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Nintendo Testing New Feature for Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Testing New Feature for Nintendo Switch Online - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 October 2024 / 3,713 Views

Nintendo announced it will be testing a new feature for Nintendo Switch Online. 

Current Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members that are at least 18 years of age and live in Japan, US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain can apply to join the test here. articipants from outside of Japan will be chosen on a first-come-first-serve basis, while participants from Japan will be chosen via raffle.

The application period starts on October 10 at 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET and ends on October 15 at 7:59 pm PT / 10:59 pm ET. 

The playtest period starts on October 23 at 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET until November 5 to 4:59 pm PT / 7:59 pm ET. 

It isn't known what feature Nintendo is testing. 


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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3 Comments
Pajderman (on 10 October 2024)

Some kind of language test? It includes the countries of Europe that usually get versions of games translated into their languages.

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G2ThaUNiT Pajderman (on 10 October 2024)

I don't think so. You need to have the Expansion Pack to even participate. At least I hope that's not it lol. I just signed up. Looks like it got full in just 2 minutes after going live lol. But a language test doesn't sound like a "new feature" that Nintendo is claiming it to be.

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S.Peelman Pajderman (on 10 October 2024)

Was thinking more along the lines of demos or even Beta testing since it’s called ‘Playtest program’, but I don’t know.

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