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Nintendo Switch App
Nintendo Co., Ltd. · 76,800 ratings · ★ 3.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 43 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"switch"
10 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "why is picture sharing limited to the switch 2... straight up ridiculous" - Kumi Yubi
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"nintendo"
8 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app is incredibly limited without Nintendo Online, basically USELESS other than chatting with your friends. The process of signing up takes longer than cooking eggs." - Javi
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The app never opens correctly, sometimes loading in with multiple error cache messages and then will just crash.
just download it to play Tomchi life living the dream until I couldn't find it all thinking of buying a real Nintendo 😅
why is picture sharing limited to the switch 2... straight up ridiculous
QR code scanning for Auto build does not work. You try to scan it and you'll be waiting and nothing happens. The same happens even if you take a picture of the QR code and scan the image instead. A very bad UX for something essential to the main Switch 2 experience.
I'm trying to play a game but I can't I think there's something wrong with your app Nintendo
i dont have a switch 2 and my youtube is permanently broken no matter how many times i try to fix the time and internet the app forces me into the switch 2 format and my nintendo cant get youtube working anymore it says i still have youtube even though ive deleted it and tried to re-download it it will never let me because it just says "already downloaded" like are you kidding me
very very bad no! my child could not play games case every time she signs in it always says error could not sign in I try to see if there's something wrong nothing I don't like this app my child was so sad that she could not play with her friends I don't know if there's something wrong with this app but fix it somehow 👎
I keep getting an error message when I try to log in it just crashes.
Really mediocre functionality for 2026.
the Nintendo app and sign in is awful fix it so that way people can actually use this and help their kids out this is Pokémon go level awful more specifically it's the username versus email address problem the date of birth part never works either when you say forgot username and password it just refreshes and kisses off
Only Switch 2 has the advantage. OLED and below do not benefit from this app. For example, upload pictures/video feature.
Sign in button greyed out. I cannot log in. No problem on login in from browser...
the functionality of sending photos was previously accompliahed with no app through a wifi connection to a smartphone. that function now requires this app and that is a unbeleivably stupud and anti consumerist move.
nooklink error, you're connected to the internet, but we're going to tell you you're not.
if I could get a 0 star I would
too greedy
nintenDONT!
Cannot log in!
It used to be on speaker and now it's like a private call, can't talk to anyone.
I just wished that it would properly like stick war saga
stupid and boring for losers
I do not know how to play
I TRIED TO DOWNLOAD IT LIKE 6 OR 7 TIMES AND IT DIDN'T WORK!!!!!!!
doesn't work
TERRIBLE APP
between this app being bad and what I’m about to say, good riddiance: You killed your company by saying your raising switch 2 prices to $499. Well done, ever here the song dumb ways to die because your company is about to.
I just got this app so I could chat with friends I make on a new online game on my switch. Sadly so far I have not yet been able to use it at all because I put in username and right password, it won't work, I try my email address with the right password, it still won't work. I tried it all on my actual switch console and it works, so why can't I get this thing to work? I'm pretty disappointed and about to delete this app from my phone if it can't be fixed.
they should call it the nintendo switch 2 app, only works on switch 2
bring back pokénational you greedy pigs! you can't keep striking fan content!!
nowhere on the information does it make it clear that the upload feature for seeing screenshots only works for the switch 2. would have been helpful to know this before installing the app. I wanted to use it for screenshots, so not useful.
so good
This system is a lie every time I try to get a picture off of my or a video off of my switch to and just fails all of the youtube videos , stupid
You're slow
NookLink is the only service not working for me but it is the sole reason I downloaded this app. No matter what I do it's stuck infinitely loading. I don't know what bugs they "fixed" but it 100% wasn't this one.
It won't let me upload screenshots and videos from Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream!
This app needs to fix the bug that causes it to open a non-functional blood blank grey screen when you open it, requiring a force stop to fix. It's extremely irritating.
The app is incredibly limited without Nintendo Online, basically USELESS other than chatting with your friends. The process of signing up takes longer than cooking eggs.
This app could do so much more. More useless than useful.
randomly stopped working for me a few months ago?
Sucks Horribly! Do Not Recommend Until Nintendo Has Charm Again And A Good President As Good As Itawata, Nintendo You Lost The Biggest Princess Peach Fan In The World Because You Recasted Her, So Bye Bye Nintendo Until You're Actually Good Again And Care About Your Fans.
Allow for managing games like currently installed and downloading demos. useless unless primarily used for playing online. thanks
Please add the function for this app to access the eshop. It would be much convenient for us if this app would notify us if a game on our wishlist is on sale.
if you don't have a Nintendo switch 2 then don't even think about it
Sentiment summary
69%
Positive (4-5★)
7%
Neutral (3★)
24%
Negative (1-2★)