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To be fair, multiplayer on handheld systems and home consoles for that matter was a crapshoot until the implementation of connecting the system to the internet and online mode unless you were in a situation where multiple people could play together. And keep in mind, internet connectivity was in development Hell for years if not decades.
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IAmTheRad posted:Sure didn't help that Nintendo was a generation backwards for internet connectivity. To be fair, Nintendo was arguably the biggest proponent of local multiplayer anyway and as mentioned before it took until Sixth-generation consoles namely the original Xbox for it to really take off and that was really in response to Sega's failed attempt to capitalize on the ever-growing online gaming scene with the Dreamcast and SegaNet in 1999 which itself was based on earlier failures such as Sega Meganet, Sega Channel, and Sega NetLink. Like I said, this innovation took a long time to actually implement successfully and it wasn't like Nintendo didn't try to do so themselves with their own failed attempts of the Famicom Net System and Satellaview.
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As I said before, the reason that online multiplayer became so successful was because unless you had friends living in the same neighborhood/building as you, same game multiplayer is simply not viable outside of special events such as conventions.
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Warmal posted:Which I do understand. It was really amazing to get to play games with friends that either moved away or I didn't get to see very often. I just feel that perhaps we could have both local and online a lot more than we do right now. The last game I can remember buying with local multiplayer is Halo collection, and that was quite a while ago. I don't think local multiplayer will ever die off completely despite its impracticality in the US as I imagine that it's more practical in countries with a higher population density like Japan which is why Nintendo was and still is a huge proponent of it. I believe fighting, party, and racing games still have local multiplayer since I know for a fact that Smash Bros.
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I don't think the Nintendo's handhelds will ever lose local multiplayer completely either since one of their key demographics is Japan which as mentioned before has a higher population density than the United States making stuff like Spotpass much more viable there than it is here.
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I can a few passes on a good day when I take it with me to go out and about so I try to it take with me at least once a day whenever possible.
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