Splatoon ditched voice chat to avoid online negativity

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Sick of potty-mouthed tweens insulting your every move during a game of online multiplayer? Well, you’re not the only one. Splatoon co-director Yusuke Amano says his encounters with micced-up trolls has had a major influence on how players will communicate in his latest project.

“This is coming from personal experience,” he comments in an interview in the latest issue of Edge. “When I played online games, I didn't like the negativity got and people telling me, ‘You’re crap. Go away.’ So we wanted to focus on the positive aspects of online gaming.”

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