Now down for maintenance.
Updated on 8 January 2021
Last night's release of a Monster Hunter Rise demo appears to have crashed the Nintendo Switch eShop.
Switch owners reported struggles trying to download the demo overnight, and this morning the Switch eShop is currently unreachable in the UK. At the time of writing, attempting to connect to the eShop brings up the following message:
"The server is currently undergoing maintenance. We apologise for the inconvenience. Please try again later.
"See the Nintendo Support website for more information on server status and maintenance schedules: support.nintendo.com/switch/error"
The Nintendo Switch eShop error message currently shown.