Final Fantasy IV - VI and IX all had multi-player. It was actually kind of cool honestly. It didn't work terribly well, but it was nice for having a friend over. In the age of action RPGs I would very much prefer to have multi-player control as I loathe nothing as much as an AI controlled partner. Do it well and I bet no one would even notice. Hell, I bet most people didn't know there are multiple 2 player Final Fantasy games. Life is funny that way.
Leader boards and the like would just be stupid though. Single player games don't all need dick measuring contests. I can ignore them easily enough so it isn't a huge deal, but I still don't like them.







