Nintendo rep Julie Gagnon was asked about why some online games have voice chat and others don't.
Nintendo have had a mixed approach to supporting online voice communication in Wii U and 3DS games so far - some games, like Mario Kart 8, benefit from it, whilst others - like Splatoon - lack voice functionality.
Gagnon noted how Nintendo feels that "the people in the game do not need voice chat in order to communicate with each other because we have 'oh, stay here' or 'come here' icons."
Nintendo believes there are "may ways to communicate," and how it's down to the development teams to "decide, depending on the features and the game itself, whether voice chat is included."
Do you think games like Splatoon would benefit from voice chat?