Nintendo Switch Online App Is Nintendo's Worst Mobile Effort Till Date

Gadgets 360 says: "Nintendo needs to figure this out. The Switch is one of the better consoles from the company, and with the likes of Rocket League, PayDay 2, and other multiplayer-focussed games slated for the system, a half-working app isn’t good enough. Until then though, its safe to say this is the company’s worst mobile effort to date."

[PhoenixUp]

It even somehow manages to make Wii Speak look good

[TheOttomatic91]

And we're done here

[Dalailana]

I don't understand the hate for this app. imo it's amazing esp Splatnet 2. Very useful.

[deafdani]

Amazing?

Really?

Talk about low standards.

[2pacalypsenow]

If you have been in a coma since 2002 and this is the first time playing online in a console, then yeah this is pretty amazing..

Waiting for Erik7357 to come in and defend the chat feature on the Switch, because he doesn't use it...

[Shadyceaser]

Just had me some of that ... Lol

[DeadSilence]

It can't be that bad.

[deafdani]

You can't even send text messages to your friend on the app.

Yes, it is absolutely awful. How in the hell did Nintendo manage to do something even worse than Wii U's friend system, which was already atrocious?

I love my Switch, but yeah. This app is terrible, period.

[PapaBop]

Lol what? And here we see on here every day about how Nintendo are turning things around and you can't even send text based messages via it's online infrastructure? That's piss poor. How can they be turning things around when they can't even get the most basic of features right that we've all been enjoying for so long?

[_-EDMIX-_]

This isn't even PS3 circa 2006, this isn't even XB 2002....

This is very, very....very bad.

Nintendo needed a strong networking team and help them get a strong base of features, ie default voice app, messages, friends list etc.

This isn't something that is tolerated in 2017, it simply makes the company look bad.

I have ZERO plans to use its online after hearing all the junk thats going on. I'll just game with my friends using the wifi lan feature like I did with DS and 3DS (lets hope they didn't screw that up either)

[2pacalypsenow]

Ps2 with Socom in 2002 had better chat support

[pwnsause_returns]

...the Vita had all this built in day one.....THE VITA....THE GODDAMN PLAYSTATION VITA!!!

[_-EDMIX-_]

@2pac- Thanks, I forgot about that, and FFXI with the HDD add on.

[segamaniaco]

Alien front had voice chat on dreamcast

[buffig]

I absolutely love the switch. I've had it since launch and Nintendo looked liked they were defying expectations with whatever it did. Zelda IMHO is one of the best games of all time. Arms is superb and I'm loving Splatoon. But why oh why, with such a mobile, competitive play oriented device have they got this so badly wrong? My friends and I have resorted to using psn to talk while we play. It's just fortunate for Nintendo that people love this console so much (deservedly).

[deafdani]

Your sentiment is mine as well. I love the Switch, but damn if the online communication isn't atrocious... It's even worse than it was on Wii U, and that's saying something.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

Frankly, I'm just suprised by people's surprised reaction to this.

They've always lagged behind in online multiplayer to expect otherwise is hopeful but foolish.

[edeprez]

To be fair, switch online is worse than even Nintendo's own previous consoles and handhelds. At least they would build the features on the device itself on the past. The smartphone birds-nest is next level stupidity.

[Ausbo]

I was going to click on the article then I realized the heading said "till date" instead of "to date". If there are grammar errors in the heading, I can't take the site seriously.

[edeprez]

The article has zero grammatical errors. The headline on n4g most likely was written by the user who submitted the article. Therefore, it can be taken seriously.

[ParanoidFreak]

It truly is an embarrassment. Either do it right or not at all. F $20 for that ish.

[edeprez]

They're probably holding back VC because they want everyone to use their online rental system, or even worse because they don't want to compete with the NES/SNES mini. And where the hell are the apps? For me it's a pretty poor launch, Zelda was awesome, but they promised me that game years ago, it's why i bought a Wii u in 2012.