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[Goemar]

Then Nintendo completely dropped the ball with a multiplayer Zelda with no voice chat

But Goemar, why would you need voice chat when your friends are sitting right next to you? Can't you just talk to them in meatspace?
It's the same reason Splatoon has no voicechat: It's a decision made mostly by producers to limit toxicity when younger players are playing online with strangers (which is also why your actions are limited to a thumbs-up and pom-poms: there's probably a "crawl dungeons with strangers" feature)
Of course, we have the brains to not talk smack and make judgements about other players in a Zelda game, but you never know given how bum-ass stupid the Internet is ("Oh man we're playing with a girl? Pfft what would a GIRL know about speedrunning dungeons, fucking casual go back to Animal Crossing" <---there are people in the gaming community who actually address others like this. i have seen it. it is real. i was there)

Wait, Zelda has no online? And Splatoon's no voice chat is still stupid. It's called parental guidance. Make it so voice chat is off by default. Sorted.