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Nintendo is taking applications to join a mysterious Switch Online playtest

Vector illustration of the Nintendo logo.
Image: The Verge

Nintendo is inviting people to apply to play test a new feature for Nintendo Switch Online — though the company isn’t specifying what the feature is. Considering that this company just launched a gesture-controlled alarm clock, this could mean just about anything up to and including a preview of features for the much-anticipated Switch 2.

Applications will be open from Thursday, October 10th at 11AM ET to Tuesday, October 15th at 10:59AM ET. You can apply by clicking the “To Application Page” link on this page. People from outside of Japan will be chosen “on a first-come-first-serve basis,” Nintendo says, while participants from Japan will be chosen by a raffle “if there are many Japanese applicants.”

Users can apply if they meet the…

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