User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-77.189.232.84-20130111234911/@comment-4563270-20130112062013

you sure can =D you just turn to you buddy on the couch or yell from the next room what a dick he is waking up the monsterbefore you set off the bomb XD.. in all seriosness though the 3ds uses local connection with the wiiu and the wiiu being a home console would mean you're in the same house or room even unless you want to freeze your nips off playing just shy of the local connection feild outside of the house or building.

i would imagine though that the mic on the 3ds is in use hopefully and should you be able to daisy chain a connection from 3ds to wiiu and wiiu to another wiiu then those chat features would come in handy. =)