Nintendo wants you to join its next mysterious Switch Online playtest

Late past year, Nintendo hosted a mysterious Switch Online playtest, and connected Thursday, the institution announced that it would beryllium doing different trial arsenic portion of the “Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program” and that it volition beryllium opening applications soon. This 2nd circular volition beryllium a trial of the “same service” arsenic before.

Last time, Nintendo asked participants not to stock details astir the playtest, but leaks appeared anyway indicating that the trial was for immoderate benignant of MMO-style game. 

Applications for this adjacent playtest volition beryllium unfastened to users 18 oregon older with an progressive Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack arsenic of Thursday astatine 6PM ET and with a Nintendo Account registered successful Japan, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil, oregon Mexico. Users tin use arsenic individuals oregon arsenic a radical of up to 4 radical “if everyone successful the radical meets the Application Qualifications,” according to Nintendo.

You tin hole your exertion on Nintendo’s website from Friday, July 18th astatine 6PM ET to Monday, July 21st astatine 10:59AM ET.

You tin really taxable your exertion from Monday, July 21st astatine 11AM ET to Wednesday, July 23rd astatine 10:59AM ET, though Nintendo says applications volition beryllium accepted “on a first-come, first-served basis.”

Nintendo expects to judge “as galore arsenic 40,000 participants worldwide,” a large leap from the 10,000 participants allowed for the October test. If you participated successful that playtest, you tin enactment successful this adjacent one, too, Nintendo says.

The playtest itself volition tally from Monday, July 28th astatine 9PM ET to Sunday, August 10th astatine 8:59PM ET.