hey everyone, I know a lot of the crowed here has common tastes in games with me or know more in specific genre than me so here I am asking for game advice in several category:

*before I start, know that I'm open to propositions in regular games, arcade games, or indie games... any advice is welcome*

-first me and my roomate have been craving for an local co op RPG like but couldn't find anything good by ourselves

-second I'd like an extended list of good local co op games in general (halo reach GOW etc are already owned, I'm looking more for the unknown little gems you guys found)

-third the tough one for the married guys here (or the ladies) I'd like to find games the lady can play and if possible we can play together or competitively she likes bubble bubble a little bit of racing but more like mario kart, nfs is acceptable... but if you have the answer you know what i'm looking for LOL :P

-fourth which kinect sport games is the best I got confused between all of them :P

-fifth is there any good party games now a days I remember on the first XBox a game called Kun Fu Chaos... that was pretty fun... something like that with a bunch of mini games

thank you for your help and advice...

Probably the most notible co-op RPG I can think of off hand would be Secret of Mana (SNES). A lot of them allow for two player controls during combat sequences (many Final Fantasy's have this feature) though no two player control elsewhere.

1. Tales of Vesperia has local co-op. Fable III does as well. I'd recommend either of those.

2. Splinter Cell: Conviction has its own co-op campaign, which is a lot of fun. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light also has fantastic co-op.

I dunno about 3 and 4.

5. The only party games I know of right now are music games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Original Xbox had Fusion Frenzy, which was awesome, but I heard the sequel on the 360 was terrible, so I don't really know.

hmm I might have explained myself the wrong way... I'm looking for games available on XBox 360

thanks

fable 3 has a local co op ??? lol didn't know that.. I'll check that out... how is tales of vesperia co op working ???

Yeah it does. I dunno about Tales of Vesperia's co-op, but I do know it's a great RPG regardless. I think it may just be in battles, you can have up to four players, each controlling one of the party members in a battle.

Also, the Lego games have fun co-op too. Your wife might like them  more than anything else that I listed.

Probably should have said that. Which you didn't.
In any case, Secret of Mana is a great co-op enabled RPG, and if you are looking to play one, you could probably can't do any better.

I can't give you any recommendations based on own experience as I never play co-op, but maybe these links are useful:
http://www.co-optimus.com/system/1/xbox-360.html
http://www.co-optimus.com/system/11/xbox-live-arcade.html

As you're looking for an RGP, the diablo-style action RPG Sacred 2 might be something for you:
http://www.co-optimus.com/game/872/xbox-360/sacred-2-fallen-angel.html

Here's the information this site has to offer on Tales of Vesperia's co-op:
http://www.co-optimus.com/game/905/xbox-360/tales-of-vesperia.html#

And I agree with themanwithnoname on Lego&Ladies: My niece completed all Lego games together with her boyfriend and they constantly tell me how much fun these games are in co-op mode.

fable 2/3, gears 1 and 2

thank you guys... those links will be helpful... but it does tell me that XB or for that matter modern consoles lack of real shared co op experience in some genre.... cause i could easily see co-op on many RPG like mass effect infinite undiscovery etc.... with split screen, each player controlling a character or more....

and more major platformers (with co op) wouldn't hurt either...  a good kameo 2.... or what a hell sega and all the devs that were releasing platformers back in the genesis era are doing.... aladin, the lion king, a good sonic, alex kid etc etc.... it's not like there is no past franchise or concept to remake... especially with the bunch of "casual" gamers you have now a days... which for a big part are actually old timers that use to have a nintendo or sega when they were 10 in the 80's 90's that are craving for some childhood memories to share with there kids or just relieve today...

I don't know about you, even if I enjoy those new titles like gow, halo, call of duty, fable.... beside those major titles that to be honest have a very short time of game play if you don't count the hours of multiplayer you can get out of it... you don't have much to enjoy in between those major release which mostly happen around the holiday season.... it's like you have too many games being developed with only a few getting major attention and care from the devs.... I could deal with less half baked title or new concept wannabes... at 60 bucks a piece i'd rather have twice more time of gameplay in smaller environments and with a little bit more challenge well balanced along the entire game... not like now where it's so easy on normal difficulty and those artificial tough spot just there to slow you down so it seems the game last longer... I think they are trying too hard and forgot what formulas have always been working because they were good ideas and still are... there is no shame in redoing what is working well... back in the days i don't remember a single game I could finish in one week end and they were fitting on a rom