Home Console = Wii, this was the epitome of local multiplayer with several franchises blowing up during this generation based on their local multiplayer. The Wii's multiplayer was on a whole different level than any other home console ever made. When that console was on that was the happening place. The Wii put the party in party gaming.
Handheld = 3DS, Mario Kart 7 was a gigantic improvement over the DS game, and it made 8 player local multiplayer a standard. With the DS, you could go up to 8 players, but it. would only last about 5-10 minutes before someone got disconnected. Monster Hunter was also a great franchise on this system - IMO, the local multiplayer is what made this franchise great.
Hybrid = Switch didn't have the same volume of highly successful multiplayer games that Wii did, but with its ability to play 8 player local, and 12 player with WiFi available. Much like the 3DS (probably better) it was stable. Mario Kart 8 was perhaps the biggest local multiplayer game of all time.
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