Nintendo Launches Another Switch Online Test Program For 40,000 Players

Nintendo has posted a telephone for participants for different Playtest Program, and this time, it's looking for 40,000 testers and not conscionable 10,000 for illustration successful nan first one. If you'll recall, Nintendo looked for 10,000 participants for nan first Playtest arena past twelvemonth to trial an unnamed, mysterious Switch Online feature. The caller programme still only welcomes progressive Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members, but arsenic you'd expect, it now supports some nan original Switch and nan Switch 2.

Interested participants must beryllium astatine slightest 18 years old, and their Nintendo accounts must beryllium registered successful 1 of these regions: Japan, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Mexico. They tin motion up individually aliases successful groups of up to 4 people, whose information will beryllium partially shared betwixt each other. Nintendo will take participants successful Japan done a raffle and will judge testers from different regions connected a first travel first service basis. The institution will take applications from July 18 astatine 6PM Eastern until July 21 astatine 11AM Eastern time.

While Nintendo didn't opportunity what nan participants will beryllium doing, it noted successful nan announcement that it will beryllium a "test of nan aforesaid service" that was besides tested successful October 2024. The institution has yet to formally denote that service, but erstwhile participants had revealed that Nintendo had them play a Minecraft-like game that involves utilizing blocks to build structures. Users could play pinch different group successful nan game's shared world if they want, which is astir apt why willing players tin use arsenic a group.