Is there anything new for Nintendo Switch online servers?

In the last 24 hours, “Datamines” and developers have made an discovery about the company’s multi – player servers with mustache plumbers.

Apparently, Nintendo plans to “change” its currently running servers Nex, Towards a new solution named (apparently “home”) NPLN.

For registration, NEX servers have been used by Nintendo for ten years (since 3DS / Wii U). It was first developed by Quasal Technologies and renamed “Rendezvous”. Quasal was acquired by Ubisoft in 2010, but they certainly sold the “Rendezvous” license to Nintendo.

After some internal software changes, the solution was renamed NEX. All major games released on 3DS and Wii U. Splatoon And Mario Kart 8 Use this setting. The same goes for switching with Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS And some features of Nintendo’s online mode.

According to some of these datamines (Oatmeal Dome and Thomas) Migration to new servers will begin in 2020 for all new games. Demo Monster Hunter Rice Highlights one of the topics of using new multi-servers under NPLN to evaluate the proper functioning of new servers for “full-scale” testing. These servers will be hosted on Google Cloud Servers. According to the same sources, this change should improve the performance of the online mode for new games! Adults, however, do not know the change.

According to the Oatmeal Dome, Nintendo wants to make this change as transparent as possible so that it “does not affect the user experience.” “After all the servers have been relocated, Nintendo may bring new features to its multi-mode… but of course nothing has been officially confirmed this time!

For your part, have you noticed any differences when playing Monster Hunter’s Multi Mode compared to other titles? Feel free to let us know your opinion in the comments!