Mystery Nintendo Switch online playtest starts soon but what is it? [Video]

A day after the reveal of Alarmo, Nintendo has recruited 10,000 people for a secret new online test but it’s unclear if it has anything to do with the Switch 2.

Everyone always talk about how Nintendo are unpredictable but it takes them unveiling an interactive alarm clock, called Alarmo, right at the moment that everyone’s expecting a Switch 2 reveal, to understand just how strange they can be sometimes.

Now, almost immediately after that, they’ve started advertising a ‘test’ called Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program, which is ‘related to a new feature for the Nintendo Switch Online service offered for the Nintendo Switch system.’

Nintendo Switch Online is the Nintendo equivalent of PlayStation Plus, so it’s hard to guess what this is all about, given it’s late in the Nintendo Switch’s lifetime and everyone is waiting for Switch 2 news rather than anything to do with online services.

There are few clues from Nintendo as to what all this …