Switch 1.6 Local Co-Op - Failing to Join Game

[CornIsLife]

When starting a new local co-op game on Switch, other players are unable to join. The hosted game appears in the join menu, but attempting to join fails and you are taken back to the main menu. There is no error message that appears.

We tried starting a few different new farms and adjusting the variables (Maps, settings) but ran into the same issue.

Curious if anyone else is experiencing this?

 

[CornIsLife]

After some research, found a fix via reddit. This worked for both of us!

https://old.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1gjrp95/coop_broken_switch/

If you’re doing local, have BOTH switches go into the internet settings and turn auto connect off. Disconnect from the internet and turn off your switch by holding down on the power, NOT selecting power off. When they turn back on, hop straight into stardew and try again.

 

[Thanks4thehelp]

This worked. Thanks for doing the research! The wife and I were able to play. Saved our marriage

 

[Thanks4thehelp]

After some research, found a fix via reddit. This worked for both of us!

https://old.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1gjrp95/coop_broken_switch/

 

[Zekro_3300]

Me and my GF played local co-op for a few days then randomly it just stopped working for some reason.
I tried restarting both switches and made sure they were updated as well and this still did not fix it.
After a bunch of testing I did manage to figure it out, this is how:

1. Open your farm as a local co-op hosted server
2. Go to Robin, buy another Cabin, and build it on your farm.
3. Sleep and progress your world to the next day, let it save, then close the world
4. Re-host the farm as a local co-op, give it a few seconds, then on the 2nd switch you should be able to connect now.