Enlarge / You’ll have to pay to play this bad boy online, apparently.

Following its video presentation of new Nintendo Switch details Thursday night, Nintendo quietly announced a new, paid online service that will be required to access online gameplay for “most games” on the console. The service will roll out fully in the fall and be available as a “free trial” before then, Nintendo said. No pricing info has yet been disclosed.

This is a departure for Nintendo, which has previously offered limited online services on a game-by-game basis (and, to some extent, on the platform level) for free on the Wii, Wii U, and DS lines. This new paid Switch service, on the other hand, seems broadly similar to the paid Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus plans that are required for online gameplay on Microsoft and Sony consoles.

Nintendo is promoting some benefits of the new, paid, integrated system over the previous, more ad-hoc model. For one, Nintendo will now provide online lobbies and voice chat through a “smart device app” that lets players “invite friends, set play appointments, and chat during online matches in compatible games.” It’s unclear if these features are also supported directly through the Switch itself (without the use of a “smart device”) but the wording on Nintendo web site suggests they might not be. The app will be available in a “limited version” in the Summer before a full roll out in the fall.