Alright, a quick disclaimer: this post is not about an Xbox 360 game. it is about a Wii game. Thank you. Now, if you own a Wii (and some of us do here at X3F), chances are you have picked up (or plan on picking up) Super Smash Bros. Brawl. If you have done this, you'll know that it is one of the few games that supports online play. If you know that, you probably know that it does not support any kind of voice chat. So, how do we fix that? With Xbox Live of course! After the break we have come up with a quick guide for getting your Brawl on complete with voice chat.
What you will need:
- Friends (you'll need to enter Brawl's onerous friend codes to play with them)
- Xbox 360, controller, and headset (wireless is ideal here), Halo 3
- Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl
We should mention that this workaround should also work using Skype or any other VOIP app (or a plain ol' cell phone for that matter). However, the Xbox Live method comes with the bonus of being able to play rounds of Halo 3 (or your 360 game of choice) in between rounds of Smash Bros. We should also mention that if you don't have a wireless headset, you will have a 360 controller tethered to you at all times. Be sure you pick it up along with your Wii controller if you have to stand up for any reason. We tell you this from experience, as we sent our 360 controller flying when we stood up to answer the phone.
So there you go! Enjoy your Smash and Halo sandwich.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
3-10-2008 @ 7:09PM
Beffy said...
The funny thing is, I did this exact thing last night xD And I probably will today as well.
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3-10-2008 @ 7:16PM
Samuel Vimes said...
Or you could just use Vent/Teamspeak....
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3-10-2008 @ 7:22PM
Jason said...
Hmm, I guess 360 dashboard should allow multiperson chat.
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3-10-2008 @ 7:27PM
Tyler said...
DId this today with my friends. I had this planned out way long ago. I love SSMB!
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3-10-2008 @ 7:32PM
Mrblonde said...
Anyone got smash bros? My gamertag is: Mrblonde57 and my brawl code is: 2878-9268-9799. Anyone that wants to add me and join in on this feel free.
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3-10-2008 @ 7:38PM
Mrblonde said...
Anyone that does add me, leave your brawl code so i can add you. Im up for some brawl whenever
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3-10-2008 @ 7:38PM
Van said...
Or use ooVoo if you want to see the faces of your opponents squint from the pain you are dealing them. It allows for up to 6 person video conference chat. There's also a version for mac, but its not at oovoo.com. its some other random site that i forget.
Also, what happened to the reply button in these comments. They don't exist!!!!!!
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3-10-2008 @ 7:45PM
qbix said...
Xbox360fanboy*.com. I respect other consoles and their games, but come on, this is the site where I didn't want to hear about smash bros. brawl (despite the disclaimer). Oh well. I'll be eagerly waiting for Condemned 2 while you guys share friend codes.
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3-10-2008 @ 7:57PM
StevenRafael said...
I'd rather invite my friends over. Seriously, the lag hurts. It's bad at my place, and it's worse at my buddy's house.
We both have DSL connections though. Maybe it'll be better with a cable connection.
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3-10-2008 @ 8:12PM
E.J. said...
Give em a break qbix. If you don't wanna hear about Brawl, just skip this article and don't bother commenting.
If you had Brawl, you'd know how Nintendo's online service is extremely crippled. It sucks that we have to this friend code crap and it's really frustrating. This is a pretty good idea, considering you can't truly communicate with people on Brawl's online component.
It just sucks that we have to result to using two consoles (in other cases, a PC) to decently play one game online together.
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3-10-2008 @ 8:24PM
Project Ekim said...
Brawls online has never worked for me...
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3-10-2008 @ 8:39PM
NvM said...
Yeah I'm loving Brawl.
But I doubt I'm going to go through the trouble to do this.
Plus this will only take more bandwidth.
Brawl online with one person is playable but lag can be a bitch.
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3-10-2008 @ 8:48PM
Saccia said...
Of course, you could do what I'm doing which is NOT buying this game. I do have a Wii and I'm exceptionally pissed at the piss-poor online capabilities. So, I'm not buying games that do support online and stuck at it. The friend code and game code thing has gotta go. It completely cripples the way online play should be done. The way to make Nintendo understand is to NOT buy the game. Then they will see that people want to chat or talk in game with others or they won't buy a game.
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3-10-2008 @ 8:48PM
oOo BioShock oOo said...
this is dumb, Id just use Vent with the computer next to me.
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3-10-2008 @ 8:48PM
Ejab said...
Keep this crap at Wii Fanboy(btw smash sucks)
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3-10-2008 @ 9:13PM
NvM said...
@Sacci
Or you can have real friends come over?
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3-10-2008 @ 9:30PM
Josh said...
@NvM
"real" friends?
you mean ppl he knows in real life? fine.
but what if he plays online with his "real" friends. i mostly play with my "real" friends online, b/c we live x minutes away from each other and the drive isn't always worth it, especially when we just have to go to our respective couches and fire up our xboxes
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3-10-2008 @ 9:35PM
ALH said...
it comes to something when to enjoy a game pwnd by stupid restrictions you have to use ANOTHER CONSOLE.
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3-10-2008 @ 9:36PM
WhoDey320 said...
ah man i was expecting some sort of hack (i love brawl but the wii controllers aren't doing it for me)
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3-10-2008 @ 9:38PM
horngreen said...
Wow what an awesome console the Wii must be.
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