Victory in Splatoon will demand people work together, and the game won’t feature a key tool for that.

Since the latest call of Duty was rated M, yes, I do think they are not aiming at everyone.

Because those systems would almost certainly fail and merely harm Nintendo’s brand, honestly. If Sony and Microsoft haven’t been able to curtail online toxicity, how would Nintendo manage it? The only solution I see is to have a party chat system for those who want it, but Nintendo wants to avoid any situation where…

Taking this way too far Kotaku. Who really cares if splatoon has voice chat or not? I seriously don’t want to hear some 8 year old yell at me, but guess what?
I will have voice chat in splatoon. That’s right. And you can too.
It’s called skype, this gives you all the benefits of cordinating with your buddies like you…

It isn’t because “Nintendo” it is because the producer loves FPS games and his experience with them is that people use voice chat to promote toxic gaming.

I’m 100% on the side of the devs with this one.

You’re wrong. Nintendo absolutely made the right decision not to include integrated voice communication. If a premade team wants to use VoIP to collaborate, they can use any third party app on their WiFi connected phone.

I agree with the devs on this one. A game this cute and fun should have the soundtrack to your mother, nigger and faggot attached to it.

I see nothing wrong with this. The game feels like a beginner shooter. The goal isn’t to kill your opponent but to cover the playing field with ink. That way, newer players can contribute even if they aren’t able to fight as well. There ARE ranked modes where being more skilled matters, but if you get into that you…

Fine by me. I mute the microphone on PS4 games I play, a carry over from playing the 360 online last gen. Every time I do unmute the mic I’m reminded of that toxic behaviour. It’s horrible. So yeah this is okay by me.