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Nintendo DS Sees Voice-Chat, Demo Stations

Posted by Zonk on from the ds-gets-whole-new-bag dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing, Metroid Prime will include the ability to voice chat with other players before and after games (not during). Granted, the PSP's version of SOCOM allows for in-game chat, but this certainly is the first step." They're also going to be setting up demo download stations in retail stores, as reported in a DS Fanboy post. More details also available at the Game|Life Blog.

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  1. FYI - SOCOM Fireteam Bravo Voicechat Info by challlen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know everyone is excited about the DS networking, and I too look forward to seeing what it can do.
    Mario Kart DS was a great game to showcase Nintendo networking!

    People should be aware of the PSP networking progress as well.
    The PSP launched in the US with online titles (Twisted Metal, ATV, 989 sports games) and most PSP titles (100+) support Adhoc (LAN) gameplay as well.

    SOCOM Fireteam Bravo was the first PSP game and the first handheld game (that I am aware of) to support 16 player PSP voicechat in game. That is really impressive for a handleheld!
    FTB has 16 player games with many gametypes (deathmatch, bombing bases, hostage extraction, etc)
    And it shares the SOCOM 3 servers.
    The gamespot review is here
    http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/socomusnavyseal sfireteambravo/review.html

    Now, where is that Microsoft portable game device!??? :)