As explained on the Game Server Overview page, NEX is based on Quazal Rendez-Vous. Many protocols come from the original Quazal Rendez-Vous library, but Nintendo also implemented some new protocols.
See also: RMC Protocol
Common Protocols
Nintendo Only
| ID | Protocol |
|---|---|
| 100 | Nintendo notification events |
| 101 | Friends (3DS) |
| 102 | Friends (Wii U) |
| 109 | Matchmake extension |
| 110 | Utility / Storage manager |
| 112 | Ranking |
| 115 | Data store |
| 116 | Debug |
| 117 | Subscription |
| 119 | Service item |
| 120 | Matchmake referee |
| 121 | Subscriber |
| 122 | Ranking 2 |
| 123 | AA user |
| 124 | Screening |
Game-Specific
| ID | Game | Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Pokemon Bank | Shop |
| 200 | Rayman Legends | OLS storage |
| 201 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Tournament |
Not provided by NEX
Ubisoft games always use the original Quazal Rendez-Vous library instead of NEX. The following protocols are not implemented by NEX, but may seen in Ubisoft games:
| ID | Protocol |
|---|---|
| 12 | Back end management |
| 16 | Simple authentication |
| 17 | Siege |
| 26 | Competition |
| 28 | Client settings |
| 29 | Ubi account management |
| 30 | Geo localization |
| 31 | News |
| 35 | Privileges |
| 36 | Tracking 3 |
| 39 | Localization |
| 42 | Game session |
| 44 | Sub account management |
| 45 | IP to location |
| 46 | IP to location admin |
| 47 | Ubi friends |
| 48 | Skill rating |
| 49 | Uplay win |
| 51 | Title storage |
| 53 | User storage |
| 55 | Player stats |
| 60 | Spark |
| 71 | Offline game notifications |
| 72 | User account management |
| 84 | Siege admin |
| ? | Web notifications storage |
| ? | Title storage admin |
| ? | User storage admin |
Internal protocols
These protocols seem to be used internally by the servers. Likely for their inter-server communications. Many of these can only be observed through the Debug protocol. However some games implement subsets of these protocols