When Nintendo announced a secretive 10,000-person playtest for an NDA-enwrapped project, speculation naturally ran wild. While something to do with the upcoming reveal and release of the Switch’s successor seemed the most popular idea,

Images of the playtest details were shared on X/Twitter by user @ZikadaPrime and can be found in the post embedded below. As the world gets developed, players will uncover new areas, which will have new enemies to encounter,

The Nintendo Switch Online Playtest Program seems to be for a cooperative MMO where you work with others to develop a planet. It also doesn't seem to be related in any way to the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2,

Warning: spoilers ahead! This appears to be Nintendo’s attempt to develop its first MMO (massively multiplayer online) style game. According to the game description, “the goal

An upcoming Nintendo Switch game has had details leaked online by invited players, even before the official start of the game's online playtest.

The secrecy surrounding the Nintendo Switch Online Playtest Program lasted what feels like all but five minutes as full details have been leaked online. Nintendo invited Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers to sign up to be in with a chance of being selected for a mysterious new testing scheme.

Nintendo is working to take down images of its new unannounced Switch game after the internet — as expected — leaked it online. Earlier this month, Nintendo asked those who successfully signed up for its then mysterious Switch Online Playtest not to reveal what it is once it went live.