Nintendo has announced a second round of its super-top-secret Playtest Program “related to a service for Nintendo Switch Online.” This time there’s room for four times as many applicants, a total of 40,000, for the playtest taking place from July 28 to August 10. If it’s anything like last year, those spots will be snapped up in seconds.

The mysterious Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program will once again take place later this month, now compatible with Switch 2. Nintendo has said this playtest will be another outing for the "same service" it previously shared with a select few fans in October 2024 — then, of course, just on the original Switch.