Nintendo Switch Online App Requires Your Phone To Be Unlocked To Use Voice Chat

No one is going to use this. All of my friends and I have already decided that we're just gonna use PSN party chat.

Don't worry nintendo fanboys will find a way to turn this around

so where is the "OTHER Options" Reggie stated would be available.. and who is there right mind though of this idea.. I bet someones cashing in

The more we find out the worse this is

Amazing console, absolutely love it.

Dumb app tho.

WTF were they thinking? Why not just use a Bluetooth headset to connect directly to the Switch and have a chat app running in the background?

Even though this is incomprehensible the Switch still has its value.. I basically told myself this would be my go-to for the likes of Zelda, Mario, etc., and portable gaming..

While more competitive/social games will be for other stuff. Sure, I’d like it much better if Nintendo didn’t seem like the special olympics of the gaming industry, but its 1 of those love-hate relationships.

Nintendo is the most stubborn video game company there is. Still does not have something as simple as voice chat. Even the PS2 had it, but Nintendo is struggling with it in 2017. Nintendo needs new management.

Nintendo needs to learn how to **** off

People will complain until Nintendo mentions a game that they like and then it's all forgiven.

Only the very small yet super vocal minority actually want voice chat and those said people already use things like Skype, Curse, Discord, Google Hangouts, ect. Also if you're playing Splatoon on your Switch and using a voice chat on your phone, why would you even put it in your pocket? Also turn the brightness down on your phone so it isn't draining the battery so much. Also I doubt people are walking around the streets playing Splatoon 2. Almost if not everyone should have a portable battery for their phone/Switch anyways already since most phones still don't make it through the day with moderate to high usage. And even if you are stupid and don't already have one you can find a wall outlet or an open USB port to simply plug it in to recharge. No idea why people are acting like this is the ONLY way to do voice chat while playing.

So, you can't "switch" anything on your phone during use...

Isn't the whole draw of the Switch to... you know, switch on the fly?

Maybe people should just switch to another console or PC.

"If you do the same thing as others, it will wear you out," - Satoru Iwata -

Ah Nintendo, so innovative and simple! Never change.

Going to keep asking this question: How much does it cost MS and Sony to run their servers? I'm convinced that the real reason they don't just go all in is because they waited too long and the costs are scaring them off.

This will fail.

Nintendo will change this, or hardly anyone will use voice chat on the Switch.

I like my Switch, but this ensures I will not be chatting online with anyone on it.

Garbage Design...Garbage Usability.

I actually hate voice-chat and avoid it like the plague when I can, but this implementation is so archaic.

So, shitty apps and mistakes aside, why does Splatoon 2 need voice chat? There's no competition involved, it's just a 3-minute, paint everything you see game for fun, I don't see anything competitive about it

Im actually dying to see how many people will actually use this feature. If the a lot of people actually use it, you know the Nintendo fanbase has gone full retard.

what were they thinking? they weren't

bunch of morons

What is wrong with Nintendo? Do they not understand modern technology? They need some new blood at that company. This is like an out of touch grandparent

Why can't ninendo use headsets than using your phone be lit easy.

Well that's stupid. I hope they fix that.

I absolutely love my Switch, and I tend to defend Nintendo much of the time, but this just ridiculously stupid.

Just use a voice chat service that allows you to lock your phone instead of Nintendo's half baked idea.

You know what, though. Since Nintendo demographic is younger, I most likely would inevitably rip the headphone off my head after hearing a bunch of 10 year-olds screaming into my ears.

I also have zero friends on Switch so no voice chat is actually no loss to me.

They forgot to mention that pure myrrh needs to be burnt while bathing in the blood of a unicorn in preparation for any chat sessions, which will only be allowed in-between the first and last quarter of the synodic cycle.

Love my switch

Stoked for future games

I absolutely hate how stupid and behind the times Nintendo is.

Ps2 did game chat with a single usb connection headset back in 2001. 16 years later Nintendo still has their thumb up their A$$

This literally pisses me off off. Splatoon 2 is a game that NEEDS party chat with buddies. So i still have to resort to using a ps4 party in the backround. Pathetic!

Nintendo is completely clueless. We're going to eventually find out their "voice chat" app is actually just calling the other person.

Not so well played Nintendo.

Jesus Nintendo... In the mean time, if you're going to use your phone to chat with your friends, you might as well just call them.

Nintendo being as "innovative" as ever.

And there was me thinking the amount of cables with PSVR was silly.

In other words, totally useless. They really shouldn't have bothered at all.

Someone should start a parody series "Nintendo Requires <insert silly thing here>".

- "Nintendo Requires a 56k modem for sending emails"

- "Nintendo Requires you to buy an adobe premiere licence to record gameplay clips ".

- "Nintendo Requires you perform a handstand to unlock your console".