Last week, Nintendo announced that they would be opening a registration for a beta testing for an upcoming Switch Online Playtest Program, with no details about what the actual playtest itself would be, and it was exclusive to users with the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.

However, upon registration to the program, one of the "important" points before finishing the registration was a specific point about not sharing, discussing or disclosing any of the information about the playtest software itself to others. While limiting, this is in no means any kind of legal NDA as many have been citing, though it's still unknown what the reach and repercussions of breaching said points would have to plausible offenders.

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That, of course, didn't last long.

As soon as the playtest went live, the information about the Playtest Program got leaked online.
In short terms, the playtest program was a beta test for an upcoming MMO of sorts from Nintendo, which will be focusing on online interactivity with users to work together and "develop" a massive planet by farming resources and using their creativity, all of this with the aid of tools called "Beacons" which purify the land, with a "Dev Core" being the main hub for players to gather with other players. Some users online are citing some similarities from this Playtest Program to that of Minecraft to an extend.

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The Nintendo Online Playtest Program is already closed from further registration, as only 10,000 members were accepted during the registration process, but those that were able to play it got a download code for a 2.2GB software on their Nintendo Switch.

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[DragonMals]

Why would Ninetndo believe that the fans would not leak such a thing? And why are the fans still consistently leaking anything that is related to the Switch? Hell, Mario and Luigi: Brothership gotten leaked aswell!

 

[Idaho]

Why would Ninetndo believe that the fans would not leak such a thing? And why are the fans still consistently leaking anything that is related to the Switch? Hell, Mario and Luigi: Brothership gotten leaked aswell!

There used to be a time on the Internet when players would abide to what the closed testing programs conditions were but it seems these days nobody gives a damn anymore...
It seems that leaking whatever stuff has become a pissing contest so if you give normies the choice between doing some constructive private playtest or leaking whatever they can of it for social network fame or whatever, they'll choose the later...

I'm not saying leaking stuff is necessarily bad, I enjoy leaked content just as anyone else does but leaking what will eventually become public when you've been given access to it by the publisher for private testing is pretty lame imho...

 

[tech3475]

Why would Ninetndo believe that the fans would not leak such a thing? And why are the fans still consistently leaking anything that is related to the Switch? Hell, Mario and Luigi: Brothership gotten leaked aswell!

Maybe it's a trap set by their lawyers so they can charge them to DMCA all the leaks ?

As for why people leak, my guess would be e-fame, to screw with Nintendo (just look on these forums) and/or money somehow.

Remember, people are literally committing crimes for e-fame.

edit: To be clear, I'm talking about things I've heard about people doing on e.g. Tiktok or Kick.

 

[KingVamp]

This must be a Switch 2 thing too. Seems kind of like a waste otherwise.

 

[BlusterBong]

When you have no regard for things like legality and believe that the corporation should burn to the ground, the shock and surprise that comes when something is leaked early dies when nearly everything they've been planing to release just so happens to leak just before release or just after the intended distribution happens becuase these are much lamer and are blatantly done out of spite because of something that happened a while ago.


Hope those 15 minutes of fame will be worth it for who decided to leak it, since truly independent and motiveless leaks like the Gamefreak leaks and the Gigaleak seems to be a rarity compared to the shit we get nowadays.

 

[smilodon]

This must be a Switch 2 thing too. Seems kind of like a waste otherwise.

Wouldn't be the first time Nintendo drop a cool idea.

 

[Retrojunkies]

then they throw in pokemon dlc and ta da, there excuse to again take legal action against palworld and sue them for millions in damages.

 

[AndorfRequissa]

this is a couple days old news.

 

[Ampersound]

>MMO of sorts from Nintendo
God have mercy, the lag.....

 

[linuxares]

Is this some kind of Web3 game? Because it just reminds me of those scam games that claim you can build a giant world.

 

[Lazyt]

i dont think it has been leaked but publicly announced

 

[Maximumbeans]

>MMO of sorts from Nintendo
God have mercy, the lag.....

Hey, you want that ‘zero latency’ and ‘high eff-pee-ess’ shit, go buy a PS5. The switch is for unapologetic Nintendo gamers who love PowerPoint presentations and looking at postcards.

 

[Cranesbill]

That’s hot

 

[Bladexdsl]

did those morons at FAILtendo really think people wouldn't post the contents on the internet? they are more dumb and out of touch with modern society than i thought!!

also they sue palworld but rip off minecraft?!

 

[BlusterBong]

did those morons at FAILtendo really think people wouldn't post the contents on the internet? they are more dumb and out of touch with modern society than i thought!!

also they sue palworld but rip off minecraft?!

Hi Nintendo Derangement Syndrome sufferer, I'm sure you didn't see the first handful of posts mocking the Leaker for doing it for E-Fame, please come again when the next Nintendo News post hits the front page.

 

[Deleted member 705600]

Is this some kind of Web3 game? Because it just reminds me of those scam games that claim you can build a giant world.

Amiibo NFTs incoming

 

[RAHelllord]

I'm curious what this test is about, because the thing doesn't really seem to have any noticeable gameplay loop beyond building shit. Which is a little basic even for Nintendo.
Someone somewhere else suggested this might not be an upcoming game, but basically just a playable tech demo to monitor and benchmark hardware and engine performance before they actually commit to trying to figure out what game exactly they're trying to go for. Which seems more logical going with how little there seems to be to do in there.

 

[linuxares]

Amiibo NFTs incoming

I know its spooky month but settle down there satan!

 

[Kioku]

Good on Nintendo for trying something new, boo on them for whatever the hell this mess will inevitably be.