Mysterious Nintendo Invitation Deciphered The company wants to create a new gaming world

In early October, Nintendo began accepting select users for the mysterious Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program, which aimed to test a new feature of the service. There have been many speculations and theories about what Nintendo is planning from GameCube support on Switch Online to the return of Miiverse for example. However, it now appears that Nintendo is testing a new kind of game.

Nintendo is preparing a social world simulator

According to the official images and captions that discovered on the game forum It will resetthe goal of the game is to work together with others to fully “develop” a vast planet using creativity and available resources. Over time, new lands, enemies, and resources appear on the planet as players continue their journey. One of the main parts of the experience are the Beacons – beacons that emit healing light and thereby purify and develop the landscape. Players repeat this process until their current planet block is fully developed.

A strong emphasis should also be placed on the social aspect in the game. An important element of the game is the so-called Dev Core, which is a space where players can meet and communicate with each other. Here they can improve their game characters, get new items and other bonuses.

Screenshot from a new online simulator being tested by Nintendo | photo: Resetera

The game will start this Wednesday

Apart from a few images and descriptions, we don’t know much about the game yet. Perhaps only that 10,000 players from Japan, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain are participating in the test, who downloaded a 2.2 GB file to the console. More leaks will hopefully appear during the playtest itself, which will run from 10/23/2024 6:00 PM PDT (10/24/2024 3:00 AM CST) to 11/5/2024 4:59 PM PST (6/10/2024 3:00 PM CST). 11/2024 1:59 am CET).

However, we will have to wait for the title and release date until the official presentation. After all, Nintendo asked the participants not to spread the details of the game in any way, and not even to discuss it among themselves. However, given the way the internet works, it would be completely naive to expect this claim to hold up.