0.o Having a heart attack there? Easy man. Don't explode.

Co-op? On MY Chrono Trigger?

Probably because its a portable system, and most people use portable systems for short bursts of time. As soon as you do co-op, it instantly becomes more involved, so you have to budget the time for it, and the perception might be that something like that is better for a console?

I don't know, just throwing a reason out there.

You don't see many DS online co-op games 'cos, like any Nintendo console with online capabilities, the online portion is a joke. Plain and simple.

As for local co-op, I don't know. I love it. My girlfriend and I used to play Mario Kart and Clubhouse Games. It was a blast. Hell, so was Picto-chat.

I agree with Sean, local wireless is fun, I've done it on a few games, including Mario Kart and Rocket Slime (you need two games for this one to really shine). The only draw back is that in some games, (like Rocket Slime) you need to find someone with another copy to fully enjoy the whole local wireless experience. Luckily, my brother has the game too, so we often tank battle, and it is always heated and fun.
As for online co-op (or versus) , I haven't tried it, so I can't say if it is any good, but I heard the password system is absurd. Although, I would appreciate it in certain games like Animal Crossing, where I wouldn't want just anyone coming to see my town. But then again, I don't really know anyone, near or far, who has the game....

Lol, flamer alert. If you're going to buy a game, might as well try the multiplayer portion if said game has that option. If the multiplayer portion sucks, then it detracts from what they could have added/improved upon in the single player portion. And I think I can clearly see which of us thinks when we type. ;3

On another note, anyone think they'd make it WiFi as well as LAN?

Regarding WiFi and/or LAN, nothing is known yet (except it'll be some mode involving two players). However i'm not sure if it'll be online...i don't think SE has done any co-op online in their DS games. Unless it's a minigame or something similar to mognet, i think it's safe to assume it's only going to be local.

Now about mp...trust me, a bad mp won't ruin a great sp. And CT has an absolute great single-player mode. No matter how bad (assuming it'll be bad) the mp is, the sp will remain there, untouched. Just like a bad movie made after a great book doesn't ruin the book. And how could it?, the book is still there to be read in all its greatness. The same applies to CT. No matter how bad this 2 player involving multiplayer is (and we don't even know it'll be bad - it's just your assumption. we don't even know if it's gonna be co-op), CT is CT.
Another absurd thing u said is "it detracts from what they could have added/improved upon in the single player portion" - mp doesn't improve on the sp. A good story or better gameplay (areas in which, from my pov, CT nears gaming perfection - your tastes may differ though :P ) improves the sp of a game. MP is just a bonus to this single-player oriented game, so rest assured it won't detract from anything they could've added to the sp or whatever u meant.

And let me guess: if someone doesn't agree with you or thinks that what u say is absurd, then he's a flamer, right? Nice going ;)

'Kay. :o