One thing that isn’t entirely clear regarding the Nintendo Switch is how players will communicate with other. The official Splatoon Twitter account says that Splatoon 2 will support online lobbies and voice chat through the official Nintendo smartphone application. Siliconera has translated the information and found out the following:
The game and app works together by letting you invite friends via social media, then start up a game and voice chat with your buddies. The voice chat also works with the game. For example, prior to the teams of a private match are set, players will get to talk to each other, but once the teams are decided, you’ll only get to speak to your own teammates. However, you won’t get to talk to strangers in the same way.
…Basically useless. I could use Discord for free in this situation and it will probably work better.
well discord is way better than sonys and microsofts voice chat. there is no way if you are using discord that you would use any of those voice chats.
My point is unless it’s integrated in to the system for convenience or allows you to connect with people you don’t know there’s no real point.
I wouldn’t call it “useless”. It’ll be a little more convenient to use this than Discord, in the sense that you can handle setting up the match and voice chat on the same app. Also the little touches like being able to talk to everyone in the lobby but only your team in the match are something.
Of course that’s not to say it’s good – quite the opposite. It’s awful compared to any voice chat service Microsoft, Sony, or Steam have provided. But it’s not “useless”. It’s better than Wii U’s option of absolutely nothing.
I know right… Why is Nintendo so damn stubborn with this feature.
JUST IMPLEMENT THE DAMN THING INTO THE GAMES!
I hope there are more options to voice chat, makes sense if you are not docked, but if you are connected to a tv thats horrible.
i believe, they r talking only when ur on the go and have no wifi connection!! i hope there is an option to talk to strangers if u choose”
Cool for the chat, buy… How can you play online if you have no connections ?
huh? How would you play on the go without wifi?
Yeah, I’m curious how this will compare against Discord.
This has to be the option when you have the Switch in handheld mode away from your house with no wifi connections because if it’s this is also the option of when you have the Switch docked as a ” home system ” then this is a terrible idea. I’m gonna be confident and assume there are more ways to voice chat when the Switch is docked because if not, Discord may be the best option considering it’s free unless Nintendo’s app has more features and incentives
yeah, good thing I already have an account there.
Looks good to me. I thought you only have the headset to talk to people online.
Garbage…
So they expect me to buy a headset with one plug, pay for their stupid app. Wear the headset without game audio. So I can expect audio echo from other peoples game
And who is going to use voice chat say on a train?
This whole thing is dumb as hell and not thought out
How would you use it on a train. I don’t know of any trains with wi-fi.
In Europe trains got wifi….
Really? That’s actually pretty cool!
Nonetheless, he’s complaining about voice chat on a train which….makes no sense as that’s a given. You don’t use a phone either.
You Europeans are so lucky for mass transportation. Here in the US you only have a car. Only Major Major cities with millions of people have a subway or anything close to mass transportation.
Every train I’ve ever been on has had wifi, albeit very shit wifi, but it’s there.
the app is free.
Cue people griping out a free app. THE HORRORS.
Every train I’ve ever been on has had wifi, albeit very shit wifi, but it’s there.
I love Nintendo, but hate this idea. If its not integrated into Switch, i’ll just keep using skype i suppose.
I think the idea of being able to manage voice chat and all that entails (groups, muting, etc) via your phone is interesting as it means it could be faster than having to navigate through menus on the Switch. I still think it should be an optional thing for it though.
it allows us to envite people pretty much from anywhere online
on social media, I like that too very
Nintendo, stop. Now. This is retarded. I would just use Facebook entirely if I want to instead of using an app. Take your app and shove it with your unsold Weak U pile.
Please be a secondary option & not THE only option! I’m not paying for online otherwise! It’s a rip off & a bit of a scam if you have to pay for shit that you can’t even use on the console itself & need a secondary, 3rd party device for.
Dumbtendo has to die so Nintendo can finally do shit right!
I like this way because chat with strangers is really bad I hate kids just making stupid noises or other people having conversation just by themselves thats hilarious I had to block them every time.
I like what Nintendo did with the app, it’s cool that you can setup and control it all from your phone, setting up parties, muting people in the middle of a game, without interrupting what you’re doing on the console… What they got wrong is by making you plug your headset into your phone… -_- How am I supposed to hear someone shooting at me in Splatoon if I have my headphones plugged into my phone
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