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[A Black Falcon]

Although, I'm pretty sure he has yet to actually use said framework for game playing.

I've played a few games each of Metroid Prime: Hunters and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin online, actually (the two online DS games I own). Not exactly overly thrilling.

I've only played one DS game, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, in local multiplayer, but for comparison...

Local
-All six characters available, if you have unlocked them
-choice of three bossrun maps
-can easily go out and switch items and come back, since the person is right there

Online
-Jonathan and Charlotte only
-choice of maps? not sure
-to change equipment you'd need to quit out; if it's a random game, you probably won't get the same person again.

I've heard Mario Kart is the same, with some tracks offline-only, etc... and that isn't talking about the usual complaints I've said many times before about the total lack of options.