‘Pokémon UNITE’ network test for Switch out now on Japanese eShop

Nintendo has released a public network test for the upcoming cross-platform MOBA Pokémon UNITE on the Japanese Switch eShop.

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The Pokémon Company announced the release via its official Japanese Twitter feed. The tweet (according to Google Translate) reads, “The network test for the Nintendo switch version of Pokémon UNITE has started! Anyone can participate from the Nintendo eShop until Saturday, June 26, so be sure to experience the Unite Battle!”

Nintendo switch版『ポケモンユナイト』のネットワークテストがスタートしたよ！
6月26日（土）までの期間、ニンテンドーeショップからだれでも参加できるから、ぜひユナイトバトルを体験してみてね！
くわしくはこちら！https://t.co/lyCtIPITqU #ポケモンユナイト pic.twitter.com/Ofy0TkSxmR

— ポケモン公式ツイッター (@Pokemon_cojp) June 24, 2021

Currently the network test is only available in Japanese, and there is no news on a network test for other territories. Switch owners with a Japanese eShop account however will be able to access it.

Pokémon UNITE is the first strategic MOBA game for the franchise. It will be a free-to-start title released in July 2021 for Nintendo Switch, with mobile devices to follow in September.

The game is being developed by Tencent‘s TiMi studio who is also responsible for Call of Duty: Mobile. Having generated US$10billion in 2020, which reportedly makes it the “world’s largest developer”.