Services Technologies (AWS).
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For the fans who are not aware of Amazon Web Services Technologies (AWS); it’s a division of the popular e-commerce giant Amazon. That provides online services like cloud computing platforms, servers and storage, and many more to other tech companies. And unfortunately, Nintendo also uses AWS for its server hosting.
More details about the server outages and problems that fans are facing in Nintendo games
Currently, all the fans are very frustrated about this server outage. Because they are facing connectivity issues in the Nintendo games. For example, fans won’t be able to visit other islands in the Animal Crossing game.
As they won’t be able to connect to the airport itself. And apart from Animal Crossing, fans are also facing these issues in other games like Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Super Smash Bros., and many more.
omg, I can't play Super Metroid because the AWS outage brought down Nintendo's online service. I guess this is why I have been investing in original retro hardware (and plan to get the MiSTer at some point). #NintendoSwitch #AWSOutage pic.twitter.com/kemoVmfHfa
— Dylan Martin (@DylanLJMartin) December 8, 2021
You know Nintendo Switch Online has been down all day today?
eShop, cloud saves, online play, downloading a patch or game, everything is down.
Thanks to Amazon AWS being down.— Master System 🍁 Marceau (@SMS_8bit) December 8, 2021
When canvas is down so I can’t study, but Nintendo switch online is also down so I can’t even procrastinate pic.twitter.com/RBuL4wQeS6
— joe (@joe_etch) December 7, 2021
Nintendo Switch Online is so bad it can't even trend on Twitter when the service has been down all day
— Vooks 🍂💀 (@kelvooka) December 8, 2021
I never thought that the Nintendo switch online server being down would be something I complained about. But here we are.
— Ellie Hinchliffe (@realbillybibbit) December 7, 2021
Nintendo online is down. I just wanna play Animal Crossing with people 🥺 #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/hJpWPfzecL
— 🎄❄️Karissa❄️🎄 (@Miss_Nerd_Queen) December 8, 2021
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Server outages are very common in the gaming industry, especially during the holiday or festive seasons. When the servers are overloaded with a lot of traffic. However, these outages don’t last for a very long time as the devs fix them within some time. But, this server outage is breaking records because it’s already been around 12 hours. 12 hours is a significant amount of time for any server outage, especially for a tech giant like AWS. And it seems like Amazon still didn’t resolve this issue yet. Know more about the server outage, here.
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