Interfectum
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I'd like the option of public chat.
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SplatoonJP twitter - details about voice chat and matchmaking with friends on Switch
- Thread starter KingSnake
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I'd like the option of public chat.
*slow clap*
I'm less concerned about party chat and more concerned about finding people to play. Splatoon is great because you literally never wait for a match. A payway might change that for Splatoon 2 however.
Oh, my bad. I meant "everyone of your friends you're playing Mario Kart with".
Skittzo0413
Member
I don't doubt that this is likely going to be the case (the app being mandatory for some of these features) but let's not act like it's confirmed until it actually is. We know for a fact you can do matchmaking with friends in USFII without the app, for instance.
The picture is still unclear because Nintendo is shitty at communicating details about features like this.
calc84maniac
Member
Not going to happen in a Nintendo game. Maybe in 3rd-party game, though.
That sounds more reasonable. Might not happen without the lobby app, though... guess we'll have to see.
Because this is coming from a series where the previous game had zero voice chat, so it's still technically an improvement.
Gotta protect the kids, though.
wild wild rice
Member
First thing I do in every online multiplayer game is mute everyone if it's an option. Why would they want to open the doors to the type of hatred and bullshit that happens in games like Overwatch? I've never once heard something of value from some random while playing online. Only when partying up with people from gaf for Destiny raids or whatever.
Just because something is a standard doesn't mean it's good. It actually matters little to me because I almost never play online with people I know. But like the few times a year that I do? Clicking the app on the phone doesn't seem any more troublesome than setting up party chat on ps4 tbh.
Don't think I don't see y'all in Destiny gaf and Splat gaf posting on gaf from your phones between every match anyway.
The bare minimum is enough for me to suck it up and pay. No one wants to pay to play online, but given that the Switch will eventually have Smash and Pokemon, I'd have to get over it.... if the basic features that one would expect an online service to have were there. I'm not paying for their online until they build voice chat into the OS. Period. I will bitch about it until it's done, and if it never comes, well I just guess that means that I'll be bitching about it for the entirety of the Switch's life.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Stilton Disco
Member
This is such an utter clusterfuck, and the fact that they've got the nerve to charge for online with this kind of converluted bullocks is even more insulting than usual from them.
And people say the google pixel looks ugly!
WrenchNinja
Member
Options are too forward thinking
With resources taken from the games.
As a mainly single player gamer, I'm ok having more grunt to dedicate to games only, but this online structure is inadequate even for 10 years ago.
wild wild rice
Member
I'm really not taking a side either way. With the context of Nintendo's whole business being geared toward making a safe, inclusive environment for people of all pages, an option as part of parental controls would make sense.
I just don't think it's as big an inconvenience as people are making it out to be. As I said, seems like the same amount of steps as setting up party chat on PS4. Time will tell.
Broadbandito
Member
oh cool, so if I want to play with friends I need the smartphone app?
smh
smh
Living the Dream
Member
Just another bullet point of why this hardcore Nintendo fan isn't buying a Switch until all these issues are remedied. Can't believe they want us to pay for this HAHAHA
No, read the OP.
Or you could let users disable it.
And that battery life is coming from a more important device instead.
R_thanatos
Member
I .....
wish i was wrong when i was expecting something stupid , but hey nintendo delivered.
wish i was wrong when i was expecting something stupid , but hey nintendo delivered.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
It's so dumb.
Not only you need 4 arms but you also needs 4 ears if you wanna use headphones.
Not only you need 4 arms but you also needs 4 ears if you wanna use headphones.
WrenchNinja
Member
Am I missing something here? Don't you just select party chat from the PS4?
Maintenance
Member
I wish I had the patience to do a complete rebuttal these days, but I'm completely spent. Stuff like this just makes me sigh nowadays.
PhoenixDawn
Member
couldn't you just add "someone you don't know" on the smartphone app now? If anything this will just make kids give out their phone numbers or whatever is needed to random strangers which is way worse than an online username. And if it is just an account you log in on the app and share a friend code or whatever, why couldn't that just be on the console itself? I don't see any benefits at all of forcing it on a random app where they have less control than the actual console itself, but maybe I'm missing something. I think it'd be a nice option to be able to use phones for voice chat, but that should never have been the main way to have voice chat in a multiplayer game..
I think the meaning there is "voice chat is linked to the game (by the app)"
Thsts the practical default experience now in online games anyway. Nobody talks
GasProblem
Member
I'm so fucked with a Windows phone lol.
All of this moot when playing from home, which is where the vast majority will be playing online.
unrenowned
Member
Let's petition for MS and Sony to remove those functions from the OS as well, I'm sure that's the thing keeping games from being native 1080p60.
pretty done
Member
This is a non-issue to me, as I'd never be playing the Switch online, but it's still such a bad idea that I can't believe it's happening. Why can't Nintendo just let parents be parents rather than ruining their entire online experience for everyone?
boiled goose
good with gravy
Yes. The potential for lack of real integration is what is really worrisome.
An app could be tolerable, but it has to be well integrated, not a one off solution for specific games. I'm really concerned that this will be the worst possible scenario.
The Xtortionist
Member
I just wanted my Splatoon 2 experience to look like this
-Plug headset into the 3.5mm headphone/mic jack on the Switch for mixed game sound/voice chat
-Boot Splatoon, go to multiplayer menu
-Click "invite friends" and select desired friends
-Friends join which forms a party in the game for matchmaking
-I can talk to my invited friends via headset
you know, like every other multiplayer shooter
-Plug headset into the 3.5mm headphone/mic jack on the Switch for mixed game sound/voice chat
-Boot Splatoon, go to multiplayer menu
-Click "invite friends" and select desired friends
-Friends join which forms a party in the game for matchmaking
-I can talk to my invited friends via headset
you know, like every other multiplayer shooter
protomouse
Member
I still can't make sense of this.
PadWarrior
Member
Perfect response from Darkman lolI still can't make sense of this.
All according to plan, in june or so Nintendo will be unveiling a partnership with Google or Apple to launch the NINTENDO PHONE! Ideal to use with your Switch!
boiled goose
good with gravy
Because with Nintendo people have come to expect the bare minimum but still be disappointed
Or because lack of voice chat in public games in Splatoon was a god send?
boiled goose
good with gravy
Tbh. I dont mind chat with friends only. But I would like it to be done well
yeah private voice chat with friends should be a standard thing on the console through the OS. the smart phone stuff is dumb if that is all there is.
however voice chat with randos is the literal worst and splatoon would be worse off with that enabled. if people must have that then have it off by default and hide it away in some settings menu.
DrROBschiz
Member
someone send this to Nintendo for the love of god