 Hey everyone, it's it right now. You could go download the Nintendo switch online app on iOS and Android even though you technically cannot use it until Friday when it's between two comes out unless you happen They have an early copy as between two or you got one a copy that fell off a truck or whatever it might be but Why we're gonna talk about it today is because well the the functionality doesn't actually work You can log on the maintenance period is over. So now you can actually access the app and go to splat net, too There's nothing really available to use it just has a few brief explanations and again throughout this video I'll have various images that I took of my own app And my own experience with the app so you can kind of see what's available right now So I didn't want to make a video necessarily about this app until I got to use it on Friday But then as I was sifting through the app and specifically when I found Their support link, which takes you to a specific support website for the application there's a lot of red flags and These red flags really really worry me And there are things that because it's right here on the support website I worry that Nintendo is not ever gonna really rectify. So if you guys remember When I had my initial bad reaction to This whole online app situation a lot of it was stemmed around The leaked spl- well at the time it was leaked but now it's official a Hori Splatoon 2 headset Which showed that you had a run a cord from your switch and from your phone into a dongle and then plug Your headset into that dongle in order to get game audio and voice chat through the same headset Obviously this matters a lot because who wants to listen to game audio when you have a headset on especially if you Weren't noise canceling headphones That means that all you would hear is the voice chat and you wouldn't be able to hear audio from the game without running that cord And back during e3 Reggie noted that this was just a third-party option Which made people assume that either through Bluetooth or some local network setting or some somehow some way the switch would send Audio wirelessly to your phone or to or communicate it to the application So that you could get your audio and your voice chat through the same app Well, that's not the case after all here is what it says directly From their support site on it says can I use a headset or headphones for voice chat and the response is yes You are able to use headsets or headphones connected to your smart device If using a wireless Bluetooth headphone or headset with your smart device ensure support HSP or HFP common bands for Bluetooth And then it says please note that game sounds normally output from the TV or the Nintendo switch console Will not be heard from your smart device Come on Nintendo see this isn't the no one can be of the argument This is just an option from a third-party company anymore This is right there on the official support website for Nintendo switch online services So this is like legit you cannot there is no current functionality that exists to get game audio From your system to extreme through your app to your headphones You have to use a dongle like device to splice the audio together. That is absolutely Ridiculous and now I'm even more angry about it because now we know this this is official This isn't just like Hori trying to do their own kind of work around because they didn't have access to the full functionality No, this is it. This is how the app to handle voice chat. This is Insane now to even add more Negativity to this and I hate being negative because I've been so positive will switch it but I have to call Nintendo out when they do absolutely ridiculous stuff So it says can I use? I'm sorry. It says if my smart devices other features text social media blah blah Will you be disconnected if you try using those features the voice chat will disconnect while you're talking on the phone? Or if you're using another application that includes text messages by the way But your voice chat will restart in the same room once you open the Nintendo switch online application again As long as the game session is still ongoing in addition to that we have a person over on Neogaf who has to tune to already and he did some testing on this and This is what he said So this one person says ah, so it doesn't work in the background that sucks and then he responds No, it does not seem to work It disconnects voice chat as soon as I use anything else and it disconnects voice when my phone goes into idle or sleep mode So, you know when you hit that button or and your phone goes into idle mode or when it naturally does that over time Yeah, that's gonna disconnect you from it So if your phone does that regardless of what application is open you're gonna keep getting disconnected from the thing In fact, I know my friend is gonna probably have to keep tapping his phone to keep the app open Which is ridiculous in addition to keep the application open at all times 100% of the time really Really drains battery. I mean, I know it's just like using voice chat But it it's going to drain battery crazy if you even had the most basic of apps And you just leave it open for even a half hour. You'll quickly see you lose 20 25 50% battery just like that It is so fast That is ridiculous that the application doesn't work that way for voice chat And it's even more ridiculous when you consider that discord Skype Google voice all of those applications you could put your phone in idle and still work You can go use other applications like Facebook. You can go use Text messages etc. Obviously voice calls are gonna disconnect it or put it on mute that makes a lot of sense But like you could use all your other applications that do not need to use the microphone And that is just insane that they are Doing this this way. This is 2017. There should not be a voice chat application Releasing on a phone that basically shuts off the entire functionality of your phone to use it I mean The whole point of having that app on the phone was supposed to be one You take away some of the processing by the switch and two you try to make it more convenient for people And instead what you're doing is you're hijacking my phone while I play games Period this is what I was afraid of the entire time because I mentioned in the past that I You know, I use my phone for a lot of things, right? But let's use this for a gaming situation. Let's ignore all the website stuff I'm always checking Let's just use this in a gaming situation between matches You want to look up some information on one of the one of the devices you want to look up some quick tips I'm one of your weapons in Splatoon 2 or you want to look up a strategy for a specific map So you're sitting there voice chat with people in the lobby you back out of your app to look up something on your phone So you're disconnect from voice chat So you're trying to talk strategy with your friends while you're looking up strategy But you can't do that because the game's gonna close it when you open up your web browser That is stupid and that's just a very specific game situation that is real life this happens And guess what if you use discord if you use Skype use any other voice chat application You can still chat with them while you're looking up stuff on your phone Your phone has the capability to do that Nintendo just doesn't have the capability to do that on the application at this time And I know it is something that they could patch in and by the time they charge money for it in 2018 Maybe both of these issues are somehow magically gone But the fact that these exist on the support website tells you that Nintendo might not have any plans to have the app work in any other way This might just be how the app always is Based on how the app was designed and for it to change They would have to fundamentally Recode the entire application potentially and that's just not something Nintendo is probably willing to do at this point So I did those two points those three points really really really frustrate me and Make me extremely concerned with this application You know, I have to listen to muffled game audio for me to wear headphones while I voice chat Really or I have to use a dongle Man and this is in addition to the fact that there's some other functionality That's missing that I assume is going to be there when you pay for it because again They did note that this application so it was only gonna have partial functionality this year So that you can't message your friends Unless you're in the same lobby in the same game So if I see a friend playing something I can't just tap them and send them a message like I can on any other service out There that has accounts. I can't send voice messages. I can't do one-on-one voice chats with them Even though I can do that on three three sixty on Xbox one on PlayStation 4 on steam Basically any other gaming platform out there. You can't do that on switch at least not right now Now I assume this functionality will launch in 2018 There's nothing on the support website that talks specifically about them not including this functionality So I think it is something we are going to get eventually In 2018 but again the stuff that is mentioned on their support website Scares me. It scares me completely now the app itself. I mean it looks sleek There you know, you connect your account to it. I had for some reason on my switch I connected my old Zeldin former account to my main account. So I had to use my Zeldin former account for this one Which is fine That's where I have most my friends this like this Platinum to like looks like cool You know, you can order gear from SWAT and that share your battles with friends I don't know if that just means you share the score if they can look at replays of your battle If you can look at replays, that would be really cool You can check out current by agile stages stages useful tips blah blah blah You know, it's it's kind of cool How the app works though is you create the lobby you actually physically create the lobby on the switch Which then shoots the lobby over to your phone for micro management. It's it's really weird So it sounds like a lot of the online functionality still happens locally on your switch Anyways, at least with Splatoon 2 Again this app man, if it was just an option, I I would be a static But they are creating problems that have been solved for years Not just problems with you know, not having local voice chat, which would solve everything But the just problems with even how phone apps work If you're going to make voice chat run through a phone app You should make it the most convenient way to voice chat With your friends on while they play on switch and right now the most convenient way is discord You would basically just use this online app to make purchases in Splatoon 2 and in micro manage a little bit But when you're actually playing it's more convenient to use this card. It uses up less battery And you can still use the other functionalities of your phone the idea that I have to Like I have a family. I have three kids. I have a fiance if Something happens with my kids the fact that I can't you know open my text messages without disconnecting me from the game To make sure my kids are okay and that I have to choose Consciously whether to check that text message from my fiance or whether I should keep my audio chat going in Splatoon 2 The fact that that's even a choice that needs to be made is ridiculous I mean I could get splatted quick glance at my text message back in the game Nope, it disconnects me from the audio and I got a way for Reinitializing and wait for reconnecting and God knows if that's gonna affect the game audio and all if I happen to use the dongle I'm just not happy with this app At all I think there are some things that are clever about it, but come on Nintendo We need to get basic functionality correct You're gonna be charging people to use this app in 2018. Let me tell you as is the app is not worth Paying money for folks You can still do online play in all the games right now without using the app The app is just additional functionality and a lot of this functionality is better elsewhere. So Early impressions not good Nintendo Anyways, this is Nathaniel Rumpeljantz from Nintendo Prime if you like this video You know what to do if you dislike it hit that dislike button Subscribe for more videos like this and if you already subscribe Thank you so much you guys are what make this channel truly special and I will catch you guys in the next one