Nintendo's latest survey wants to know what you think of online play

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

ps3-sales! said:
Some games you can't have much fun in local multiplayer compared to online. I don't think many people would prefer to play shooters like BF4 and Ghosts locally with friends compared to online...

That's probably true, but I think there is a silent group of video game players who really miss local multiplayer. And that includes shooters. Part of the reason I purchased Black Ops II for Wii U, for example, was for its local multiplayer features. I can only speak for myself, but I'd rather get a group of four or five friends together and play Call of Duty or Mario Kart or whatever in the same room. Split a pizza, have some beers, talk trash. I find it a lot more satisfying than going head to head with strangers online, many of whom say some pretty hateful things during each match, many of whom are poor teammates and poor sports.

Sure, without online multiplayer you can't play against the best and brightest in the world. And you can't connect with friends overseas or across state lines. But without local multiplayer you're stuck alone in your room facing off against mostly nameless and faceless strangers who have no real incentive to behave like good teammates, or good human beings for that matter.

Don't get me wrong, I love some local multiplayer. And out of the 3 companies, Nintendo is obviously the only one who loves local multiplayer as well. Super Smash Bros brawl is the greatest local multiplayer game of ALL TIME in my opinion.

But shooters are just weird locally. Call of duty can be decent because of the small maps, but could you imagine playing Battlefield locally? It'd just be awkward lol.