"Fortnite" does not require a Nintendo switch online

The Nintendo Switch Online, which will go online Sept. 18, is a paid service that works similarly to PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold because it allows subscribers to play online and among them, among other benefits. Although not all games have an online component, most of those who do need service to use the online feature, but Fortnite will not be one of these games.

The Nintendo FAQ on Nintendo Switch Online service confirms this with the first answer on the page dealing with the question that Nintendo Switch owners were already asking: Which games can be played without Nintendo Switch Online? Nintendo shared a list of games that will require Nintendo Switch Online when registering Fortnite especially as a game that does not need online subscription.

"Effective September 18, 2018, a Nintendo Switch Online Subscription is required to participate in co-op and competitive online features for many of the first and third Nintendo Switch games, including: Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", Said the Nintendo FAQ.

"Some games, such as Fortnite, can be played online without a Nintendo Switch subscription. "

Other games that did not require membership were not listed, but another question answered that the product pages of some games would indicate if the service was needed to play online.

The FAQ confirms that Fortnite does not need Nintendo Switch Online, but the idea that it would not be totally unexpected. At the beginning of September, it was found that some games on the various pages of Nintendo did not contain a message saying: "To use the online services, you must have access to a wireless Internet connection". Fortnite was among those games next paladins and Pokemon Quest, but it was not known at that time whether the warning had not yet been put on these games or if it meant that the game would not need service, although the speculations were directed towards the latter .

Nintendo's position on Fortnite The online component is the way the Sony PlayStation Plus service works just as well with online PlayStation membership not required to play. Fortnite no more. Epic Games FAQ for Fortnite has not been updated to say anything about Nintendo Switch Online, but indicates whether the game can be played without the online services of Sony and Microsoft, the only online subscription required to play Fortnite at the moment.