friend codes are required for wii speak

also

- 13 online modes

- 9 mp maps

Massive fail.

13 modes is good and atleast there are 9 maps instead of 7. I won't buy wii speak, so I don't care for that.

Like the sales of valkyria chronicles?

In America and Europe, yep.

In Japan, hell no. It's the highest selling SRPG this generation in Japan!

Eww I hate that site bunch of nintendo haters.

Actually, that's not so bad then.   I'll only ever hear my friends anyway and not a bunch of 11yr olds snots.  Good.

But what if you wanted co-ordinate some type of strategy or tell them that someone is coming, etc.

I assume that if you're online with friends they are automatically on your team (like in CoDWaW) so if we form a VGC group, then we'll all be playing together anyways - no prob.   Otherwise it'll be me, my son and my buddy(s) and we'll just work together - the rest of the group will have to fend for themselves or follow us.  

Yeah it sucks somewhat but it's a hell of a lot better than the zero communications of CoDWaW.  Besides if you do have some kid on your team he'll likely be running off getting himself killed anyway.

If it's FFA then I only care about razzing my buddies (and vice versa) and not what complete strangers (especially little punk-ass kids) have to say.

Gamerace: Mute the punk ass kids. Communicate with people want to play the damn game. It's worked with every other online game I've ever played. Basically what's happening here is Nintendo's online strategy is pretty much incompatible with competitive and cooperative online multiplayer.

You need to be able to chat with people who aren't on your friends list. If I had to add a friend code for every Warhawk player in the league or Left 4 Dead player I play with, that be an epic waste of time.