Alright, so remember how I said that Mario Kart for the Wii will support text chatting? Well I was completely wrong. Or rather, Nintendo has no idea what the hell texting means. Here's the deal, Mario Kart will only support pre-determined phrases that people can send to each other, which Nintendo will provide. So phrases like "Hello", "Lets race!" and "Lets have fun!" are some of the things that are safe to assume will be available.
Thank God you're here to protect us Nintendo! I was really worried you were slipping. Thank you so much for babysitting the fan base and keeping them safe from the pedophiles and creeps of the Internet. If you're mad about this, than you're obviously one of the evil people. No doubt that you want to send children messages like "Your tears turn me on." and "I have a lollipop in my pants for you." You people make me sick.
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12:23 AM on 02.28.2008
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I love you so much CTZ.
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after every races. If a young child ever saw such a thing, they would obviously be scarred for life and grow up to be insane psychopaths, similar to Jack Thompson.
THANKS NINTENDO!
"I'm gonna put a baby in you."
so basically, mario kart ds with GC graphics and lame bikes.
i have little excitement for this.
I'd prefer to be ass raped by the internet then deal with Nintendo's bullshit.
"Hi!"
"I win!"
"I'm sad!"
"I'm wearing Spiderman underpants, thanks for asking!"
"I am eleven years old and my parents are at work Monday through Friday until seven pm. My grandmother watches me during the day but she's catatonic from the loss of grandpa to "the gays" as she put it, so someone would have easy access to getting into my house and raping the shit out of me."
"Good Game!"
THANKS NINTENDO! You guys sure help me get through my gaming experience so much better![/sarcasm]
what's next? Playing the computer online? Oh wait, Brawl has that. ^_^ Nintendo Wins.
It certainly is for me.
Microsoft(and Sony to a lesser extent) has to have great online in order to sell their consoles/games, but Nintendo doesn't. Nintendo will have a good online service when demand forces them to, and not any sooner.
Come on. If they said they were removing half the weapons, I would actually be complaining.
The reason I'm not going to pick it up is not becuase of chat. I'm never buying another Mario Kart game again till they remove Snakeing.
It's MARIO KART.
Do you really need to fucking talk to the other person playing the game that badly? Really? Are you fucking setting up squad-based kart tactics now or something? No? Then you don't need fucking voice chat.
IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER. It's Mario Kart. As long as I can race around a Mario-themed track in a vaguely kart-shaped object and fire turtle shells and banana peels at other players and power slide around corners, that's all that's really required. The very fact that I can now do this online has me head over heels excited for this game.
Stop making such a big fuss about such totally unnecessary bullshit and care more about the game itself plz k thnx.
THIS AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND!
"I got a RROD"
"I'll kill you if you use a "p" in owned."
"I believe in a free democracy that isn't bound by lobbyists."
"Oh dip!"
"Make sure to add me to your MySpace"
"Magnum sized please"
"Slick young boys"
"w00t"
"Sex"
"Breast cancer"
"Wii"
"Poopy head face"
"Meanie-bo-beanie"
"Gene Shalit"
"T9 Text chat"
"Do you really need to fucking talk to the other person playing the game that badly? Really?"
In game? No, not really. In the lobby while trying to set up a match or after the race? Hell. Bloody. Yes.
And no I am not being sarcastic.
I love this decision, I do not want to hear all the bullshit that comes from the mouths or keyboards of oxygen thieves, I am so sick of the addition of text and voice to games, of it is fucking revolutionary you says?
<just cracked voice of 15 year old> haha i wtfpwn you you %*^*% *#*& coc^&*&er *#$(&# </just cracked voice of 15 year old>
Yeah
What a revolution
I support this decision wholeheartedley, thank you Nintendo for sparing me.
If we were talking about some kind of squad-based shooter where you need to co-ordinate attacks and strategies, then yes, complain all you want about the lack of VC online. But for fucking MARIO KART? You guys are throwing the biggest damn hissy fit over something so completely trivial as Voice Chat in a damn KART RACING GAME. Think about that for a second.
Yeah, 'cos there's NO such thing as a mute button, is there? Thank GOD for Nintendo and its nannying of grown men who can't seem to think for themselves. Hurrah!
I mute anyone I don't like on XBL, and only put my headset on when I'm with friends. See, when I play games online, I generally do it with friends for a SOCIAL experience. After all, that's part of what online gaming is about.
Nintendo should never have even fucking bothered and stayed in its "People don't want online games," shell.
I don't personally don't care all that much about voice chat as I'm not much of an online gamer to begin with.In fact, I never use it even in games like Counter-Strike. However, the feature would be nice to have in games like Brawl and Mario Lart and it would show that Nintendo is headed in the right direction with their online strategy.Unfortunately, it seems as this rate, that Nintendo may not change its mind until it releases its next new home console and starts to realize and correct its past mistakes. Hopefully.
On the bright side, as long as Mario Kart turns out to be a fun and well made game, then I can pretty much forgive its disappointing lack of proper online communication.
I should not have to do this though.
Because some people love the idea of saying "Let's race!" over and over again, apparently.
Nintendo does not know how to run an online service. Period. If they continue to operate in this way, they will begin to lose their fanbase. Eventually, they're going to feel it.
I myself don't necessarily need voice or text chat for online gaming, but I'm surprised anyone doesn't think this is a stupid decision on Nintendo's part.
Also,
And I have a message for all of you people that say "voice chat doesn't matter". YOU ARE FUCKING STUPID FUCKING IDIOTIC MORONS THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. SHUT THE FUCK UP. GROW SOME FUCKING BALLS AND STOP LETTING NINTENDO POUND YOU IN THE FUCKING ASSHOLE WITH THEIR $10 MILLION DICK.
Get a group of friends together and play Mario Kart Double Dash, Smash Bros Melee, what have you. Play one round where nobody talks at all. For the second round have everyone write 4 messages on peices paper and use them for communication. For the third round actually talk and yell at eachother.
When you're done, come back and tell us which round was the most fun.
If you're not up for this 3 round test then STFU.
Right. Fuck the "Do it right or not at all" comments. That's a fucking stupid, ass-backwards way of thinking.
Most of the people I know who own a 360, one of the bigger reasons they got it, "so I could play with all my friends on xbox live".
Seriously, online stuff, pretty important.
And voice chat is hella important, because gaming doesn't give much time for texting, and without communication what's the point in playing with your friends?
But to be completely serious; the people who want these features are not the target audience. Nintendo wants to be able to sell to moms and dads who can play online without learning fun new words like cunt, clusterfuck, and fag.
Nintendo's not being stupid, just playing it safe with their target crowd which is, unfortunately not us.
The same argument you just made for Mario Kart I made for Smash Brothers and still people insisted, "well, you see I don't want to talk to strangers. If you really want to talk to your friends you can use the phone." I felt like I was talking to Reggie's dinosaur ass himself. It was retarded.
i pretty much hate the majority of people that play online and use voice chat... it just makes me sad that i play video games... and so do these people...
i really dont like the fixed text... i really dont like to have any form of communication with the other person im playing against. but if "Hi!" is going to be a fixed text choice... then it will be spammed to the fullest until the race starts... or whenever you can do it.
"Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!"
Clearly you're an anti-social laking any friends. Clearly.
Can you people get it through your thick skulls that voice chat isn't only meant for chatting it away with strangers?
I have friends. I sometimes don't have them around my house. We got on our consoles and we play. We talk while we play. We have a good time. See what I'm getting at?
You hating the feature doesn't mean it should be stripped away. Give people the option to use it. It's a standard, Nintendo.