3.6 Entering Test Scenarios

The Lotcheck process verifies that the specifications entered in Features work correctly. The Lotcheck testers reference the test scenarios to perform these verification tasks.
Consider that the testers will be playing the application for the first time, and provide specific descriptions.
It is fine for test scenarios to be long. Make sure that all necessary information is present.

Contents

Entering Test Scenarios

Associated NDP Pages
  • NDP > MY PRODUCTS > (product name) > Releases or Downloadable Content > (release name) > Right Guide: Features
  • NDP > MY PRODUCTS > (product name) > Releases or Downloadable Content > (release name) > Right Guide: Test Scenarios

Initial Release and Patching Procedures

  1. Click Features and enter information for each displayed item.
    When entering this information, use the same language that you selected in Release Info > Language used for text entry in Features, Test Scenarios, and Lotcheck Submission screen.
    Only proper nouns related to the application can be entered in either English or Japanese.

  2. Click Test Scenarios. A list of options to test is displayed, based on the content entered in Features.

  3. A text box for test scenarios is displayed when an option is clicked. Describe the specific method, paying particular attention to the following three points.

    • Where: The process for reaching the scene where the behavior can be verified
    • What to do: The reproduction process for verifying the specifications
    • What happens: How to determine whether the behavior is correct

    If verification is required for multiple scenes, click the Add Method button to add another text box.



  4. If it is difficult to describe in text, you can submit the descriptions in a separate file, such as Excel or Word. If you do, mention the attachment to refer to in the test scenario.
    Click the Add File button to upload. Compress to ZIP format before uploading.



    You can also submit via the ROM Upload screen. Click the Details button on the bottom of the screen to expand the screen for uploading additional files.



    Info

    Input data can be copied from another release. Click the button indicated in the red box in the following image. Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed through the operations.

    If the language of the copied text does not match the language you selected in Release Info > Language used for text entry in Features, Test Scenarios, and Lotcheck Submission screen, fix it so that it does match.

    The save data attached to the copy source will also be copied.

  5. If preparations including play conditions, hardware, and save data are required, enter this information.

  6. If it takes 10 minutes or longer to reach the test scenario, you must submit save data. Submit save data as indicated in the next section, 3.7 Preparing Save Data.

Procedure for Downloadable Content

The NDP operations are the same as in the Initial Release and Patching Process section in this document. However, some of the content described in Test Scenarios is different. The reason is that the content of Lotcheck testing for downloadable content is different from the test content for initial releases or patches.

Testing downloadable content involves downloading the content and checking that it works correctly. For this reason, when describing the test scenarios, focus on the following points.

  1. All indexes that are part of the master ROM for the downloadable content are tested; create testing methods for all of them.
  2. Describe the following five points. Describe in detail the data that is included in each index, using proper nouns, so that it is possible to determine how and where it is applied in the application. (Example: Instead of saying "character clothing," describe the actual character name and clothing name.)

    • Which index does the method correspond to?
    • Where: The process for reaching the scene where the behavior can be verified
    • What to do: How to use the content in the game.
    • What happens: When using the content in the game, what changes occur in the game?
    • Usage: For dummy data, enter that it is dummy data.

  3. If it is difficult to describe in text, such as when there are many items, you can also submit the descriptions in a separate file such as Excel or Word. Click ROM Upload to submit them.
    If you do, mention the attachment to refer to in the test scenario.

Example of Entering Test Scenarios

Initial Release and Patching Methods

Entry Example A

Method Name

Verifying Matchmaking

Description of the Method
Preparation
  • Prepare consoles A and B, and link each console to a different Nintendo Account. You must have cleared Chapter 3 of the story mode.
  • Import the attached Data1.zip save data file to console A and the Data2.zip save data file to console B.
Procedure
  1. Start the application on consoles A and B.
  2. On consoles A and B, on the Title screen, select Continue.
  3. On both consoles A and B, talk to the NPC receptionist at the entrance of the arena.
    Note: If you used the attached save data 1 and 2, the arena is the brown block building west of where you start after loading the data.
  4. On console A, select Create Room.
  5. On console A, set any conditions for the room and then select OK.
  6. On console B, select Search for Rooms.
  7. On console B, set conditions for the room that match the room created in step 5, and select Search.
  8. On console B, select the nickname of the user account from console A, and then wait.
  9. The user account nickname for console B appears on console A. Select Start Battle.
  10. Confirm that matchmaking occurs between console A and console B, and that a 1vs1 match can be played.


Info
  • When updates made in patches can be verified with the same method as test scenarios filled out in previous releases, report that under Features.
    • Associated NDP Pages: Existing test scenarios are sufficient to test the updates, which appears when the check box is selected for an updated feature in Features > Patches > Content updated by patch



      Select the check box for the preceding item, and then enter the name of the test scenario to refer to.
  • If there are no visual changes to the gameplay, enter that there are no changes in Overview of updates.

Methods for Downloadable Content

Entry Example B: Downloadable Content (Release Data)

Method Name

Index 3: How to use additional item, Mario's hat

Description of the Method
  1. From the menu screen, select Closet.
  2. The Mario's hat item appears at the top of the owned items list.
  3. Select Mario's hat and select Change Clothing.
  4. The Mario's hat item appears in the character's worn items.

Entry Example C: Downloadable Content (Dummy Data)

Method Name


Indexes 8, 9, and 10: Dummy data

Description of the Method

To open with future patches, this data is a dummy placeholder.


 


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