Nintendo 3DS to get video camera support this November

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KylieDog said:

A system to message people on your friend lists, currently it is impossible to organise playing a game online with someone unless you use another system to do it.

I'm nearly certain that Nintendo intentionally excluded that feature. It definitely makes the process tedious, but Nintendo would rather its services not be used for people cursing at each other and stuff when they don't know each other through anything else. It would kill Nintendo's reputation if a parent caught a ten-year-old being harased over somebody he met over the 3DS.

It goes overboard with avoiding risks since it prevents any social contact, but "better safe than sorry" is practically Nintendo's motto in such situations.