There have been plenty of rumors floating around the internet surrounding Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but none of them have been quite as interesting as the possibility of DLC support and voice chat. Unfortunately the game’s director, Sakurai has stated driven the dagger through our hearts:

“No. There are no characters that can be unlocked via connecting to WiiConnect24 or interacting in that fashion. And I may be mistaken here, but the Wii doesn’t have a hard drive – it’s a disc-based system – so I don’t think we’ll be doing that, I don’t think it’s going to happen.”

I guess we’ll have to make the best with all the characters that we already have. Also, while director Masahiro Sakurai wanted both voice and keyboard chat for the game, it looks as Nintendo’s iron fist effectively smashed any hopes of that feature. If we plan on “smack talkin’,” three-way calling seems to be the best option. Or, you know, playing in the same room.

QJ.net