Message: “Your Connection With the Other Player is Unstable.”
Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo Switch - OLED Model
Follow these steps if you receive the message "Your connection with the other player is unstable. This may affect gameplay" while playing an online game from the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, SEGA Genesis, or Nintendo GameCube classic game libraries.
Before you start
- An active Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to access the Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics, Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics, and Game Boy - Nintendo Classics game libraries.
- An active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership is required to access the Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Classics, Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics: MATURE 17+, SEGA Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online, Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Classics, Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics, and Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics game libraries. The Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics library is exclusively playable on Nintendo Switch 2.
Possible solutions
- If you are playing a game from the Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics library, turn on low-latency mode for the game.
- Troubleshoot the Internet connection on your Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch console.
