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Nintendo Phone App List of Support (You can talk to Random People now!)

MouldyK

MouldyK

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Here is the List of Supported Set-Ups:

NES Online:
- Play Online (Friends only of course)

Mario Tennis Aces:
- Free Play
- Online Tournament
- Co-Op Challenge

Arms:
- Party Match
- Ranked Match
- Friends
- Party Crash

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe:
- Global
- Regional
- Tournament
- Friends and Rivals

Splatoon 2:
- Online Lounge (Same as before, so Friends-Only)


As you can see, you can talk to random people in games now except Splatoon 2, which has not been updated to allow this support, but should for Turf War and Salmon Run, And NES Classic, but that is because you can only play with Friends there.

I will update when new games are supported and their features.

Picture for Proof:

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EDIT:

While I have spoken to someone, Beje said the game informs you when someone else connects to the App.

Beje said:
Just tested Mario Kart (it has just updated to 1.7) and it was surprisingly painless. Just join any public room and the app will ask you to connect to that room's group chat. The game itself will even notify you on screen if someone else connects. Leave the phone by your side and just talk.
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Bouniter

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Oct 25, 2017
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Well done Nintendo you finally managed to add voice chat to some of your your games..... Its only over a year late, not available on the system level and I still need a mobile phone to do it.

Yeah you shouldn't be getting any praise for this nintendo

Edit: ohh yeah and now you charge me for the privilege don't you...
 
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Prattle

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Herb Alpert said:
So what's the point of this app dammit ?
Why not include this within the OS? This is baffling
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Because the machine is a hybrid with docked and undocked modes. And Bluetooth audio headsets would need proprietary protocols and dongles for audio due to the standard bluetooth having too much latency.

Their chain of thinking is that most people own a phone that came with a headset.
 
Boiled Goose

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So.... This clearly removes the idea that this choice by Nintendo was to "protect the children". It was just incompetence.

This is much better now, but obviously not as good as os integration.

Honestly, I dont mind friend only chat, but want a proper lobby system that's not game mode dependent.

So splatoon is the one that's currently worthless because of the friend only online lounge.
 
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MouldyK

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Boiled Goose said:
So.... This clearly removes the idea that this choice by Nintendo was to "protect the children". It was just incompetence.

This is much better now, but obviously not as good as os integration.

Honestly, I dont mind friend only chat, but want a proper lobby system that's not game mode dependent.

So splatoon is the one that's currently worthless because of the friend only online lounge.
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But it's also the only one where you can check your stats.

So, no game on the App is perfect.
 
Ninjadom

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Cyanity said:
My only guess is that Nintendo doesn't want 12 year olds getting excited and accidentally dragging their switch+dock across the room with their headphone cables.
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If only there was some sort of way to be able to use headphones without wires.... Wait someone invented that already bluetooth headsets .... I guess Nintendo didn't notice.....

Sorry for that sass it's aimed at Nintendo not you =b
 
giancarlo123x

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Cyanity said:
My only guess is that Nintendo doesn't want 12 year olds getting excited and accidentally dragging their switch+dock across the room with their headphone cables.
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Ah yes. Protecting the children from cables...a 12 year old can figure that out. Back in my day we didn't have the luxury of bluetooth headsets!
 
atmuh

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Oct 25, 2017
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Yes, using the app is an unfortunate reality of the Switch. I'm going to actually give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt and assume that if it was built into the OS it would slow everything down. I actually used it last night when playing NES games with my friend and it was actually ok, especially getting the push notification and 1 tap to enter the chat lobby. It really does need a universal out of game party system and a way to send messages, though.
 
Neoxon

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I'm glad that you can talk to anyone in ARMS, but doesn't Splatoon 2 need it more since it's a team shooter?
 

Fonst

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My app only lists Splatoon. Am I supposed to do something to add Mario Kart?
 
Buzzth

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Hold on, so could someone explain if this app actually allows you to make a party/lobby with friends so you can join a game of Mario kart together for example?

To clarify, in the past someone would have to join a game first and then your friends would have to join after and hope for an empty spot.
 
atmuh

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Buzzth said:
Hold on, so could someone explain if this app actually allows you to make a party/lobby with friends so you can join a game of Mario kart together for example?

To clarify, in the past someone would have to join a game first and then your friends would have to join after and hope for an empty spot.
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gonna guess that's the same
 
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MouldyK

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Fonst said:
My app only lists Splatoon. Am I supposed to do something to add Mario Kart?
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See here:

MouldyK said:
You have to click the "Voice Chat" part of the App.

And check your Phone Store for an update. I know iPhone has one.
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But that's only Voice Chat. Nothing else.

Buzzth said:
Hold on, so could someone explain if this app actually allows you to make a party/lobby with friends so you can join a game of Mario kart together for example?

To clarify, in the past someone would have to join a game first and then your friends would have to join after and hope for an empty spot.
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Still out of luck I'm afraid.
 
Boiled Goose

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Buzzth said:
Hold on, so could someone explain if this app actually allows you to make a party/lobby with friends so you can join a game of Mario kart together for example?

To clarify, in the past someone would have to join a game first and then your friends would have to join after and hope for an empty spot.
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Nope.

It allows voice chat with people in your game online.

No lobbies.

Also mario kart not supported
 
Paradoxal Utopia

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Hey look, another thread about a meaningful update/improvement/enhancement to Nintendo services! Let's come in and shit on them as well as anyone happy about these improvements, because it's still not as good as X/Y/Z!
 
Effect

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Allowing you to talk to the entire lobby as long you have the app up is nice and unexpected. I have to assume Splatoon 2 is the way it is because it is the first game they setup or it's more competitive so they want you to make groups first. Though you do get matched randomly with people each match when playing solo I think so maybe this wouldn't work. With the other games it's largely the same people with fewer people leaving and joining at any given time. Arms lobbies are very similar to Mario Karts for example.
 
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