The Nintendo Switch is bringing back the LAN party

The Nintendo Switch is pushing local multiplayer, complete with the Joy-Con controllers that allow two players to game together right out of the box and support for split-screen on a single device. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe already supports up to eight consoles to connect over Wi-Fi for local multiplayer. But this week, Nintendo subtly announced in a Splatoon 2 preview that the Switch will also be capable of true, offline LAN connections as well, with up to 10 docked consoles able to connect together