Nintendo Reveals Star Fox GameChat Character Avatars And AR Filters

Of all gimmicks, this is probably the best one I've seen. This is actually something that fits the series perfectly.

Star Fox VTubers.

I just came back from the Star Fox 64 3D review on this site and found out that the biggest complaints were that it had no new content and didn't have online.

Oh, how the monkey's paw curls.

I guess this is why the game even exists. It’s basically for gamechat what Star Fox Zero was for the tablet. Still wonder what the usage numbers are for video gamechat.

They're probably going to need to block clip sharing on this too. So many people are gonna just start saying the most R-rated stuff as Slippy Frickin Toad just because they can.

Welp. There it is. That’s what the rumors and movie appearance were all leading up to.

@SalvorHardin This makes no sense.

@UpsideDownRowlet I don't think you can record clips while in a gamechat session, but I never use gamechat so I'm not 100% sure.

@Jintenzo I believe it simply records your screen, not your video or other peoples' screens.

"FaceRig was officially released on Steam on July 7, 2015, following an earlier Early Access release in December 2014"

Nintendo is over 10 years late to this technology. Nevermind all the VR Chat type stuff people do these days.

Would’ve been cool If you could play the main campaign with up 3 of your friends using game chat. Each person plays a starfox team character. The new parts of the remake would have been the routes each of them take when they separate in the main campaign and then when the boss battle happens, those would have been the parts of the game where they all come together to fight as a team. For boss stages where it’s only a 1-1 fight perhaps the rest of crew plays a defense mission where they hold back the hoards, or even mini-bosses or some section where you’re helping defeat another part of the boss or something.

@batmanbud2 Biggest complaint should’ve been that you can play multiplayer only via game-share.

@Jintenzo can still use a capture card, probably.

@batmanbud2 I had never heard of this saying in my life, and now I've just read it twice in the space of 2 minutes.

Love this. Love the switch cam already but this is an awesome usage.

It's a really cool idea. Hopefully the new F-Zero, (I have faith) will have the same thing.

Wait, Switch 2 have special AR Camera??

This is a really cool feature. I had no idea the camera functionality was capable of this stuff. But will we need to be sitting directly in front of the camera for it to read all of our facial movements?

@N00BiSH neither did your stupid Mighty No 9 joke yet here you still are.

@Thief Are you referring to this? Why are you still bitter about that?

Honestly this sold me on gamechat more than anything else. Can’t wait to see it used in other games.

Star Fox feels like the “test/push the tech” franchise. It may not stick, but it always seems like Nintendo uses this franchise to try something new. (Granted that doesn’t include the game itself as it has been remade several times. )

This is honestly SOOO cool. What a genius idea. Love it when Nintendo makes actual use of system gimmicks.

This doesn't concern me but I gotta admit it's an awesome idea!

Oh, btw.
Imagine if you try to say profanity and the character lip's movement also mimicking that profanity words.

this is such a bizarrely funny way to implement some gamechat gimmicks, i never wouldve expected it

and it could retroactively explain why the new designs are more realistic and "animalistic", so the designs match better for humanoid AR expressions

@TobiasAmaranth I know. How dare they be late to the party with face rigging on a handheld game console. They should have done it on the 3DS or had a camera on Switch so they could be in line with the times!

Old Nintendo, never having foresight for the advent of face rigging software mid generation. Terrible. Truly terrible.

Next you'll tell me DLSS has been around for 10 years too, and that they should have been early to that as well! Awful awful stuff.

@TobiasAmaranth Is there a point here? Or just stating fact? Being "late" to technology has been Nintendo's MO since Game & Watch.

@TobiasAmaranth

Valve is even more late with the tech, Nintendo used it back in 2011 on 3DS...

The reason to buy a Switch 2 camera

You could technically use any character.

Just imagine Link and Samus endlessly waffling to each other in broad Brummie accents.

100% using this to scare my friends.

I am so hyped for this game! This actually makes me want to try game chat for the first time ever!

Haha, it's a nice idea. Also fearing a little what heinous stuff people are planning to do with it xD

Oh god, there will be a Furry boom after this!

I find this part the most weird and interesting aspect, given the clear amount of effort it needed relative to being such a small part of the game. Which makes me wonder: Is this a case where the whole game basically exists to push this one gimmick? Or is this instead a more general feature Nintendo had been developing separately, and this game is just the first to bring it to the public?

Probably the most innovative use of a camera in video games, or at least one of the.

I have the camera and would love to do GameChat more, but none of my friends have the camera or seem to want to use GC.

I live in Australia, many of my game playing friends are still in US where I am from.

This was my favourite bit of the whole Direct! It's perfect for the series <3

@Haruki_NLI

Why so defensive? XD I just found it amusing since the Starfox implementation is identical to what Face Rig was advertising over 10 years ago, and many people are acting like they've never heard of such a thing.