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As always, I disagree with the wording you use in the article, but I can agree that this big headphone is stupid. If they really wanted to do a headset, why not a smaller, more, you know, portable?
The fact that Nintendo apparently hates on-line does not make the other developers, like Capcom, not wanting to do it. Maybe this headset can be useful with Monster Hunter, but adding this big monster with the nub-pad will kill the portability of the system entirely.
The fact that Nintendo apparently hates on-line does not make the other developers, like Capcom, not wanting to do it. Maybe this headset can be useful with Monster Hunter, but adding this big monster with the nub-pad will kill the portability of the system entirely.
The original DS had one too. There were actually a few games thatnit could be used for. Not that anyone used it for those games.
Yay! Now I can chat with the people I'm playing with in.... what.... wait.... every games but SSF4 are local... what's the point?
Hope MH3G gets voice-chat... else I'm skipping this.
Hope MH3G gets voice-chat... else I'm skipping this.
Extra controls and sound. Give it a month or so and we'll be able to construct a console using only the peripherals.
Ok, just a quick reminder for everyone: the 3DS is backwards compatible so any DS game you can remember that uses Voice Chat counts, too.
Right now I can only think of Pokemon.
So, yeah, it's a bit of a pointless thing now, but would you rather it didn't exist? It's a 3rd party product; who cares?
Right now I can only think of Pokemon.
So, yeah, it's a bit of a pointless thing now, but would you rather it didn't exist? It's a 3rd party product; who cares?
They looks decently made, but unless the 3DS gets some games with online functionality it's pointless.
OH WAIT. KID ICARUS. MARIO KART. MONSTER HUNTER 4. POKEMON.
There is a REASON for this, just not right now...
People RAGED for one, and now Nintendo have MADE one. Be happy, it means good things for the Wii U.
OH WAIT. KID ICARUS. MARIO KART. MONSTER HUNTER 4. POKEMON.
There is a REASON for this, just not right now...
People RAGED for one, and now Nintendo have MADE one. Be happy, it means good things for the Wii U.
Also, it helps to think of these as an official stereo headset, that happens to have play/stop/forward/back controls and a mic.
At least that seems to be the pitch from the maker.
At least that seems to be the pitch from the maker.
Mario Kart 7 will be online, but will it have voice chat is the question. Who knows, maybe in this new November update, Nintendo could be doing some shot of online chatting service. Either way, there have been online games on the 3DS, since launch. So its not like its impossible, to do a online game with voice chat, because the system has a built-in microphone. Its totally possible!
I'd rather it was a cheap microphone that I had to place a mile away from my face, and distorted my voice to the extent that Aphex Twin would consider it too abrasive. My voicebox needs 3DS Speak in it's life.
Wait, the 3ds supports voice chat? First I've heard of it. Then again I don't think there's anything available on the 3ds that supports it. Hell you cant even send challenges to people on your friends list.
The only, ONLY thing this would be useful on is Monster Hunter. Problem is we don't even know if it's going to have online functionality, voice chat support or if it's EVEN COMING TO AMERICA AT ALL FOR THAT MATTER. God, so many hurdles to jump before this peripheral is even kind of relevant.
@Dr-Peace - Yeah, people were saying that about the Gamecube too, when it came to being online at all. They even sold network adapters in certain markets, but never implemented any of it. Ten years later, they can still just barely consider themselves to be "online" with games.
Gotta keep that hope alive!
Gotta keep that hope alive!
the ony game besides mario kart 7 that I can think of is Heroes of ruin I know that supports voice chat.
Um, Animal Crossing. Hello. And the Wiispeak, despite the lack of support in most games, paid for itself if you happen to play City Folk or Monster Hunter Tri.
In fact, I am willing to bet that MH3 for the 3DS will support voice chat, and that is why this is coming out now, despite the current lack of software support.
In fact, I am willing to bet that MH3 for the 3DS will support voice chat, and that is why this is coming out now, despite the current lack of software support.
Heroes of Ruin is the only 3DS game so far that I know of to support voice chat. Perhaps others are planned?
Also, I think BlazeBlue Continnuum Shift II lacking online is a greater travesty than Star Fox 64 not having it. One is a contemporary fighting game and the other is a 13 year old arena flight shooter with invisible walls that would piss off most gamers today.
Also, I think BlazeBlue Continnuum Shift II lacking online is a greater travesty than Star Fox 64 not having it. One is a contemporary fighting game and the other is a 13 year old arena flight shooter with invisible walls that would piss off most gamers today.
@DasPooch
That was different.
1) Broadband wasn't very common yet. Most people had dial-up.
2) Dev kits for the GameCube didn’t have native support for the broadband adapter, but it did for the modem adapter, nether of which came with the system.
#1 wasn’t Nintendo’s fault, #2 was.
The PS2 didn’t have much in the way of outstanding online support ether; it was all run by each developer, many games lost support while the system generation was still on and the only one I remember with voice chat was the SOCOM series.
The only real good online service was Xbox Live; Microsoft can definitively gloat about that.
In the case of the 3DS, voice chat is natively supported, and the system has a mic and speakers built-in. And Nintendo seems to be giving the feature proper support, albeit later.
So, 3DS voice chat has better odds than the GameCube’s online play.
That was different.
1) Broadband wasn't very common yet. Most people had dial-up.
2) Dev kits for the GameCube didn’t have native support for the broadband adapter, but it did for the modem adapter, nether of which came with the system.
#1 wasn’t Nintendo’s fault, #2 was.
The PS2 didn’t have much in the way of outstanding online support ether; it was all run by each developer, many games lost support while the system generation was still on and the only one I remember with voice chat was the SOCOM series.
The only real good online service was Xbox Live; Microsoft can definitively gloat about that.
In the case of the 3DS, voice chat is natively supported, and the system has a mic and speakers built-in. And Nintendo seems to be giving the feature proper support, albeit later.
So, 3DS voice chat has better odds than the GameCube’s online play.
Okay let's hope they cancel and never offer anything ever again.
Feel a bit quick to insult?
That's natural, get a room.
Feel a bit quick to insult?
That's natural, get a room.
Hang on, do any 3DS games actually have voice chat support atm? I'm seriously hopinjg Mario Kart 7 includes a lot of these rumoured online features Nintendo said the 3DS was going to have. I dig the concept of download play and being able to just drop in and drop out of a friends game, but they don't seem to have pinned a lot of things down yet. We're still lacking any sort of basic message function for the friend list on 3DS.
@El Conrado - I'm more than a little bitter over it, I'll admit, since I could use dial-up on my Dreamcast. Then Nintendo comes along and says the GC will have it, and we all hope that SSBM and other games will have SOMETHING online, and.... nothing happens.
I just can't get my hopes up for N anymore, since they're perpetually behind every tech curve in gaming.
I just can't get my hopes up for N anymore, since they're perpetually behind every tech curve in gaming.
@DasPooch
Yeah, I can't really argue against that. I admit, I have not been buying Nintendo products for being on the edge of technology for a while now.
But I still like most of their games, so I still pony up.
Yeah, I can't really argue against that. I admit, I have not been buying Nintendo products for being on the edge of technology for a while now.
But I still like most of their games, so I still pony up.
That's nice. Why release it now, though??
I'm assuming there will be a couple games (looking at you, MH) that use it, but as far as I know, there is not a single one out at the moment that has voice chat.
Basically, why?
I'm assuming there will be a couple games (looking at you, MH) that use it, but as far as I know, there is not a single one out at the moment that has voice chat.
Basically, why?
Actually I think that looks pretty snazzy, though I'm not getting one I don't see the harm in it.
I don't get it people slam Nintendo for not having a strong focus on Online, then when they release a headset (which Sony and Microsoft have too) you complain that it's useless. If they didn't release a headset people would complain about that too, the DS had a headset also. As for Nintendo online games there's Mario Kart 7, and Kid Icarus. Starfox 64 never had online, and neither did four swords which was free.
I don't get it people slam Nintendo for not having a strong focus on Online, then when they release a headset (which Sony and Microsoft have too) you complain that it's useless. If they didn't release a headset people would complain about that too, the DS had a headset also. As for Nintendo online games there's Mario Kart 7, and Kid Icarus. Starfox 64 never had online, and neither did four swords which was free.
Looks neat, and I'll buy it. I'll take this as an indication that Nintendo is about to get serious about online gaming soon.
Also guys, there aren't many online games yet. Super Street Fighter IV, Tetris and Resident Evil Mercenaries is all I can think of. However, with Mario Kart, Monster Hunter 3G, Kid Icarus and more coming up soon, you're gonna need this set if you want voice chat.
And yes, the 3DS supports voice chat, for the uninformed.
And yes, the 3DS supports voice chat, for the uninformed.
Guys, there are games that support the microphone. The new Tetris Axis, requires users to blow in the mic, for one of the power ups. This mic is strictly for games with blowing mechanics.
What really has me wondering is how it plugs in.
There's no mic port of any kind.
I guess the headphone port is designed to work as both.
Though if they are smart they'll include an adapter for PC use.
I don't see this ever being used on the 3DS ever.
Looks uncomfertable anyway.
I'll stick to my Turtle Beach head set thank you very much.
There's no mic port of any kind.
I guess the headphone port is designed to work as both.
Though if they are smart they'll include an adapter for PC use.
I don't see this ever being used on the 3DS ever.
Looks uncomfertable anyway.
I'll stick to my Turtle Beach head set thank you very much.
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