Regarding the pull quote on our headline; sky :3 themselves quipped “pretty sure this isn’t a switch 2 game” when they shared this text they found in the Playtest’s files: “We will perform a test called Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program related to a new feature for the Nintendo Switch Online service offered for the Nintendo Switch system.”

Those that subscribe to the Switch Online Expansion Pack tier get everything that comes with the base tier, plus free DLC for certain games and access to many more retro titles. With the Expansion Pack tier, Switch Online subscribers get to play Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Advance games, with new titles added on a semi-regular basis.

Almost as soon as the playtest began, details for Nintendo's mysterious online Switch game started leaking online, including screenshots—which were immediately taken down. But descriptions of what the game is have survived the Nintendo copyright purge,

Nintendo’s Switch Online playtest hasn’t actually begun yet, but details have already leaked online. Nintendo made a vague announcement earlier in October inviting people to sign up for a Nintendo Switch Online playtest;