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

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curl-6 on 31 January 2017

http://www.gonintendo.com/stories/273077-splatoon-2-to-feature-voice-chat

I just don't understand why Nintendo seem to find it so hard to implement things their competitors have had down pat for so long. Xbox Live has had chat through the system itself since the original Xbox, but Nintendo can't do it on a system launching in 2017? It's like they go out of their way to shoot themselves in the foot.

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Cloudman on 31 January 2017

Seems like such a complicated way to do it. Why couldn't they just have it in game, with a headset plug on the controller? I guess skype or discord is a fine alternative.

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Meh, Nintendo, why must you make simple things hard?

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m_csquare on 31 January 2017

Smh, nintendo thinks they're Apple now

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Mike321 on 31 January 2017

This app thing is so unnecessary when there are easier ways to implement voice chat, plus there's so many other voice chat apps and I doubt the nintendo one will be better.

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monocle_layton on 31 January 2017

On the bright side, less annoying and immature people (hopefully)?

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SegataSanshiro on 31 January 2017

Don't own a smartphone or tablet. Guess I will never use voice chat.

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Nuvendil on 31 January 2017

Still not sure what they mean by using smart devices. Is it the actual vehicle for chats? Is it how you set up parties? Like, what is it.

In the interest of pointing out some irony, I will say the integrated general chat on my PS4 is a ghost town in games like Titanfall 2, Battlefield 1, etc etc. And very few people I know use it, most opting for Skype. Kinda funny that while people are desperate for integrated voice chat on Switch, integrated voice chat at least on PS4 is pretty under utilized from what I have seen (probably due to how obnoxious it can be).

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Ljink96 on 31 January 2017

I'm guessing this was the best choice for those who want to voice chat on the go. But it's a terrible solution overall. Is it going to use my wifi? My data? Nintendo...plz.