The critically acclaimed co-op adventureSplit Fictionwill get a dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version, and it will apparently support the console’s GameShare feature on the original Switch. However, this detail appears to contradictNintendo’s stated restrictions for GameShare.
According to theEAwebsite (viaVGC), “GameShare will enable Nintendo Switch 2 owners to invite another player to play together over a local wireless connection using just one copy of the game,” but the player without a copy “can be not only a Nintendo Switch 2 owner but a Nintendo Switch owner as well.” This is despite the Nintendo website saying that “[original] Nintendo Switch systems can only receive games that are compatible with Nintendo Switch.”
Split Fiction Might Contradict Nintendo’s GameShare Rules
Could EA Be Mistaken On Its Own Website?
EA has not announced a version ofSplit Fictionnative to the original Switch, so thetitle doesn’t fit Nintendo’s restrictions for GameShare support. It’s unlikely that EA would publish a mistake on its website, and even more unlikely that Nintendo would do so. It’s possible that the Hazelight Studios-developed game either uses some sort of workaround or is a special exemption from Nintendo’s GameShare requirements, orperhaps Nintendo’s wording has been misinterpreted.
Either way, it should be quite easy for owners of any Switch console to play the game together, as long as one of them has a copy of the Switch 2 game. In the Creator’s Voice video forSplit Fictionuploaded byNintendo of America, the Hazelight developers did not mention support for the original Switch for GameShare, but they did talk about how the Switch 2’s features are well-suited for their co-op game.
Split Fictionwill also support GameChat, with a greater focus on the voice functionality and sharing live video — and there’s no need to share alow frame rate feed of your gameplay, since the game already requires split screen.
GameShare Has Loads Of Opportunities For Switch 2
And Split Fiction Is A Great Fit For The Feature
GameShare is one of the more promising features of the Nintendo Switch 2, in a way harkening back to the days of Download Play for the Nintendo DS. There are major technical differences between the two features, but the idea of giving friends access to games that they don’t own, even at a limited capacity, is at the core of them.
With many of Hazelight’s games using a “Friend Pass” to allow for game sharing, with Split Fiction even allowing for cross-platform play,Split Fictionis a match made in heaven for the Nintendo Switch 2. It would be unsurprising ifHazelight’s next titlemakes it to the Switch 2, and if any game is going to go beyond Nintendo’s own guidelines for GameShare, it makes sense thatSplit Fictionwould be that game.
