One feature that won’t be in the upcoming Wii U’s Mario Kart 8 is voice chat.
Gamin Realm has reported that looking at Mario Kart 8 on the eShop, a list of the game’s features is listed. This includes online play, leaderboards and Miiverse. The one thing that appears to be missing is “Game Chat”.
Nintendo might be dropping voice chat in order to keep Mario Kart 8 “family friendly”. We know that many other games that have voice chat, many swear words are often used online. Still, it’s kind of disappointing that the feature is still not available if you’re playing the game privately with your actual online friends.