As people continue waiting patiently for official news of the Switch 2, Nintendo has taken the unusual step of rolling out a public testing program for a secret new piece of Switch software. It filled up in seconds as players eagerly signed up to be guinea pigs for whatever the Mario maker is cooking up.

There’s no escaping zombies, even on Nintendo Switch. While some people groan at the mere mention of the walking dead, others just can’t get enough of them. Especially in the world of video games. And for those people,

Nintendo has asked Switch Online Playtest Program participants to keep mysterious feature a secret following sign ups.

Yesterday, Nintendo announced that a Switch Online playtest for some mysterious "new feature" would be accepting sign-ups from October 10 through October 15. At least, that was the plan. Less than seven minutes after those sign-ups went live, Nintendo said they were all filled up.

"Customers will need to download exclusive software to their own Nintendo Switch system in order to participate"

There are over 143 million Switch owners, which means the console will still be getting new games for years after the Switch 2 arrives.