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« Last post by Khushrenada on March 10, 2025, 07:38:05 PM »
Going back to Multiplayer games, I gotta list the Mario Party games for that. If I have friends over, that's still the go-to series for multiplayer action. More than Mario Kart. Problem with Mario Kart is if some have played it more and know the courses better then its unfair competition. Mario Party keeps things more competitive.
Oddly, Wheel of Fortune was a big point of interest in others in my family trying out video games and willing to play one including my grandma.
Another multiplayer game that went over well with "casuals" was Clubhouse Games 51. Backgammon, Connect Four, Yacht Dice and Darts were kind of hits. In fact, my mother ended up buying the actual Yahtzee game after trying it for the first time on Switch. Actually, I'd kind of like to try playing some of the games on here with other NWR members. It was something I'd thought about making a thread for to see about getting some online multiplayer action on but never got around to doing.
Personally, I'm a big fan of Snipperclips Plus: Cut It Out, Together! and this has now reminded me that I'm still upset I've been unable to finish this game. Unfortunately, trying to get a second person to play it with me has been tough. I got my brother to do a bit and a cousin to join me also but they both wanted to quit after awhile and I just can't seem to get them to play more of it so I could finish it. Trying to figure out the right shapes and work together to solve the tasks was something I really enjoyed. At times, it could feel like you were doing some heavy thinking to figure things out so I think it broke the brains of my partners and started feeling more like work than fun. I even got some fun and laughs in a little bit of the multiplayer games that we dabbled in but, again, I seemed to like it more than them. When will I find my true Snipperclips soulmate?
BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! has some two-player sections to it. I'm not sure the second player really makes a big difference in the gameplay. I was able to get my brother to complete this game with me. It seemed a bit easier (and perhaps more fun) than Snipperclips. Having played the other three games on 3DS, I can't say it felt that fresh to me. In fact, it seemed slightly regressive. There was a bit of imbalance with him having to learn the Boxboy controls for the first time while I knew what to do pretty well at that point so you'd get some fails from incorrect button pressing. Then I found out that there were a few balloon stages that also require a second player so there's still a little bit more I need to do with a second person to finish this game.
1-2-Switch was a big ol' miss for most people who I had try stuff in it. There's a couple games in there I still like which showed off what makes HD rumble so different like trying to determine how many "marbles" are in your controller or safe cracking by turning a combination. In the end, it just seems to generate an "That's kind of neat" reaction without any follow-up interest to play those games again.
Last year, I did start playing It Takes Two with a cousin of mine. We got to the third world but we haven't gone back to that game since late summer. It's a mixed bag. I do like things about it but sometimes fighting enemies and bosses can be a bit rough as they usually require a two step process to make the players work together. Also, some of the levels can be very long and can feel exhausted after finally getting through a couple. I'd still like to complete this someday but it's also a game I easily forget about so it hasn't been the most compelling. Not sure if I'd recommend it or not at this point.
Going through my list of games, there's a few others I've been interested to try but just haven't gotten around to. I'd forgotten about Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. I'd bought it because it was on sale really cheap and thought it might be interesting to bring out a family gathering some time but have yet to ever do so. Curious how it might do. Unravel Two I got with the idea that I might be able to play through that after doing something like It Takes Two yet ITT seems like it may go unfinished. The Stretchers I bought since it was made by Nintendo and am curious what it would be like but have also forgotten I have it to suggest to play. It's made me hesitant to buy something like Blanc because even though the art and idea of the game has looked appealing, without someone committed to playing it with me and being unable to finish these other multiplayer games, why buy something else that will go unplayed?
Even stuff like Smash Bros or Mario Golf doesn't really come up when thinking of games to play with other people because it kind of goes back to the Mario Kart skill issue. If people haven't played those games before then it's hard to have fun which is why Mario Party is what ends up getting selected over them since it's more forgiving to infrequent gamers.
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