Dan Kaufman, the lead game designer of Wii first-person shooter The Conduit, has said that he hopes to include voice chat in multiplayer.
"We are exploring the possibility for voice chat," Kaufman said in a QA posted on the game's official website. "It is too early to make any promises along these lines, but we agree it could make the game even better!"
To state the obvious, the main problem with voice chat on the Wii is there isn't a microphone to chat into. We'd assume then that The Conduit would have to ship with a microphone peripheral to do it. And you'd have to somehow get that past Nintendo.
Kaufman also said the game will include three competitive multiplayer online modes, a single-player experience that would cater to several types of first person shooter players, and would only include one "mini-game."
Sounds good. If nintendo say no, I think I will see it as a confirmation of them becoming 'kids only', and I might trade my wii in. Had enough of them limiting the hardcore in order to be more child friendly.
I'm with you. I've already said the Wii is the last Ninty console I'm buying as long as they keep this attitude.
I don't see why they'd have a problem with it though. Ship the game with a 15 certificate (which is likely anyway) and then their hallowed children would be protected from evil evil voice chat. Ooh, naughty words how you have hurt society.
2nd what mooksam said. it's come to something when an independent dev that is funding their title themselves is absolutely showing up the likes of capcom,ubisoft,square-enix,konami etc... in terms of technical effort on the wii.
nintendo should bend over backwards to help these guys.
I'm all for voice chat in a game like this, it would improve the online side of things.
I still agree with no voice chat in certain games though. I mean, the last thing you need is some idiot on Mario Kart laughing as he hits you with a blue shell, and then a lightning bolt and so on and so forth....
the only games I see benefiting from voice chat would be ones with team-based online modes(first person shooters or rpgs for example), or animal crossing, which actually revolves around the communication theme. otherwise it could just be annoying.
but nintendo might not be as opposed to this as we think: 1.metroid prime hunters 2.pokemon diamond/pearl 3.advance wars: day of ruin all have voice chat, all are published by nintendo.
of course the ds has a built-in mic and the wii doesn't, so nintendo would have to design a headset for the console.
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