i guess someone in your family could transfer all your points to his ds and go dsishop happy. of course, they would probably put an option in the parental controls to block that.

even if one of them was miamoto, iwata, or sakuria?

Scrap the whole system, top to bottom, and tie in a new system with Club Nintendo. Install a rivals system just like Metroid Prime Hunters had as a mandatory system, so that right after the match, you can click to invite the other user as a friend, and they can accept or reject on the spot. Chat should still be left up to a game-by-game basis

I don't care much about online play, but this system could work

Several people have said something to the effect that:

friend codes are fine but...or I don't mind friend codes but...

I fall into the same category, but what are we really saying?  Essentially I think that we are saying, we dont mind a code, but we just want one code to work for every game or utility.  We already have just such a code...the Wii console code.  I don't see why once you have linked your console to a friend's console (or someone that you meet online and like them) that it can't be that one code that unifies everything.

And heres the 2nd half of the equation...OK, when you buy a console it comes with a default numerical code (such as we have).  Why can we not go into the utilities when we set ourselves up online and have the option to change that code to anything we wish? (ie, xxxx-yyyy-xxxx-yyyy = oldschoolgamer77) 

Perhaps because they don't want thousands of people renaming their personal code to milf22, beotchslapfkr1, bigdongdan or badmofo69 when they could be playing against 13 yr old girls and boys?

I guess I'm saying I don't know what the perfect answer is to make everyone happy...and maybe there isn't one.  But it sure would be nice if it worked a little more seamlessly, no?

happy gaming

- kw

One that works with most routers instead of just a few and requiring it's own accessories to work properly.  Killing the friend codes would definitely be a big plus too.