Nintendo Is Developing A Mobile Service For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

So will the current Switch app be renamed to Splatnet?

I'll see if it's useful once everything hits the shelves.

It looks like it'll be like Miiverse, and that's pretty cool. I don't know how much use I'll get out of it, but it's neat for the people who care.

Now this, I'm excited to see. Snapshots just took on some life!

I expect I’llbe checking this for drip-feed entertainment every time I head for the bathroom...

Add in a rotating shop feature like Splatnet has, and I'll be completely sold. It would be amazing if you could spectate through your phone app, so that you can think about other people playing Smash Bros whenever you're away from the Switch and not playing Smash Bros.

@Broosh Sounds like this will be a service in the current switch app like splatnet, concurrent. Sounds like each major game might get a service via the one switch app for online and new updates. Hopes this replaces the news section switch menu down the line.

The app still doesn't work at all on my phone.

Is this service integrated into the Nintendo Switch Online app? I hate Nintendo's lack of clarity on things like this. It would be a waste of literal space to have to download a separate app for this service.

they keep trying to force feed the mobile app to use for voice communications. I find it hard to believe that anyone is really using the service for that.

I imagine this will be inside the Nintendo Switch Online app like splatnet. Honestly I’m more surprised they haven’t done this before now with another game.

@ReaderRagfish Except that it is already bad enough that you have use the Nintendo Switch's voice chat system via the use of the Nintendo Switch voice chat mobile app so why would you completely defend Nintendo for something like this Super Smash Bros mobile app is completely beyond me.

This is going to be part of the Nintendo Switch Online app, just like Splanet.

I didn’t watch the English Direct, but in the Japanese one I think it was pretty clear is part of the app and not a new one.

@GamingDude800 From my understanding, it isn't an app. Its a mobile service ala Splatnet that I assume will be housed in the Nintendo Switch App

It's things like this that make me wonder if Nintendo actually realises how much people hate the app.

Nintendo’s online service wouldn’t be nearly as bad if they still had Miiverse. I might be in the vast minority here but Miiverse to me was the Nintendo answer to achievements. It even had me buying games I wouldn’t normally buy just to show off my accomplishments. I could even DM my friends. Instead of improving it they chose to start from square one as usual. 😢

@ReaderRagfish Thanks for being a jerk, and also if you can't accept the fact that there are people out there like me that don't want stuff like this than you can just leave!

@UmbreonsPapa Fair enough, thanks!

@brandonbwii To me, there is no point of Miiverse existing at all anymore since more and more kids these using other social networking services like Facebook these days, and also Miiverse was mostly filled with dead memes.

@dougphisig Same I wish we all could use voice chat using a mic or headset instead.