{"id":44324,"date":"2018-09-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/nintendos_japan_twitter_account_clarifies_when_switch_online_service_will_begin"},"modified":"2018-09-01T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T12:00:00","slug":"nintendos-japan-twitter-account-clarifies-when-switch-online-service-will-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/01\/nintendos-japan-twitter-account-clarifies-when-switch-online-service-will-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo&#8217;s Japan Twitter Account Clarifies When Switch Online Service Will Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/966eed28f16c7\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/966eed28f16c7\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Nintendo Switch Online Games\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/966eed28f16c7\/nintendo-switch-online-games.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/966eed28f16c7\/nintendo-switch-online-games.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch Online Games\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For some time now, there&#8217;s been much confusion about when the Switch online service will be launched. Nintendo originally said it would arrive in September and then narrowed it down to the <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/nintendo_confirms_switch_online_service_will_launch_in_second_half_of_september\">second half<\/a> of the month. With September now here, Nintendo&#8217;s Japanese <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nintendo\/status\/1035393972036726784\">Twitter account<\/a> has had to issue a tweet to clarify the service won&#8217;t launch on the first day of September:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6709\u6599\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u300cNintendo Switch Online\u300d\u306e\u6b63\u5f0f\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u306f\u4eca\u5e74\u306e9\u6708\u5f8c\u534a\u3092\u4e88\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff089\u67081\u65e5\u304b\u3089\u3067\u306f\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\uff09\u3002\u6b63\u5f0f\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c8\u306e\u65e5\u7a0b\u306f\u3001\u5f8c\u65e5\u3001\u4efb\u5929\u5802\u30db\u30fc\u30e0\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u3084\u3053\u306eTwitter\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8\u3067\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Sp3tCd9C6\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Sp3tCd9C6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nSmlfLB8i8\">pic.twitter.com\/nSmlfLB8i8<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e (@Nintendo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nintendo\/status\/1035393972036726784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The message went on to explain how Switch owners would eventually be notified about the official start date of the service on the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/hardware\/switch\/onlineservice\/index.html\">Nintendo website<\/a> and also on Twitter. Yesterday, a <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/rumour_switch_firmware_update_6_0_0_is_imminent_dataminers_uncover_the_details\">rumour<\/a>\u00a0surfaced, with hackers reportedly uncovering more information about the Switch online service hidden within the upcoming firmware update.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be using the Nintendo Switch Online service when it launches in the second half of September? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some time now, there&#8217;s been much confusion about when the Switch online service will be launched. Nintendo originally said it would arrive in September and then narrowed it down to the second half of the month. 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