Topic: Two Switches and Two tvs?

Hi everyone, here is my goal:

• to be able to play minecraft with someone else in my house, on two tvs (so we each have our own screen) and
• to be able to play fortnite duos with someone else in my house (so we each have our own screen)

I have two switches, and two tvs. We also each have our own epic & minecraft accounts. Is this all possible?

Fortnite should be pretty straightforward since its free-to-play. Just download Fortnite to each Switch, log in and off you go. No online subscription required for online play when its a ftp game.

Minecraft would be possible, but not as straightforward since it's a paid game. You'd need to buy copy for each Switch I think - I'm pretty sure the virtual game cards nerfed the ability to play the same digital game on two console simultaneously - and also a paid Switch Online Subscription for each user (or both users on the same Family account).

@dmcc0 This is extremely helpful, thank you!

This is exactly in line with what I was thinking - that I would have to purchase two Minecraft copies. Both of us are on the same family account, so we should be good to go there, correct?

Yeah, as long as you both have access to an Online Subscription you should be good.

Thanks, appreciate it

@yayasolete13 my son and I really enjoy playing Fortnite on the couch together - one of us on the TV and the other on the Switch. However you do it - it's a blast with the family

@Lazz Sure is! That's awesome

Minecraft also has a local area network multiplayer mode, so you don't necessarily need the Switch Online accounts to play it. You do need two copies of the game though.

There's also multiplayer on a single Switch if need be.

@Matt_Barber that's interesting - I did not know that. How exactly does that work? I have a wired internet connection for both switches - do I need to run via wifi only? Or, is the lan mode only available if you play on a computer?

We tried multiplayer on one switch, but it's just not feasible - even with a good sized tv, it is too distracting since the tv splits horizontally. I got the two tv setup specifically for MC and FN.

I'm very interested in the LAN setup though - mind elaborating a bit please?

I think they just need to be on the same LAN, whether wired or wireless shouldn't matter.

It only works that way between Switches as well; if you wanted to include a computer, you'd need to do it via online accounts.

@Matt_Barber Thanks. I am running into major issues, and I have no idea why.

I have me as the primary acct holder, on the primary switch. There are 4 total family members on the primary.

I want to move one family member (and all of their save data) to the secondary switch. I am thinking this should allow us to play FN duos & minecraft together, each on our own tv.

On the secondary console, when try to import a family member, it keeps asking for the nintendo account, but I already have them linked. And when I try to export the user from the main to the secondary, it simply will not link, and I have both consoles literally on top of each other, so distance is not an issue.

Am I doing something wrong? Sorry if I am annoying, I am actually a programmer, and I think nintendo makes this part very difficult to figure out