Will I be able to play this at midnight?

[lexxi5416]

Okay lets say I preorder it on eshop right now, will I be able to play it directly at midnight or will it start downloading at midnight and take a few hours??

 

[twinkletoes]

I believe the preload dropped today? If you bought the digital version you are able to install it now & play when it drops.

 

[tajikey]

I believe the preload dropped today? If you bought the digital version you are able to install it now & play when it drops.

This is correct. If you purchase the digital version today through the eShop, then it will pre-install on your system, today, and all the system will have to do at midnight EST on 3/20 is ping Nintendo to "unlock" your game. I'm hoping it's one of those that releases at the same time in the US, which means when I go to fire up the game at 9p PST on 3/19, it'll start right up.

 

[lexxi5416]

tysm

 

[fink]

This had me thinking. I wonder if I’d like it more for it to be daytime when I first start. Maybe I will advance my system clock a bit so it won’t be so late to start. I was already pretty much considering this because I work nights and am up mostly at night. Sorry random thoughts from this OP.

 

[Circus]

You probably will be able to play at midnight on March 20th, but like, if there are any shops there you might have to wait for them to open. I mean, I'll be playing around 6 in the morning or earlier, depending on how early I wake up, since I don't have school that day. The only shop we've seen right now is the resident services shop, which will hopefully be open 24/7.

 

[lexxi5416]

i'd assume there would be a option to change the in game clock to whenever u want tho (I time travel bc I like to play for hours at a time)

 

[DylanMcGrann]

I'm hoping it's one of those that releases at the same time in the US, which means when I go to fire up the game at 9p PST on 3/19, it'll start right up.

That is exactly what will happen. As someone who?s now preloaded multiple Switch games from Nintendo, I have done it more than once now.

Anyone downloading the game from the North American eShop will be able to launch the game with a short ping-check online (note day-one patches can add to the time, but generally still short) at 12:00 AM Eastern Time. I live in Central Time and have been able to launch Nintendo?s games at 11:00 PM, one hour before the official release day my time.

 

[tajikey]

That is exactly what will happen. As someone who’s now preloaded multiple Switch games from Nintendo, I have done it more than once now.

Anyone downloading the game from the North American eShop will be able to launch the game with a short ping-check online (note day-one patches can add to the time, but generally still short) at 12:00 AM Eastern Time. I live in Central Time and have been able to launch Nintendo’s games at 11:00 PM, one hour before the official release day my time.

Fantastic news, thank you!

 

[QueenOpossum]

West Coast Best Coast once again

(joking. In-n-Out isn't even that good.)

 

[oath2order]

If you have an Internet connection yes.

 

[Ossiran]

If you preloaded it on the eShop, you can play it as soon as it goes live as long as you can connect to the internet to activate it.

If it's a physical copy, you can play it as soon as you get a copy of the game.

 

[MissShema]

Gosh I really want to play as soon as possible but I don't want to arrive on my island at night, hopefully I'll be able to wait a couple of hours, I know already that i'm just going to lie awake all night

 

[Peeps]

I've already booked the day off. It's a tough decision to sleep through the launch, but I'm compromising by waking up at 6am.