Yah if I read someone else say Pachter was right I'd right them off too. But you know while he is clueless most of the time sometimes he does have the right ide4a. Just 99% of the time he's completely wrong.

Now many are saying that local multiplayer has sucked due to all the companies adopting online multiplayer. You are absolutely right. However Nintendo did everything right with MarioKart:Wii and if they just used the same formula for all their games they would have a better network then Sony and MS, with the exception of rewards (Achievments).

As for local multiplayer sucking for the last nine years, did the poster even have a GameCube or a Wii? Offline multiplayer was preserved by Nintendo in all its glory their are plenty of offline games to be played. MarioParty, Mario Kart, SmashBros, F-Zero , FF:CC. There were more then enough offline multiplayer games.

In my opinion Nintendo has already done it right they just haven't stuck to the award winning formula. Online like in MarioKart with every game would be amazing, an achievment system like that found in SmashBros:Brawl would also be awsome incorporated into most games. Online co-op for games like DKC:R , Kirby:Epic Yarn and New Super Mario Bros would also kick butt.

Nintendo just has to balance the two, offering both online and offline content. Many developers are choosing just to support online these days, I think that is a mistake. But its just as bad to not offer online at all!

Okay, that's a better argument.

I think Nintendo has made it clear they want better online, just in a distinctive way that also supports gaming as a social thing instead of a competative thing.

They have always been more interested in local multiplayer, which I think is smart. You could say that, while Microsoft and Sony have a strong foothold on the online audience, Nintendo has just as strong a foothold on the local multiplayer audience.

I usually like what pachter says but this is rediculous.  The market for Ninty products isn't usually old or sophisticated enough to appreciate online play, sorry pachter.    That's why Halo/Madden/ and almost all online shooters have an older target market than the wii.             

Pachter is right. As always. I'm playing on my Wii HD right now.

LOL, I just realized that Pachter looks like Roberto Giacobbo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Giacobbo , an Italian anchorman of pseudoscience and mystery programs... If Pachter ever mentioned aliens, Knights Templar and quoted egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, then there's no doubt anymore, they are the same person!   

And the XBox and PS3 need mroe local multiplayer games.

Yes, Nintendo wholly and totally needs to make a Left 4 Dead. That's definitely what they need, no question about it. Besides fitting the company's image, vision and values perfectly, it's not like they're doing fine, anyway.

-_-'

its true, nintendo might be leading in overall sales but when it comes to online it sucks lol

The Wii IS the multiplayer console

Patcher is an idiot.