Local LAN play disabled now?
Been trying to get my kids Nintendo Switch 1's to connect locally. The switches seem stuck between switch online errors and xbox gamepass errors. The array and layers of settings that all need to chime for this game to work are insane - so many points of failure! I've tried wiping all data and settings, and it still won't recognise that the nintendo switch friend is there locally on the same network. Tried hotspotting to my phone, so same issue (not a router or ISP issue). Up until a few months ago, this worked fine (they've not played for a while). I've also checked all switch and xbox permissions. All is as they should be, but still not working.
It's appearing to me as if Nintendo/Xbox have now blocked local offline play for anyone without a paid subscription. Anyone else had this issue? And if so, is there a workaround?