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We received a few emails over the past day or so from players confused as to why their isn't an option for local co-op play for the tag team mode on the XBOX360. This feature works perfectly on the PS3 so what's the deal? Capcom’s own Christian Svensson chimed in on the issue via their forums though he admits the explanation is still somewhat confusing.

In short, there won't be a patch to fix this because it simply comes down to how the XBOX360 handles it offline and online accounts compared to the PS3. 

Check out the full reply after the jump.

“It will not planned to be patched and apologies for the manual inclusion. Seems it was an oversight. The difference has to do with how XBL differs from how it handles online and offline accounts.

According to the team:

‘PS3 version: It is possible to mix and match online and offline players for scramble battles and pair play battles. Two local players can play on the same PS3 using 1 PSN ID, and play against other players online.

360 version: It is NOT possible to mix and match online and offline players for scramble battles and pair play battles. So you either have to have all players be offline and local (so 4 players, 1 xbox) or have all the players be online (4 players, 4 xboxs).’

The reason for this difference is because of the architecture differences between gamertags and PSN IDs. I’m not sure of the technical details, but basically it amounts to: Sony made it so you can mix and match online and offline, and Microsoft made it so you can’t.

EDIT: BTW, I’m still digging into this explanation. I’m also confused by it.”