If you give two poos about online gaming, then you'll likely hate friend codes. It's a good bit of family-friendly PR for Nintendo, certainly, but it's a ridiculous pain in the arse for anybody who wants to the use the Wii's online capabilities for more than simply sending a little cartoon man to his friends.
Well, there's a rumor that one "major" Wii title is not fond of friend codes either, and has decided to bypass the whole ridiculous process. According to IGN's Nintendo Voicechat Podcast, the developer simply realized it didn't have to do the friend code thing, so isn't going to bother.
As to what game this is, nobody knows for sure, yet. There was speculation that it might be The Conduit, but that game is supposed to be using the dreaded codes. Whether or not Nintendo will stand for this when it comes to the final push is another debate, because I'm not sure how willing the Big N is to simply have its precious system simply bypassed.
I'm not sure if anything will ever come of this one, but hey, at least it'd be nice to see some developers resisting such restrictive online nonsense.
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8:00 AM on 01.14.2009
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I kid, I kid!
No I'm going to go and play some PS3 a manly console!
its that ea nation thing
As for friend codes, they never bothered me, but then again I loathe talking to strangers online.
Not in this case. ;) I never truly understood the need for friend codes. It always seemed to be a bit too "nanny state" for me. Then again, if you look at the tards that infest 360 and PS3 on-line gaming, I can't say that I'm *too* surprised.
I'm more curious about the glory that this article is being given. I could play against others in SSBB without needing to give friend codes out. Someone else mentioned Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, and I'm pretty sure that neither of the Guitar Hero required giving out friend codes. You needed to activate your unique game code on-line, yes, but that's not quite the same thing.
Boom Blox allowed trade levels without any additional Friend Codes but you still needed to register friends via the Wii Message Board.
I have to log into the exact same game, clicked on the connect option at the same time as my friend to be able to see them.
Continental and Worldwide search for random players but usually feature zero communication between the players.
Pascuz, your a man's console.
Just kidding.
*crosses fingers for the Conduit anyway*