• WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The GBA had a multiplayer Zelda game, and every GBA Mario game came with a multiplayer version of the og Mario Bros. Arcade game.

    An even less common connector could be used to connect a GBA to a GameCube. The uses of that one (as far as I’m aware):

    • using Pokemon XD to battle two GBA Pokemon games using the GameCube 3D graphics
    • a multiplayer Zelda game entirely based around the gimmick of using the GBA as a controller
    • using a GBA Metroid to unlock bonus power ups in the GameCube Metroid
    • Username@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 months ago
      • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, a multiplayer RPG where each player can control their inventory etc. using the GBA.
    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Phantasy Star Online and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle used the link cable to GBA for mini games and a portable Chao garden

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      4 months ago
      • Traveling to an island in Animal Crossing, where you could bury random items and get sacks of Bells in return, up to 10k for a single item.

      That’s how I paid off my house.

    • Spezi@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I think local multiplayer absolutely peaked with the Nintendo DS. The download games where you could play with one cartridge, multiplayer without wifi, pictochat. Today you have to subscribe to shitty online services or at least play through wifi, which completely annihilates the possibility to play in a car, bus or train without a router.

      • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 months ago

        The sweet spot of not needing an adapter for multiplayer, but also only needing one cartridge, and no internet or subscription.

      • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Nintendo fully panicked over the prospect of child predators and put a ton of barriers up for player interaction.

        • Spezi@feddit.orgEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I think it was more about making money with subscriptions by incentivizing getting Nintendo Online to play against your friends. I bet they profited massively during corona from this business model.

          • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Killing Pictochat, Street Pass, and in-game voice chat has nothing to do with subscriptions.