AndrewDean84xX
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How do you use an over-ear headset with the docked switch currently?
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Nintendo Switch Online App Launches on 21st July, Splatoon 2 functionality revealed.
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How do you use an over-ear headset with the docked switch currently?
Gotdatmoney
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You better not need the app to play with friends. Even fucking splatoon 1 let you join with friends and set up private matches in game
Skittzo0413
Member
Well I was responding to this initially:
I didn't see the Friend Battle menu tile he's talking about but if it's there then doesn't that basically confirm you can play with friends without the app?
I would imagine the basic stuff will still be on the system itself. Look at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. You still can join another player to play in their session. You can still create tournaments. You can still add friends on the system. I would imagine the basic online multiplayer functions will still be accessible if you don't bother with the app. I would assume everything you could do in Splatoon 1 you can do in Splatoon 2 without the app. Same will likely be for Smash and other online games. It makes no sense at all to offload basic stuff. Nintendo clearly hasn't don't that as far as I can see.
However if you want to do more like the voice chat, actually invite people, pre-establish groups, look at stats while playing, etc then that might all be on the app. Though I imagine stats stuff might be in game menus as well.
If one can't use the app then getting groups the old fashion way likely would still be viable even if it's annoying. Posting in a thread to set a time, calling someone up, etc.
"The Nintendo Switch online app allows you to invite other players who have the game to join private battles, league battles, splatfest battles, and communicate with those players using voice chat"
It could be that Private Battle is just the normal way to do it without voice chat.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I don't, I only use speakers because the Pro Controller doesn't have a headset port like other modern controllers.
I use my headset on PS4 and PC. It's incredibly simple and it's a shame that won't be the case on Switch.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I don't see why you can't play with friends without the app. Minecraft does it. So does ARMS. I'm thinking the app is just for voice chat.
"The Nintendo Switch online app allows you to invite other players who have the game to join private battles, league battles, splatfest battles, and communicate with those players using voice chat"
It could be that Private Battle is just the normal way to do it without voice chat.
That's what I'm thinking. Private Battle likely is how it was in Splatoon 1. However the Lounge is for the app where everyone is in one big room and then automatically paired up in the voice chat system once the match starts.
El Sabroso
Member
use a 3.5mm extender for the connection to the switch, docked switch can output audio to the 3.5mm port and that mutes the audio from the HDMI
dragonflys545
Member
Looks dumb as shit!!!!
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
The fact I need an App to do this stuff is still ludicrous. Clunky as fuck. Nintendo, come the fuck on.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
Mic on the joycons would have been the easiest solution, but i t makes too much sense.
Does make you wonder why they packed the right one full of NFC readers and an IR camera capable of tracking every individual digit of your hand, but didn't think of audio input/output on the left one.
plutoknight
Member
Yes but will I be able to use this on my rooted phone without going through insane hoops.
Another thread was made earlier
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1402014&page=1
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1402014&page=1
The lounge button will likely take you to whatever lounge you are currently in in the app. So if you are in a vc lounge with someone in turf war itll take you to that turf war. If its a private itll take you to that private. It was stated in a tweet a long time ago that you can create a room even when you arent at the system and itll stay open.
LegendofLex
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It's visible at 22:40 in the Direct. It's basically the "join a friend's game" option you see in other Nintendo online games. Then you can create a private lobby in Private Battle, again, like in other Nintendo online games.
The lobbies via the Nintendo Switch Online app are probably there for automatic team voice chat sorting.
Night Angel
Member
Over ear headphone users am cry.
Isn't the set they're selling for this game unusable if you're playing docked?
What a shitshow.
Isn't the set they're selling for this game unusable if you're playing docked?
What a shitshow.
This got me, almost spilled my water.
Jaded Alyx
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Skittzo0413
Member
Ah good find, yeah looks like it'll basically be the same as MK8D. I'm guessing you'll still have no way to invite friends without the app, but at least you can still join them.
They're probably shoehorning this crap in, in a poorly conceived attempt to try and add perceived value to the app
Diprosalic
Banned
maybe but we're at a point where those people don't matter in the grand scheme of things.
SinCityAssassin
Member
You can play online with your friends without using the app via Private battle
UnemployedVillain
Member
Hahahaha. In what world wouldn't there be enough people online?
RoboGeorgeForeman
Banned
Man I love everything else about the Switch, but good lord Nintendo, this is fucking stupid.
The world where every account (not system) needs a subscription to go online? Hopefully they follow other console manufacturer's lead.
Jubenhimer
Member
I think the App can work, but only if it has robust functionality. From the little we've seen, it does look more fleshed out than I expected, with games being able to have little mini applets onto the app itself, which can open up some crazy design possibilities. That being said, I think Nintendo did a very poor job explaining how voice chat works, as in, they didn't explain anything. They glossed over it like "Oh yeah, that's a thing", and even with it's poor explanation, Voice Chat itself looks limited. Unless you plan to set your phone on a coffee table to use it as an open-air mic, the current functionality seems to make it so that you need your phone out at all times, which for on-the-go, sounds very inconvenient and clunky. And if you want to mix the chat audio with the game through a headset, well you're gonna need that Hori Inkling headset which.... well, look at it .
I think what would be better is a future update, that allows you to beam the chat audio to the Switch itself. The app will still be used to manage the room, but the chat audio on the Switch allows the option to hook up a more conventional headset to the console. In which case, you can just throw your phone in your pocket until you want to mute someone, or add more people. The point, is to eliminate the need to have your phone out at all times, and to use it as a sort of remote.
Then again, Nintendo did say this was a limited version, so hopefully they can reach a compromise with players in future updates, when they start charging for the service.
I think what would be better is a future update, that allows you to beam the chat audio to the Switch itself. The app will still be used to manage the room, but the chat audio on the Switch allows the option to hook up a more conventional headset to the console. In which case, you can just throw your phone in your pocket until you want to mute someone, or add more people. The point, is to eliminate the need to have your phone out at all times, and to use it as a sort of remote.
Then again, Nintendo did say this was a limited version, so hopefully they can reach a compromise with players in future updates, when they start charging for the service.
McGruber21
Member
Oh I think you can. I think we all can by now...
