Splatoon 2 On Nintendo Switch Will Support Voice Chat Using Mobile Devices

As Nintendo had previously suggested, it looks like the Nintendo Switch will in-fact support voice chat via smartphones and other smart devices. In a blurb about Splatoon 2, Nintendo stated the below: “Splatoon 2 in particular will offer voice chat, a much-requested feature from our overseas fans, using smart-devices”.

[iraqmilner]

Is it just me or does this sound incredibly awful?

[Erik7357]

Let's just wait till launch to understand this

[rjason12]

Nah it's easier to bash it, in hopes of convincing people not to get it.

[freshslicepizza]

thats the thing, why do we have to try and guess? nintendo just can't be 'normal' can they? nope, they have to constantly add their parental guideance into how we communicate from friends codes to other overly complex overlays.

[Angeljuice]

Why do you need to wait? You think having to use a phone alongside your portable console may be a good idea?

The only way it would be acceptable would be if it just automatically "piggyback's" your phone's signal as a Bluetooth device without you having to do anything.

It's a bit of a cheapskate solution ( the thing should have communications built in), but if it just handshakes with your phone (which remains in your pocket) it would be usable.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol

Look I understand you like this company and this product but I don't really believe it's necessary to use this to understand that it doesn't make any sense.

Why should I get used to using something like a voice chat using a completely separate device when I haven't actually needed to do that for the last several console generations? For god sakes the original Xbox had voice chat...

Ie 2002 bud. Xbl

This is the perfect example of what people are talking about when they say this company is completely out of touch.

[rainslacker]

It's pretty well understood. And mostly not really liked.

I think the ability to use voice chat on a cell phone is a good option, but being the only way to provide the feature is just fail all around.

It doesn't even affect me, because I don't use such features, but this kind of stuff is just head slappingly stupid.

If Nintendo were more clever, they'd find a way to tether a person's phone cell connection as a secure and easy to set up access point, to allow online play while on the go, while circumventing the stupid blocks that many mobile carriers put on their phones.

[porkChop]

But is it *only* through mobile devices? The official specs say the headphone port supports mics and headsets. The system also supports Bluetooth 4.1. So there is no reason why in-game voice chat couldn't be done through the Switch itself. Otherwise, what is the point of the mic/headset compatibility? It doesn't make sense.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

They only said Splatoon 2 for Voice Chat via Mobile.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I would assume the compatibility is there for the games that WILL have in-game chat for public lobbies, like Call of Duty.
Splatoon is probably not going to have public in-game chat, because the devs behind it hate the toxicity of public online shooter hubs and don't want that as a part of Splatoon 2, so they're offering the chat app in phones as a way of chatting with friends while playing. ( which is kinda dumb, just like it was when they did it in the first game)

[FallenAngel1984]

Even though this method is very convoluted, just watch all the people who defended the lack of voice chat in Splatoon 1 be excited for voice chat at least being present in Spla2on

[eagle21]

When will this be explained or demonstrated?

[Name Last Name]

Lol exactly. I don't understand what they are waiting for. One week before release?

[PhoenixUp]

I thought Splatoon didn't need voice chat 🤣

[dubal-e]

It didnt but splatoon 2 lol, it needsssss it haa

[Blu3_Berry]

Sigh...........I don't understand how people can defend this. Plus Nintendo is being so vague about the specific details of how this exactly works which doesn't help at all.

[Yohshida]

What if I put in a Switch via HDMI into my Xbox One and just use freaking Party Chat? Or JUST CALL THEM????

[lellkay]

Fucking absymal. Still no clarity. Absolute fucking joke. Nintendo is a laughing stock, haven't been taken seriously by anyone since the end of GameCube. Only Nintendo fans will stick up for this ancient, archaic, dated, out of touch company.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol 2017 folks

[King_Lothric]

So, if my kid is playing online, which now people have to pay, and my kid doesn't have a mobile device, then he cannot voice chat?

Sorry but Nintendo is asking too much for this underpowered and heavily priced device.