Nintendo Switch ‘Parental Controls’ App Returns After An Extended Outage

But some data has been “lost”

by Liam Doolan 25m ago

If you make use of Switch’s parental controls app, you might have noticed the service suffered an outage that lasted for roughly a week.

It seems Nintendo has now restored the service and it should be back up and running again. Unfortunately, playtime data between the 13th – 15th October 2024 has been lost and is unable to be recovered (thanks, OatmealDome).

If you’ve not used this app before, the Parent Controls smart device app is a free app which allows you to link your Switch and “easily monitor what and how your children are playing”. You can also set certain restrictions via the Nintendo Switch directly.

Did you experience this issue at all yourself? Have you ever made use of the parental controls? Let us know in the comments.

[source x.com, via gonintendo.com]

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief.

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