PixlBit

Cooperative gameplay without being on-line. I don't know why I've never purchased Trine 2 or Trine for that matter. It has a fantasy theme. It's puzzly. It's visually appealing. It's nice and short. It has all the elements that appeal to me.  It's on the WiiU eShop and playable on the handy gamepad, and there's a demo available too.

I remember playing Monster Hunter on the PSP briefly. I enjoyed what I played of it, but I didn’t realize it was designed to be played cooperatively with four players at the time. Apparently there were some elements of coop play that were de-emphasized for the US release making it kind of a difficult solo trudge type of game, whereas Japanese players were grouping and strategizing over wifi making it a totally different experience. I especially found it hard to wait through load screens. I felt the next generation of hardware, beit PSVITA or PS3 would provide the proper online service and horse power necessary to make this game work properly.…even in the easy mode I still feel the absence of a group to play with.