14 Video Games That Prove Local Multiplayer Is The Best

5. Ultra Street Fighter IV

Watching two skilled players fight it out on Street Fighter is like watching a very fast paced version of chess but with fireballs, focus-cancels and kicks instead of people stroking their chins deep in thought. It's a true spectacle that people have enjoyed since the beginnings of the series in arcades. Sure, the online of Ultra Street Fighter IV works just fine and it's an option if you want it, but you just don't get the same sense of community. Throughout the world fans still visit arcades to play Street Fighter with friends and strangers alike and flock to tournaments like Evo in their thousands to witness the best players around hadouken their way to victory. Community is such an integral part of Street Fighter. You need to see your opponent's face to psyche them out. You need to be deafened by the incredulous cheers of your friends when you cheekily snatch victory with a well-timed ultra combo in the final moments of a match. There's no way around it: for the best Street Fighter experience you need a bunch of angry people in a room together.