I can understand why Nintendo doesn't want voice chat, but honestly the option should be there. It's degrading to our intelligence to think we don't know how to work and options menu with a simple on or off. You don't like voice chat? turn it off in the options. We should have the choice.
Friend Codes are alright...but they are def. an inconvenience as many above have stated. I don't see the argument of a friend code being easier to remember over a username that may have different digits than you thought. It's 12 digits in random order for games and 16 digits in random order for the console. Many times have I written a friend code down, to be honest I don't even enter friend codes half the time, it takes too long and I never know when my friends are even online. It would be nice to have some sort of notification that your friend is online.
Also why can't we just have a friends list or a rivals list? There's a load of people on Mario Kart and Brawl that are fun to play with and put up a good challenge, but chances are I won't play against them again and if I do, I won't even know that I am. All you would have to do is have someone ask to be your friend and you can decline it or accept it. Why is this so hard to comprehend? None of this sounds dangerous at all and I don't think that little Johnny 13 year old is subject to pedophiles anymore than he is when hes roaming around MySpace or using AIM. They could easily have the option that you aren't even allowed to request a person as a friend unless you know their last name. Problem solved...
I just hope somewhere in Nintendo land there is an exec up high pitching these ideas to them...doubtful though
Currently playing: Okami (Wii), The World Ends With You (DS), and Shenmue (Dreamcast)
