Get a party chat system for friends Nintendo!

I understand that there is toxic people out there but this is an overreaction. It won't stop parents from buying it for their children. Much like it won't stop them from buying gta or cod.

Lame excuse. Just add mute option or enable the ability to talk only with friends. Problem solved.

Sometimes these people speak without even thinking. It's laughable.

Voice chat is pretty essential in almost every online game, and this is 2015 already

And I thought wii U owners were so mature and stuff. The community must be really toxic for them to remove voice chat all together, what a shame.

Wow. I can't believe they're still doing this outdated online stuff. I have now lost the only bit of interest I had in this game. How are you suppose to communicate with your friends online without voice or at least keyboard inputs?

oh Nintendo...

Its funny though, because kids are actively stepping away from those types of games. It's not the 90's anymore. Half the reason why so many kids had Nintendo was because of their parents or because of massive commercialism on the TV in the 80's and 90's. Today kids have more of an active voice with their purchasing power and parents are no longer holding them back because of rules. Back then parents were more stringent.

Skype or Team Speak.

Wii U doesn't have Skype functionality ingame to my knowledge (If it does, do tell) And also what if I wanted to talk with strangers on my team to enjoy the game better.  How come games have had online voice chat and messaging for literally decades and Nintendo can't even try to add it due to making the game "too toxic".  Its decisions like this that are killing nintendo worst than Sony or Xbox ever could. 

*sigh* wake me when Nintendo gets in the real world.