RUMOR - Select Switch games can offer download play for 8 players off 1 cartridge

The following comes from an interview with Silja Gülicher, PR Manager of Nintendo for Germany...

It is also interesting that only a single game module is required for local games. Up to eight players can then participate in their consoles without each having to purchase their own version.

While the above is a Google translated statement, the info is confirmed to us by Gerjet, a native German speaker. He read the article linked below and sent us the info. The only problem is, we don't know if this information came straight from Gülicher herself. It certainly seems so, but the interview isn't 100% clear. I'll keep marked rumor until we get confirmation.

Obviously, this feature is going to be on a game-by-game basis. We don't know if any of the games shown for Switch support 8-player download play, but at least we now know the Switch has that feature. Can you imagine 8-player Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with just one cartridge? How about Super Bomberman R? I'd say Super Bomberman R actually makes even more sense, considering the same idea was used on one of the DS entries for the series.