Topic: SMG 2 - Online or Multiplayer?

The first one didn't had one of those. But which do you prefer? Online or multiplayer?

Both.

same here

Neither. We just got a multi-player Mario game last year.

I'd rather have local multiplayer.

If we had online, a lot more options would be available, like DLC and leaderboards.
Also, there could be a patch available to include multiplayer, which would be a win-win.

You are dreaming, considering the small amount of space on the Wii (256 MB).

SD cards.
Plus, you can do a lot with 256 MB.

regular mp. online is not as fun especially since you dont know the person and you dont have wii speak with NO FRIEND CODES!

same

yeah LBP DLC has alot to offer and only takes kb's of space!

My one problem with multiplayer that isn't like the first game is that it wouldn't really enhance the experience. This is a game meant to be played by one person. Unless they create levels where you have to work together and coordinate, I don't think it would help at all.

256? I think it's 512.

I think a lot of the 512 megabytes is unusable. It's more around, say, 400 MB of space, maybe a little less.

Neither.

local multiplayer. they would have trouble getting the online to run without friend codes. leader boards would be nice though.

Local multiplayer. Online gaming is overrated anyways, an online wouldn't even fit in this kind of game.

Well, it did have a 2P option, albeit a very uninteresting one, so it was certainly not meant for just one person. It wasn't a terrible idea, but the game just wasn't anywhere near hard enough for it to be necessary, and it would just result in a bored second player wishing he could be Mario instead.

That said, online play is never going to happen. The best hope for multi-player is that they make the current multi-player more interesting somehow, either by granting player two more abilities or making harder levels to make it worth playing -- perhaps even an option where if you play two-players the level will be populated with more enemies? I would also welcome a return to Mario's roots with alternating play, something I think the change from hub to map would facilitate.

Mario has always been a game meant to be played together. One of the greatest disappointments with the 3D Marios was the move away from this, so I was glad to see Galaxy at least putting some minimal effort to correct this.

Right now, I think it doesn't need multiplayer.

A good single-player game is almost always ruined by tacked-on multiplayer.