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The Conduit: Bringing Wii Voice Chat?
BlindsideDork | 9:33 AM on 06.16.2008 13 comments



Woah what's that? Voice chat on the Wii?! Isn't that a illegal or something? But I thought that Nintendo's console didn't have the technology to do anything but 8 bit games, at least that is what I was told.

Dan Kaufman, lead designer, has gone on record saying he wants Voice Chat in their ONLINE multiplayer. His actual quote...

We are exploring the possibility for voice chat. It is too early to make any promises along these lines, but we agree it could make the game even better!

Not much to it but hey, he is right to the point. First we get a Wii game with good graphics, then we get not one but three online multiplayer modes (I doubt there will be 32 player multiplayer but any is good), and now possibily voice chat? Too good to be true? I think the best part is when Kaufman admits there is only ONE "mini-game" included.

This game looks like it could be sweet, I just hope they go with a good control scheme. Got to keep an eye out for this one.

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Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 09:37
Cowzilla3
Even if the game blows I'm just going to love actually ahving a generic shooter showing up on the Wii.
Hoygeit's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 09:39
Hoygeit
I was thinking of picking this up but I will pick it up Day One if they get voice chat in there.
Elitechief27's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 09:41
Elitechief27
Hmmmmmm............DO WANT
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 09:49
bhive01
Too good to be true...
Alexradl's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 09:53
Alexradl
Thank you High Voltage, thank you.
JACK of No Trades's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 09:56
JACK of No Trades
What they mean by voice chat, is chatting to the person sitting beside you.
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 10:08
njsykora
If they can get in everything they're promising for this game then its going to be incredible.

They are not going to get in everything they're promising.

Voice chat however is very possible, the Wiimote uses Bluetooth so it should be fairly simple to get a Bluetooth headset running.
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 10:52
JonDarkwood
Yeah right.
Mike Hawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 11:12
Mike Hawk
if it would be compatible with any generic bluetooth headset, that would be enough for me to buy one for this and my ps3
Spitfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 11:25
Spitfire
so it seems everything that Nintendo spews about their consoles software limitations has been going out the window. Voice chat would be cool, but I dont know if I can handle being smack talked by a 10 yr old kid and his grandma playing the game.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 11:40
BlindsideDork
@Spitfire

Doesn't that happen on XBL?
SilverDragon1979's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 13:40
SilverDragon1979
Here's the real question. Do you really want online "Voice Chatting" for your Wii games? You have an 80% chance the people you'll be talking to are below the age of 10, or over the age of 70. Think about that for a moment and get back to me.
Spitfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/16/2008 13:50
Spitfire
i dont have an xbox....yet, so I havent had that experience.
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