05-15-2019, 01:02 AM
Discord App For Switch Would ‘Need Nintendo’s Blessing’
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<p>The makers of voice and text chat app Discord were vocal with their enthusiasm for <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/12/discord_ceo_reiterates_his_company_is_keen_to_work_with_nintendo_on_switch_voice_chat">bringing the service to Nintendo Switch</a> back in 2017. It seems that they’re still keen to help out players who are perhaps <em>less than happy</em> with the Kyoto company’s official solution to voice chat on the console.</p>
<p>After the official Discord Twitter account posted an adorable <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/animal_crossing">Animal Crossing</a></strong> Mother’s Day pic, a fan asked when we’ll be seeing the app come to Switch:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Discord for switch when ?</span>— Stewart (is 15 in 5 days) (@im_spicii) <a href="https://twitter.com/im_spicii/status/1127628382508855296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Discord responded thusly:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">We would love to bring Discord to the switcht! But we’d need Nintendo’s blessing for that to happen first. Vote up the idea here and maybe it could be a thing someday:<a href="https://t.co/sHddT8z2Fn">https://t.co/sHddT8z2Fn</a></span>— Discord (@discordapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/discordapp/status/1127631897956372480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>So, although the company is still enthusiastic, a greenlight from Nintendo would be needed, and that doesn’t appear to be forthcoming. While it’s nice to see that Discord are ready and willing to integrate their solution – an app with which a great many people <em>already</em> solve their Switch voice chat woes – into the console itself, it seems that Nintendo is more than happy to continue using the convoluted Nintendo Switch Online app in supported games. Somebody there seems to think it ain’t broke, so a fix seems unlikely.</p>
<p>With Vivox, another voice and text chat specialist, having <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/vivox_brings_additional_voice_and_text_chat_support_to_nintendo_switch">released an SDK for developers</a> to use on Switch, some games are circumventing Nintendo’s convoluted system with titles like <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/fortnite">Fortnite</a></strong>, <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/paladins_-_founders_pack"><strong>Paladins</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/smite"><strong>SMITE</strong></a> all using the same tech to provide an in-game solution. We still dream of a slick, system-wide set-up, though! Is that too much to ask?!</p>
<p><em>What’s you experience with voice chat on Switch? Would you be happy to see Discord integrated on the console? Let us know below.</em></p>
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<p>The makers of voice and text chat app Discord were vocal with their enthusiasm for <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/12/discord_ceo_reiterates_his_company_is_keen_to_work_with_nintendo_on_switch_voice_chat">bringing the service to Nintendo Switch</a> back in 2017. It seems that they’re still keen to help out players who are perhaps <em>less than happy</em> with the Kyoto company’s official solution to voice chat on the console.</p>
<p>After the official Discord Twitter account posted an adorable <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/animal_crossing">Animal Crossing</a></strong> Mother’s Day pic, a fan asked when we’ll be seeing the app come to Switch:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Discord for switch when ?</span>— Stewart (is 15 in 5 days) (@im_spicii) <a href="https://twitter.com/im_spicii/status/1127628382508855296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Discord responded thusly:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">We would love to bring Discord to the switcht! But we’d need Nintendo’s blessing for that to happen first. Vote up the idea here and maybe it could be a thing someday:<a href="https://t.co/sHddT8z2Fn">https://t.co/sHddT8z2Fn</a></span>— Discord (@discordapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/discordapp/status/1127631897956372480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>So, although the company is still enthusiastic, a greenlight from Nintendo would be needed, and that doesn’t appear to be forthcoming. While it’s nice to see that Discord are ready and willing to integrate their solution – an app with which a great many people <em>already</em> solve their Switch voice chat woes – into the console itself, it seems that Nintendo is more than happy to continue using the convoluted Nintendo Switch Online app in supported games. Somebody there seems to think it ain’t broke, so a fix seems unlikely.</p>
<p>With Vivox, another voice and text chat specialist, having <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/vivox_brings_additional_voice_and_text_chat_support_to_nintendo_switch">released an SDK for developers</a> to use on Switch, some games are circumventing Nintendo’s convoluted system with titles like <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/fortnite">Fortnite</a></strong>, <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/paladins_-_founders_pack"><strong>Paladins</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/smite"><strong>SMITE</strong></a> all using the same tech to provide an in-game solution. We still dream of a slick, system-wide set-up, though! Is that too much to ask?!</p>
<p><em>What’s you experience with voice chat on Switch? Would you be happy to see Discord integrated on the console? Let us know below.</em></p>
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