Why aren't we all shouting about Wii Speaking

Nintendo Wii Speak

"All this voice chat was happening courtesy of the USB “Wii Speak” microphone, placed on top of the sensor bar of the demo Wii. What was impressive was that, in a loud room filled with the sounds of many people enjoying their demos, the speaker was able to pick up my voice from around ten feet away as I talked to Mario in a normal speaking voice. I had a comfortable conversation with Martinet, and we had no problems hearing each other or understanding what the other person was saying, even in these less-than-ideal circumstances. In other words, the Wii Speak speaker is a pretty nifty piece of tech."

Link

I got the oldest TV in the world. And the static that comes out of it is like jigglypuff singing. Now, my senser bar is right next to it. I apoligize to everyone I play online with.

But I really am excited for it :D

We can't say anything about it because on one tried it yet. Plus, we still have doubts on how it will work.lancea34

I understand no one know's how it works but I been reading every post about Wii speak and it seems as though everyone is assuming how it works and trust me Nintendo wouldnt put this Wii Speak out if they wouldn't think it would work I know they put a lot of thought into this just like the Wii Remote everyone was bashing that and now look at where Nintendo is today so hearing about Wii speak had me excited.

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Nintendo Wii Speak

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"All this voice chat was happening courtesy of the USB "Wii Speak" microphone, placed on top of the sensor bar of the demo Wii. What was impressive was that, in a loud room filled with the sounds of many people enjoying their demos, the speaker was able to pick up my voice from around ten feet away as I talked to Mario in a normal speaking voice. I had a comfortable conversation with Martinet, and we had no problems hearing each other or understanding what the other person was saying, even in these less-than-ideal circumstances. In other words, the Wii Speak speaker is a pretty nifty piece of tech."

Link

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SER69

Insta-buy! Thanks SER69!;)

Nintendo DS Games already had voice chat for two years...MangaPicture

Yes, and that's why it made even less sense as to why we couldn't use our DS to communicate during Wii games.

The DS got a headset, the Wii got a speaker. Now that we have Wii-DS connectivity why can't we use whichever we want?

Thats why people are asking questions.

Insta-buy! Thanks SER69!;)

lancea34

I mean come on, we finaly have voice, why aren't we doing backflipsCPrince1000

Voice chat should be nice, but I think everyone is kind of skeptical about how it will work. It just isn't what we had pictured in our heads. Plus it is overshadowed by the rest of the conference. I'm happy we're getting something though.

Really, as soon as I heard "WiiSpeak" I was like "Holy ****!" yes, I was suprised in a good way.

I don't see the point in bashing it because it's late. Atleast we have the damn thing.

I think it looks cool but I wont buy it, I never wanted voicechat.sman3579

Actually I might buy it if it is required for some games (or if I feel like it at the last minute)

Because everybody wants Nintendo to do exactly what Sony and MS are doing, so they want a headset to have private arguments with foul mouth kids over a game of Madden. Sepewrath

I think thats why it will have a mute button, plus they'll probably let you only talk with friends

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Nintendo Wii Speak

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"All this voice chat was happening courtesy of the USB "Wii Speak" microphone, placed on top of the sensor bar of the demo Wii. What was impressive was that, in a loud room filled with the sounds of many people enjoying their demos, the speaker was able to pick up my voice from around ten feet away as I talked to Mario in a normal speaking voice. I had a comfortable conversation with Martinet, and we had no problems hearing each other or understanding what the other person was saying, even in these less-than-ideal circumstances. In other words, the Wii Speak speaker is a pretty nifty piece of tech."

Link

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SER69

If this is as good as they are saying it is. I wouldn't be suprised if we used it as a gameplay element. i.e. voice controlled pikmin.

theirs no way im doing a backflip for this!!!

voice chat isnt a PRIVALEDGE to us gamers....this is something we DESERVE!!!! key word being deserve!!!

1)we deserve the option to have voice chat when playing are favorite games online, every other console gives their consumers, the option!!!! in fact the competition has been giving out this option since LAST GEN, and where just getting it NOW,years after wii's release, after SSBB and AFTER MK!!! -easily the wii's 2 biggest online games!!!

2) look at what they gave us!! a headset? NO!!! they gave us a mic, a kiddie freindly alternative to a headset that will work HALF AS WELL AS A HEADSET just so little kids parents can hear everything everyone says in a chat!!! HEADSET>MIC if u cant except this simple fact then ur just lying to urself!!!

3) Its 30bucks?!?!?! hell NOOO!!! 360 and ps3 let u use ur own (cell phone/laptop ) headset's so u dont have to dish out more mony just for a brand name one!!!! Not only are we paying more than the competition for voice chat BUT were not gonna get NEARLY as much use out of it as the competition!!! this is because the biggest online games have already been released without this function and you will probably need FC just to use it which is RETARDED!!! One of the whole points of voice chat is to talk to new gamers and make new freinds that like the same games u do!!!!! everyone i would have a fc for can just come over my house and play wii or talk on a cpu or phone, i dont need voice chat to talk to ppl i already can talk to freely!!!

So when ninty shows us their LAME, EXPENSIVE, and extremely LATE answer for voice chat im giving them ZERO credit! maybe next gen they can redeem themselves and just copy the voice chat standards established this gen!!!

Wii Speak was one of the only things i was hyped about from yesterdays conference. Im just hoping that every online game from now on has this feature in it, otherwise it would be pointless.

theirs no way im doing a backflip for this!!!

voice chat isnt a PRIVALEDGE to us gamers....this is something we DESERVE!!!! key word being deserve!!!

1)we deserve the option to have voice chat when playing are favorite games online, every other console gives their consumers, the option!!!! in fact the competition has been giving out this option since LAST GEN, and where just getting it NOW,years after wii's release, after SSBB and AFTER MK!!! -easily the wii's 2 biggest online games!!!

2) look at what they gave us!! a headset? NO!!! they gave us a mic, a kiddie freindly alternative to a headset that will work HALF AS WELL AS A HEADSET just so little kids parents can hear everything everyone says in a chat!!! HEADSET>MIC if u cant except this simple fact then ur just lying to urself!!!

3) Its 30bucks?!?!?! hell NOOO!!! 360 and ps3 let u use ur own (cell phone/laptop ) headset's so u dont have to dish out more mony just for a brand name one!!!! Not only are we paying more than the competition for voice chat BUT were not gonna get NEARLY as much use out of it as the competition!!! this is because the biggest online games have already been released without this function and you will probably need FC just to use it which is RETARDED!!! One of the whole points of voice chat is to talk to new gamers and make new freinds that like the same games u do!!!!! everyone i would have a fc for can just come over my house and play wii or talk on a cpu or phone, i dont need voice chat to talk to ppl i already can talk to freely!!!

So when ninty shows us their LAME, EXPENSIVE, and extremely LATE answer for voice chat im giving them ZERO credit! maybe next gen they can redeem themselves and just copy the voice chat standards established this gen!!!

kenakuma

My PS3 MGS4 bluetooth headset cost me $59.99..The regular wired usb headset for PS3 cost $30 ..Its the exact same price...Only difference is that that one's a headset and this isnt..Still the microphone in this should have a better quality than regular ones so it evens out..

[QUOTE="MangaPicture"]Nintendo DS Games already had voice chat for two years...SirSpudly

Yes, and that's why it made even less sense as to why we couldn't use our DS to communicate during Wii games.

The DS got a headset, the Wii got a speaker. Now that we have Wii-DS connectivity why can't we use whichever we want?

Thats why people are asking questions.

I agree 100% with you. I am wierd and I love just wearing the headset on my 360 even if I can't talk on the game. I really wish we could get a headset. I totally agree

I don't know if anyone mentioned this but...

What if this Wii Speak only works with games that support it? I mean, I am hoping it works like any wifi game you have (even older ones) so that you can chat while you play Mario Kart Wii and Smash Bros. Brawl too. But, as with everything else, I guess we'll have to wait and see if it's what it's cracked up to be.

Hey, maybe this means Mario Vs. Wario and Hey you, Pikachu! will be released on VC to take advantage of it?

I got the oldest TV in the world. And the static that comes out of it is like jigglypuff singing. Now, my senser bar is right next to it. I apoligize to everyone I play online with.

But I really am excited for it :D

BattleAciD

LOL