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windbane said:
HappySqurriel said:

Friend codes don't prevent you from playing against people (in most games), they just limit the communication that is avaiable ...

Now, for most existing online gamers this isn't a benefit and is probably a negative but for people who are new to online games being called a big floppy donkey dick may prevent them from returning ...


Allowing people to play more easily will get a lot more people to play online.  Nintendo should not be worried about the 1 person that gets upset and decides not to go back online.  It is not Nintendo's job to protect everyone.  They will never get rid of the kiddie image with crap like this.  Real life is much worse than online arguments.  The link above (I watched only the first one) are FUNNY.  If you are offended just leave the game.  How hard is that?  Most people are intelligent enough to know that people are different and you'll get a different experience in every game.  Most people aren't idiots, even if a lot of them are. 

I had forgotten that every game requires you to add the same people...wow...terrible. 

Btw, when is the first 3rd party online Wii game coming?  Has Nintendo let 3rd parties see the online code yet? 


I don't know what the status of necessarly libraries being sent to third parties but the last articles I read stated that some companies had recieved them whilst others had not ...

Anyways, I don't know where you live but I have never been in such a constantly negative environment as online games; the only exception is (probably) MMORPGs but that is because you don't have the same anonymity you have in most online games.Friends codes are not a perfect solution but a system-based friend code is adequate solution which can be implemented for very little money.