10 Co-Op Video Games That Created More Enemies Than Friends
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii U Grants Unlimited Troll Powers
One day a Nintendo game designer had the brilliant idea to incorporate the Wii Us tablet controller into the Mario experience by allowing its user to manipulate the game environment to help their fellow players. No doubt, they surely thought, this will lead to a new era of creative cooperation for the Mario franchise. Instead, what followed was a horrific display of the worst elements of humanity.
Players everywhere suddenly realized that the ability to place platforms on a level could not only be used to aid their friends but hinder them from ever making progress. Soon even the most impressive of Mario runs were undone by gamers placing a lone platform right at the apex of a jump so that their friend fell down a precarious pit.
Many co-op games allow for an element of cheeky destructiveness among players. Only New Super Mario Bros. Wii U was careless enough to bestow the most vindictive of co-op players with the power of a troll god.