thekitchensink said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
thekitchensink said:
I will have to actually get together and hang out with actual friends in order to play this. Oh, the trauma.
I hope you are speaking for yourself, as not everyone is in the same situation you are.
I'm not even particularly looking forward to this game. That said, my view of it is this: not every multiplayer game needs online play, and in some cases its exclusion can have social benefits. Some games benefit from having both online and local, but I've found that, in those cases, even good friends that are capable of actually hanging out would choose online. A good local-only game, just like sharing a meal together or playing sports, encourages friends to plan real social gatherings around them and is a higly rewarding experience that you just can't get when playing by proxy.
Nintendo obviously knows this--the last few Mario Karts have shown they can design a competent online multiplayer game, so its omission from a game like this means they are making a statement in support of those great times. |
So people with faraway friends, friends who don't video game, or dare I say it, no friends at all are simply screwed lol? Having online MP in addition to local would make more people happy. Afterall, no matter what anyone does, it's impossible to please everyone, so best just to try and please as many as they can. If your friends choose to play online rather than locally, that's just their choice, their way of enjoying games. Nintendo can't do anything about that. They can only make sure to include online in their games so people like them will be happy with em.
