The Best Secrets And Easter Eggs In Split Fiction

Hazelight Studios has perfected the art of creating fresh and enjoyable multiplayer adventures. In spite of how linear their games tend to be, there are still plenty of secrets and references to find if you know where to look.

While It Takes Two contained a good selection of Easter Eggs, this element has been turned up to 11 with Split Fiction. Throughout its eight chapters and multiple side stories, there are countless secrets to keep an eye out for, but which are the best?

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Portal

No Wheatley Though

Side stories are a clear highlight within Split Fiction, serving as a fantastic method for breaking up the pace of longer levels. These optional adventures provide a chance to try out some of the more wacky ideas Mio and Zoe have imagined. Thanks to how open-ended they are, they serve as the perfect hiding spot for Easter Eggs.

In one of Mio’s more twisted side stories, you’ll find yourself competing in a deadly game show, forced to pass a rapidly exploding bomb to your player two players across a challenging obstacle course. The unnerving robotic host has an incredibly familiar design, taking clear inspiration from Portal’s Glados.

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Akira

It’s Obligatory At This Point

In Split Fiction’s first full-length level, you’ll control Mio and Zoe as they attempt to complete an assassination attempt as cyber ninjas. The cyberpunk-inspired city design is a perfect setting for the mission, and a highlight is the section where you’re forced onto motorbikes in an attempt to take a shortcut to your target.

If your media includes a high-speed motorbike chase, it’s almost required at this point to have a reference to the iconic drifting motorbike shot from the classic anime movie Akira, and Split Fiction is no different.

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Dark Souls

Time For A Break

There are plenty of memorable side stories throughout Split Fiction, but one of the most relaxing and charming is the magical Moonlight Market. This level is full of plenty of cute details and interactive elements, with a notable inclusion being potion mixing.

However, one of the easiest-to-miss Easter Eggs is off to the side in a dark cave. If you manage to locate the spot, you’ll find a campfire with a sword next to it, almost a complete recreation of the campfires from Dark Souls. If Mio and Zoe both go there together, you’ll get a pop-up saying ‘Moonfire Lit,’ ensuring that the Easter Egg’s origin is even more obvious.

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Sailor Moon

Moon Prism Power

While most of the references you’ll find throughout Split Fiction are for other video games, there are a handful of Easter Eggs that reference different forms of media as well.

The most on-the-nose of these references is at the start of one of Zoe’s fantasy levels when she’s running on the high of finishing the previous stage victorious. While changing into the outfit for the level, she’ll almost perfectly replicate Sailor Moon’s magical girl transformation sequence, much to Mio’s bemusement.

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The Legend Of Zelda

First Dungeon Vibes

One of the longest running and most influential video game series is The Legend of Zelda, and with how many different titles there are in the series, there are plenty of different references to pick and choose from.

In one of Zoe’s many fantasy levels, our pair of heroes will stumble upon a large tree with a friendly and wise face that they’ll need to move through to reach their goal. While it isn’t too on the nose, the tree creature is likely a reference to The Great Deku Tree, most well known for its debut appearance as the first dungeon in Ocarina of Time.

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Sonic

Loop De Loop

In spite of how consistently popular Sega’s mascot has been throughout the years, it truly feels like the blue blur has been more relevant than ever in recent years.

In Zoe’s hand-drawn and fully narrated side story, you’ll side-scroll through her thought process as she tries to put together a coherent narrative. Part of this level will have both players riding goats, and eventually, they’ll run through a loop that looks awfully similar to the iconic first loop from Green Hill Zone. If it wasn’t obvious enough, Zoe will even say, “Gotta Go Fast.”

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It Takes Two

Rest In Peace

With It Takes Two being Hazelight’s most popular game going into Split Fiction, it’s no wonder that the studio would leave references to their award-winning work.

You’ll find billboards for a drink called It Takes Two, and if you’re paying attention, you’ll find the face of the most annoying love guide imprinted onto waffle platforms. But perhaps the most iconic is the statue of the fallen hero, Cutie the elephant king, on top of the Mastodon Pet Store. The traumatic scene of needing to kill the innocent toy is burned into the memory of anyone who wanted to finish It Takes Two, and as a reminder, the statue is even missing its leg.

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Metroid

Zero Suit Zoe

Some of the Easter Eggs and references in Split Fiction are pretty well hidden, but if you’re a fan of Metroid, then the game’s sixth chapter will immediately ring alarm bells.

Right away, Mio and Zoe’s outfits for the level resemble Zero Suit Samus, with Zoe’s, in particular, looking like a palette swap ripped straight from Smash Bros. To really drive this home, the core mechanic of the level will have both players controlling spheres that are incredibly similar to Samus’ iconic morph ball. Zoe’s magnet ability for the ball makes the game look like footage taken right from Metroid Prime.