Nintendo maintenance schedule – December 21, 2025 – Virtual Game Cards affected

Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of December 21, 2025.

Just like last week, only one session has been announced for now. Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch will be affected with some downtime for Virtual Game Cards, though not for very long.

Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of December 21, 2025:

Switch 2 / Switch – Virtual Game Cards (Actions such as loading, ejecting, lending and borrowing virtual game cards, pairing consoles and other related settings)

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

You can keep track of all our maintenance reports here. Thanks to Nintendo for the latest schedule.