Several users are streaming the Nintendo Switch Online playtest currently underway, although one of the conditions for joining the playtest is that players cannot share information about the game.

VGC can verify that multiple players streamed the test on YouTube and Kick, with clips of the test quickly being reposted on social media, despite the original streams being removed.

The test, which was announced earlier this month, is simply called “Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program” and began earlier this week, and will continue until November 6.

Players who successfully registered for the mystery test were provided with documentation about the program, including a series of requirements for those wishing to participate.

One of them is the obligation to keep the content of the test secret. The page states: “We ask that you do not discuss or disclose the contents of the Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program playtest software or website with others. »

Based on other similar tests, it is perhaps not surprising that these vapors appeared. Despite Nintendo’s attempt to suppress streams on their original platforms, the proliferation of footage from the project has lifted any veil of secrecy surrounding it.

Screenshots of the game emerged earlier this week and appear to show a game that looks like Minecraft, but with various “beacons” containing separate play areas, placed on a giant planet. “The higher your Beacon is placed, the wider its Beacon Zone becomes,” the app says.

It also shows a separate area called Dev Core, which the game describes as “a social hub for gathering with other players.” He adds: “At Dev Core, you can upgrade your character, obtain items you’ll need for your journey, commune with others, and much more. »