> But those were the days of splitscreen local multiplayer games.
Yup. I have fond memories of multiplayer mario kart or goldeneye, or cooperative games e.g. coop Secret of Mana / Seiken Densetsu 2.
> I expect there's much more pressure for a social group to all have the same console now due to the the prevalence of online multiplayer.
So do I, but Nintendo seems to have kept the flame alive, local multiplayer mario kart works fine on the Switch, and the game is playable with solo joy-cons, so a pair of full-size controllers is enough for 4 players (once you find out how to configure the bloody thing).
> local multiplayer mario kart works fine on the Switch
I got Mario Kart 8 for Switch and we tried playing it on one large shared TV screen.
We immediately ran into the problem that it's incredibly difficult to see the track on the split screen. Seems like local multiplayer only works well when everyone involved has memorized all the tracks.
Yup. I have fond memories of multiplayer mario kart or goldeneye, or cooperative games e.g. coop Secret of Mana / Seiken Densetsu 2.
> I expect there's much more pressure for a social group to all have the same console now due to the the prevalence of online multiplayer.
So do I, but Nintendo seems to have kept the flame alive, local multiplayer mario kart works fine on the Switch, and the game is playable with solo joy-cons, so a pair of full-size controllers is enough for 4 players (once you find out how to configure the bloody thing).