IGN review New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[Khuutra]

Soap_McTavish said:

Khuutra said:

Soap_McTavish said:
Different, the omission of split screen is because it is vastly inferior. Omit the online and the game is a worthless shell.

Split screen is not inferior - in fact it is vastly superior if you live with someone who you enjoy playing co-op with, which I do.

sure is superior wasting my HD screen with non HD video.

Split screen is also incredibly taxing on the processor, which online is not.

I don't give two shits about what is or isn't taxing or what is or isn't HD - I want to be able to play co-op with my wife or my brother when we're in the same building. This is something I used to be able ot do, it's something Halo lets me do, and it's something I would rather not be left out. I see it as more grievous an ommission than anything in NSMBW.

Except its totally not. We live in a connected world. Online Multiplayer would make the game a 92-95, its simply a sub 90 without it. It is totally reasonable to critquie it as it is a massive shortcoming to the game.

Online multiplayer would not appreciably improve New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

it is not lazy, it's a result of a different focus in terms of multiplayer.