A mysterious new online feature is coming to Nintendo Switch, and you can try it out!

Game news A mysterious new online feature is coming to Nintendo Switch, and you can try it out!

A new online feature is coming to Switch, but no one knows what it is

The Switch is at the end of its life, no one doubts that. Launched in 2017 and based on even older hardwarethe hybrid console no longer seems able to carry out Nintendo’s ambitions or satisfy third parties who have until now been very happy to be able to publish part of their catalog. Yet, the Switch is not left in a cornerpainfully waiting for an end that does not come. This year, several original proposals arrived.

In particular, there was a first-party PEGI 18 game called Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, the new The Legend of Zelda which makes us embody the princess, a new Mario & Luigi is on the way and we are waiting for news of Pokémon Legends ZA. From now on, we must also count on this strange functionality, which the Japanese firm has absolutely never talked about. A few hours ago, a strange official page appeared. It concerns Nintendo Switch Online, and is called Playtest Program. We learn that, soon, a new addition to the NSO will appear but that first, it will be necessary test it :

As part of a new addition to the Nintendo Switch Online service offered for Nintendo Switch consoles, we are hosting a test called Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program. We are looking for people willing to participate in this test and who have a Nintendo Switch Online + Additional Pack subscription. Those selected will need to download dedicated software onto their own Nintendo Switch console to be able to participate.

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Register to participate

To participate, several conditions must be met. First of all, it is necessary have an active subscription to Nintendo Switch Online + Additional Pack . Then, you must be at least 18 years old as of October 10, and have a Nintendo account located in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, In Francein Italy or Spain. But even if you meet these conditions, access to the test is not guaranteed. Nintendo counts involve around 10,000 peoplewhich means that it will be necessary apply between October 10 (at 5 p.m.) and October 15 (at 4:59 p.m.)for a test which will take place from October 24 to November 6.

Nintendo specifies that the participants will be drawn in Japan but that elsewhere, everything will be based on the principle of “first come, first served”. If you want to register, follow the link at the given time. However, Nintendo doesn’t say anything, but then rien, of the functionality concerned by this test. So everything is possiblefrom the possibility of creating a playlist of games to play from the NSO catalog to features linked to discussions. The mystery remains, and we wonder what a manufacturer can prepare who is waiting for the right moment to announce their new console.