Split Fiction is a Switch 2 launch title

Surprise! Split Fiction - the wonderfully creative co-op caper from It Takes Two developer Hazelight - will be a Switch 2 launch title.

The news of the game's Nintendo debut was shared during this afternoon's dedicated Switch 2 Direct, along with a number of other launch titles.

Studio head Josef Fares shared the news along with a Switch-specific trailer, which you can see below.

Split Fiction is already available across PC, Xbox and PlayStation.

As with those versions, the Switch 2 edition of the game will support crossplay via the Friend's Pass function.

"Grab your co-op partner and get ready to dive into Zoe and Mio's genre-jumping adventure on a brand new Nintendo system! The Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game will offer players the same dynamic storytelling and ever-changing gameplay, and take advantage of the system's unique features: GameShare and GameChat," reads the official blurb.

Nintendo gamers are really in for a treat, I have to say. Split Fiction is so, so good! And, I am far from the only one to think so. "Fantastic from start to finish, Split Fiction is one of the most inventive and joyful co-op games to date, and a testament to the power of human imagination," Katharine Castle wrote in Eurogamer's five star Split Fiction review.

Split Fiction will release on Switch 2 on the console's launch, which is 5th June.

Other games also announced for the upcoming console include Elden Ring and Mario Kart World.

Along with games, we also got a closer look at the Switch 2 hardware itself.