Splatoon 2 has voice chat... "using smart devices"

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spemanig said:

SegataSanshiro said:

I like having the option and not force dinto owning something else for a feature that should be built in. My Dreamcast has better voicechat than a 2017 console. Yes you can still hook the DC online.

I feel like smartphones are so ubiquitous that it's not really an issue. Most people who own consumer electronic devices like consoles and care about something as social as voice chat for an online multiplayer game will be part of the demographic who would be attracted to smartphones in the first place, so I don't see issue in making a move like this under that assumption. As long as there's some way to transfer game audio, there's no big downgrade in using a smartphones instead of the base console.

The whole shebang should be a part of the system. It's a well established industry standard. Nintendo's trying to kick water uphill when we already have aquaducts.