It works pretty well, too, from the looks of it.

Soccer moms of the world rejoice! But seriously, as well as this seems to work, I'd take a headset over that any day.

"The questionable option within the menu: you had the ability to turn on and off a suspicious "Use Headphones" switch."

Hm? Interesting.
Anyway, it sounds pretty good. I'm currently using Skype to talk with my friends while playing Wii since we all have our Wii's in the same room as our computers, conveniently enough. But sometimes I like to move my Wii to my larger, HDTV in the basement, but I don't do it since I can't talk to my friends down there.

So what's the purpose of this horseshit? To talk to other people playing Animal Crossing? Holy shit Nintendo, don't do me any favors here.

I play a lot of Tiger Woods PGA Tour on the Wii and online, this would be great for that game. Fingers crossed for TW10 for the Wii.

"So what's the purpose of this horseshit? To talk to other people playing Animal Crossing? Holy shit Nintendo, don't do me any favors here."

If the "use headphones" option allows voices to be heard through the speakers that would be great because I always use headphones when I game. Don't ask how I use a headset when I have headphones on...

Great. Now I can talk to children even younger than Xbox LIVE's 14 year old residents.

There were some minor problems but I can't wait to try out the game with Wii Speak.

Hmm.. i think ill stick to just turning around slightly and typing on msn while i play.

I HATE talking with random people when I play games. Sure, that a game has a chat system is all well and good and I use that, but voice chat? No... Definetely won't be picking this up (partly because my nintendo wii hasn't been used for over half a year, also).

"I HATE talking with random people when I play games. Sure, that a game has a chat system is all well and good and I use that, but voice chat? "

"So what's the purpose of this horseshit? To talk to other people playing Animal Crossing? Holy shit Nintendo, don't do me any favors here."

"Kohe321 said:

"I HATE talking with random people when I play games. Sure, that a game has a chat system is all well and good and I use that, but voice chat? "

... someone actually agrees with me. I don't particularly enjoy "communicating" with the spoiled brats that populate XBOX Live (and occassionally PSN)."

On a perfect world without dumb people playing online it would be incredbile to communicate with random people but I would really like Nintendo to allow us to do that, if you are bothered by what other people are saying I think the best solution is to have an option where you can turn off the communication.

"I play a lot of Tiger Woods PGA Tour on the Wii and online, this would be great for that game. Fingers crossed for TW10 for the Wii."

I already knew it would work. There was a story back in July about a closed doors presentation with the mic where they had Charles Martinet talking from another room, and his voice came out perfectly.

Besides, I think using this for communications would feel more natural for talking with others online than a headset. Not only do most headphones hate my ears (I always have to go earbuds), but this be the looks of it may not make it feel so much like your talking over a telephone attached to your head.

And Earthbounder, I wish just the same for the perfect world. Assholes can be such a pain.

"Kohe321 said:

"I HATE talking with random people when I play games. Sure, that a game has a chat system is all well and good and I use that, but voice chat? "

... someone actually agrees with me. I don't particularly enjoy "communicating" with the spoiled brats that populate XBOX Live (and occassionally PSN)."

It better work well... they made it out to be a highlight of their show at E3.

But I still prefer a normal headset. You have to play in an extremely quiet room to actually use the thing. And it won't get much use anyways, all because of those darn friend codes, and because only one game can utilize it at the moment.

You know what the saddest thing is? I haven't bought any Wii games this year, and it looks like that won't change.

No games in 2008? Off the top of my head I can think of Endless Ocean, Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes, Super Smash Bros Brawl, De Blob, Wario Land, the two Art Style games, Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People, World of Goo, Tetris Party, Lost Winds and Bomberman Blast  (with some of these unavailable for certain regions) as far as console exclusives go so your problem is not buying instead of WIi not having...

"No games in 2008? Off the top of my head I can think of Endless Ocean, Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes, Super Smash Bros Brawl, De Blob, Wario Land, the two Art Style games, Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People, World of Goo, Tetris Party, Lost Winds and Bomberman Blast  (with some of these unavailable for certain regions) as far as console exclusives go so your problem is not buying instead of WIi not having..."

Well, let's hope the Hard Drive works just the same.

"Al3xand3r said:

"No games in 2008? Off the top of my head I can think of Endless Ocean, Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes, Super Smash Bros Brawl, De Blob, Wario Land, the two Art Style games, Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People, World of Goo, Tetris Party, Lost Winds and Bomberman Blast  (with some of these unavailable for certain regions) as far as console exclusives go so your problem is not buying instead of WIi not having..."

Those are all gimmicky kiddy games. I have not played or seen them, but they are all kiddy games because they are on Wii, and most likly are nothing but gimmicks because they all use waggle. I am a REAL hardcore gamer, I want REAL games."

Reading this made me realize that, despite my better judgement, I know I'm going to buy Animal Crossing.

I think a lot of people miss that fact that this is only with friends, so you won't have to listen to 12 year olds whining in your ear, unless your friends are 12 year old whiners.

"I think a lot of people miss that fact that this is only with friends, so you won't have to listen to 12 year olds whining in your ear, unless your friends are 12 year old whiners."

"Dark_Link142 said:

"I think a lot of people miss that fact that this is only with friends, so you won't have to listen to 12 year olds whining in your ear, unless your friends are 12 year old whiners."

Or, The Wii's Key Demographic, as they're more commonly known."

"Dark_Link142 said:

"I think a lot of people miss that fact that this is only with friends, so you won't have to listen to 12 year olds whining in your ear, unless your friends are 12 year old whiners."

Or, The Wii's Key Demographic, as they're more commonly known."

"HandsomeDead said:

"Dark_Link142 said:

"I think a lot of people miss that fact that this is only with friends, so you won't have to listen to 12 year olds whining in your ear, unless your friends are 12 year old whiners."

Or, The Wii's Key Demographic, as they're more commonly known."

I don't know anyone with a Wii that is a 12 year old screamer, therefore they won't be added to my list. Also, the Wii has no key demographic. That's why it's raping in sales."

i suppose busting out your PSP slim and using it's skype connectivity is another viable option while playing wii games, but it's nice to know that Nintendo is taking this form of voice chat seriously too.

"Arkthemaniac said:

"HandsomeDead said:

"Dark_Link142 said:

"I think a lot of people miss that fact that this is only with friends, so you won't have to listen to 12 year olds whining in your ear, unless your friends are 12 year old whiners."

Or, The Wii's Key Demographic, as they're more commonly known."

I don't know anyone with a Wii that is a 12 year old screamer, therefore they won't be added to my list. Also, the Wii has no key demographic. That's why it's raping in sales."

True, with the Wii having such a huge demo, all those mature games that come out do tend to light up the charts. Those child oriented waggle fests that get labelled as family games are what rape the sales and I daresay the bulk of those players are the 12 year old whiners who'll populate Animal Crossing. Well, it'll be them or the insufferable 15 year olds hung up on the percieved innovative qualities. I'm not sure who's worse."