Masahiro Sakurai, who has been working at HAL for 13 years and has helped shape what is the immensely successful Smash Brothers series, has stated that unfortunately when Super Smash Brothers Brawl is played online there will not be any voice chat.
“Well, when I first started making Smash Bros. Brawl, I thought it would be wonderful if online battles between friends had voice chat and potentially keyboard based chat as well. But there are all sorts of rules and regulations regarding communication on the Wii platform and so it was apparent to me that it just wouldn’t come together, we weren’t going to be able to do it, so we decided to cancel that feature. I’m very sorry about that. But if you’re really desperate for it, you could set up Skype by your game station and go at it with a friend if you like”
Although this hasn’t been a claim to fame of SSBB, it is something that would appear to have enhanced the online gaming experience. Tell us what you think about this news. Will it make online battles a little less fun or does it not matter?
