I believe it was their attempt to protect children from unknown people online. I have the app and one of the features is that you can talk to people online in certain games (Animal Crossing, Splatoon, SSB’s, Mario Kart, and I think Mario Party).
Edit: I’d also like to point out that those accessory mics didn’t work with first party games to my knowledge.
There was some public outcry about it specifically from parents who had to download said app and let their kids use it for games. You could later use accessories that would add a mic but it was limited.
That’s funny, because a selling point of the Switch 2 version of Animal Crossing is that not only can you talk to other players, but you can connect the webcam and see each others’ faces.
That’s weird because the DS family had mics, and a fair few games took advantage.
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 wins it for me for games that took advantage of the DS’s unique hardware features, but I’m sure there were other contenders.
I believe it was their attempt to protect children from unknown people online. I have the app and one of the features is that you can talk to people online in certain games (Animal Crossing, Splatoon, SSB’s, Mario Kart, and I think Mario Party).
Edit: I’d also like to point out that those accessory mics didn’t work with first party games to my knowledge.
There was some public outcry about it specifically from parents who had to download said app and let their kids use it for games. You could later use accessories that would add a mic but it was limited.
https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Support/Troubleshooting/How-to-Use-Voice-Chat-Using-the-Nintendo-Switch-App-1442573.html?srsltid=AfmBOor7pvIPB7U5tAiGPZalHfrOmwWvHmZgM4CCYId0-773YzAv81Y0
https://www.kentfaith.ca/blog/article_how-to-use-microphone-on-nintendo-switch_2740?srsltid=AfmBOopExBS39Dzz0C-Uuhv8x2QNd3yUnGlLgxaiV1WLLTkqEVeAdg5d
That’s funny, because a selling point of the Switch 2 version of Animal Crossing is that not only can you talk to other players, but you can connect the webcam and see each others’ faces.