There is Nintendo Sent out a call for 10,000 testers who will get first access to the unnamed, mysterious Switch Online feature. The entire post is pretty vague and doesn’t provide any major clues as to exactly what feature it’s testing, but only people who are active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership can participate in the “Playtest Program”. Nintendo’s $50-a-year Switch Online Expansion Pack adds Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy Advance games to the subscription service’s game library. It also gives users free access to downloadable content Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Splatoon 2.
Testers must also be at least 18 years old and have an account registered in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, or Spain. Switch Online subscribers who wish to participate can submit an application by scrolling down Nintendo’s announcement and click on the “Application Page” link.
The company will begin accepting applications today, October 10th at 8:00am PT/11:00am ET until November 5th at 4:59pm PT/7:59pm ET. Nintendo will select participants through a lottery in Japan if they receive a large number of applications. Anyone else who wants to attend may want to hurry, as it will be first-come, first-served. The company will also close applications early if the maximum number of participants is reached early.
