I know, but I've been wanting a Wii FPS game to play splitscreen with my friends. We've been stuck with Red Steel for years now.

I know that splitscreen takes up resources, but it's a very important thing to include for me. Sacraficing splitscreen is a huge deal to me. I don't give a crap about graphics.

I don't think it's about graphics as much as the frame buffer, which has to follow multiple players. I'm not sure, but is that the reason those games are usually 720p or less on the HD systems?

The majority of console owners do not have their consoles connected to the internet.
The majority of console owners like to play games with their friends.
Not including local multiplayer is stupid and hurts sales.
The SNES could do it.

I have a simple solution for you if you really want an awesome Wii FPS that has great local MP too... pick up a used copy of Timesplitters 2 or 3 for the Gamecube!  They both have map editors too, so you can create your own MP maps.  I know they're not actually Wii titles... but hey, they play just as good as the day they were released, and they damn sure look better than most Wii games too lol!

Of course, your other option would be for you and your friends to get a wireless router or Wii ethernet adapter and join the rest of us in the 21st century... besides, a game like COD4 is meant to be played online, as local multiplayer pretty much defeats the purpose of the game.  When my friends and I first got COD4 on the 360, we played the local MP exactly ONCE together, and that was just to get a feel for the game and get used to some of the maps.

Pick up a copy of Quantum of Solance Wii.  It has local multiplayer splitscreen.   It's using the same engine as CoD even.   The single player is meh but the online and split player are great (or so reviews say).  Of course, good luck finding anyone online...

The only reasons developers omit local 2-4player multiplayer in their Wii FPS games are due to laziness - not because the Wii can't handle it.

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Funny you should mention that, my friends and I still play TS2 aaaaaaaaaaaallllllll the time on the Wii. It's so much fun.

We actually never realized that TS3 was on the GC, but my friend Kevin plans on buying it sometime soon now that we found out.


The problem here is that I want a Wii FPS..one that controls with the Wii remote, on my Wii. =(

Nightfire 007 for GCN is a fantastic local multiplayer FPS that I still play with my friends to this day.

Unless you have some proof that effort is the only thing required, and that reducing graphics and scale to make room is not a factor, that claim is just ignorant.