Topic: Minecraft Switch Edition does not log into Nintendo Switch online

Hi.

I have been playing Minecraft Switch Edition alone for a while now, but now a friend has gotten the game and it's time to go online. I have an active Nintendo Switch online subscription, I have just now downloaded NES and SNES and it works great. I have also tried Mario Kart with no problems. Still, I am not able to join my buddy when trying to join from "friends online" when he's playing Minecraft (get's error message). I cannot invite him in one of my worlds since the multiplayer area in the in-game menu is greyed and unavailable to choose anything in it. In the menu where you can choose "my worlds", "friends" and "servers" does it say in "friends" that I am not logged in on my Nintendo Switch online account.

After having turned the Switch off and then turning it on after a few minutes, is "login to Microsoft account" the only option in Minecraft's main menu (down to the left).

I have not found any solutions by Google search so I am reaching out to you. Do you know a solution, or do you know if it is possible to login and use a Microsoft account and still play against my buddy with a Nintendo Switch online subscription (Nintendo account)?

Minecraft requires both a NSO subscription and Microsoft Account (which is free to make). Sign in with Microsoft and have you're friend do the same, then you need to friend him on xbox live ( not sure if the game has a native option to do this, so online or the xbox app works). After this, when either of you are in a world, it'll show up in you're friends tab as an option to join. Hope this helps

@MasterJay That was really not user friendly I'll give it a go!

@SwitchmasterFlex Yeah it's kind of a pain, tell me if it works!

Hi guys, having the exact same issue with a mate. We tried with and without logging in to Microsoft accounts. Being logged in to the Nintendo account only, seemed to work at first, then back to the same issue a couple of days later. We have no issue playing Mario Kart or any of the NES/ SNES titles together. Seems like it's a Minecraft bug (It's buggy as hell on switch). Any ideas? I've tried looking at NAT (B) on the router and the download and upload speeds seem fine.

@ReeceJacob Hello! Do you have him friended on Xbox Live, and are you trying to play online, or locally?