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Nintendo has revealed there will be no option for communicating via voice chat in Mario Kart Wii.
So what are the options? According to IGN Nintendo of Europe initially stated, "You can create rooms for friends to join and even text chat while you're waiting for other racers."
However Nintendo of America has since clarified the situation and it seems "text chat" might be a bit strong. In fact, you will only be able to communicate by choosing from a selection of predetermined phrases. Probably things like "I won" and "Good luck" and "I'm touching myself ". Probably not the last one.
And there will be no communication while the action's happening - you can only send and receive messages in between races. That's a shame. At least we've got a release date now - Mario Kart Wii is out in Europe on April 11th. Screenshots, videos, news stories - you want 'em, we got 'em.
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CordableTuna
28/02/08 @ 09:15
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Finally, player to player communication in a competitive game done right. (Compare to Halo)
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> Nintendo: Sucking the fun out of online multiplayer since 2007
considering the level of my play in mario strikers charged, i'm not sure if i WANT to hear the person in the other end speak. unless it's someone i know personally. i've had huge amounts of fun online with strikers. i've cursed irritating halo morons too many times to count. lack of voice chat certainly doesn't kill a game. edit: definitely our crew is setting up skype or teamspeak for mario kart wii. MK Wii online might sneakily become one of the gaming phenomena of the year... but of course its too early to tell. strikers only let u play 1-on-1 and was very skill based, so it didn't become as popular among my wii owning friends. not to mention the REGION LOCK (stupid nintendo!).
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nickthegun
28/02/08 @ 09:27
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We want to expand the social gaming experience....as long as you are all in the same room....
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How can anyone even try to defend shit like this? I mean, if hearing the other players are annoying, every other platform has the ability to mute either some or all players (360 even has really intricate options, automatically muting people not on your friends list, etc), trying to justify not having the option at all is just pathetic. Way to go, Nintendo.
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nickthegun
28/02/08 @ 09:36
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No. People are complaining because it has been a standard feature for a dogs age and a lot of people enjoy it.
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@ nickthegun
But the game hasnt changed, if online play on a game is so flimsy that it is so much more enjoyable when you play and chat, then the games are bad, I am not saying having chat is a bad thing, I am simply saying not having it shouldnt in anyway affect the game. (unless it is a game were communication is key like Team based). Edit: Rewording for clarification
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kangarootoo
28/02/08 @ 10:06
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@Steroyd
I play online against/with friends. I pretty never play against strangers. Whether someone is a friend or a stranger has nothing to do with the matter. If the people you are playing with are in the same room then you can talk to them directly, and if they are on other side of the country online voice chat allows the same general gaming experience to take place. I don't think anyone is saying that voice chat is the only good thing about online gaming, or that its absence rids the world of all good. Its just that, well, its pretty much a basic requirement these days. All online games should include voice chat for those that wish to use it, end of story. Any game that does not is sub-standard in comparison to its peers. This is not the 80s for crying out loud.
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jack_klugman
28/02/08 @ 10:09
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Thank goodness for that.
Finally, player to player communication in a competitive game done right. Amen! |
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What the hell, as with some other im confused why people are defending this.
Like someone said try sitting there with friends and not talking. Boring at the best of the times, even more so in a game like Mario Kart. True often times you will hear nothing but foul language when playing with randoms but it's great when playing with friends. As for text chat, its the dreamcast all over again. Reminds me of Phantasy Start Universe, if you didnt have the keyboard talking in that was a pain in the ass. I must admit I don't really understand why the Wii sells so much better than the other two consoles. I guess it because a percentage of owners see nothing more than a Wii Sports machine and of course it cheap. But their online service is far inferior to the other gaming platforms and it doesn't have any more AAA games imo. Then again I never understood why the PS sold so much better than the Xbox or GC either. |
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Pac-man ate my wife
28/02/08 @ 10:15
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Can't see why they can't impliment a limited system that let's you talk to friends while not allowing it with strangers. Seems a missed opportunity to me.
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I don't think anyone is saying that voice chat is the only good thing about online gaming, or that its absence rids the world of all good. Its just that, well, its pretty much a basic requirement these days. All online games should include voice chat for those that wish to use it, end of story. Any game that does not is sub-standard in comparison to its peers.
This is not the 80s for crying out loud. Well said as usual Kang. I rarely talk or play with randoms either. Sometimes getting 3 or 4 friends online at the same time is less hassle than getting everyone round to the same house at the same time and as you said provides much the same experience. Or it allows you to play with friends who don't live nearby. IMO it's an essential requirement for online gaming now. |
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"Who the fuck plays online games with randoms? Whenever I do play on Live! I just play with Egers and without voice chat nobody would bother."
Clearly thought, lot's of people do. Whether it's because the random nature of humans makes them more fun to play against than the computer (regardlesss of whether you know them or not), or because they want to climb a leaderboard to see how good they are against the world, or because it's hard organising 16 people for a big Team Deathmatch session in COD, lot's of people play against strangers. Online services would suffer a lot more if they lost strangers playing against each other rather than if they lost Egers. Although I am sure he is lovely. |
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stevencole7
28/02/08 @ 10:49
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Sums Nintendo up! How shite is that company now......... STOP BEING EVERYONES MUM!
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"@ DDevil so a game is only fun online if you can communicate with others? "
Yes. In whatever basic way there is, online for me (and a lot of others) has always been about community and communication. Even in the prehistoric games where only textbased chat was possible. "They're terrified of paedophiles. Simple as that. " What a terrible excuse. If they seriously wanted to do something about that, they should take a look at what live/psn does to create a safe voice environment (before you start: Just because you're too lazy to configure the profile doesn't mean that the system doesn't work). And what about paedo chat on the ds (not that it ever get's used as it is just about the shittiest integration available? There are reasons that they don't have it but it certainly isn't the fear of child abuse.
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NewbieZilla
28/02/08 @ 12:16
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I've loved Nintendo since forever, but with online, they have dropped the ball.
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