Hi All, @PledgedRanger ,
This island 7385-3224-0691 now working in 36.30 on NS 1
The Game was cooked and tripped out after 5 minutes. On restarting in the lobby this time the download was quick and the server was found in 20 seconds.
Every time you play this is downloaded then the server and looks for the Matchmaking server and is always successful.
The video runs smoothly at the start and plays the game for 15 minutes
BTW This is loading from NW-CENTRAL not Europe, which seems to be causing Matchmaking error 1 at the moment 30th July 2025 18:00 UTC
Update 31st July 2025
reset Matchmaking to Europe and this Island fails Matchmaking. Went back to NA-CENTRAL restarted Fortnite on NS1 with this island worked first time
Summary
If you want to get your newly published Public Island working on all Nintendo Switch Select matchmaking region NA-CENTRAL. This may take 6 minutes preparing to download first time build/cook your island and finding the matchmaking server, but will load will run.
The Preparing download only happens once and anyone else will get instant download, this applies to each major update. NA-CENTRAL is about 20 seconds matchmaking.
Europe matchmaking preparing download breaks after 2 minutes Nintendo.