I have a Wii, so no.

Hopefully, local multiplayer will continue on in Wii U.

Which explains why you are a user at Good Old Games.

Because a lot of old games offer amazing single player experiences...

Not really, I've always used consoles for multiplayer and the Wii has plenty of good 4-player games. I do much prefer local multiplayer though, it annoys me when say the latest Need for Speed game only has online play.

How so? I'd much rather play multiplayer in the same room as a few friends than with people across the globe.

What do you mean, how so? Just because you'd much rather play local offline multiplayer doesn't mean it is not something from the dark ages.

So you think that newer is always better?

Every day.

Although these days time is a little more precious and moving all computers to a single location is difficult. Now almost all LAN gaming I do is with LAN Bridger - awesome!

Yes, I miss being able to look my enemy in the eye before I kick their ass... or slap 'em roond the back o' the heid if they kick mine :)

I don't see LAN as being that bad, I've had more issues with online play - having to deal with port forward, games needing hamachi or games no longer supporting online play for some reason - Local will ALWAYS be there.

Yeah, after all, single player is just a gimmick

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/idiot_says_singleplayer_is_a_gimmick

Compare local offline multiplayer to Eve Online for example. 4 local players VS I think over a thousand players you can play with in just a few clicks.

How'd you get Magicka, Deathspank, Worms and Lara Croft running on their PC then, just out of curiosity? You need Steam and an internet connection to get them going.

Tunngle is great, much easier than Hamachi and usually have little to no port forward.

But is that better than local in every way?

I miss local LAN support. People don't realize that STABLE broadband is still not around everywhere you go. I live TEN WHOLE MINUTES outside of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the US, and our cable goes out all the time. We live in a neighborhood with above ground cabling, so stuff just happens to it often. Bad weather, squirrels chew through lines, car crashes into poles, etc. AND, I have a roommate and we both play a lot of the same games. We enjoy playing co-op games together. Do you know how retarded it is to have lag when you're sitting less than 5 feet away from the guy you're playing with? It's just stupid. AND, not only that, but how retarded is it to not be able to even play a game that requires internet (when it goes out) with your buddy when you're sitting right next to each other?

As far as I'm concerned, Blizzard and their thoughts on always-online (like with Diablo 3) and anyone else who feels that always-online is the way to go, can pretty much die in a fire. Twice. And then some more. =)

I haven't supported Blizzard with a single dollar of my money since they released Diablo 3, and I have no intentions of ever supporting them again unless they get rid of their current leadership that is completely out of touch with what gamers want (stuff like, 'every game should be online and have an aspect of socializing', in other words, every game should be an MMO - players definitely don't want every single game to be an MMO). I miss Blizzard North =( Blizzard-Irvine just isn't the same Blizzard we all knew and loved in the past.