Nintendo maintenance schedule – October 18, 2026 – downtime for Switch 2 and Switch, plus 3DS
Posted on October 18, 2026 by Brian(@NE_Brian)
in News, Switch, Switch 2
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of October 18, 2026.
A number of new sessions have been added to the schedule. There are now four periods coming this week, and while most involve Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch, there’s one for 3DS as well.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of October 18, 2026:
3DS – online play of some software
– 7 PM PT (October 19) – 9 PM PT (October 19)
– 10 PM ET (October 19) – 12 AM ET (October 20)
– 3 AM in the UK (October 20) – 5 AM in the UK (October 20)
– 4 AM in Europe (October 20) – 6 AM in Europe (October 20)
Nintendo eShop – using prepaid funds cards, using download codes
– 8:45 PM PT (October 19) – 1 AM PT (October 20)
– 11:45 PM ET (October 19) – 4 AM ET (October 20)
– 4:45 AM in the UK (October 20) – 9 AM in the UK (October 20)
– 5:45 AM in Europe (October 20) – 10 AM in Europe (October 20)
Nintendo eShop – using credit card (including child Nintendo Account creation in US)
– 9 PM PT (October 19) – 1 AM PT (October 20)
– 12 AM ET (October 20) – 4 AM ET (October 20)
– 5 AM in the UK (October 20) – 9 AM in the UK (October 20)
– 6 AM in Europe (October 20) – 10 AM in Europe (October 20)
Switch 2 / Switch – network services (acquiring stage data, etc.)
– 11 PM PT (October 21) – 12:30 AM PT (October 22)
– 2 AM ET (October 22) – 3:30 AM ET (October 22)
– 7 AM in the UK (October 22) – 8:30 AM in the UK (October 22)
– 8 AM in Europe (October 22) – 9:30 AM in Europe (October 22)
You can keep track of all our maintenance reports here. Thanks to Nintendo for the latest schedule.
