Nintendo of America It was announced on Thursday that a project called Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest scheduled from October 23 at 6:00 pm PDT (9:00 pm EDT) to November 5 at 4:59 pm PST (7:59 pm EST) to test new features Nintendo On/off Nintendo Switch online services. The company recruited active users Nintendo Switch to online + package membership to participate in the test. The recruiting period runs from 8:00 a.m. PDT (11:00 a.m. ET) on October 10 to 7:59 a.m. PDT (10:59 a.m. ET) on October 15. However, the playtest ended the application process early because the number of participants had reached its cap, at least in the United States.
Users interested in applying for testing must have an active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Membership must be 18 years or older as of October 9th at 3:00 PM PDT (6:00 PM ET). this Nintendo Account must be registered in Japan, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy or Spain. Users need to download exclusive software Nintendo Switch to playtest.
If there are many applicants, game test participants in Japan will be selected through a lottery, and participants outside Japan will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. The playtest is expected to accept up to 10,000 participants.
source: Nintendo of Americawebsite and X/Twitter account (via Gematsu)