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midrange on 05 June 2015
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AlfredoTurkey said:
midrange said:


Sorry, but that is a bs statement and a bad analogy. Voice chat is not limited to genres and does not detract from a game but rather adds to it (similar to good menus, video game lobbies, and online play).


It's a perfect analogy and one that you obviously missed the first time I said it. This game is for kids first, adults and everyone else second. I am a parent of a 9 year old girl and as a parent, the worst thing that could be in this game is voice chat. I do NOT need 30 year old pedos calling my daughter a little slut, whore, bitch etc. Even if voice chat were in the game and you could mute it, that would mean she could unmute it. Not having it as an option means when she's playing, I don't have to sit next to her 24/7 like a hawk and worry about keeping her safe. From her perspective, she also doesn't have to feel like she is being babied by BEING watched 24/7. 

Nintendo thinks about parental concerns first, and that's exactly why there is no voice chat. As a parent, I appreciate that and will continue to buy their products. If you don't like that, COD, Battlefield and Halo are all out there for you to enjoy. 

I read your analogy, and it sucks. It is not an uncommon practice to expect a game to have the most basic of features such as online play, customizable local matches, and voice chat. That is like saying mario games can stilll be 8 bit games because we should not expect them to have the same level of technical detail as modern games

Hey, have you ever heard of parental controls along with a mute off button. There are tons of ways to deal with this issue and Nintendo is choosing the worst one. I also doubt your daughter would consciously turn off the mute button for strangers to call her a whore. She could however benefit from turning mute off to talk to her friends. Mute some people =/= mute everyone.

You are literally taking one extrenuous case and using it to ruin the potential this game has for everyone.

"If you don't like that, COD, Battlefield and Halo are all out there for you to enjoy. "

As a video game maker trying to make this game accesible to EVERYONE, this is the most ignorant stance to take