HORI reveals Splatoon 2 headset for Switch, comes with mixer for smartphone app
Accessory maker HORI has just announced licenced Splatoon 2 headset for the Nintendo Switch. It looks pretty “on-brand” and will be released the same day as the game in Japan for ¥3480 (~$42AUD).
Here’s a look at the headset;
It’s the other image in the tweet that has us a little perplexed. It’s a diagram showing how the headset will get sound from the game and sound from a smartphone app. It could be Nintendo’s app they’ve promised or something else.
The headset comes with a mixer so you can listen to both the game and your friend’s voices. We’re not sure if this is Nintendo’s solution when it comes to voice chat, but for this HORI headset, it is.
【2017年7月21日発売予定】「ステレオヘッドセット エンペラフックHDP for Nintendo Switch」がSplatoon2と同時発売予定です！ゲーム内のギアを再現したヘッドセットで、ゲーム音とボイスチャットをミックスさせて聞くことができます！(税抜￥3480) pic.twitter.com/q1T4Oy3Sr3
— HORI /ゲーム周辺機器のホリ (@HORI__OFFICIAL) June 1, 2017
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Welp, that’s worrying.
I think this is pretty genius
agreed! xbox and PS4 players will complain, but I’m fine with it. innovative…
I’m in love with the Switch and Nintendo, but an external app on mobile phones to use voice chat in your games isn’t innovative, it’s needlessly tedious. Not to mention you cant hook up headphones and a mic while docked, you have to pick one or the other. They could have built an internal application into the switch itself or the games so that you could voice chat, but this is far from an efficient way to do it.
How will that work when you’re docked at home? This whole solution seems clumsy as f!@# to me. I want support for bluetooth headphones/mic on the switch and just tether to my phone when I’m on the go for connection.
Nintendo are crazy to think people want to be tethered to their system and their phone at the same time. I’m really not sure their MO is by crippling how people get together and party up.