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Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule with new periods for the weeks of January 1 and January 8. Switch online play will be impacted, as well as a few 3DS games.

Here’s the full schedule:

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Update 4: All of the eShops are back up.


Update 3: Hearing reports that the Switch eShop may have gone down again, or is still down for some. Will continue to monitor.


Update 2: Switch is back up. So currently, Wii U and 3DS are the only systems impacted as of 1:40 PM ET.


Update: Bumped to the top. Wii U and 3DS eShops are now down as well.


Original: Since early this morning, the Switch eShop has been offline. Nintendo hasn’t said what the cause is, but one possibility is an influx of traffic. It’s Christmas after all, and there could be a whole lot of people receiving the system as a gift today.

Nintendo has only said the following about the situation:

Nintendo has another round of game-specific maintenance taking place tomorrow. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo, Pokemon Sun/Moon, and Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon will all be impacted.

The maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 5 PM PT (December 25) – 7 PM PT (December 25)
– 8 PM ET (December 25) – 10 PM ET (December 25)
– 1 AM in the UK (December 26) – 3 AM in the UK (December 26)
– 2 AM in Europe (December 26) – 4 AM in Europe (December 26)

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ARMS will be undergoing a bit of maintenance later tonight. Nintendo will be paving the way for version 5.0.0 during the downtime.

The maintenance period is scheduled for the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT (December 21) – 6:30 PM PT (December 21)
– 7:50 PM ET (December 21) – 9:30 PM ET (December 21)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (December 22) – 2:30 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (December 22) – 3:30 AM in Europe (December 22)

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With the insane amount of online maintenance scheduled for the coming week, something even more has just been added to the pile: Wii U and 3DS Image Share. The full schedule is below.

Wii U and 3DS Image Share
– 6:00 PM PT (December 21) – 9:00 PM PT (December 21)
– 9:00 PM ET (December 21) – 12:00 AM ET (December 22)
– 2:00 AM in the UK (December 22) – 5:00 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 3:00 AM in Europe (December 22) – 6:00 AM in Europe (December 22)

People have been saying that all this coming maintenance may be a precursor to new online methods from Nintendo.

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There isn’t much time remaining in 2017, but Nintendo is gearing up for its busiest week of maintenance this year. A ton of different maintenance periods are planned, affecting individual games, the eShops, and Nintendo’s systems in general. Over a dozen sessions are currently listed.

Here’s the schedule as things stand now:

Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for next week has updated once again, and a bunch of additional games have been added in. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo, Splatoon, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, and Pokemon Sun/Moon will all be impacted early next week.

The maintenance for each game will be taking place at the following times:

– 5 PM PT (December 18) – 7 PM PT (December 18)
– 8 PM ET (December 18) – 10 PM ET (December 18)
– 1 AM in the UK (December 19) – 3 AM in the UK (December 19)
– 2 AM in Europe (December 19) – 4 AM in Europe (December 19)

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be undergoing maintenance tomorrow that will be taking place for several hours. In total, around eight hours of downtime is planned.

Here’s the full schedule:

– 6 AM PT (December 17) – 2 PM PT (December 17)
– 9 AM ET (December 17) – 5 PM PT (December 17)
– 4 PM in the UK (December 17) – 10 PM in the UK (December 17)
– 5 PM in Europe (December 17) – 11 PM in Europe (December 17)

Online services for Pokemon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon will be unavailable later this week as the online servers undergo maintenance. Below are the exact times:

– 4:50 PM PT (December 13) – 12:30 AM PT (December 14)
– 7:50 PM ET (December 13) – 3:30 AM ET (December 14)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (December 14) – 8:30 AM in the UK (December 14)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (December 14) – 9:30 AM In Europe (December 14)

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Nintendo Network

Nintendo updated its maintenance schedule with a new session specific to Wii U. Online services for the system will be impacted tonight / tomorrow.

Here’s the full rundown of times:

– 6 PM PT (December 4) – 7:30 PM PT (December 4)
– 9 PM ET (December 4) – 10:30 PM ET (December 4)
– 2 AM in the UK (December 5) – 3:30 AM in the UK (December 5)
– 3 AM in Europe (December 5) – 4:30 AM in Europe (December 5)

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